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No Power but responsibilities
by rajagopal nambakam on May 17, 2007 05:31 PM

WHO WANTS POWER OR RESPONSIBILITIES IN GOVT AS LONG AS THE JOB GIVES OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MONEY OVER AND ABOVE SALARY & PERKS. TYPICAL SLAVE MENTALITY, CONTINUING BRITISH TRADITION, WITHOUT ANY THINKING BECAUSE ONCE ANYONE JOINS GOVT SERVICE IN INDIA, THEY LOSE THEIR BRAINS, IF THERE WAS ANY.
BRITISH USED TO TRANSFER OFFICERS, ONCE IN 3 YRS IN THE NAME OF NOT GIVING OPPORTUNITY FOR CORRUPTION. THE MAIN IDEA WAS TO STOP ANY OFFICIAL BECOMING STRONG IN A PLACE THEREBY, MAY BECOME A THRON FOR THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA. BUT INDIAN GOVT FOLLOWS SAME RULE, 60 YRS AFTER BRITISH LEFT UNDER SAME PRETEXT WASTING 1000s OF CRORES ON TRANSFERS, IN A POOR COUNTRY LIKE INDIA, WHICH COULD BE UTILISED ON PROJECTS. AND ABOVE ALL, THESE TRANSFERS ARE ALSO LEADING TO MORE CORRUPTION THAN CHECK CORRUPTION. TYPICALLY, IN MEDIUM SIZED BANK LIKE SYNDICATE BANK, THERE ARE AT LEAST 1000 OFFICERS TRANSFERRED EVERY YEAR & IT COSTS THE BANK AT LEAST Rs.50,000/- ON EACH OFFICER. SO ITS Rs.5 CRORES IN MEDIUM SIZED BANK AND IT WOULD BE Rs.500 CRORES IN SBI & ITS CONSTITUENT BANKS AND Rs.5000 CRORES IN ALL pUBLIC SECTOR BANKS PUT TOGETHER. THIS IS OVER AND ABOVE THE MAN HOURS LOST IN REPORTING ETC. (OF COURSE MAN HOURS LOST IS NEVER A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN INDIA) AND THE JOB ALL THESE BANK OFFICERS PERFORM IS ABSOLUTELY THE SAME. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, THEY ARE THROWN OUT OF THEIR NATIVES PLACES, THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION DISRUPTED (HAVING TO PAY DONATIONS FOR SCHOOLS - SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE THAT MUCH EXTRA MONEY BY HOOK OR CROOK, IT WILL BE BY CROOK)
THE WHOLE WORLD IS SCREAMING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING & ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS BUT THEY DONT EVEN REALISE THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE WHICH CAN EASILY SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS TO A VERY GREAT EXTENT. JUST IMAGINE, HOW MANY PEOPLE TRAVEL IN FLIGHTS, TRAINS, BUSSES & OWN CARS, ON ACCOUNT OF TRANSFERS, WHICH IS AVOIDABLE. IMAGINE HOW MUCH OF FUEL IS WASTED ON ALL THESE VEHICLES? HOW MUCH MORE CARBON DIOXIDE IS RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE? HOW MUCH OF OVER USAGE ROADS ARE UNDERGOING, AGAIN HAVING TO REPAVE THEM & SPEND MORE MONEY, AGAIN & AGAIN? HOW MUCH EMPLOYEES (AT ANY LEVEL) ARE TIRED DUE TO LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL, DAILY AND THEREBY THEIR PRODUCTIVITY IS DIMINISHED & DIMINISHING REGULARLY, TO EXERTION & EXHAUSTION? EMPLOYEES GETTING DELAYED DUE TO TRAFFIC JAMS? MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO CITIES, INCREASING HIGH RISE BUILDINGS, BY THE DAY AND FURTHER ADDING TO, ALREADY SCARCE PUBLIC SERVICES? ALL THIS IS IN THE NAME OF CURBING CORRUPTION BUT CORRUPTION IS INCREASING, MULTIFOLD DAILY. IF AT ALL THE CORRUPT POLITICIANS WANT TO CURB CORRUPTION (POLITICIANS HAVE TO BE CORRUPT TO THE LAST WORD) LAW SHOULD BE INTRODUCED TO STOP 3 INCREMENTS & ONE PROMOTION, IMMEDIATELY AND TERMINATE AFTER INQUIRY. BUT, SIMULTANEOUSLY, LIKE RIGHT TO INFORMATION LAW, GOVT OFFICERS MUST REPLY ANY LETTER, WITHIN 5-7 DAYS OR THAT LAPSE MUST BE TREATED AS A SERIOUS CRIME, WITH A PENALTY OF ONE INCREMENT CUT. NO GOVT EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO GO OUT ONCE HE ENTERS HIS OFFICE AND NO OUTSIDE PERSON SHOULD BE PERMITTED INSIDE ANY GOVT OFFICE ANYTIME. ALL BUSINESS MUST BE CARRIED OUT ONLY THRU LETTERS WHICH IF NOT ATTENDED IN 5 OR 7 DAYS, BY GOVT STAFF, SHOULD BE DEALTH WITH ONE INCREMENT CUT, TO BEGINWITH. AND THE GOVT STAFF MUST ALSO GUIDE THE PUBLIC THRU LETTERS, IF THEY COMMIT ANY MISTAKE. ABOVE ALL, ALL GOVT EMPLOYEES MUST BE POSTED NEAREST TO THEIR NATIVE PLACE, SO THAT PRECIOUS RESOURCES, LIKE FUEL (ON PERSONAL VEHICLES/PUBLIC TRANSPORT), ROAD USAGE, TRAVEL TIME ETC., ARE NOT WASTED ON TRANSFERS, TRAVELLING ETC. OVER AND ABOVE, ALL MPs & MLAs MUST REPORT 25 DAYS IN A MONTH, IN THEIR CONSTITUENCIES ONLY. THEY SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN FREE QUARTERS IN ANY STATE CAPITAL OR DELHI. THIS WILL SOLVE MANY PROBLEMS FOR INDIA BESIDES 1000s OF CRORES OF PRECIOUS FUNDS.

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