ARC: Civil Servants ploy of passing the buck

New Delhi: Civil servants who do not have a good track record or are found to be incompetent should be dismissed after 20 years in service, India’s Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) has suggested in a report released on Friday. The report entitled Refurbishing of Personnel Administration—released by commission chairman Veerappa Moily—recommends two comprehensive reviews of bureaucrats after they complete 14 and 20 years in service. ARC, set up by the central government, periodically recommends ways to improve public administration. “The first review of 14 years would primarily serve the purpose of intimating to the public servant about his/her strengths and shortcomings for his/her future advancement,” Moily told the media here. “The second review at 20 years would mainly serve to assess the fitness of the officer for his continuation in government service.” ARC’s latest and 10th report also recommends establishing a central civil services authority comprising five members.
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Jaipur: Administrative Reforms Committee chairman Veerappa Moily talks to The Indian Express about the recent Mumbai Terror attack, about police reforms, intelligence failure and poor inter-agency communication.

•In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks and the number of serial blasts all across the country in the past one year, what is your evaluation of the intelligence gathering in the country?

All intelligence agencies, whether it’s the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) or the Intelligence Bureau (IB) or the state intelligence bureaus, seem to be working in isolation. There is no convergence of intelligence or information at any level. After each terror attack, each agency passes the buck to other when questioned about intelligence failure.
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Comment: Bureaucracy can be compared to a dog's curled tail which cannot be straightened unless surgically removed. Administrative Reforms Committee recommendations will remain on paper only as no surgical measures are contemplated to be carried out. There is no Political steam to carry out the reforms! Recommendations made at the behest of dubious Bureaucrats are to be implemented by the same fraternity. The IAS lobby is all too powerful to be reformed. The Nation needs a new form of Governance which will come from the Power of the Youthful Citizens of this Nation. Mumbai Mayhem is a wake up call to all our citizens.