Governance: The truth is bitter!

All the direct IAS officers almost 100% retire as Secretaries to government of India/ Special Secretaries/ Chief Secretaries of states and as such get One rank One Pay/ Pension i.e the highest Pay/ Pension available in the government. About 1% direct officers from Army/ Navy/ Air Force get the same pension as 100% IAS officers.

This self serving "I Am Safe" (IAS) service was in charge of all departments of the country/ states/ local governments for the last over six decades and brought the country to a chaotic stage- large scale poverty continues, cities after cities are becoming urban nightmare, Indian Defence is getting weaker, Police and Security Forces remain subservient to IAS officers etc. Since implementation of policies remained in their hands for the last six decades, all the problems which India is facing today are their creation. Till date they remain unaccountable and refuse to own any responsibility for all our ills. For any failure Police/ Defence Services/ Security departments get the blame, Ministers/ Chief Ministers have to resign, but IAS officers play safe and remain unaccountable and refuse to own any responsibility.

India needs strong Defence Forces and Policing and not outdated self serving rusted steel frame of bureaucracy- IAS. The earlier India abolishes this service, only then we will be able ressolve all our major problems.

There is an immediate need to increase defence expenditure to over 4% of GDP and strengthen defence forces through both Capital and Revenue Budget and Defence Ministry should not have a single IAS officer at any level. One Rank One Pay/Pension was agreed by MOS (Defence) in mid 1980s and is being stalled by IAS officers sitting in Min of Finance and Defence. They are prepared to allocate a very large amount on the leaking subsidies, outdated purchses like bullet proof jackets of World Wars 1 and 2 era etc but not on the defence and security of the country. 6th Pay Commission as modified by IAS officers has sent a clear message to defence services "remain subservient to IAS officers". An IAS officer of about six years seniority is far senior/superior than an Army Officer of about 18/20 years seniority. ---Prem Sabhlok

One Rank One Pension for all Ranks
Supreme Court had passed a judgement in 1982 on the One Rank One Pension scheme for military veterans and the KP Singh Deo Committee had recommended the same unequivocally in 1984. It was also one of the main reasons for protests by veterans earlier this year. However the defence minister has categorically stated its unacceptability in the Rajya Sabha today:
"Government has not found acceptable the demand of Ex-Servicemen for one rank one pension. This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Kalraj Mishra in Rajya Sabha today. The defence personnel have not rejected the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, he added."[PIB]