Central government has sent a strong message to the bureaucracy to either perform or perish (POP.) But they will let a bureaucrat stick around like a HIV infection for three long decades before deciding to throw him out. Why? Is it because it is only after three decades that he becomes senior enough to directly report to the political masters? Are you sending a message that it is okay to pester the poor public with your inefficiency as long as you dare not say NO to your political masters?
I am sure all of us long suffering citizens will be happy if this POP is made applicable to all bureaucrats from the date of joining itself. Define their Key Performance Areas in quantifiable and boolean terms. Let the appraisal be a 360 degree one where appraisal is done by public too for officials who are directly responsible for providing public services. Yes, public, because bureaucrats are, after all, public servants.
Once you have a strong POP in place from the first day of service, the bad ones would have been weeded out in the first decade itself. And then netas would not have to bother about having to deal with inefficient senior babus. And if at all they try to punish a babu for reasons other than efficiency they will have to be very careful because the officer's credentials will be there in his defence.
And so our demand to Pradhan Sevak is introduce POP from Day 1 in government service.
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