Indian Military Veterans
Shortly, the Seventh Pay Commission is expected to hike the salaries of the great Indian bureaucracy. Unless the terms of reference are enlarged in its final stages to ensure one rank-one pension for the retired military personnel, the Commission may hand over its recommendations in about three months. But all that the Commission is qualified is to tinker with the numbers and not respond to the feedback from within. The members and officials of the Commission had made several field tours and collected valuable suggestions, which are all going to be trashed as the Commission winds up its office.
What stares in the face of Indian bureaucracy is the pyramidal caste hierarchy with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on top and the rest of the services stacked below them. Merit, experience, domain expertise, efficiency or integrity cannot alter this caste system. The system ensures that only the IAS reaches the top. For instance, among 57 secretaries to the government of Indi ia, there are just two non-IAS officers: one chosen by the President as his secretary and other the insignificant postal department secretary. Sure, there are technical posts held by scientists and legal services veterans but IAS officers hold all non-technical positions without letting even those with domain expertise flourish.
Rat Race
For instance, the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are most qualified to hold the home secretary's post, a forest service officer is best suited to head the environment and forest department, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer is an ideal candidate for commerce or revenue secretary. But the twice-born IAS will not let go of any of these fiefs.
And the IAS by erecting entry barriers for other services has institutionalized the caste system.
Shortly, the Seventh Pay Commission is expected to hike the salaries of the great Indian bureaucracy. Unless the terms of reference are enlarged in its final stages to ensure one rank-one pension for the retired military personnel, the Commission may hand over its recommendations in about three months. But all that the Commission is qualified is to tinker with the numbers and not respond to the feedback from within. The members and officials of the Commission had made several field tours and collected valuable suggestions, which are all going to be trashed as the Commission winds up its office.
What stares in the face of Indian bureaucracy is the pyramidal caste hierarchy with the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on top and the rest of the services stacked below them. Merit, experience, domain expertise, efficiency or integrity cannot alter this caste system. The system ensures that only the IAS reaches the top. For instance, among 57 secretaries to the government of Indi ia, there are just two non-IAS officers: one chosen by the President as his secretary and other the insignificant postal department secretary. Sure, there are technical posts held by scientists and legal services veterans but IAS officers hold all non-technical positions without letting even those with domain expertise flourish.
Rat Race
For instance, the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are most qualified to hold the home secretary's post, a forest service officer is best suited to head the environment and forest department, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer is an ideal candidate for commerce or revenue secretary. But the twice-born IAS will not let go of any of these fiefs.
And the IAS by erecting entry barriers for other services has institutionalized the caste system.
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