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Bloated
Babudam
More
heads, less work-that's the state of the bureaucracy in India. A privileged
lot with guaranteed rights, pay and perks, they cost the taxpayers Rs
75,000 crore a year.The work culture makes them surplus but hard to get
rid of.
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Taking
the
Plunge
Congress President Sonia Gandhi shedding her inhibitions and taking a
dip at the Mahakumbha in Allahabad and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Dharma
Sansad at the same venue were both seen as political moves.
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STATES
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Starved
of Future
With
the state reeling under a severe drought and government measures providing
little succour, the prospect of a famine looms large. The debilitating
results are now showing up as a chain of catastrophes in this rain-fed
region.
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BUSINESS
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Puppy
Paradise Professionals
have turned Ludhiana into the richest city.
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COVER
STORY: BUREAUCRACY
Garbage
In, Garbage Out
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aplenty. There's always a surplus of these Group D employees in the
Secretariat. |
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UDC/LDC, who sits across a partition wall from the pa, has no access
to a PC, and little file maintenance work. |
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personal assistant has a room and a pc terminal but little work except
taking short- hand dictation and word-processing. Computerisation
has reduced his work load. |
The
senior principal personal secretary (PPS) occupies an ante room
close to the secretary's office, which is the Secretariat's nerve
centre. Head of support staff, he guards access to secretary and
prioritises files.
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peon at the door of the secretary's room belongs to his personal staff.
He has no other duty except to switch the "busy" light in
the secretary's room red/green or to receive him from the car. |
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secretary heads the Secretariat, the main function of which is to
help the government in formulation and execution of policy. The secretary
is the administrative head of the ministry, and is answerable to the
cabinet secretary. He has the added advantage over the minister of
not having to face Parliament. |
| Secretary's
driver comes with the car. However, while there are over 6,000 staff
cars of the Central government (except Defence, Railways, P&T),
there are over 10,000 drivers. |
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COLUMNS |
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 If
planned well, the quake could be the Keynesian opportunity for Yashwant
Sinha to trigger growth,
says India Today Associate Editor
V.
Shankar Aiyar
in
Au
ContrAiyar.
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INTERVIEW |
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This is just the beginning, V.K. Aatre, who
is at the core of the LCA action, tells India Today Principal Correspondent
Stephen David in an exclusive
Interview.
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DESPATCHES |
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Managing
home and
a career was always tough but women in the metros can now choose from
an increasing array of options to work flexible hours.
India Today's
Namita Bhandare takes a look at the part-time and flexi-time job
market in Despatches.
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