{"id":8596,"date":"2013-07-31T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T07:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/a-matter-of-conscience-principles\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T10:54:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T05:24:34","slug":"a-matter-of-conscience-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/a-matter-of-conscience-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE & PRINCIPLES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nVijay K. Saluja<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\nemail:- salujavijay@hotmail.com 
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\nThe suspension of Ms Durga Shakti Nagpal ,a young IAS officer posted as sub-divisional magistrate[SDM] in Gautam Budh Nagar is like punching another big hole in the `steel[was in the past] frame` of the Govt. of India. The reasons for her suspension as reported in the media need to be looked into by the concerned authorities in the Govt. [Centre\/state] dispassionately & immediately for suitable corrective steps to be taken to ensure that the suspension was not only revoked so that the concerned officer did not loose the enthusiasm, morale & zeal, to discharge her duties without fear & external pressure in the interest of public good, but also suitable measures are built into the existing administrative [with falling standards] system ,so that upright & motivated officers in the Govt whose numbers are dwindling by the day, do not, think\/keep on leaving their govt jobs, because of lack of protection\/security for doing their assigned duties as per the laid -down rules & as is expected from them as responsible public servants, by the citizens.<\/p>\n

Because of the undue external factors[political, unethical seniors] some of the bright & the righteous have already left their Govt. jobs & and are now in the private sector or have left for abroad. A few, it is learnt & I know from personal knowledge, are practicing law, too!<\/p>\n

Whose loss it is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Durga Shakti Nagpal<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Just think, if the bright, committed, dedicated, passionate about their duties- officers keep on leaving or are sidelined in the administrative system, then who will perform onerous duties of delivering public good? This exercise in the Govt.[Central & state] of not supporting the enthusiastic & righteous officers & suspending some of them on flimsy grounds [because of their conscience & therefore refusal to toe the lines of unethical political masters` colluded by their calculating seniors-some of doubtful integrity] are some of the prime reasons for massive scams which are surfacing with great regularity?!<\/p>\n

Corruption of huge proportions in almost all the Govt. departments, urban local bodies, housing boards, development authorities etc. , have become the order of the day & the media-reports are full with juicy details of collusion of the bureaucracy \/ the political class with the private sectors. Delay in decisions on many vital projects of the cities\/in the country have kept many ongoing projects in limbo resulting in huge cost & time over-runs besides causing big hardships & harassment to the general public & delay in benefits, which could have accrued because of the timely completion of the projects \u2013infrastructure: housing, water supply, drainage, sewage, highways , tele-communications, industrial corridors etc..<\/p>\n

There is an urgent need for introspection by the concerned authorities in the Govt. The Prime Minister, the Home Minister, the Minister for Personnel Affairs of the Govt. of India & all the Chief Ministers of the states need, to my mind, brainstorm to arrive at a consensus on the policy ,for dealing with their committed, dedicated, enthusiastic officers of integrity.<\/p>\n

Young officers like Nagpals, Khemkas are assets of the Govt. to my mind. They need nurturing & protection for doing their rightful assigned duties without any fear & external pressures.<\/p>\n

Even the ministers & political masters need regular training & skill up-gradation to deal with the matters of the state. Injecting a strong dose of values & ethics in the curriculum of the training-formats\/schedules of the bureaucrats will go a long way in bringing about right attitudes & mindsets-an essential pre-requisites for delivering public good.<\/p>\n

Then the Courts will also not get clogged with so many service \u2013matters, too, which presently, is the case!!<\/p>\n

In this case, it will help if the courts take suo-motto action to look into the matter.<\/p>\n

Last but not the least, IAS Officers Association, Director IAS Academy, State Civil Services Associations, Directors of State Administrative Training Institutes, Indian Institute of Public Administration, IITs & IIMs[whose alumni are also being drawn towards IAS] ,Civil-Society Groups, Media & Social-Media, also need to brainstorm & come out with their deliberated Action-Plans, for the Govt. to consider & put the same in place\/action, for empowering its committed & honest Govt. officers, offering caring governance to the citizens & thus making better INDIA.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n(Author of this editorial is the Director,Giraffe Heroes India Program; <\/b>Senior Fellow-Institute of Social sciences; <\/b>Ex President, IIT Delhi Alumni Association; <\/b>Ex Chief Engineer[civil], New Delhi Municipal Council )<\/b><\/p>\n

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