Monday, November 02, 2015

Bunch of IAS opportunists

This is in reference to many media news articles and the letters of bunch of IAS cadre people, which has been floating in the social media.

Background
There are 10-15 odd Group A services such as IAS, IPS, IRS, IDAS, IRTS, ICLS.etc...Due to some urgency, some privileges were granted as temporary measures to IAS cadres

What is written in these letters
Some IAS people have declared that
"Privileges are our birth right and no one can part that away from us" in the same manner as Bal Gangadhar Tilak declared 100 years ago
"Freedom is my birth right and no one can part that away from me"

Words are similar but spirits are totally opposite - one is full of fear and the other is fearless declaration of the great freedom fighter.

Is everyone writing this
Personally, I have deep respect for some of bureaucrats of all cadres. Many of them are IAS also such as T N Seshan, Ashok Khemka etc. They have exemplied "True service to the nation" without looking for personal benefits like promotions etc.

These set of people writing these letters are also from IAS cadre but with a different spirit "Incentives of faster promotion and higher salaries are needed for any service to the nation". I wonder if they declared the same in their interviews.

Flawed reasoning in letters

  1. Border/Naxal Areas - Armed forces/CISF/CRPF and yes, IDAS also do the same
  2. Multiple Responsibilities / Negotiations with MP/MLA's - Every Civil services has the same burden of responsibilities and in similar volume and intensity. IDAS also negotiates with a Lt. General, who has 1 lack people under him ready to kill and die themselves on his one order and the Lt. General has grown up 30 years gradually in a system which promotes seniority ethos. Imagine a 35 year old negotiating with him. MP/MLA's are far easier to handle. 
  3. Rank in UPSC - Come on, that is morons logic especially after 2013, in 1 optional and 4 GS scenario, UPSC has become a dart ball game. The difference between Rank 1 and 1000 is mostly luck and some rote learning. Also, there are many in IFS, IPS, IRS and even lesser known services, who dropped IAS in favor of other cadres.
Solution
  1. These people are opportunistic and there are high correlation between opportunism and corruption. So, these people should be put on "Vigilance alert" for their future actions. 
  2. System itself is flawed. Group A was designed for britishers and should be abolished
  3. Common training for all cadres and then service allocation on basis on performance in training, of 2 years, which gives higher chances of correct allocation, than existing "Rote and Quote" UPSC exams..   
















2 comments:

Anonymous said...

U seems highly jealousy of ias cadre
Stop such venoming

Lucky said...

Please read my post again. I have already written that I have great respect for some of the people of this cadre. Its the people, who make a cadre and not the other way round.

Anyway, I am not jealous of any service, if it stands for ethical and moral value.