India has too many public servants both elected and selected.Barring a fraction of these servants, the public servants loot the public without fear of law or feeling of guilt.
Yadav Singh is a public servant in Uttar Pradesh. He without an engineering degree moved up the ladder of government service till 1995 from 1980. When he was to be promoted as Project Engineer there was a minor technical hurdle. He needed an engineering degree, and it appears that he managed to get the four year degree in three years.A brilliant man.Singh moved ahead and became Engineer-in-Chief of Noida. He was very humble to all persons around him. He built a house for his family: a sprawling three-storied mansion or palace. A recent Income Tax department raids located movable and immovable property worth at least Rs 1,000 crore.Singh appears to be a lover of exquisite art work as his collections included a two kilogram diamond studded ornament suitable for gods and goddesses in Temples. Yadav Singh is now rated as India's Corrupt Number One. Sachin Tendulkar's cricket records may be difficult to be broken. But Yadav Singh's ranking may be overtaken by some other enterprising public servant as the batting ground is flat and the bowling/fielding attack is weak. These can be fixed.
Recently a senior IAS officer of the rank of Principal Secretary in Kerala Mr.Suraj has been in the electronic and print media for disproportionate assets and unaccounted cash. Suraj has strong political blessing and he has come forward with "explanations justifying the cash in his house". The case is on and may be he will be promoted one day. A similar case of an IPS officer in Kerala has been in the news often. But he is now IG of police !
From peon to principal secretary, corruption is an hourly occurrence in India.
No department or daily activity of the common man is corruption-free.But we should remember that these public servants create enormous wealth,though not for the nation. Many share the bribe amount with Gods as penance. As no givernment in Independent India has succeeded in eliminating or even reducing the menace of corruption, let the state and central governments institute Arjuna Awards to these public sernants. After all, corruption is an art and a sport.
Yadav Singh is a public servant in Uttar Pradesh. He without an engineering degree moved up the ladder of government service till 1995 from 1980. When he was to be promoted as Project Engineer there was a minor technical hurdle. He needed an engineering degree, and it appears that he managed to get the four year degree in three years.A brilliant man.Singh moved ahead and became Engineer-in-Chief of Noida. He was very humble to all persons around him. He built a house for his family: a sprawling three-storied mansion or palace. A recent Income Tax department raids located movable and immovable property worth at least Rs 1,000 crore.Singh appears to be a lover of exquisite art work as his collections included a two kilogram diamond studded ornament suitable for gods and goddesses in Temples. Yadav Singh is now rated as India's Corrupt Number One. Sachin Tendulkar's cricket records may be difficult to be broken. But Yadav Singh's ranking may be overtaken by some other enterprising public servant as the batting ground is flat and the bowling/fielding attack is weak. These can be fixed.
Recently a senior IAS officer of the rank of Principal Secretary in Kerala Mr.Suraj has been in the electronic and print media for disproportionate assets and unaccounted cash. Suraj has strong political blessing and he has come forward with "explanations justifying the cash in his house". The case is on and may be he will be promoted one day. A similar case of an IPS officer in Kerala has been in the news often. But he is now IG of police !
From peon to principal secretary, corruption is an hourly occurrence in India.
No department or daily activity of the common man is corruption-free.But we should remember that these public servants create enormous wealth,though not for the nation. Many share the bribe amount with Gods as penance. As no givernment in Independent India has succeeded in eliminating or even reducing the menace of corruption, let the state and central governments institute Arjuna Awards to these public sernants. After all, corruption is an art and a sport.
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