Dear
Amitabh :
Just
thought you might concur with thoughts expressed in following blog
It
has been a long time since I heard from you , although , I do keep track of
your views in media
with
regards,
hemen
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Policy Paralysis : Can be
Avoided
Economic
Times ( 25 Aug 2016 ) carries a news report titled :
"
Charges Against Coal ex-Secretary may Lead to Policy Paralysis "
The
report quotes :
# Shri Amitabh Kant ( CEO , NITI Aayog )
" He is the most honest officer I have come across in my
entire career. Real travesty of justice. Sad & tragic. Errors
in commercial decision making should be decriminalized.
There cannot be a more honest person than Gupta "
# A current Govt Secretary :
" He is more honest than I am or anyone of us here . If he
is jailed, functioning of the government will come to a grinding halt . There are
already too many concerns . If such things happen , no one will take any
decisions "
No doubt , it is very difficult to conclude whether a decision
was just " an error of judgment
" or whether it was truly , a " mala-fide
" decision to benefit the officer himself or his relatives / friends /
business interests !
I
request that the Central IAS Officers Association , consider my
following suggestion :
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To err is human
To forgive is divine ( provided it was a honest error )
To forgive is divine ( provided it was a honest error )
All of us keep making errors , all the time
But rarely same " mistake " twice
Often , decisions taken at a point of time , turn out to be " poor " , with passage of time
Reasons are simple :
* We never have all the information - relevant to the problem we are trying to solve - available with us , at the time of taking a decision
* Even when most of such relevant info is available , we may not have the capacity / competence to " process " such info
* As humans , we have our biases / prejudices , based on our previous experiences , which influence our decisions
* Quite often , and often against our own better evaluation / judgment of a given situation , we are wrongly influenced by our peers / bosses / subordinates or even voters - all of whom have different expectations / vested interests !
* Additional - and more relevant - information surfaces , AFTER we have taken a decision (happens all the time !)
To encourage Officers and Ministers to take FAST decisions , Shri Narendra Modi must insist that they carefully " Record " on the files :
* What are the " Options / Alternatives " available ( with
advantage / disadvantage , of each )
* What info / data he wished was available for a better decision
* What different " views / opinions " were presented to him for consideration
* What " Data / Views " he would have obtained if he had more time
* Who all , the decision might offend
* What is the likely " Cost " of postponing that decision,
And finally a Declaration :
* " This decision is not likely to benefit any of my near relatives / friends , directly or immediately "
After all of this , if the decision appears to be " Wrong " in hindsight , it must be " forgiven " and treated as an honest error
To err is human !
Speaking at the TRANSFORMING INDIA lecture ( 26 Aug 2016
) , Shri Modi said :
" We cannot march
through 21st century with 19th century administrative
systems . It would involve transformation of governance and mindsets as
well as transformative ideas
Further , it would require rapid transformation and not gradual evolution
"
I am afraid , despite all of
this motivation / exhortation , no officer would want to stick his neck out for
fear of it getting chopped off !
Even a trapeze artist in a
Circus , needs a Safety Net before he
can be motivated to jump !
My suggestion is that SAFETY NET !
True , Sati Sita had to prove
her innocence through fire !
But , in 2016 , no officer
would want to go through the public humiliation of a media trial , till the
courts prove him innocent !
For him , " No decision " cannot be faulted !
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27 Aug 2016
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with regards,
hemen parekh
Marol , Mumbai , India
( M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
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