Wiser after #2gScam ?
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Economic
Times ( 18 Dec ) carries following news report :
“
Ex-PMO Official Deposition Sealed Ex-Coal Secy’s Fate “
In
the coal scam case , CBI court awarded 3 year sentence to ex coal secretary
, H C Gupta , saying :
· He
actively , deliberately and consciously , concealed facts from the then Prime Minister
· Neither
was it alleged by the prosecution nor any such evidence was available to show
that Gupta obtained allocation of a coal block for the accused company by any
corrupt or illegal means
· Prosecution
is required to prove only that in order to obtain either for himself or for any
other person , any valuable thing or pecuniary advantage , the public servant
abused his position
{
Astute readers would find subtle similarities in the observations made by the
CBI Court this afternoon , in its 1582 page verdict , acquitting all accused in
the 2011 , 2G Scam ! }
While
pressing for a lenient sentence, Gupta said that as per the prosecution case
itself , there has been no allegation against him of any nature whatsoever that
any financial gain was obtained by him
The
news report carries quotes from Anil Swarup ( HRD Secretary ) and Parmeshwaran
Iyer ( Sanitation Secretary ) , talking highly about Gupta being an honest
officer
Earlier
Amitabh Kant ( CEO – NITI Aayog ) had voiced similar sentiments about Shri Gupta
All this is “ water under the bridge “ !
Irreversible !
But
, if the government wants to encourage
honest officers to take “ Bold / Out of the Box “ policy decisions,
without being afraid of “ getting their
necks chopped off “ , then it should waste no further time to
implement my following suggestion :
(
- and without waiting for the Government to advise them , what is holding
up Central IAS Officers Association ,
to initiate this, on their own ? )
Friday, 20 June 2014
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 / judgement 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 Babus and Ministers to take FAST decisions , Shri Narendra Modi must insist that they carefully " Record " on the files :
* 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 !
21
Dec 2017
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