An efficient and corruption-free administration will also help India earn the confidence, says the book
‘Decoding Indian Babudom’, a first-of-its-kind book on Indian bureaucracy by senior journalist Ashwini Shrivastava, has suggested ways to achieve good governance that can bring in investment by boosting businessmen’s confidence in the country’s administration.
The book mentions ailments of the country’s bureaucratic system from the common man’s point of view besides suggesting ways to improve it.
The author highlights in the book possible causes of alleged organised corruption in some property registry offices, RTOs, civic authorities among other departments, red tape, ineffectiveness of administration in ensuring ease of accessing governance and existence of unprofessional approach from a large number of ‘public servants’ towards the public.
He also weighs the efficacy of the country’s administrative system, recruitment agencies and anti-corruption watchdog like Lokpal among others from the common man’s perspective in an easy to read and understand format.
The book suggests ’15 sutras’ of good governance to ensure effective and efficient administration in the country.
Delhi-based author, Ashwini Shrivastava, hails from Bhopal and has been writing on bureaucracy and governance related matters for over a decade.
“There are myths and misnomers associated with the country’s bureaucracy as governance in a vast and vivid country like India cannot be easily understood by an outsider for different reasons,” he said.
“The book tries to unravel common realistic misconceptions attached with bureaucracy and suggest ways to improve the functioning of government employees and hence the governance,” said Shrivastava, who works with the Press Trust of India (PTI) as an Assistant Editor.
The recently-launched book, brought out by Delhi-based Vitasta Publishing, suggests posting of defence services and armed forces officers in civil departments as they possess and practise all office work that might be handled by civil servants.
“An efficient and corruption-free administration will also help India earn the confidence of the local and global business community,” the book suggests.
It also talks about solutions to end red-tapism that chokes the Indian bureaucracy and frustrates people and the business community.
“Red-tapism and corruption are interconnected and quite frustrating for citizens and businessmen. The red-tape is real and it exists in some form or the other in all government departments. It is one of the reasons behind the reputation/notoriety of bureaucracy today!” it says. fiinews.com
