Political interference and Status of Civil Services in India

Each educated man and woman have a keen interest in civil administration. Selection of a candidate requires years of efforts and continuous hard work with the aim to serve society. Sometimes your knowledge, hard work and gromming up for the services is followed by luck factor. Public Administration training is given to suitable selected candidates at various locations. The service is regarded as the link between the government and the general public. Sometimes it is effect by the rulling political party in the country and the state.

There is often nexus between power-hungry and corrupt politicians and civil servants with convenient principles. Many civil servants are only too anxious to oblige the politicians, and then try to encash the obligation when they need some special favour. The attitude of self righteousness adopted by the civil service is dishonest and conceals the facts.

Every serving and retired civil servant come out with his/her memoirs and figurise the glorious picture of heights of administrative efficiency reached during his reign/services span.There is often much political interference during the orders in action. The civil servants are interfered by politicians and it may results in unrest at minor level. 

The attitude of self satisfaction is developed during the years of service. Self-preservation rather than service is encouraged by our whole system of rules and procedures. The over-protection now granted to the civil servants must end. If any of the civil servant found in unfair activities, it is impossible to remove an erroneous servant and only highest authorities in the government (the state or the centre) can transfer an official from one job to another.The rules for taking disciplinary action are very complicated and at end defaulting civil servants if gets away, is liable to get his full emoluments for the period of the disciplinary proceedings, you can imagine it is just like a paid holiday for him.

The results is that the administration has become rule-oriented and not result-oriented. Action is taken against the official who takes some interest in his work and try to fight with the basic problems of society, but no action will be taken against corrupt officials who sold themselves to the politicians to gain plenty of property. It is necessary to link job performance with job retention. 

Major reforms is needed to raise the quality of administration rendered by the civil servants.

The service should be purely free from any type of political interference. The task of upliftment of the society should be in the hands of honest and effective official to bring efficiency in results. National heroes could strive for the development of the nation and will bring prosperity in the society.