Ensuring Continuity of Governance: Inputs Sought
With this post, we would like to seek your inputs on what should the Government do to ensure that Continuity of Projects is maintained. Below are some of your past inputs on the subject. We look forward to your inputs!
Maintaining continuity of projects/governance with bureaucratic reshuffles
1.Transfers of bureaucrats should be de-linked with political motives
2.A Code for Public Administration should be formed and political interference in execution of government services should be stopped
3.The Governor could automatically become responsible for the ongoing projects when a bureaucrats is transferred
4.A structured HOTO (Hand Over and Take Over) would ensure a seamless continuity of the existing projects irrespective of the person being transferred
5.Respective minister along with the project head (bureaucrat) should be held accountable if an important project is left incomplete
6.Unless it is high level emergency, the project in-charge should not be changed
7. Even after completion, they should be answerable to any irregularity
8.Projects should be allotted keeping in view the time for completion as well as time left for retirement
9.Civil servants should be allotted a function when they start their career and stay with it throughout their career (like in the offices we choose Quality control, sales, marketing etc.)
10.There should be no random and frequent transfers, example: from civil aviation to clean ganga to commerce in 3 years
11.This would ensure that they become masters of one field and have the required knowledge to form policies and take decisions to complete projects on time
12.The tenure of bureaucrats should be extended based on the good work in the projects undertaken by them
13.The major steps taken by officials in governance should be put on paper and files maintained and approved by the respective ministry
14.These files to be handed over to the incoming official by the outgoing person and then relieved from their post
15.The new person should not be allowed to ignore or change the governance plan steps without the ministry approval
16.Time frame must be maintained for implementation of such plan irrespective of the change in officials. more