The author has been a member of the Indian Administrative Service and holds a PhD in Sanskrit
Extraneous factors in transfers and postings hamper administration
It is not that those holding key positions are any less competent than others, but merit simply seems incidental in such appointments.
The recent transfer of Subhash Chandra Garg as finance secretary heading the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) led to speculation as to its causes. Transfers/postings and superannuation define the life of a public servant. There is nothing unusual in the appointing authority replacing one officer with another by exercising choice within the constitutional scheme for managing governance. However, the displacement of the architect of a core aspect of the Union Budget (the proposal to raise $10 billion from the sale of sovereign bonds overseas), during the Budget Session of Parliament, is definitely not routine.
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