Why Indian bureaucratic system do not work for Indian masses? Is it lack of confidence in polliticians, democr

Question

Indian bureaucratic system fails to deliver goods. I mean to fulfill aspiration of public. Is it is not in tradition of Indian history?. Even in Maha Bharat, we talk of Wisva Karma to creat prosperity. We do not have mention of state craft to fulfill the dream in practical ways. Chineses do have and so Europeans have too. So is it basic defect of Indian character? So, every time our dream is not fulfilled we go to God ask him to take birth and ask Himm to fulfill our dreams?
So He takes birth in India every time to put the things right? As we have not developed proper bureautic system we make mess every time and yearn for God to take birth? When shall we learn as society? Why we have Ayaa Ram & Gaya Ram? Why we do not punish them? Why we are afraid to say spade a spade. Why our courts and political establishment fail to punish Bomb blast convicts? Why we are afraid to hang Afzal and its clique?Why we do not find traitors among society and punish them? Chinese, JapanesesEuropeans, do

Answer 1

I being a Young Indian totally agree with Ur comments on Indian Politics. Public not at all have faith in Govt. neither it cares .Young Gen. has lot to do to change this System.It is not a one day game.U correlate it with Our Epics it is a great thought.
It is because of late decisions, improper implementationof plans and fexiible attitude which created a resentment in Young Gen.
India should be a very powerful country by this time.But because of mean politicians and improper system it is not so.
Every time we make a new Goal to become super power by 2010 or 2020 or.......
It is rediculous.Our politicians think that by giving same false promises again they will be able to fool people.
Basic promises given by politicians everytime for past 60 years are of Power, Infrastructure,Employment and roads.But never fulfilled.Truely it is because of our slow speed we are yet crawling rather than running.
I want my young Gen. to take a step and initiate Indian reforms.

Answer 2

Buddy, I agree with the comments that due to the heavy pressure of population on the system, the bureaucratic system has failed. Over the years, the snail-pace has become an inherent feature of our governance system, be it, bureaucratic, judicial or any other government structure. The power has been given into the hands of a few people, and they certainly know how to exploit it for their own good. It's not that we don't have a sound bureaucratic system, but since it was given to us by the Britishers who used it to exploit for their well-being, the minor modifications that have been made are rather ineffective. Also, there is an urgent need to change the system according to the requirement of changing patterns of society. For example, how can we imagine smooth functioning of the society, if our police is still substantially governed by the Police Act of 1861 under which the Imperial Branch of the Colonial Police Service was instituted. More or less, same is the case for other spearheads of Indian system of Governance.

As for blaming and praying to God. Even the part and parsal of Indian Governance system think that this country is running on God's pity.

Now, what can be the solution for this? The answer lies in bringing productivity, transparency and accountability in the system. For this, there is an urgent need for some quick revamping and making it state-of-the-art for the times of today, with a view to make it friendly for tomorrow also. I know that it is easier said than done. But at least we should try. The common man should also behave more responsibly towards such a system, and last but not the least, in our India, it is a common practice to blame the system, the bureaucrats, the politicians, I mean everyone-is-to-be-blamed-except-myself attitude. This habit should be done away with as early as possible.

You have also raised Afzal's hanging and bomb blasts. This is the flexibility of our laws that everytime such people are left scot free, blaming on the lack of evidence against them. Even if they are given the most severe punishment,the death sentence, they are free to plead to president for amnesty. We take shade of democracy, resilience towards violence and the traditional big heart that we have. Isn't it idiotic, that we are giving example to these kind of people that they can do whatever they like and still they have a chance to get a nominal panelty???

Answer 3

At a certain limit a bureauacy will crack from the size of the masses being too large. India has over 1 billion people and the size is just too large for the country to handle.

China is a junk pile when it comes to bureaucratic messes. Their own companies don't know how many workers they have because they pay so many people indirectly (under the table) such as with cash to avoid taxes.They also went from being the number one exporter of coal to the number one importer of coal, solely on the bases of corruption. They also lose more people in coal mines each year than any modern military loses in combat.

Europe is plagued by drugs and unemployment. The Thames river that runs along London, England tests positive for cocaine. France's unemployment is greater than the U.S. unemployment during the Great Depression back in the 1930s.

The U.S. gained wealth through debt. The government borrowed $47 trillion (including the retirement plan known as Social Security and the elderly health care known as Medicare) as it stands now which would probably be enough to make everyone in India a millionare (in U.S. money). When the U.S. has to pay it back, it's going to be a mess.

Any "perfect" society will be "infected" by the immigrant masses from an imperfect society till the perfect society becomes imperfect. Then everyone laughs and complains at the society for not being so perfect.

Answer 4

What ails India and its progress:

Population

Corruption at all levels (Politicians, Administration and Legal system).

Lack of involvement of the public at large including voting of corroupt and criminals as politicians
Who in the right frame could elect the likes of Phoolan Devi, Mullayam Singh, Mayawati etc.
Gujarat - Bhuj and Surat are examples how the Govt and the local people can work together and change adverse situtaion to own advantage.

Lack of responsibility at all levels.

Illiteracy

ReservationPolicy

Answer 5

Because we have today bureaucrats who have age old mindsets of past trying to solve problems of today which are of different magnitude and complexity, which many of them cannot even comprehend. This has nothing to do with their IQ or general knowledge.
Added to that, no bureaucrat has even been hauled up for non-performance. They cannot be sacked for inefficiency, hence, no accountability, and only can be suspended for corruption, if at all they are ever caught. None of them will ever stand up to what they think is right in front of their political bosses. It is finally win-win situation, not between the government and citizens , but between a bureaucrat and the politician.

Answer 6

yeah the fact that it is ridiculously populated its government being highly centralized, yet having not so high standards of living makes it easily corruptible. i think it is very hard to implement a perfect a bureaucratic system that works in such conditions.

take indonesia for example. lots of space, plenty of people and resources, but it just keeps on getting exploited by people in and out of the government who have the power to give resources out for a (personal) fee, which really hurts the economy. corruption is ludicrous. i imagine it is somewhat similar in india.

the fact that china isn't fully democratized maybe why it is more effective in dealing with those things. they just kill off the offenders. although i imagine corruption is pretty high there, as well.

also, it's easy to comment and criticize from a 3rd person point of view, but when you are in the position of making decisions for your country (in the government), it is definitely much much harder. so, i guess choosing competent people to be decision makers is important.

Answer 7

Instead of "why" let us ask "how". The goverment can not run with this outdated bureaucratic machinery. It was invented by British and they have renounced it long ago. Our brown sahibs are stiil holding on to it and don't have any plans to let it go. The only answer is "e-Governance".

Answer 8

actually the territory is vast and people in in bulk and more than 10 nations live in inida i guess that is y the system does not work