Uttar Pradesh govt has 11 lakh outsourced employees working across 93 depts. The new system will include direct salary payments as well as social security and reservation benefits.
The result is a system where ordinary Indians are relegated to the margins, while corporations operate with impunity, leaving little room for equitable dialogue or genuine public accountability.
The tax authorities should also investigate the extent of the use of ‘shell companies’ by corporations and political parties to indulge in corrupt practices.
Former civil servants Vijay Kelkar and Ajay Shah write that we in India revere success and wealth. We assume good HR practices in TCS will work in govt.
Commentators may have missed that the Indian state is less equipped now to provide the resources and political direction necessary to effectively support industrial development.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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