While a senior IAS officer argued that educational qualifications play key role in domain expertise, an ex-finance secy says what secretary-level officers learn on ground matters far more.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
This debate is as old as the hills. Ten years was more than enough to get a handle on this, deliver demonstrably superior governance outcomes.