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1.1.4.b) Subversion of due process in the wrapping up of the Sterlite Copper Plant
- TNPCB had failed to verify if production was on before elec. cut
- TANGEDCO complied with TNPCB order and disconnected power, then issued notice
which was against safety protocol
- threat to employees and surrounding as machinery, raw material (hazardous also)
were stored in plant
- Minimal restoration of electricity for safety protocol request was not taken into
a/c
1.1.4.c) The undesired impacts of knee-jerk populist policies in industry
1.1.4.d) Implementation of industrial standards
1.1.4.e) Chief lacunae in the implementation of industrial protocols
1.4.1.b) Higher education policies to ensure better representation from all sectors
of society
1.4.2.b) The dangers presented by invasive and exotic species in natural wildlife
sanctuaries
- Senna, etc. post threats to local flora/fauna with 3000-5000 seedlings sprouting
from a single matured plant during monsoon
- Uprooting of plants is the major strategy in reservoirs, which require large
scale public mobilization
1.4.2.c) Forest Dwellers Act, and their role in protecting biodiversity in the
absence of high manpower requirements
1.6.1.a) KL: The relevance of small and medium hospitals in the health sector
- Verge of closure for small and medium hospitals that provide affordable care
- Request to exempt such hospitals from under the ambit of an act which makes the
display of hospital fares mandatory
DEMANDS:
- Single window system to give legal clearance to small hospitals
- Govt should help hosp. meet salary commitments of employees
1.6.1.b) Legislation that governs the establishment/conduct /regulation/guidelines
on private medical hospitals and clinics
1.6.1.c) The role of government in the provision of public health services
1.6.1.d) Issues caused/incurred by private hospital sector in India
1.6.1.e) Single Window Systems - use, efficacy, need
1.10.1.b) Initatives to raise farmer income: case studies from other places
- PMFBY protects farmers from natures fury via insurance schemes
- Farmers praised govt schemes with locational themes (specification and tailor-
made projects, apparently)
1.8.2.a) Chief issues with lateral entry system - failures of the policy framework
- Lateral entry is not new; has happened on ad hoc basis
- Framework policy reuired if govt. plans to institutionalise it
- Clauses contradictory as post calls for specific knowledge but is appointing
joint secretaries to general departments (domain expertise is salient only in a
very narrow context) ; instead specific training could be given to those showing
aptitude in certain subjects nd recruited accordingly
- Selection process to be objective, as presently under the UPSC; IAS has never
been questioned except for accusations of coonial overhang
- Similar to spoils system, but will hhurt bureacrats who will have to report to
them, inspite of greater service - opposes continuity of the UPSC; acts a back oor
entry to the system
- accountability is nil aas 3-5 years of policy making will not ensure continuing
systems are put in place
- Social obligations of govt. comes to forefront, as SC/ST/OBC quotas cannot be
taken into account - also, issues of policies not considering lower classes comes
int oquestion
- such entry will also politicise the issue, which can lead to an erosion of the
check that the UPSC offers
- Problem that the new policy hopes to fix remains vague - vagueness ill lead to
meandering efforts and ad hoc induction on a larger scale
- distant cousin to committed bureacracy approach of the 1970s, which goes counter
to the spirit of governance under constituent assembly
- Traditionally expert opinions were availsed thro consultative process
- Based on assumptuion that civil servants are generalists and ill suited to deal
with policy implications of new learning - domain expert requirement
- policy aim to augment manpower means lateral entry may be a s wide as regular
recruitment and inducted regularly
1.11.2.a) What is the lateral entry system for civil servants of the DPT?
1.11.2.b) Chief O&Ts present in the system ; is it bad or good?
- reflects along with simultaneous election call an impatience with the system put
in place by the constitutent assemblty, which favoured accountabilty over
expeditiousness. Responsible govt > efficient govt was a founding father principle
---> this is why the parliamentary was favoured over the presidential system
(BRAMBEDKAR - FORMER IS unstable but more responsible and vice vera)
- Three checks on govt - judiciaial indpendence, subject executive to constant
scrutiny of legislative; bureacratic neutrlity ---> the wraith of quo warrato is
the stuff of nightmares for most civil servants and the only way to keep them in
check - lateral entry erodes this accountability
- a) state officersb) psu/reserach body employees c) mncs individuals are open to
apply - but fidelity, accountability and neutrality worsens down the line.
- could erode the democratic nature of the service sacrificing nation building for
accountability at the cost of the weaker classes
1.11.1.c) Policy framework that must be suggested?