Is the top level of the bureaucracy at the Centre getting paralysed because of the inability of the Appointments Committee of Cabinet to discharge its duties since the formation of the government ? The reason: crucial appointments are pending as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who heads the committee, remains too busy to spare time for its meeting, leading to accumulation of vacancies at the top of the administration. This high-profile committee finalises appointments of several top bureaucrats, including board level officials in different departments and public sector undertakings. Till the previous government’s regime, the committee consisted of the prime minister (the chairman), the home minister and the minister in charge of the concerned ministry for which the appointment was required. But in June, the Modi government changed the rule. With the stated objective of freeing bureaucrats from the pulls and pressures of the individual ministers, the Appointments Committee was made a two-member panel, consisting merely of the prime minister and the home minister.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 15:00:18 +0000
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