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Independence essay says colonial mindset still shapes bureaucracy
Hindustan Times··14 Aug
An Independence Day commentary published on August 14 said India's bureaucracy remains among the slowest institutions to reform, 80 years after 1947. The writer linked the civil service to a colonial mindset that raises the cost of doing business through delay and corruption. The piece recalled Modi's Paanch Prans at the 75th Independence Day, including ending that mindset.
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What It Means For You
- If you wait on a government file, this Independence week commentary treats delay and graft in the civil service as the unfinished part of 1947.
- Readers tracking 2047 targets can see the writer tying a developed-country goal to an overhaul that rewards merit and removes the corrupt.
- Anyone following administrative reform can place the column beside Jitendra Singh's count of 1,600 repealed laws and the move to Kartavya Bhawan.
What's Happening
- On August 14 Hindustan Times published a commentary saying a colonial-minded bureaucracy is India's largest Independence-day challenge at 80 years.
- The writer cited Modi's Paanch Prans from the 75th Independence Day, including the pledge to remove a colonial mindset.
- The column argued that lethargy and corrupt practice still raise the cost of doing business and that a total overhaul is required.
What Other Officials Have Said About The Same Frame
- Jitendra Singh has described the Raj steel frame as built to control, and listed Mission Karmayogi and law repeal as attempts to reforge it.
- A Chandigarh HT essay by a former IAS officer said citizens now judge the state by pensions and grievance speed, not by how much it controls.
- The August 14 piece also argued that officials whose children settle in the West carry a colonial outlook, citing China's bar on career growth in such cases.
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