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C. Subramaniam |
(Published in 1982 Annual Number)
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Complex as modern administration is, both in business and in government, it is inevitable that Ministers have to depend on experts for advice. Very often experts differ. I have found that the Minister’s role is in picking the best advice from his counsellors. He should encourage creative and competitive tension between different groups of his technical and generalist experts.
The hope of the country lies in a spirit of understanding and cooperation between the Minister and the civil servant. If there is the least suspicion between them, administration will come to a standstill, decision will get delayed and obstacles found for every course of action.
Quite often a civil servant who presents the cold logic of his analysis may ignore the political reality of the decision he recommends.
It is for the Minister to relate to him the problems to the political process. We have to establish a tradition in which a Minister treats his civil servant as a co-equal partner in the process of development, respects genuine differences, supports his decisions and takes the responsibility for policy at all times.
Ultimately, what a Minister can get from a civil servant would depend on what he can give. If a Minister can provide initiative, leadership and support, I think it is not difficult to get the public servants in the country to contribute their best.
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