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So far weve learned the foundational values of civil services under E3 part 1 to 3. Now lets
examine a few case studies related to those values:
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But, after elections, new political party comes in power. The newly appointed Minister for urban
development orders you to divert majority of the staff and budget of that scheme and launch a new
scheme named Prakash Raj Paani Pilaao Yojana, saying that sewage cleaning is doing fine,
but we now need to focus on drinking water.
Given your vast experience as a senior IAS who has worked in so many departments, you
anticipate/apprehend following motives of the new Minister:
1. Due to lack of staff in Gulshan yojana, Sewage cleaning will suffer. Ultimately functions will
be contracted out to a private agency owned by a businessman who had funded the election
campaign of the new party.
2. Since staff is gone, the Sophisticated Tata instruments will malfunction due to lack of proper
up keeping and servicing. Then theyre to be sold to a private agency at throwaway prices and
same private agency will then repair and sell them to another company/state at high prices.
3. Since Gulshan is not abolished, the Info-lysis company will continue receive annual
payments for server-rent and IT support, thereby leading to wastage of tax-payer money. You
may try to terminate or reduce the contract with them but company may bribe the minister to
ensure steady flow of money.
Answer following:
1. What policy advice will you give to the new minister?
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2. Suppose he doesnt agree. You further write to CM. CM calls both of you. You explain your
anticipations/apprehension, while new Minister blames you for mistaking his genuine
interest for water priority as a corruption motive. Ultimately, CM rules in favour of the
minister. Will you seek transfer? Yes/No and Why?
3. After above scene, suppose you continue to work under the same ministry and same
department, what will you do to ensure sewage cleaning doesnt suffer?
4. Minister orders you to design water provision under Prakash Yojana in such manner that it
can also win international accolades like Gulshan Gatar Yojana then how will you proceed?
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mismanage the dairy cooperative, thereby forcing villagers to sell milk to his private dairy.
His men burned the huts of the lower caste villagers. When they retaliate, he gets them all
arrested with help of local (and therefore corrupt) Police officials. Then Amrish Puri
himself, gets those lower-caste villagers bailed out of jail to portray his benevolent imageand asking for their votes.
His lawyer comes with an affidavit signed by a village woman which alleges that you sexually
exploited her. Lawyer blackmails that hell submit it to police and your department UNLESS
you (A) work as per wishes of Amrish Puri OR (B) Seek transfer.
You make personal visit to districts collector and SP but theyre too busy firefighting against
an ongoing reservation agitation by Hardik Patel.
Media shows no interest in this small village and its problems.
Answer following Questions:
1. Enumerate the steps you will initiate, ensure that village cooperative movement succeeds in
all three stages against each of the obstacles mentioned above.
2. Your subordinates advice you to use hook-and-crook methods to ensure Amrish Puris
associates dont win the election e.g. exposing true character of Amrish in social media and
whatsapp, rigging of the ballot-box after election is over to make Anti-Amrish faction
candidates winand so on. Given that so far youve exhausted all the options without any
success, will you consider this alternative?
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economic issues of the state. Javed has habit of clicking like button on facebook and re-tweet
button on twitter to all the posts made by his wife, without even reading them, just to keep wife in
good humor.
Answer following:
1. List the foundational values missing in Javed? And why?
2. Suppose youre the collector and chief Secretary directly sends an SMS order to you to take
care of this mess, how will you proceed?
3. Collector sends an office memo to Javed reprimanding him maligning the image of
government through his social media account and orders him to cleanup the mess. Javed
feels he is being persecuted for his religion, because even other officers wives/relatives are
in similar business of bashing the state government, but collector never sent them a memo.
Youre a family friend of Javed. He comes to ventilate his grievances to you- what will you
advise/observation will you make?
But the news is blown out of proportion both in vernacular media and social media. On daily basis
local politicians, eminent personalities, page3 celebrities and jholachhap NGO turned intellectuals
of Ahmedabad keep making columns. Opposition parties begin citing this episode to highlight
deterioration of law and order in the state is because of carefree policemen. Jokes related to this
event have become viral on whatsapp.
Answer following questions
Q1. Which foundational values for civil services are missing in Mimoh?
Q2. Suppose Youre the police commissioner, and home secretary calls you up to do something,
because he feels that whole episode is putting the ruling party and police personnel in bad light. You
can do one or more of the following steps:
A. Transfer Mimoh to a sideline punishment posting.
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B.
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