The government has tripled the pay of babus every decade. What are we getting in return?

Just how much control do bureaucrats exercise over their so-called political masters? Quite a lot, it turns out — especially over things they see as impacting their own, immediate welfare. Take the deafening silence over the constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission, one of the parting ‘gifts’ of the UPA government for whichever government comes next. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a former bureaucrat himself, signed the order constituting the Seventh Pay Commission.

Read Full Story>>