Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
Who among the former Prime Ministers had observed that 'only a committed bureaucracy could bring about social transformation'?
AJawaharlal Nehru
BMorarji Desai
CIndira Gandhi ✓ Correct
DVP Singh
Correct answer: (C) Indira Gandhi — Indira Gandhi advanced the idea of a committed bureaucracy, so she is the answer.
Explanation
★Indira Gandhi advanced the idea of a committed bureaucracy, so she is the answer.
★The concept argued that civil servants should be committed to the social and economic goals of the government of the day.
★It was put forward in the early 1970s and was criticised for threatening the political neutrality of the civil service.
★A committed bureaucracy is seen as conflicting with the Weberian ideal of a neutral, rule-bound and impartial administration.
★Critics warned it could lead to politicisation and erosion of the merit principle in the services.
★The Indian civil service is otherwise expected to be anonymous, permanent and politically neutral.
★For NET, link the committed bureaucracy debate with the doctrine of political neutrality and the Weberian model of bureaucracy.
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