It has been quite a long time since the demand for having an own cadre of central services officers had been placed by Arunachal Pradesh with repetitive successions at various platforms. Till today, nothing positive has been conveyed by Delhi and significantly, the issue has once more been raised by the state’s Governor, not just once, but twice in both days at the just concluded 50th Conference of State Governors, which has been attended by the President, Vice President, PM and Home Minister. It has been a vital need and now it had been reiterated once more on a platform of the highest level, it’s time to start expecting once more.

The overarching role of bureaucracy in the country vis-a vis the developmental targets can never be undermined and it is often acknowledged that pace of progress has a directly proportional relationship with the efficiency of the cadre. Governments go and rulers change, but bureaucracy or civil service continues remaining the permanent and professional part of the executive organ of the government(s) and it’s a fact that more efficient it is, the more responding the overall administration would be. Again, in this context, it has always been observed which can also be confirmed by comparative analyses that states which have their exclusive central cadre pool have a better administrative machinery compared to those not having such. Arunachal sadly falls under the latter category and at present is manned by IAS, IPS and IFS officers from the common AGMUT cadre that caters to the collective administrative needs of the state, Goa, Mizoram and union territories. This system had been in existence since the days of union territories and even if they had graduated to full statehood quite long ago, the legacy somehow continues that has practically no need at all in the current context. Arunachal’s argument for a separate cadre holds considerable merit primarily due to the factor of time period of deployment of these officers which is two-year or so. This actually halts the administrative machinery from running in desired momentum as by the time learning process gets completed, time of transfer arrives, leaving no chance for application of this experience-based knowledge to the service of people. Separate cadre should have been introduced much before in state since underdevelopment is a pervasive factor here whose only remedy is prolonged attention and which can only be possible if there is a separate cadre.

Although on several occasions in the past there were news that Arunachal is going to get its own central services cadre, nothing really has happened so far. But centre should view it more as a bona fide necessity rather than a demand and act fast now.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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