Karnati Varun ReddyAIR 7 · CSE 2018 · 217 wordsTheir whole copy
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Jay Prakash Narayan, IAS who worked in the undivided state of Andhra Pradesh had a lasting impact on my decision to join civil services.
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Reasons
(i) His work :- as a district collector of Nellore district, he has undertaken irrigation works to completion through sustained efforts which has brought lakhs of acres into multi-cropping. Even today many in the region consider his work this feat as a life-changing one.
(ii) His understanding and clarity over issues in India :- as he regularly says - unless a person is in the system, he can never understand the solutions, loopholes to various problems India is facing.
Increased Media Presence for administrators
→ Benefits
(a) Increases accountability of the administrator, thus makes him deliver better public service, govern ethically.
(b) people will be better informed of the works of the government - foster government - public cooperation
→ Demerits
(a) Administrators might try to win popularity among people, thusmay lead to negligent attitude towards MLAs, MPs because of their public image.
(b) May result to boasting of one's efforts.
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It is prudent to let the current system of issue-based communication, mobilising people support for implementation of government schemes is sufficient rather than giving increased media presence, because they are not "elected representatives" like politicians who are directly accountable to people.