Junaid AhmadAIR 3 · CSE 2018 · 182 wordsTheir whole copy
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According to Indian philosophy the ultimate objective of life is to seek happiness.
Happiness which is real, whose intensity doesnt wane with time. Such happiness can only be achieved by making others happy.
A compassionate public official can be more useful for realizing public goals.
British bureaucracy instilled values of value neutrality in the bureaucrats based on Weberian bureaucracy. This resulted in lack of values like compassion, empathy inherited by our bureaucracy after independence and is a cause of failure of developmental schemes.
A compassionate public official may help in different ways:
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(a) Advice to minister Bureaucrats provide advice to ministers and empathy towards weaker section could result in inclusive policies.
(b) Allocation of resources Positive discrimination is required for bringing people out of poverty. In a diverse society like India compassion towards poor is very much required.
(c) Delivery of services Schemes like MGNREGA, Housing, PDS can be effectively implemented with less errors.
(d) Effective grievance redressal mechanism
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Empathy towards poor help public official to understand problem of them.
This way compassion could help in being emotionally intelligent to handle situation.