Irregularities and the bureaucracy
Friday, 3 August 2007
THE government bureaucracy in Bangladesh spawns a great deal of irregularities. What would be the institutional checks to the same? No doubt, some individuals in the civil services are to blame for abetting such irregularities. But had there been institutional barriers facing them while indulging in such irregularities, then surely they would feel restrained and considerations of their taking high risks would be a powerful demotivator keeping them away from corruption.
Thus, institutional mechanisms need to be thought of and devised at every level of the government's functioning so that immoral impulses can be naturally controlled. The same will require monitoring mechanisms to watch over civil servants, departmental procedures for appropriate actions against them as well as an accountability structure. But all of these things must be accomplished to set up an effective system within the civil administration to counter the menace thereof.
Md Hamidullah
Pahartali, Chittagong
Thus, institutional mechanisms need to be thought of and devised at every level of the government's functioning so that immoral impulses can be naturally controlled. The same will require monitoring mechanisms to watch over civil servants, departmental procedures for appropriate actions against them as well as an accountability structure. But all of these things must be accomplished to set up an effective system within the civil administration to counter the menace thereof.
Md Hamidullah
Pahartali, Chittagong