If People of India (more specifically, people of New Delhi or Jalore, Rajasthan constituency) vote me to be their Member of Parliament, my strategy to bring about a large scale sustainable change across India will be as follows:

I will select 1,000 straight forward, best of the cream, well-intended, non-corrupt, intelligent, smart, results oriented, driven bureaucrats and appoint them as collectors of Districts, Chairman & MD of central or state govt corporations, head of govt departments and so on. I will make sure that they are appointed in positions of influence, power and where the impact for people is the most. I will ensure that they do not face any political interference in their work. A good officer can change the entire district or dept, can eliminate corruption, can ensure that all the govt staff works properly, that govt services are delivered in a timely fashion and proper customer service.

It sounds very simple and easy. It sounds like I will do nothing. But it is the biggest thing I can do for India. It is the bureaucrats that run this country, not Ministers, no MPs, not elected Govt. You will say, then why they are unable to run our country properly. Answer is corrupt politicians and political interference in the work of bureaucrats. That is what I want to remove. Also, important posts are given away to bad bureaucrats. I want to give it to good bureaucrats who have proven time and again that they are not corrupt and they can do a lot for India.

Here is a live example of how a good bureaucrat can bring about positive changes in an entire corporation in a very short period of time - Bihar's bridges, way to a new work culture

A few good bureaucrats who are already on my list are:
Dr.V.K.Shanmugam, I.A.S., District Collector, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu
Anil Swarup, Director General of Labour Welfare & Head of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)
Dr A Ravi Shankar, Public Information Officer (PIO), Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Hyderabad
Ranjit Raj Kakde, Chief Public Information Officer (CPIO), Nuclear Power Corporation India Ltd (NPCIL)
Dr Atul Fulzele, Superintendent of Police (SP), Kangra Dist, Himachal Pradesh
Dr Lalit Narayan Mishra, PIO, Dist Inspector of Schools (DIOS), Dehradun, Uttarakhand
K Raju, IAS, Kerala
T K Jose, IAS, Kerala
S M Raju, Bihar
Pratyaya Amrit, IAS, 1991
S R Rao
Sushil Solanki, Commissioner, Customs - Nhava Shiva (Exports)
M N Prasad
Sudeep Jain
Gagandeep Singh Bedi
Pratyaya Amrit

Author: Surya Prakash Loonker