Re: [HumJanenge] IAS wary of declaring its officers’ assets

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On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:53 PM, indu prakash singh <indupragya@gmail.com> wrote:
> if they have nothing to hide then should put up their assets for public
> knowledge.
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> On 8 November 2010 09:30, vishalkudchadkar <humjanenge.owner@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> http://www.hindustantimes.com/IAS-wary-of-declaring-its-officers-assets/Article1-623199.aspx
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>> When it comes to transparency, the country's elite class, the Indian
>> Administrative Service (IAS), has shied away from disclosing
>> information about their assets. However, lesser mortals such as the
>> Indian Forests Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) have no
>> problems with the disclosure.
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>> The government had recently asked the three services — IAS, IFS and
>> IPS — whether they would want to reveal assets of its officials under
>> the Right To Information Act.
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>> Although the IAS officers failed to respond even after four months,
>> IPS and IFS officers agreed to the idea.
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>> The IPS and IFS were prompt with their agreement, but the IAS failed
>> to submit its opinion, despite reminders.
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>> "Our officers have nothing to hide," said a former office-bearer of
>> the IFS Officers' Association in Delhi. "We want that people should
>> know how much we earn as compared to other services even though we all
>> clear the same (civil service) examination."
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>> The question came after Supreme Court judges and Union council of
>> ministers agreed to divulge their assets, and the Central Information
>> Commission wanted to know about the services' opinion.
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>> Although it is among the most powerful services in the country's
>> administrative network — over 90% of secretary levels posts in the
>> central government are with the IAS officers — the IAS is reluctant on
>> transparency, especially about information of personal kind.
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>> The IAS officers' association said it was not against transparency,
>> but wanted to adopt a more democratic process to adopt a key change.
>> Therefore, the association has sought views of all state-level
>> associations, unlike the national bodies for other two services, which
>> decided at their own level.
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>> Though the information sought is already with the government, the law
>> says such information can be disclosed only after the officials
>> concerned consent to make it public.
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>> Until now, only select IAS officers have permitted disclosure of their
>> assets.
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>> Even retired IAS officers who were re-employed, were reluctant to
>> allow public's assess to information about their assets. None of the
>> retired IAS officers in the CIC, and the Election Commission, agreed
>> to put their assets on the commissions' websites saying "no government
>> rule prescribes such declaration".
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