Subbarao: Broken Incentive Structure Is the Biggest Problem in the IAS
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Former RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao critiques structural shortcomings in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and outlines what needs reform.
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“In my view, the biggest problem in the IIS is, A wrong system of, ah, rewards and penalties. There is not enough reward for good performance. There is not enough penalty for bad performance. And that system of rewards and penalties has to be reformed.”
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