Lame Duck appointments - Principal Economic Adviser appointed in Fin Min
THE outgoing Government almost sure of not returning to Delhi's corridors of power is on an appointment spree. They want to appoint a new Chief of Army, a new Lok Pal and newspapers have reported that they have appointed a new Principal Economic Adviser in the Finance Ministry. How politically or administratively correct it is to make such appointments in the middle of elections, which you are not sure to win?
It seems a respected lady professor is appointed as Principal Economic Adviser. For what? The new Finance minister can simply remove her. Why should they embarrass her by giving her a lame duck post?
It is even heard that the CBEC has finalised the transfer and posting order of the newly promoted Assistant Commissioners and they are waiting for the approval of the MoS, who is of course busy with elections. They waited so long; can't they wait for another forty days or so?
Is it not administrative ethics that you don't make appointments when you are about to demit political office and in the midst of an election? But who is bothered about ethics now?
But shouldn't you be bothered about reality? The new Government can simply reverse all these appointments and the poor appointees will have to repack their bags in less than eight weeks.
This is the Government that runs on our taxes!
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