--- Rui Collaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr. Nair, I think I know the difference between a federal set-up and a > colonial administration. One of the main differences is that in a genuine > federation (India being a mockery of the federal concept) there is > central/federal recruitment only for federal jobs (like the armed forces, > foreign service, federal justice and federal agencies), state jobs are > filled by locally recruited staff. This is the case with the USA. In a > colonial administration, by contrast, people are centrally recruited on a > much wider scale and deputed to the colonies. Looking at Goa today, it has a > situation more akin to the latter description, rather than that of a > federate state in a true federation! Most of its top civil service jobs are > in the hands of the "feds" and most of the other jobs in the hands of > outsiders.
The problem that you refer to, is a problem that is faced by all of India, not just Goa. There are two solutions to this problem. Either we change the entire federal structure where states are delegated more responsibilities, or independence for Goa. I don't know which one you would prefer. -Tariq __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
