Interesting stats. Using last names has two problems, though. Firstly they may tell us about ethinicity, but nothing about domicile. Secondly, last names are,as you pointed out, an unreliable indicator. A Rebello, kumar, Hussain or Dhawalkar could be from any number of states.
Any opinions on why the relatively smaller number of natives in the goa administration ? --- Daryl Martyris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fred, > > The question is why an IAS officer was in an purely > operational role in > which local experience counts and not a policy one > which requires great > analytical skills. The present incumbent is not IAS > and seems to be doing a > better job (certainly no worse). > > Since this discussion has gone beyond simply IAS, to > involve all government > positions, to have an informed discussion, I visted > the websites of the Goa > Govt and the Kerala Govt. to see if I could figure > out the proportion of > "locals" in high-ranking administrative positions. > Note that I chose Kerala > randomly, and my definition of "local" is based on > last names common to the > state - definitely not a scientific basis > > % > locals > Kerala > Goa > Chief secretaries, Secretaries 40% 0 > Collectors 40% > 0 > Jt Secretaries >60% 36% > Under secretaries >60% 92% > Directors/Commissioners ? ? > > The >60% indicates that I stopped counting, since > the conclusion was clear. > What this tells us is that while the results in > first 2 categories might be > expected since Goa has no IAS cadre and few appear > for IAS, the other > postions (jt and under secretaries) which are not > reserved exclusively for > IAS are also disproportionately filled by non-Goans. > We already know that > even director positions are occasionally filled by > non-Goans. > > BTW I think this is unnecessarily being made into a > Goan vs. Indian vs. > Portuguese issue. Whether or not you consider Goans > as Indians or not, a > simple look at the stats above should tell us that > far more Keralites govern > themselves than do Goans. I believe that Kerala is > ahead of Goa on every > human development indicator except income. More > importantly, I know that > Kerala has made more progress on every indicator > since 1947 than Goa has > since 1961 (at least in education for sure). Ergo, > notwithstanding > political will (which is probably equally bad in > both places), I think that > there's something to be said about local expertise > to solve local problems. > Maybe having family and friends locally that one > care's about, or the fact > that one would have to stick around to face the > consequences of one's action > (or inaction) makes one do one take one's job more > seriously..I don't > know... > > May I also point out that the statement below is not > relevant to the > discussion, and is also patently false? Easterly's > (Former senior advisor > World Bank) book "The elusive quest for growth.." > suggests that Goa was > subsidized (as opposed to looted) by the Portuguese. > I happen to know > because I was forced to read it for a class. Since > he is neither Indian nor > Portuguese and deals in facts for a living, I trust > his account. In any > event, one can always consider Portuguese > citizenship as a kind of > reparations for the looting, eh? =) > > cheers, > > Daryl > > > >>Someone should tell this Collaco that the > "thousands of Goans" who were > >>part of the Portuguese administration were > basically helping that regime > >>to plunder the wealth of India. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Store more e-mails with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage � > 4 plans to choose from! > http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ > > > ########################################################################## > # 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 # > ########################################################################## __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
