[Goanet] The creeping culture of corruption in Goa.
Reply to Mario Goveia comments I just got back from Turkey from a week's holiday We(my brothers and me) were amazed, for nearly three weeks in hot sun from morning to late evening we trudged to and fro to the camra to get our work done. If we knew or had an inkling that they were after a bribe we would have paid thrice the amount to have sorted the problem.that is the amount of money they wanted and we paid we did not haggle the price.That paltry sum would not even buy a round of drinks in my local.What i am trying to convey is why ask for a bribe why can,t they do their work without asking to be bribed as they are employed by the government to carry out their duties. Kind Regards Ignatius Fernandes. _ Win New York holidays with Kellogg’s Live Search http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354033/direct/01/
Re: [Goanet] The creeping culture of corruption in Goa.
Actually Ignatius, the answer to your question is quite simple but the solution requires guts and foresight. You can't expect that from politicians in India, because the people they serve will not accept it. So you see, the politicians are not 100 per cent to blame. Solution: Pay government employees on par with their private sector counterparts. Give them more non-monetary benefits like a reasonable pension, medical benefits for life and education subsidies for their children based purely on merit. Then sack 75 per cent of the present govt staff strength. Let one do the work of 4 with the help of computers and good systems. Don't tolerate the slightest whiff of bribery or corruption which should be met with strict enforcement. Give funding to retrain the sacked employees so that they have an employable skill in the non-govt sectors. Completely do away with reservations of any kind. Replace that with extra funding for their education so that if they study well they will have a level playing field in getting jobs. That will make up for their previous exploitation. Once at the employment level, govt jobs strictly on merit and skills (meaning education and training). No extra funding will be required for all this. The savings on reduced staff will pay for all those improvements to the reduced workforce. I ask you Sir, is all this possible? If not, you should not be asking your questions. With regards, Roland Toronto. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:58 AM, ignatius fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we knew or had an inkling that they were after a bribe we would have paid thrice the amount to have sorted the problem.that is the amount of money they wanted and we paid we did not haggle the price.That paltry sum would not even buy a round of drinks in my local.What i am trying to convey is why ask for a bribe why can,t they do their work without asking to be bribed as they are employed by the government to carry out their duties. Kind Regards Ignatius Fernandes.
Re: [Goanet] the creeping culture of corruption in Goa.
When I read about reports on GoaNet about the average amount, in rupees, that Lamanis who operate illegaly on the tourist coastal belt in North Goa ( Calangute, Candolim and Baga ) have to pay the police , and the absence of any tourist police ( obviously once they have been paid off ) I cease to wonderhow much we Goans have imbibed the Indian standard operatingprocedure of hafta to to the police station , and carry on as usual. If Goans have any memory when the NDTV station conducted an interview on Baga beach with the locals and Scarlett Kealing`s mother, after her killing, an English woman tourist asserted that that she regularly saw the police on the beachside extract money from the illegal traders, the goan police officer at that TV interview seem unpreturbed by the accusation. I guess that our goan police officers beleive that like the rest of India it ishafta gheand business as usual ! You can bet if I could cc this message to the IG of Goa State police I would never get a response .
[Goanet] The creeping culture of corruption in Goa.
Dear Sir, In 2001 my two brothers and our two cousins who live in Goa decided to demolish our ancestral house and build a modern flats. First of all we found that the house was in my father' name who had expired about three years ago. To get the house in our name it took us nearly three weeks of going to Margao cambra from early morning to late evening and nothing happened. Then our cousin said he found a person who would do the job for us but it would only be done if we bribed the officer and his peon.Out of desperation we agreed.We paid 500 rupees to the officer and 200 rupees to his peon,and this on our last day in Goa. Kind regards Ignatius Fernandes. _ Make a mini you and download it into Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/
