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One of the main reasons is the existence of a developed Bureaucracy. While Bureaucratic institutions are inefficient and inflexible, the trade off is that they

by ydt 13y ago

One of the main reasons is the existence of a developed Bureaucracy. While Bureaucratic institutions are inefficient and inflexible, the trade off is that they are generally fair. Bill Gates waits in line at the DMV just like the rest of us. There's no way around it.

justincormack 13y ago
India has a highly developed bureaucracy, which is indeed inefficient and inflexible. But there is a way around it, bribery. Actually though, high degrees of automation make bribery hard. You cant bribe a computer program.
- dev12345 13y ago
  I agree with you 100% . A program, for example to do property transaction will solve problems in that sector. Unfortunately its a chicken egg problem. policy maker won't let a program replace manual processing which has high opportunity of doing wrong and get away with it. On a side note Yes, Train reservation system is much better now compare to what it was back in 1990s. There is no room left of corruption. I guess India need a strong leader which is not in for profit and he/she may do such small deed which will help India evolve out of current state
simonh 13y ago
There are plenty of very bureaucratic nations that are also very corrupt. India is actually one of those, as are China and Russia. It's about accountability. Where the bureaucrats do not feel accountable to the public, this undermines the sense of responsibility. In China and other communist or totalitarian countries, such as many countries in the Middle East, the bureaucrats are part of the ruling political class. They feel no particular responsibility to the people at all and therefore there is no tradition of public service. I suspect this is also partly the case in India, with it's system of political patronage, but I'm not as familiar with it as China or the Middle East.

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One of the main reasons is the existence of a developed Bureaucracy. While Bureaucratic institutions are inefficient and inflexible, the trade off is that they

by ydt 13y ago

justincormack 13y ago
India has a highly developed bureaucracy, which is indeed inefficient and inflexible. But there is a way around it, bribery. Actually though, high degrees of automation make bribery hard. You cant bribe a computer program.
- dev12345 13y ago
  I agree with you 100% . A program, for example to do property transaction will solve problems in that sector. Unfortunately its a chicken egg problem. policy maker won't let a program replace manual processing which has high opportunity of doing wrong and get away with it. On a side note Yes, Train reservation system is much better now compare to what it was back in 1990s. There is no room left of corruption. I guess India need a strong leader which is not in for profit and he/she may do such small deed which will help India evolve out of current state
simonh 13y ago
There are plenty of very bureaucratic nations that are also very corrupt. India is actually one of those, as are China and Russia. It's about accountability. Where the bureaucrats do not feel accountable to the public, this undermines the sense of responsibility. In China and other communist or totalitarian countries, such as many countries in the Middle East, the bureaucrats are part of the ruling political class. They feel no particular responsibility to the people at all and therefore there is no tradition of public service. I suspect this is also partly the case in India, with it's system of political patronage, but I'm not as familiar with it as China or the Middle East.