As I See

  Resource Hopping Government, while implementing various e-Governance project, hire man power from market on contractual basis in various capacity to fill up various technical skill gaps. Most of the times their salary/package is on par with the market. Unlike private sector, hiring process in government has long approval cycle and  bench is not allowed. By the time interview is scheduled 1/5th of the candidates refuse to attend interview, siting long gap from application to interview. And in the interview, many candidate’s skill set never matches to their attractive 'CV’. We hire them for particular period, which most of the candidates are not willing. With all these pain, once appointment letter is issued to the candidate, three in ten refuses to join quoting wonderful reasons like, I need gym, office is not good, I can’t travel, I can’t work on Saturday, I need canteen, I can’t work after 5m, etc., etc. Later in many instances we have come to know that, these candi...

  The biggest problem in e-Governance is not the technology, nor the funds, nor the process, it’s the ego which is very first letter “e” of e-Governance followed by change management of its working force.    Yes, it’s the ego the prime culprit. Ego of decision makers, make government to keep reinventing the wheel. This may be due to fame, individuality etc., the fact remains that anything not served in time will not have the same palatability. When we serve under powerful few, we get what is offered, until unless popular demand for that quality is raised.  Often I see employees expressing their disability to adopt a technology for their official work quoting their educational background, age etc., and hence demand for formal training is sought. But many smartly neglect the fact that many of them   have learned to use smart phone without any formal training! . And still, after training, however the application is simple, few minor shortfalls or glitches are b...