*****It may be mentioned here that a number of States requested the Centre a few month years ago to do away with the Raj hangover of the ICS officer (now IAS officer) system, and instead elevate the State Civil Service (ACS in Asom) officers to do all sorts of jobs that were being done by the IAS officers, bringing necessary modifications.
I find the last part interesting and encouraging. During my years in Delhi , I met quite a few IAS aspirants from Bihar and North India who were very much conversant with current affairs like economic liberalization, Iraq-Kuwait war, Babri masjid imbroglio, role of IPKF in Sri lanka (these were the affairs current back then). They could go on for hours on these. But when it came to naming capitals of northeaster states, they invariably used to draw blank. They were not bothered or ashamed as they knew this type of awareness was not needed to see them through the mains and interview. Those amongst us who might have interacted with hoards from states like Bihar , MP, Orissa camping in DU area for years must have noticed this. And when some one amongst them gets the Assam cadre, the first reaction will be "Kaha fas gaye yaar" By the way Karbi Anglong district website shows some 52 deputy commissioners in 55 years. regards Chittaranjan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
