India’s public sector still runs on rigid, seniority and reservation-based recruitment, pay, and promotions.
But what if we shifted to performance-linked systems in government organizations just like top global corporates?
Qatar Airways and Emirates etc are also government-owned, yet operate with world-class efficiency. Their secret ?
🔸Professionalism
🔸Meritocracy
🔸Accountability
🔸Right people in right role
They recruit the right people for the right roles — a foundation for any organization’s success.
Long ago, they moved to performance based recruitment and salary processes, where skill, innovation, service quality, and operational excellence truly matter.
They work with the mindset of modern corporates, not outdated bureaucracies.
Imagine Indian Railways, PSUs, Banks , and Public Health Systems adopting dynamic, merit-driven structures : top performers rewarded, fresh ideas embraced, inefficiency expelled out. Promotions depends not on seniority, but on performance and accountability.
The Government should treat public sector institutions like modern corporations. Only when then can deliver the world-class services citizens deserve. After paying high taxes — does any governmental service is fast, efficient, customer-focused – except UPI Payments ? 😂
We talk about building a $5 trillion economy everyday — but how can we do that with 19th /20th-century governance models ? It’s time to build a 21st-century public sector, led by people with skilled professionals doing government jobs , not sarkari babus doing duties.
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