Indian bureaucracy is worst in Asia: Study
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By Agencies |
Singapore���s civil servants are the most efficient among their Asian peers, a business survey of 12 economies released on Wednesday showed, but they tend to clam up unhelpfully when things go wrong.
India���s ���suffocating bureaucracy��� ��� has been ranked the least efficient by the survey, which said working with the country���s civil servants was a ���slow and painful��� ��� process.
���They are a power centre in their own right at both the national and state levels, and are extremely resistant to reform that affects them or the way they go about their duties,������ the report said.
The island-state was ranked first for a third time in a poll of 1,274 expatriates working in 12 north and south Asian nations who were asked to rate the efficiency of bureaucrats in those countries. ���During normal times, when the system is not stress-tested , it operates very well,������ the Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy said in a 12-page report on Singapore���s bureaucracy.
���However, during difficult times���or when mistakes are made that reflect badly on the system���there is a tendency among bureaucrats to circle the wagons in ways that lack transparency and make accountability difficult,������ the report added. Thailand, despite four years of on-off street protests and a year of dysfunctional government, was ranked third, after Hong Kong.
Bottom of the heap
Ranking of civil servants, from most efficient to least
1 SINGAPORE
2 HONG KONG
3 THAILAND
4 SOUTH KOREA
5 JAPAN
6 MALAYSIA
7 TAIWAN
8 VIETNAM
9 CHINA
10 PHILIPPINES
11 INDONESIA
12 INDIA
India���s ���suffocating bureaucracy��� ��� has been ranked the least efficient by the survey, which said working with the country���s civil servants was a ���slow and painful��� ��� process.
���They are a power centre in their own right at both the national and state levels, and are extremely resistant to reform that affects them or the way they go about their duties,������ the report said.
The island-state was ranked first for a third time in a poll of 1,274 expatriates working in 12 north and south Asian nations who were asked to rate the efficiency of bureaucrats in those countries. ���During normal times, when the system is not stress-tested , it operates very well,������ the Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy said in a 12-page report on Singapore���s bureaucracy.
���However, during difficult times���or when mistakes are made that reflect badly on the system���there is a tendency among bureaucrats to circle the wagons in ways that lack transparency and make accountability difficult,������ the report added. Thailand, despite four years of on-off street protests and a year of dysfunctional government, was ranked third, after Hong Kong.
Bottom of the heap
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Ranking of civil servants, from most efficient to least
1 SINGAPORE
2 HONG KONG
3 THAILAND
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4 SOUTH KOREA
5 JAPAN
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6 MALAYSIA
7 TAIWAN
8 VIETNAM
9 CHINA
10 PHILIPPINES
11 INDONESIA
12 INDIA
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