There was this time, when sarakari naukari was considered as a low pay scale, time pass job. For a long time, It was assumed that people usually go and pass their fixed hours in the office idling here and there without much of productivity and it actually happened in those days. Corruption was so, trending, side income was mandated to back up the low salary, they were paid at that time.
Govt employees were stereotyped as lazy, corrupt, unproductive and what not. Though, many of them were like that only and got into the govt departments after approaching every mama, mosa, phupa, they had in the govt organizations and surely bribe was the ultimatum. There was neither a defined recruitment process existed those days, nor does anybody monitored them. Consequently, all sorts of typical behaving people (Nikamme log) gathered in these departments and branded this very image of psu culture in the country.
And now in the current scenario, when I joined a psu, many of the older relatives of mine murmured 'tumhari to kafi side income rahegi'. However, I briefed them about the modern psu work culture. 'Unlce ji zamana badal gaya he ab', we are no longer in 90's, it is technologically advanced time now a days. Pen-paper based things are almost obsolete, no one can take a penny for signing any paper. We don't enjoy the perks of our power anymore, neither do we idle these days. We are competing with the private players now and supposedly, need to possess a decent efficiency & productivity in order to make ourselves a strong opponent.
There is nothing like a typical sarkari naukari in recent times, not even in the clerical work. Already Kejrival and Modi tightened them and made their work traceable. Nevertheless, everything and everyone can't be changed at any given time, few exceptions always resist to the change. But, I am sure in the days to come, they will find it difficult to survive with the same old 90's strategy of being into a psu.
Even psu's are more technically equipped these days. Biometric attendance, e-tendering, e- procurement, e-care for employees, online recruitment, e- management of change and so on. 100's of things which were unimaginable in the 90's are all available to us today and monitored at each and every step closely. So, for all those who still imagines 90's psu Ramraaz, you will be disappointed to join them. And to all the private players, who still consider us easily vulnerable, we are coming and the pace is unprecedented, therefore you better gear up before its late or else you will become obsolete some day.
Mahesh Dangi
