How not to transform India
Last month the hon'ble President of India issued a very important piece of subordinated legislation titled "the National Institution for Transforming India (Staff Car Driver) Recruitment Rules, 2019" ( see here ). These rules have been issued in suppression of "the Planning Commission (Staff Car Driver) Recruitment Rules, 2010". The objective of issuing these Rules apparently is to prescribe the method of recruitment, age limit, qualifications and other matters relating to the recruitment of car drivers for the staff members of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog). As per the rules, the entry level driver needs to be 10th pass with a valid driving license and 3yrs driving experience. Experience of serving as home guard or civil volunteer for 3yrs is desirable but not mandatory. The only disqualification prescribed is that the candidate must not have practiced bigamy, unless the Central Government is satisfied that such ma...