Dear HBJ,
You have written, "Many times Government employees behave in an intimidating way with employees". However, this is happening in most of the government departments whether from central or state government. Therefore, nothing new if employees of NSO demand the information.
Further, you have written, "We already provide details of employees to various departments like labor, employment exchange etc from time to time. This is available online with PF department also. The balance sheet is available with MCA. I do not see why does the statistical department needs to get this from each industry in written forms".
Yes, what you say is correct. The information should be submitted only once and the various agencies can derive the information from that source. Nevertheless, it requires the integration of all the government departments vertically as well as horizontally. This never happened earlier and neither happen in future too. The government ministries or departments work in silos. They do not have any vision beyond their department.
I had a chance to work in an MNC that operated in 220 countries! Notwithstanding the enormousness of their operations, the work went on smooth. Because of automation, most of the work happened on its own and there were no data entry operators. They had done tremendous investment in developing their own IT systems.
We need a leadership that has a vision that takes a holistic view. In our country, we did not have a PM who had worked in some MNC. Though Shri Rajiv Gandhi worked as an employee, he was a pilot and that too in a government service like Air India. With his background in bureaucratic organisation, the bureaucracy continued during his regime also.
For the method of work that you are expecting, we need visionary leadership, who launches administrative reforms vigorously. But then which political leadership will do that? They always want servile or subservient officers who are famously called "babus". What you are witnessing is a "babugiri" that we inherited from the British. No political leader worth of his/her salt has the acumen to shed the bureaucracy. Therefore, let us accept it without grumbling!
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar