Being in the premises for my third CSE interview on 15th march with my colleague Abhishek who also happens my neighbour in NIFM as well as at native place ,there something more than coincidence as both of us were in the same board in which apart from us were cheerful fellows named Arun,Ankita, Divya. so after formalities were over we got to know that board was to be chaired by Mr. P.K. Mishra, who himself had an illustrious career as a civil servant.for me it was a double sword as in last personality test in same board i scored 225 and it was like a discussion in a "dream" so familiarity of board was a big positive while the fact that i was already in the service so repeating the performance was a big challenge.
As time passed i was left alone in the hall being 6th in the list with a CISF guy, i thought board has forgotten to take notice that i was also to be interviewed so after clocked ticked past 1 PM, i was really under pressure that i will be guillotined due to poor time management,then again Devendra,(same guy who was there in 2012) came and accompanied me to the board and recognised me and we chatted for few moments and said that after that i would not require to come again pointing that i will get I.A.S. this year (in any case it was my last venture in UPSC), as he quoted ex. of previous IAS fellows who made it in this board. and after chanting few mantra's of Goddess Durga, buzzer invited me...i entered glanced at the board and after initial salutations it began on somewhat known note...
CHAIRMAN-
Q- So you are working as Assistant Superintending Officer in
NSSO?
A- No sir, I worked in NSSO earlier but after my selection in CSE
2012 as Indian Postal and Telecom Accounts and Finance Officer, I am undergoing
training at NIFM, Faridabad.
Q- So it must be 2-3 months for your training? What are the
topics for training there?
A- Sir, we are basically undergoing training in government accounting,
auditing public finance and HRM.
Q- Is there any difference between government and private
sector accounting?
A- Yes sir they differ in accounting principles.
Q- At some point you have played cricket think?
A- Yes sir I played it in school but could not pursue it now a
day.
Q- So there is a statement by Anil Kumble in today’s newspaper
that “Sehwag needs support and not sword”. what does it mean?
A- Sir it means that in this low phase of his career he needs
support and opportunity to improve rather than putting him out of team.
Q- If you were selector
what would you have done?
A- Sir I would have judged the performance of sehwag against
the team he is going to play and whether it is a test or one-day match?
Q- Suppose it is test match? Support your answer for that?
A- Sir, I would drop him because we need to disincentivise the
poor performance otherwise it could have a negative impact on the team.
Q- You mentioned that you read some case studies on administration,
what it is about?
A- Sir, in my leisure time I use to read case studies on administration.
Q- Tell me some recently you’ve done?
A- Sir, I recently studied a case study on Delhi Jail Board’s
effort to privatize the water distribution system and make supply 24/7 in few areas.
For that it had approached World Bank for loan and appointed PWC as a
consultant.
Q- So what is the case in it?
A- Sir in this case the DJB has to stop the process and withdraw
the application for loan from WB due to pressures from civil society and
citizens. So we can learn what were the obstacles faced by DJB to procure loan.
Q- I am giving you a quotation. You comment on that
“constitution operates in a social context/structure.”
A- Sir, the statement points that that constitution is a living
document and it does not operate in vacuum. It operates in societal set-up and it’s
up to different groups and individuals how they frame the policies and
implement them as per the values of the constitution.
Q- So how you judge the working of it as a guide?
A- Sir, preamble acts as a guide to decide on the values which
we cherish like secularism, socialism, justice, equality and liberty. So if we
measure the performance on these parameters, we find that we are moving forward
to achieve them but the speed is not up-to the mark due to compulsion of
democratic process and domestic political compulsions.
Q- Are you sure these were the reasons for the performance?
A- Yes sir, primarily I regard compulsive domestic politics as
the reason for slow process.
MEMBER-1
Q- So you are from Raebareli, but I think it is written as
raibareilly?
A- No sir it is spelled as former one because it recognized by
G.o.U.P.
Q- But some people still use the latter one?
A- Yes sir but it is due to historical reasons as it was
spelled like that in colonial period.
Q- Can you spell sir Bareilly?
A- Sir am not sure but I think it is “Bareli”.
Q- No its Bareilly.
A- Thank you sir.
Q- You come from Shora, and I can see that you studied
chemistry sometime. Can you tell me the chemical formula of that?
A- No sir, I don’t know.
Q- Have you heard of KNO3? It’s also called as “Shora”.
Q- There has been lot of issue going on in parliament with
opposition accusing govt. of being soft on Pakistan in case of terrorism. Should we declare war on Pakistan for that matter?
A- Sir in present international system cooperation and coordination are only 2
ways for working on issues like terrorism. so we have to cooperate with
neighbours on these issues like we have been following track 1 and 2 diplomacy
channels but when Pakistan when confronted with documentary evidences, and
telephonic conversations replies that
they are merely statements and not evidences so we are forced to strengthened
our own internal mechanism like border vigilance. War is not a solution for
such issues.
Q- You must have observing that there has been a discontent in
last 2-3 yrs in public regarding issues of corruption; it was there earlier
also but now there is a movement against it. Can you tell us why it is so?
A- Sir, though corruption was there earlier also but suddenly
its visibility has increased due to rise of social media which has ensured free
flow of communication esp. amongst youth so they can plan events on face book
and this phenomenon has not been limited only to India, it also played
important role in Tunisia and Egypt. Secondly an active civil society has
highlighted the issue of corruption so public found as a medium of articulation
in it. Also people who were fed up street-level corruption had realization that
it’s their money and those in power should be held accountable for that.
Q- But this has led to a situation where credibility is under
threat now nobody has faith in bureaucracy and everybody is looked with
suspicion, why it is so?
A- Sir, I think this situation has led to a situation where
institutional credibility has been looked down upon, but I think that still 90%
of bureaucrats are very honest and hard working while remaining 10% may be
corrupt but media presents the latter as representative of bureaucracy and
there is no presentation of honest bureaucrats. I think media should present
the other face of bureaucracy also.
Q- So why it is not there?
A- Sir, I would like to quote Hamid Ansari sir that media
resorts to trivialization for the honest work and sensationalisation for
corrupt practices.
MEMBER -2
Q- Ok, so your name is Anurag, its opposite is “Vairagya”?
A- No sir, its opposite is “Dwesh”.
Q- No, I think Anurag means attachment?
A- Sir, Anurag means “Prem” and in every love there is an
attachment.
Q- So you said that you studied public finance, what is
opposite of public finance.
A- Sir I don’t know but it could be private finance.
Q- No, its corporate finance.
A- Thank you sir.
Q- What is the difference between revenue, receipts, sales and
turnover?
A- Sir, revenue refers to money receives in lieu of goods and
services which we deliver, receipts are mostly unilateral payments in which
there is no return of goods and service. Sales refer to value realized from
selling of goods and services and turnover refers to relative change in the
sales from any specific period.
Q- What is difference between commission, board and authority?
A- Commission is
bodies which can be statutory or constitutional or executive like planning commission,
while board is set up for any specific purpose
A- Sir, I don’t know.
Q- Tell me what percentage of it resides in Latin America?
A- Sir, I've read it just half an hour ago but I could not
recollect at the moment.
Q- There is an advertisement going on FM radio about NSSO, what
does it says?
A- Sir, advertisement requests public to cooperate with
investigators if they approach for statistical surveys on socio-economic issues
as it would be beneficial for development and planning for nation.
Q- you had your education in Modinagar and Kanpur?
A- No sir, I had my education in Raebareli only, name of my
school is on Mrs. Dayawati Modi who was founder of the school and my college
was affiliated to CSJM University, Kanpur.
Q- Its Chandra Shekhar…
A- Sir, its Chatrapati Shauji Maharaj University.
MEMBER-3
Q- You must be knowing Mr. Sunder Lal Bahuguna, do you about
Chipko Movement?
A- Sir, Chipko movement was started in Uttarakhand erstwhile
part of UP. Earlier there was provision where contractors were issued licenses
for forest products which was having negative impact on livelihood of people
residing there and affected mostly women. So they started a movement under Mr. Bahuguna
in which they hugged the trees when it was approached for cutting.
Q- There is also some movement going on near Delhi?
A- Sir, in which sector?
Q- It’s near Delhi, Haryana?
A- Sir, it may be demand for universal pension by pension perished.
Q- So what was your work profile in NSSO?
A- Sir, I was posted in field operations division of NSSO where
I generally lead the team of two investigators and perform survey work.
Q- What was the duration of that survey?
A- Sir, normally it extended for 5-6 days with 5-6 hrs daily.
Q- Do you know there are countries where the duration of day
and night is of 6 months each? How do they perform the work?
A- Sir, I don’t know.
MEMBER-4
Q- Do you like read something?
A- Maa’m due to my other demands I mostly pursued academic
studies and newspaper, though in my leisure time I used to watch documentaries
and read case studies from lee kuan yew school of public policy.
Q- So which type of documentaries do you watch?
A- Maa’m I have subscribed to a website documentary.net which
sends links of various released documentaries and from that prefer to watch
documentaries on socio-political issues.
Q- So national or international?
A- Mostly national.
Q- So you have done graduation in English literature?
A- No Maa’m am sorry to correct but there was a technical
problem this year while filling DAF, as first it asked for stream of graduation
then 3 subjects in which option of English language was not there which was my
subject in graduation, so it took English literature as a subject while in last
year we have to type the name of subjects in graduation.
Q- How come `English language qualifies as a subject?
A- CSJM University there is a system in which during initial 2
yrs we have 3 subjects while in last year we had to leave one subject and in my
case it was English language.
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