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Relevance of non-partisanship: (1) serving country instead of any party. (2) being ready to serve govt. of any complexion. (3) improve governance and maintain continuity of policies. (4) prevent nexus and collusion thereby facilitating transparency. In order to avoid the unpleasant situation, following steps could have been taken: i Transparency and information availability of cabinet awarding process. ii Digitalization of entire data and produce data to seniors. iii Clearly delineating criteria on which Mr. Sharma's project outperformed.
Conclusion
Along with professionalism, facilitating transparency is also important to avoid any apprehension of conflict of interest.
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Komal Punia
Role of Civil Services in a Democracy
Non-partisanship and Transparency
Mechanisms for Ensuring Non-partisan Conduct
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