which political rights have been granted to civil servants in india ?List any four political activities which are out of bound for government employees?How far do these restrictions make our bureaucracy neutral?
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The Civil Services refer to the career bureaucrats who are the permanent executive branch of the Republic of India. The civil service system is the backbone of the administrative machinery of the country.
In India's parliamentary democracy, The ultimate responsibility for running the administration rests with the people's elected representatives—cabinet ministers. But a handful of ministers cannot be expected to deal personally with the manifold problems of modern administration. Thus the ministers lay down the policy and it is for the civil servants, who serve at the pleasure of the President of India, to carry it out. However, Article 311 of the constitution protects them from politically motivated or vindictive action.
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Political neutrality of civil servants has been regarded as one of the essential conditions for the success of a democratic form of government based on the existence of more than one political party.
Four political activities which are out of bound for Government employees are:
i) The limited right of voting in secret, a government employee cannot participate in any way in a any political movement or activity including election campaigns.
ii) He cannot join a political party even as an inactive member or contribute financially to its funds.
iii) He cannot express any opinion on political issues and
iv) He cannot stand for election to any legislature.
Neutral bureaucracy was expected not only to provide the necessary administrative objectivity but also enhence the democratic principle of equality and provide protection from arbitrarily rule, in this way the restriction our bureaucracy is neutral.
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