We need to look beyond the immediate and start thinking about the post-reform world- specifically, how do we prevent a rollback of the reforms that is to come.
The only credible thought process I have is, we need to do a clear-hold-build strategy in the world of ideas, for each government ministry that is touched by the reforms. To put plainly,every reform committee must plan for a continuous expense line, and institutional setup that will allow each ministry to house its own in-house policy research groups. A reform in hiring is also required to ensure lateral entry and exit from this pool.
The idea is reform drivers full of ideas will create change and mentor new blood. The new blood, located in-house will remain back holding the fort against bad ideas that will come, sometimes as early as in a decade.
Cultural aspects of how to groom fresh 20 year old economic grads into intellectual powerhouses over a 30 year period, may also have to be cultivated.
We need to look beyond the immediate and start thinking about the post-reform world- specifically, how do we prevent a rollback of the reforms that is to come.
The only credible thought process I have is, we need to do a clear-hold-build strategy in the world of ideas, for each government ministry that is touched by the reforms. To put plainly,every reform committee must plan for a continuous expense line, and institutional setup that will allow each ministry to house its own in-house policy research groups. A reform in hiring is also required to ensure lateral entry and exit from this pool.
The idea is reform drivers full of ideas will create change and mentor new blood. The new blood, located in-house will remain back holding the fort against bad ideas that will come, sometimes as early as in a decade.
Cultural aspects of how to groom fresh 20 year old economic grads into intellectual powerhouses over a 30 year period, may also have to be cultivated.
It may be time for Indian Economic Service to be expanded and made a critical part of this process once again.