New Delhi: A senior bureaucrat’s remark questioning the need of quotas for specially-abled people in civil companies has sparked controversy. IAS Smita Sabharwal, Member-Secretary of the Telangana Finance Fee, raised doubts in regards to the relevance of a incapacity quota in allied companies.
After dealing with outrage for her put up on her social media X, she defined that her sole query was why the quota was not carried out within the IPS/IFoS and sure Defence sectors.
“See loads of outrage on my timeline. I suppose addressing the elephant within the room will get you that response. Would request the Rights Activists to additionally look at why this quota has nonetheless not been carried out within the IPS/ IFoS and sure sectors like defence. My restricted level is that the IAS is not any totally different,” the put up learn.
See loads of outrage on my timeline. I suppose addressing the elephant within the room will get you that response.
Would request the Rights Activists to additionally look at why this quota has nonetheless not been carried out within the IPS/ IFoS and sure sectors like defence.
My restricted level is…
— Smita Sabharwal (@SmitaSabharwal) July 22, 2024
In her earlier put up, the IAS officer raised a query on incapacity quota in civil servide and mentioned, “With all due respect to the In a different way Abled. ? Does an Airline rent a pilot with incapacity? Or would you belief a surgeon with a incapacity.”
“The character of the AIS (IAS/IPS/IFoS) is field-work, lengthy taxing hours, listening first hand to individuals’s grievances-which requires bodily health,” she added.
The outrage sparked after Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi responded to Sabharwal’s tweet and termed it a “pathetic”. Whereas in response Smita mentioned, “if bureaucrats don’t communicate on pertinent problems with governance, then who will ? My ideas and concern, stem from a profession of 24 odd years… no restricted expertise.”
Madam, with due respect, if bureaucrats don’t communicate on pertinent problems with governance, then who will ? My ideas and concern, stem from a profession of 24 odd years… no restricted expertise.
Kindly learn the view in entirety. I’ve said that the #AIS has totally different calls for… https://t.co/C6bzSyi6DX
— Smita Sabharwal (@SmitaSabharwal) July 21, 2024
