Telecom and posts depts will be revamped, says Jagmohan

8220;Reforms also mean change in the attitude and mindset to get attuned to new ground realities,8221; he said. But instead of combining the best of Indian culture with the Western management systems to create a new civilisation, 8220;We are combining the worst of what India has to offer as its work culture, with unsustainable materialistic aspirations of the West,8221; he regretted.

Deploring that the IAS cadre have always got precedence in the administration, he said that in therevamp his Ministry envisaged scientists, technologists and engineers would play a greater role with better opportunities and incentives.

Following such reorganisation, there will be no brain drain from the country, as young talent will be motivated by the conducive environment and will choose to stay back to grow with the country, he asserted.

With the financial and administrative decentralisation, general managers of the department of telecommunications can accept responsibility for their decisions, set targets and reach them without waiting for the nod from the Centre. All problems arise because technologies have changed fast but the administrative procedures lagged behind, creating hurdles in the reform movement, Jagmohan pointed out.

However, if technologies alone could solve problems, the world would have become a happier place to live in, he said, maintaining that the knowledge revolution should be followed by wisdom revolution, as 8220;quality of life, which will lead to an equitable internationalorder, matters8221;.

8220;Immediately after Independence, we blindly followed certain countries in accepting the concept of socialism, and let us not commit the error of blindly following the reform process set in motion by the West,8221; he said, asserting that the greatest Indian asset is the power of the mind, which 8220;when imbibed with compassion and harmony, will recreate a new social order.8221;