A civil servant and an expert? Not enough. Govt is looking for leaders

Officers are being assessed more for leadership role & ability to sell reforms to the outside world

Before 2017 is over, there would be more officers of the central government who would have traded their specialised roles to take over new leadership roles than at any time in the past. 

For instance, even before this summer is over, some of the Indian Administrative Service officers would be learning the challenges of collecting service tax, a job till now reserved for their colleagues in the customs and central excise service; non-railway officers would be poring over the railway budget; and trade negotiations with foreign countries will now draw in officers from outside the Indian Foreign Service. 

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