UPSC Interview by Santosh Pandey (A. P. Singh Board)
Name: Santosh Pandey
Date: 12th of April
Session: Forenoon
Serial Order: 3rd
Board: A. P. Singh
Qualification: Engineer
CHAIR: why did you leave your bpcl job?
me: i wanted to prepare for civil service exam
CHAIR: but it was a good job, left for uncertain future
me: I tried preparing while in job fr some month, bt i realised i was not doing
justice either to my goal r my dream, added this with i was sure and confident i
will clear it. (he looked into my eyes)
C: where are you from reading my address
me: jharkhand
C: originally? i guess r father works there..
me: u r correct sir..i belong to bihar.
C: district
me: arra
M1: BEING AN OUTSIDER how do you see creation of telangana
me: creation of state just fr the sake of it will nt solve anything,our goal
shud be good and effective governance. states creation leads to undue cost of
administration whic is bore by people.
M1:BT ppl want state
me: ppl want governance ,transparent ,corruption free, participation ,etc i feel
present constitution has enough provision to solve backwarness of a region ,eg
ART 371 ,74 ,73 CCA, first implement them ,give power to ppl, stake holder
,participatory governance if again there is ademand then look into creating
states
M1:BT telanaga ppl say CM is frm seemandhara region
me:sir that shud be nt the issue ,,the issue shud be devolution of power frm CM
ro below level,gandhian view,give power to ppl,
M1: BT no dev in telangaana
me: this is bcz no accountability at the top and middle,state wud nt bring any
new accountability...etc