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Poor Manpower Planning
by Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Senthuran It is a known
fact that planning is vital for the development of any state. And the role of
manpower planning plays even a crucial role in a developing nation like
India, where unemployment levels are higher compared to developed countries
and the Government undertakes the responsibility of providing basic
necessities such as health care for its citizens. In Tamil Nadu, state governments manpower planning and
selection is taken care by Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC). We
find proof of inadequate manpower planning by TNPSC. For instance, In March 1998 TNPSC advertised (Advertisement
No. 4/98) for 250 vacancies in the area of health care for the post of
Assistant Surgeons. They conducted the exams during May 1998 and the
interviews and selection took place during March 1999. While the vacancies
have not been fully filled up, with waiting list available, during July 1999,
TNPSC announced another advertisement (Advertisement No. 18/99) for another
778 vacancies for the same post of Assistant Surgeons. This is a clear
vindication of inadequate or no planning by the TNPSC. This kind of poor manpower planning results in negative
gains at micro as well as macro levels. At macro levels, this leads to poor
health care for the people of Tamil Nadu and waste of public time and money.
And at the micro level, it leads to so many confusions for the candidates.
Because, as per the Tamil Nadu medical entrance norms for post-graduation
studies, any candidate who is in public service can not appear for PG
entrance for two years. Thus, due to these regular exams conducted by the
TNPSC with out proper planning candidates are not able to decide their career
properly. In fact, the author of this article found many candidates
who have re-written their TNPSC exams in spite of them being in the waiting
list already. If TNPSC had announced 1000 vacancies instead of 250 at the
previous exam, these candidates who are in the waiting list would have been
selected, and Tamil Nadu would have gained swifter and better health care.
Further, it is a financial loss for the state government to conduct another
exam in short intervals. At micro level individual candidates would have
saved lot of time in re-writing the same exams and settled fast in their
life. One can not only blame the TNPSC for this mess. Even the
state government plays with the careers of many people in this country. For
instance, around 600 trained candidates for health assistants and examiners
are suffering for the past nine years, in spite of the promise of a job after
training by the state government. There can be found an attitude problem in the state of
Tamil Nadu: Who knows? And who cares? No body bothers to think at a macro
level considering the micro issues. And even the suffering micro individuals
are not taking any serious legal/consumer actions. One reason is their lack
of awareness. Another reason is why should I bother attitude. It looks like
that the TNPSC does not have a clear vision neither proper manpower planning.
If the situation does not improve soon, all at TNPSC may loose
their jobs in the long run, since corporate private hospitals that have been
concentrating on metro cities so far are slowly spreading their wings at
rural areas too through several innovative schemes linked to health and
insurance. |
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