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Prime VIP
New Delhi, July 10
Continuing with its assistance to Afghanistan, India will now send officers from the Civil Services to train the Afghan Civil Services that is in its infancy. The Indian bureaucracy, established by the British, is more than 120 years old. The United Nations is keen to draw upon that collective institutional framework to train the Afghans.
India had signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Afghanistan earlier this year to establish the national building programme in Afghanistan. It was then decided to take the help of Indian officers to establish a robust civil governance system in Afghanistan.
The move comes close on the heels of Pakistan’s repeated protests against the growing Indian “interests” in Afghanistan. The high-level Indian delegation that visited Pakistan last month, however, had made it clear to its neighbour that it had a legitimate right to develop relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan had no business to raise any objections. Pakistan has often expressed fears that India’s control over Afghanistan is aimed at encircling it from both sides.
The Government of India has asked all state governments and departments in the Central ministries to send in names of officers who can serve on deputation to the UN in the war-ravaged country. A letter was circulated by the Ministry of Personnel a few days ago. The UN wants officers with a minimum of 10 years of experience.
The tenure of posting in Afghanistan will be for one year and a salary of $ 10,000 per month (roughly Rs 4.46 lakh) is promised to the official. This is more than six times the amount an officer of that seniority gets in India. The UN is looking at Indian officials for “coaching and mentoring” officers in the Afghanistan Civil Services.
Continuing with its assistance to Afghanistan, India will now send officers from the Civil Services to train the Afghan Civil Services that is in its infancy. The Indian bureaucracy, established by the British, is more than 120 years old. The United Nations is keen to draw upon that collective institutional framework to train the Afghans.
India had signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Afghanistan earlier this year to establish the national building programme in Afghanistan. It was then decided to take the help of Indian officers to establish a robust civil governance system in Afghanistan.
The move comes close on the heels of Pakistan’s repeated protests against the growing Indian “interests” in Afghanistan. The high-level Indian delegation that visited Pakistan last month, however, had made it clear to its neighbour that it had a legitimate right to develop relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan had no business to raise any objections. Pakistan has often expressed fears that India’s control over Afghanistan is aimed at encircling it from both sides.
The Government of India has asked all state governments and departments in the Central ministries to send in names of officers who can serve on deputation to the UN in the war-ravaged country. A letter was circulated by the Ministry of Personnel a few days ago. The UN wants officers with a minimum of 10 years of experience.
The tenure of posting in Afghanistan will be for one year and a salary of $ 10,000 per month (roughly Rs 4.46 lakh) is promised to the official. This is more than six times the amount an officer of that seniority gets in India. The UN is looking at Indian officials for “coaching and mentoring” officers in the Afghanistan Civil Services.
