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| OP Rawat |
DEALING with state liquor barons is a tough job for any bureaucrat. Such people have money, muscle power and ability to manipulate the system at their will. An officer at times tries to do incremental changes here and there, but finally falls in line because the officer may end up getting punished for such heroism.
But here is a man, now a secretary level officer in Government of India, who as excise commissioner in Madhya Pradesh, quietly changed the character of liquor trade eight years back, and also ensured the state earns more.
BoI here presents the management formula and how it had worked:
