SOUNDS funny, but an Indian government official flying to Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur in June for a training programme will be in trouble if he or she has a major dental problem during the three weeks long stay there. The government of Malaysia under Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme will pay the selected Indian government officials the return airfare and medical treatment but “dental treatment is restricted to extraction and filling which must be carried out in government hospitals and clinics”, according to a training DoPT circular dated April 9, 2012. What does this really mean? Is there a suspicion that...