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P. Chidambaram, Indian politician speaks about Bureaucracy in India. He says, "Equally, we must encourage competence and self-esteem in the political executive both must understand their roles another way would be to introduce a level between the minister and the permanent bureaucrat permanent civil servant. I have advocated a level between the minister and the permanent civil servant column a vice minister who comes with the minister goes out with the minister, he could be from Academy, he could be from private sector, he could be a retired civil servant, he could be an administrator, he could be a politician. I think you bring it to that level and I think the relationship between the political executive and a permanent civil service would become far more healthy." This footage is part of