6. On Executive and Administration

1. In case of hung Parliament, the Lok Sabha may elect the leader of the House. He may then be appointed as the prime minister by the president. The same procedure could be followed at the state level also.

2. A motion of no-confidence against a prime minister must be accompanied by a proposal of alternative leader to be voted simultaneously. This is called as the 'system of constructive vote of no confidence’.

3. For a motion of no-confidence to be brought out against the government, at least 20 per cent of the total number of members of the House should give notice.

4. The practice of having oversized Council of Ministers should be prohibited by law. A ceiling on the number of Ministers in any State or the Union government be fixed at the maximum of 10 per cent of the total strength of the popular house of the legislature.

5. The practice of creating a number of political offices with the position, perks and privileges of a minister should be discouraged. Their number should be limited to 2 per cent of the total strength of the lower house.

6. The Constitution should provide for appointment of Lokpal keeping the prime minister outside its purview and the institution of lokayuktas in the states.

7. Lateral entry into government jobs above joint secretary level should be allowed.

8. Article 311 should be amended to ensure not only protection to the honest public servants but penalisation to dishonest ones.

9. The questions of personnel policy including placements, promotions, transfers and fast-track advancements should be managed by autonomous Civil Service Boards constituted under statutory provisions.

10. Officials, before starting their career, in addition to the taking of an oath of loyalty to the Constitution, should swear to

abide by the principles of good governance.

11. Right to information should be guaranteed and the traditional insistence on secrecy should be discarded. In fact, there should be an oath of transparency in place of an oath of secrecy.

12. Public Interest Disclosure Acts (which are popularly called the Whistle-blower Acts) may be enacted to fight corruption and mal-administration.

13. A law should be enacted to provide for forfeiture of benami property of corrupt public servants as well as non-public servants.