NEW DELHI, INDIA, April 1, 2011: India, it seems, had found the final solution to red tape. The Indian government is about to release a permit required to allow citizens to get permits.
‘The main problem that causes so much delay in our government’s services is that anyone can get a permit now. We have, to this end, instituted the Permit for Obtaining Paperwork, POP, which any person will have to get before he is allowed to receive paperwork.
‘This will remedy the most common cause of criticism to our bureaucracy,’ said Mr. Narendra Mutoon, a bureaucrat from the Central Bureaucracy Bureau (CBB).
The permit first went into effect, as a test, in Delhi only. In the first days of the new permit, confusion was created by the fact that according to the legislation, it was necessary to have a POP to request any permit, including a POP. The number of requests for other paperwork dropped drastically; to zero, actually. ‘This proves we are on the right path,’ said Mr. Mutoon. ‘We completely processed all the paperwork that came in today, that is, none.’
‘This is absurd. I need a permit to get a permit, but I can’t get a permit without a permit. I have never faced such insane bureaucracy,’ said Josef K, a bank clerk from Germany, one day away from his 30th birthday.