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.<\/p>\n
‘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. <\/p>\n
‘This will remedy the most common cause of criticism to our bureaucracy,’ said Mr. Narendra Mutoon, a bureaucrat from the Central Bureaucracy Bureau (CBB).<\/p>\n
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.’ <\/p>\n
‘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. <\/p>\n