Reborn as a Police Officer in India

Chapter 31 13 Billion Livestock
Luo Dun had spent so many years in India in his previous life that he knew that the Indian national examination was very abnormal. Not only was the admission rate low, but the questions had no specific scope. They could be said to be wildly imaginative and almost all-encompassing.

This means that candidates must have a wealth of knowledge, which is not only learned in the classroom and from books, but also from all aspects of life and various experiences.

So, there is no comparison between the poor and the rich.

The rich have the resources and financial means to broaden their horizons, such as going abroad and enjoying the best educational resources.

There may be some academic geniuses among the poor, but they are almost confined to books and classrooms, which are far from enough for the breadth of the national examination.

So, in this fierce competition, the poor are at a complete disadvantage.

The Indian government is not unaware of these problems. It has long introduced preferential care policies and reservation systems for low-caste poor people.

The reservation system means that a certain proportion of public positions in national government departments must be reserved for low-caste poor people.

Speaking of which, the Indian government's reservation system for low castes has been increasing in recent years, and the policy stipulates that the proportion cannot exceed half.

For example, if the federal civil service exam admits 1000 people this year, only about 500 of them will be reserved for lower castes, and the remaining 500 will be given to all candidates, including high castes and low castes, to compete together.

But this ratio is broken in some states.

The proportion of indigenous residents in southern Indian states is high, most of whom belong to low castes and have active anti-high caste ideas. Therefore, in order to please voters and increase votes, politicians make a fuss about the proportion of the reservation system, increasing the proportion again and again, breaking the 50% limit.

For example, in Tamil Nadu, the proportion of reserved seats is as high as 69%.

The fact that such a thing could happen is still related to India’s national constitution.

As the federal government, local states have a great deal of autonomy. If the ruling party in the local state is the opposition, they will go against the central government, and even the federal central government will not have much to do with them.

With the existence of the reservation system for lower castes, there are two tracks for lower castes. It doesn't matter if their scores are not as high as those of higher castes. They just need to compete with the same lower castes because there are still places in the reservation system.

This will also bring some problems, that is, people from higher castes with high scores may not be admitted, while people from lower castes with much lower scores may only need half the scores of higher castes to be admitted.

The existence of the reservation system or its excessively high proportion has triggered many protests from upper castes, resulting in many bloody conflicts and casualties.

The policy is good, but as time goes by, it begins to change.

Until now, it is still difficult for truly low-caste poor people to get these reserved places.

Because many of these places are occupied by a small number of wealthy low-caste people, or descendants of low-caste people who were granted reserved public offices earlier.

There is no way. People have the conditions to give their offspring a better education, such as sending them to private schools or even studying abroad. This kind of education for the second and third generations is a dimensionality reduction attack on the real poor people at the bottom of society.

Of course, this reservation system was later patched. The previous Indian government stipulated that even low castes whose parents were civil servants or whose family income exceeded a certain amount could not enjoy this policy.

So the descendants of rich people and low-caste people in public office are excluded.

As I said, the policy is good, but when it comes to the grassroots, the rich still have all kinds of room for maneuver.

For example, they bribe some local staff to issue a poverty certificate for themselves. In short, rich and powerful people have the ability to use various methods to infringe on the interests of the grassroots people.

This kind of thing involves too many rich and powerful people, who dares to investigate?
Rotun was well aware of the tricks involved, but he was not naive enough to fight against them on his own. If he really tried to do so, he might disappear quietly one day.

So, as a person like me who has no power, no influence, and no money, I can only find another way.

For him, the English part of the exam was not a big problem. Even for the written test, Luoton had some confidence.

His biggest worry was the interview. After all, the power of the interview lay in the hands of the interviewer, who could send you to hell or soar to the sky with a single word. Therefore, during the Mumbai terrorist attacks, he had to be prepared to make a splash, to become a national celebrity, and there was no room for error.

Rodon rode a police motorcycle to the largest bookstore in Mumbai, which sold supplementary books related to the civil service examination.

In India, motorcycles are the main means of transportation for police officers.

Of course, motorcycles are popular in India, but not everyone can afford them.

Those who have enough surplus food to buy motorcycles are considered to be in good condition and are considered to be well-off middle class, which is better than 80% to 90% of the people in India.

There is a saying about India: Although India has a population of more than 14 billion, only million of them are human beings, and the rest are not human beings.

These 13 million people are naturally the upper castes and a few powerful people. The other billion are animals, or even worse than animals.

Look at the status of cows in India. How can it be compared with those of low castes?

Although cows are divided into different grades, there are humped cattle that are highly regarded as sacred cows, and there are also the lowest buffaloes that are slaughtered and sold for meat.

You should know that India, a country that loves cows and worships cows as gods, is a major exporter of beef. It basically ranks among the top three in the world, and there were even years when it became the world's largest exporter.

And these beefs are basically buffalo meat. Buffaloes are the lowest creatures in India, equivalent to the Dalits, untouchables, the lowest class in India.

So this cow also has a caste. The caste system is really everywhere.

As for private cars and the like, they are only owned by a few rich people.

Therefore, owning a motorcycle can almost represent a family's living standard.

In some police stations in rural areas, only a few are equipped with motorcycles, and most people have to use bicycles or even walk.

The police departments of each state in India are relatively independent. Except for the salaries and benefits of the IPS federal police, which are borne by the federal central treasury, the salaries and various operating funds of the police in other states come from the financial allocations of each state.

Big cities like Mumbai have developed economies, so the police system has a relatively high financial budget, and its various benefits are definitely much better than those of the police in economically underdeveloped states.

The Indian civil service examination consists of three parts: preliminary examination, main examination and interview. The time span is very long. Generally, the preliminary examination is in May or June, the main examination may be in September or October of the same year, and the interview will be in January or February of the following year.

This year's exam has already started, so Luoton can only wait for next year's.

For Luoton, he had less than a year to prepare for the exam. Fortunately, he had an excellent memory, otherwise he would have no confidence at all.

There is no outline or scope for review for the Indian national examination. Only through training courses can you get some slightly precise guidance and narrow the scope.

However, we cannot pin all our hopes on this, as the questions are too flexible and cover everything. Ultimately, it still depends on the candidate's breadth of knowledge and their own strength.

So for Luoton, the next step is to read more books and various materials, especially some domestic and international news, current affairs, etc. in recent years, which are popular topics in exam questions.

Because of this, Luoton now insists on watching the news, reading newspapers and listening to the radio, especially the major media news. Maybe something in it may become a test question next year.

There was a big news about Maharashtra recently. The media broke the news that some opposition members sued Maharashtra's Finance Minister Rajti Nair in court, accusing him of secretly transferring benefits to some corporate companies, receiving huge kickbacks from them, and having a large amount of unidentified assets.

The opposition demanded that he be removed from office and the sources of his various unknown assets be investigated.

This matter is now showing a tendency to become more and more serious.

(End of this chapter)