Mumbai. Senior Maharashtra IAS officer and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has spoken about the hardships and financial struggles his family faced during his administrative career. Mundhe, who has faced 25 transfers in around 21 years of service, said the constant relocations affected his children’s education, his wife’s career and family life. He also said there was a time when he did not have money for his wife’s delivery, forcing him to sell ancestral land.
Mundhe said that because of repeated transfers, his son had to change schools in different cities. After senior KG in Mumbai, he studied in Solapur, Pune, Nashik and Navi Mumbai. Before reaching Class 5, he had to change schools six times. Each time, adjusting to a new school, a new environment and new friends was challenging for him. Mundhe said his son could not have permanent friends, and this was a loss that could not be compensated.
He said his wife also had to change jobs and living arrangements with every transfer. Her career was affected because the family had to move repeatedly to new places. Living in different cities to keep the family together and ensure the children had the company of both parents was also financially difficult.
Sharing an experience from his second posting in Mumbai, Mundhe said that in 2013-14, when his second child was due to be born, the family was going through financial hardship. There was not enough money for his wife’s delivery, so he sold ancestral land. At that time, he was serving as joint commissioner in the sales tax department. He said that despite financial difficulties, he never thought of taking the wrong path. Mundhe acknowledged that transfers are part of the job in administrative service, but the entire family has to bear their impact.
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