India, bureaucracy, Bihar, 2003. K.A.H. Subramanian (b. 1945) is Chief Secretary in the Old Secretariat in Patna, the capital of Bihar. He has the highest function in the civil service hierarchy of the state and earns 41,000 rupees per month (US$ 898, euro 820), has a spacious official residence, an official car with a yellow flashing light and chauffeur, and enjoys numerous privileges.