What is the biggest disease afflicting India?
Manmohan Singh, when he became Prime Minister said that his first task was to reform government. Wage Bill today is over two Lakh crore. Even though bureaucrats are highly underpaid compared to their corporate counterparts. Yes, because there is overstaffing & government employees have endless power to obstruct the works. It takes 105 days to start an industry in Bombay, as you need to have endless permissions from various authorities. Try getting a passport or even a telephone. Abu Salem can get three passports easily but common person does not get even one. Police verification means corruption. Liberalization means getting the footprints of the government off the backs of the people. Abolishing Industrial Licensing Policy offered relief only to a capitalist. Bureaucracy was meant to be the beast of burden but it has become a burden of the beast. Bureaucracy was to be an ox of the country carrying the nation forward but instead of taking us forward, it has become a burden on us. Rent
