Unproductive assets!
The
Planning Commission’s main task is to decide where government money has
to be spent wisely. This job is being done admirably by Montek Singh
Ahluwalia, the Deputy Chairperson. It would not be wrong to say that
Ahluwalia virtually controls the finances of the Government of India.
His wife, also an economist, Isher Judge Ahluwalia has produced a book
titled ‘India’s Economic Reforms and Development: Essays for Manmohan
Singh’. Clearly, the husband-wife team is completely dedicated and loyal
to the Prime Minister. But preaching to Ministries and States to
control wasteful expenditure is easier said than done. And what about if
Yojana Bhawan,the building which houses the Planning Commission,
doesn’t care for Ahluwalia’s dictums. Insiders inform that two ‘smart
toilets’ have been constructed for elite members of the Planning
Commission. One can only have the access to these ‘smart toilets’
through smart cards. Naturally, this is causing much heartburn. These
‘unproductive assets’ have cost huge money. Now Aswani Kumar has to take
a call to go to the bottom of the issue and see from where this plan of
constructing costly toilets has originated. g
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