RIP : Shri Arun Jaitleyji
Today’s newspapers carry millions of words describing a
slew of ECONOMIC REFORMS that Shri Jaitley initiated during past 5 years
Frequently mentioned among dozens of these reforms ,
are :
# GST
# NPA
resolution mechanism
Without doubt, these are important achievements which
will change the rules of governance
But , without exception, the editors and expert authors
/ writers, missed out his
greatest reform, viz :
“ Starting 2017 , introduction of OUTPUT BUDGET “
Here is the genesis :
# Immediately
after NDA govt assumed office in May 2014 ( but before presentation of its
fist budget in Feb 2015 ), I sent following
email to Shri Jaitleyji,
BUDGETING
BY OBJECTIVES [ 05 Dec 2014
]
-
urging him to shift the budget emphasis
from :
# “ Expenditure
Allocations “ for various Ministries and refocus on actual / physical
/
measurable , ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS for
each Ministry
# “ Resource Inputs “
to “ Physical
Outputs “ ( Productivity of Inputs
)
I followed this up in my following emails :
An
Unprecedented Budget Reform [ 09 Dec
2016 ]
Another
{ Welcome } First [ 01 Feb 2017
]
With introduction of this OUTPUT
BUDGET, Shri Jaitley succeeded in re-focussing the
efforts / actions of all the Ministries, from :
# Amount
of budgeted / allocated money / funds , actually SPENT ( by year-end ) , to
# Actual / Physical / Measurable TARGETS set at the
beginning of the year, and achieved
by
year-end, as a “ MEASURE OF
ACHIEVEMENT “
This was a reform in changing the :
# ATTITUDE of the
bureaucrats and Ministers
# way to
measure ACHIEVEMENTS
# way to
hold Ministers ACCOUNTABLE
# way to measure the ministerial PERFORMANCE through
an ongoing SCORE CARD
# deception
of “ Shooting first and then drawing concentric circles around the hole “
# culture of Opaqueness
to Transparency of govt achievements
Some day when political / economic historians write the
HISTORY of REFORMS undertaken by the NDA government, I have no doubt that this OUTPUT BUDGETING will top
the list
Dear Departed Soul ,
You have carved out your name in the annals of India’s REFORM HISTORY -
for which , not only this but all the coming generations of Indians will remember
you !
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25 Aug 2019
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