RTI
= ( Citizen’s ) Right to
Information
RTP = (
Government’s ) Right to Privacy
Yesterday , PM Shri Modiji reshuffled his cabinet by :
·
inducting 9 new faces ( considered to
have “ potential for
performance “ )
·
getting rid of 7 old faces (
considered to have “ poor
performance “ )
·
promoting 4 old faces (
appraised as having “ good
performance “ )
·
laterally transferred Suresh Prabhu (
believed to have suffered “ bad
luck “ )
Understandably , we will never get to see
their “ Score Cards
“ ( Privacy ? )
But here is my guess as to how these ministers got their performance
evaluated
Possibly ,
Shri Modiji fixed for them SPECIFIC MEASURABLE
ACHIEMENT TARGETS , at the
beginning of their tenures , as suggested in my following blog ( sent as email
on 06 DEC 2014 ) , and got some outside / impartial THIRD PARTY to evaluate their ACTUAL
ACHIEVEMENTS :
06 Dec
2014
BUDGETING BY OBJECTIVES
Dear Shri Jaitley ,
Come Feb 2015 and you will present your Budget in Lok Sabha
You will allocate thousands of crores of rupees to different ministries
, for spending during 2015-16
You may even increase / decrease
their allocations based on , to what extent ( % ) did they manage to actually
" spend "
their current year's allocations
The one and only emphasis is on " spending " !
As usual , no MP will ask :
" But , what exactly did the Minister concerned achieve by
spending this money ?
What physical / measureable targets did the Minister succeed in reaching
/ exceeding , with that money ? Where
/ What are the OUTPUTS ?
Why is it that no targets were set in advance, before the start of the
year ?
How come , Minister was allowed to shoot first and then draw concentric
circles around the hole afterwards ( at the end of the year ) , to claim BULL'S EYE ? "
In private sector , shareholders / bankers do not hesitate to sack the
CMD / MD / CEO , if he fails to deliver on promised profit
Then , why are Ministers allowed to retain their posts ( - or
even get kicked upstairs ! ), despite failing to deliver ?
Dear Shri Jaitley :
MPs should know that YOU cannot
answer these questions , simply because , at the time of the Budget Exercise , no physical OUTPUTS got fixed
for each Minister
What did get fixed , were only EXPENDITURE TARGETS
!
Simply because MPs passed the Budget
without fixing targets such as following for 31 March 2015 :
=================================
* Finance Minister
# GDP ..... 6 % ............ [ 10 % improvement ]
#
CAD.......( - ) 5 % .....[ 20 % improvement ]
=================================
* Commerce Minister
# Exports........ $ 350 Billion .... [ 10 %
improvement ]
#
FDI..............$ 50 Billion...... [ 20 %
improvement ]
=================================
* Railway Minister
# Lengths of
Tracks...... 125,000 Km..... [ Up by 10
% ]
# No of Passenger Trains / day.....
10,000... [ Up by 10 % ]
=================================
* Health Minister
# Chronic Hunger and Hunger Related Deaths
8 Million / year .................................... [ Down by 20
% ]
#
Under-nourished people..... 200 million..... [ Down by 10 % ]
=================================
* Social Welfare Minister
# Dowery Deaths / year....... 8,000...... ......[
Down by 10 % ]
#
People without Toilets........ 500 Million.... [ Down by 20 % ]
=================================
* Agriculture Minister
# Farmers
Suicide/ year..... .. 14,000............... [ Down by 20 % ]
# Food Grain rotting / year..... 5
Million tons..... [ Down by 20 % ]
=================================
So on and so forth for each Minister
Some caution / suggestions :
* Ignore the numbers given above. I could be factually wrong
* Focus on the concept of " Management by Objectives "
* Overcome the fear of "
failure to meet the targets ".
* Overcome the fear of " being ridiculed " !
* Don't chop off the neck that
dares to stick out !
* Only failure is , not fixing the
targets !
* Actual vs Targeted achievements must be measured , on an on-going
basis
, by totally independent THIRD PARTY agencies
Ministers / Finance Minister and
these Agencies , must agree in
advance , how the agencies will go about
" measuring " the Actual
Achievements
The
method of measurement must be transparent and well publicized
in
advance
Agencies shall have no role in fixing of Annual Targets
That is best done by the PRIME MINISTER - the CEO , MakeInIndia
* There must be at least 10
performance parameters for each Minister
* Parameters themselves could be
selected / prioritized , based on an
ONLINE PUBLIC
SURVEY / OPINION POLL , from Govt web site
* If conducting such an ONLINE
POLL for the forthcoming budget is
too late , same could be done on a
printed form , by current MPs /
MLAs / Rajya Sabha Members
* Results of the SURVEY / POLL , must be published
==================================================================
There is no way to find out whether PM
had actually set for his ministers , any
QUANTIFIABLE TARGETS or not
But the citizens have only themselves to blame for failing to come out
with a , citizen’s
CHARTER OF
DEMANDS [ COD ]
,
clearly laying down TARGETS
expected to be achieved by each and
every Minister , till 2019 elections
Now , don’t expect political parties in OPPOSITION to frame such a COD
They are still hoping (against hope ? ) – to come back into power in 2019
, and do not want to say / do , any foolish things to come back to haunt them !
It is the duty of
organizations such as CII
– FICCI – ASSOCHAM – ADR ( Association
for Democratic Reforms ) ,
and various THINK TANKS , to initiate this process
05 Sept 2017
