DNA ( 06 Dec ) carries
following news :
“ Fadnavis cracks whip on babus, sets key
goals for Dec 2019 “
And the goals are :
·
Construction of 19.4
lakh houses
·
Implementation of Make In
India projects worth Rs 8
lakh*crore
·
Develop skills in 42 million persons by 2022
·
Enhance vegetation in urban land areas by 15 %
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Only a few days back , Press Information Bureau , released
following note on Nutrition Mission :
Cabinet
approves setting up of National Nutrition Mission
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Implementation
strategy and targets:
Implementation
strategy would be based on intense monitoring
and Convergence Action Plan right up to
the grass root level.
NNM will be rolled
out in three phases from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
NNM targets to,
·
reduce stunting, under-nutrition,
anemia (among young children, women and adolescent girls) and,
·
reduce low birth weight by 2%, 2%, 3% and 2% per
annum respectively.
·
Although the target to reduce Stunting
is at least 2% p.a., Mission would strive to achieve reduction in Stunting from 38.4% (NFHS-4) to 25% by 2022
Quantifying “ goals
/ targets “ to be achieved by a “ given date “ and then measuring the “ performance “ of officers
responsible based on “ actual
achievement “ , is a true paradigm shift in GOVERNANCE
I wish to congratulate Shri Fadnavis , for implementing my following suggestion
( sent to Shri Jaitleyji on 04
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 ongoing
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
07 Dec 2017
