Wednesday, November 7, 2012

HORIZONS

Mr. Chidambaram faces stark choices all over again

Mr. Chidambaram is the Finance Minister who has been often dreaming about dream budgets. General Elections are not too far away. The Sixth Pay Commission has already submitted most of its recommendations for pay hikes for bureaucrats. So don’t be surprised if Mr. Chidambaram surrenders to UPA realpolitik and one of his colleagues announces a huge pay hike for government servants – without a single word on administrative reforms recommended by successive pay commissions.

As it happened after 1997, there are huge chances that Mr. Chidambaram may not remain the Finance Minister because his government will probably be voted out. But once again, his successor will have to struggle with the havoc that has been created by tumbling markets, panicking economies and ‘no comment’ finance ministers who pay more attention to electoral compulsions than their own convictions. Who said history doesn’t repeat itself again and again?


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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