Dear Shri Arvind Kejriwal,
My heartiest congratulations on making visible difference as Chief Minister of the State of Delhi.
I am a retired officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service; as an AAM AADMI, following issues bother me and I will like to share these concerns with you:
- Why have the checks and balances in government become ineffective?
- Corruption is rampant despite vigilance wing in every department. Why ?
- Despite audit by C&AG, there is waste of public money. C&AG is a constitutional authority wielding enormous powers and responsibilities ; why has public audit by C&AG become ineffective?
- Democracy has become a farce, as candidly explained in SWARAJ- a very interesting book written by you. What can be done by persons in power (politicians and bureaucrats) to correct the situation ?
- Section 4 of RTI Act has been circumvented by most of the public authorities and largely remains unimplemented by the the Government offices in direct interaction with the citizens. Information disclosed by the public authorities does not result in effective public accountability. What can be done to enforce implementation of RTI Act in letter and spirit ?
- Why have the senior civil servants succumbed to political whims, instead of doing there duties in upright manner, with intellectual honesty ? What can be done to make them directly accountable to the citizens ? Current tortuous route of public accountability of Government officers is through their bureaucratic hierarchy to the Parliament/State Legislature, consisting of elected representative of people. This has distanced the bureaucratic machinery from the citizens. Effective democracy is possible if the government machinery, AT ALL LEVELS, is responsive to the citizens.
About five years back we had prepared a joint paper for Workshop on Emerging Challenges to Public Audit in India organized in the Institute of Public Auditors of India. This was just ignored by C&AG. You are now in a position to ensure that these ideas are implemented so that audit by C&AG becomes an effective instrument of public accountability and help in implementing democratic ideals. As the Chief Minister, it is hour onerous responsibility to ensure that checks and balances are restored and Government machinery performs.
Best of luck and best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
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