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Saturday, January 24, 2015

[rti4empowerment] Re: [rti4ngo] Mr. FM, you are barking up the wrong tree

Sir, no idea, but its plenty, almost all of which is wasteful, like for instance, two Punjab netas drinking up more than 10 crores of diesel, and like tens of VIP cars accompanying netas, like free drivers, free water, free electricity, free this and free that, and free everything.

On the one hand the FM, PM, and every other kind of M talking of cutting subsidies to the citizens, but on the other hand there is absolute silence about the huge subsidies to the netas and babus.

Regards,

Victor

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Subject: Re: [rti4ngo] Mr. FM, you are barking up the wrong tree

Any idea how much it costs to maintain the VIP;s of the country

With kind regards

A.K.BHATTACHARYYA

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On Friday, January 23, 2015 8:31 AM, "Victor Cooper victor99cooper@yahoo.com [rti4ngo]" <rti4ngo@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

For 65 years we have been hearing about "raising revenues", but little about cutting wasteful costs.
One recently came across an article in a leading newspaper stating that India's cost-to-GDP ratio is only about 1+%, and in line with world figures.
Well, the concept of cost-to-GDP is incorrect as a measure of governence efficency.
The proper evaluation would be cost-to-revenue, wherein cost would include salaries, perks, benifits, interest cost, overheads (like rents, free electriucity, water, LTA, litigation costs, travel, etc., etc.). If this true measure is taken into account, it would be seen that costs exceed revenues, and that is why there is nothing for infrastructure like roads, electricity, schools, hospitals, etc., etc.
Mr. FM, it is 67 years overdue that you shift your attention away from revenues to costs.

Victor