Bikash
Choudhury
Prime Minister in his last & recent meeting of
councils of ministers emphasized on Austerity; in other words, to cut wasteful
expenditure and defer not so essential expenses. Old habit dies hard and
therefore, most likely the ministers and their babus would go back to their old
ways. The least that PM could do is to make an institutional arrangement in
which the second highest item of expenditure in Govt. after salary bill can be
pruned and at the same time an experiment can be initiated on entrepreneurship
inside Govt. itself.
Idea: The expenditure on Automobiles purchase,
maintenance, fuel and expenses accrued on salary for the personnel engaged on
such activities always makes a huge dent on public expenditure; apart from huge
leakage due to mismanagement and cost incurred on personal than official
activity of public servants. This can be pruned substantially without affecting
the efficiency.
1. GoI could take a decision to provide Govt. provided
automobile to only very top functionaries in Govt. where protocol is involved.
And, to rest of the Govt. officials the automobiles would be provided on need
to use basis for official work by a services provider.
2. The services provider could be created by PPP
mode and 50 % equity would remain with Govt. (in lieu of the vehicle
transferred to the SP) 25% of equity with employees co-operative whose services would be
transferred to the Services Provider and balance 25% of equity for the Private
Company who will manage the SP with appropriate investment.
3. Arrangement would be such that all officials who are
authorized to use Govt. vehicles could do so through the SP on Official work
for which SP would be paid on a standard rate applicable for the Govt.(lower
than market rate). However, SP would be free to deploy surplus vehicles on
commercial terms in the market after attaining to the Govt. business.
Benefits:
1. Govt. could prune its salary expenses on this activity.
2. Govt. could cut its capital expenditure in purchase of
automobiles and maintenance.
3. Govt. could plug huge leakage.
4. Govt. could eventually create and support an
entrepreneurial mindset inside Govt.
5. Govt. could also encourage private travel & tourism.
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