The assessment is more or less correct. The whole of India is becoming
BIMARU because of corruption and absence of ethics, values, honesty and
integrity both in thoughts and actions. Greed has overtaken the economy
and those who have access to money and power are becoming richer and
richer day by day at the cost of marginalizing even the upper middle
class.The persons earning Rs 25000 per month feel unsafe and uncertain
to carry on with ever increasing cost on housing, food, clothing, school
education,health care and other social expenses. In this back ground
just think of persons who earn Rs 27 and 33 in rural areas and urban
areas. As rightly pointed out by the author time has come to think of
winding up of planning commission and reworking economic development
with some other model.Change is recommended everywhere for prosperity
and why not replace Planning Commission with a new set up and new
thinking. Per capita income of this country is totally erroneous as
distribution of wealth is never equitable by any stretch of
imagination.Erratic taxation policies not only widen the gap between the
rich and the poor but also add to inflation in the economy resulting in
the erosion of earnings and making life miserable to survive.Corruption
has become a way of life for those who provide some sort of service and
without giving bribe nothing happens. To get a conveyance title of plot
of land or a flat (Katha in local Language)
the officials do not know how much to demand and if one resists to pay,
for months together one will not get the certificate despite repeated
visits to Village offices and requests to officials.This is only a small
example.For anything and everything bribe has to be paid first and even
then work is not done. The country at this rate will become a Bimaru
one as warned by the author.No silver lining is visible as on date.
Dr T.V.Gopalakrishnan
(This is in response to an article Planning commission needs winding up that appeared in Business standard dated 28/7/13)
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