Sanjivani
Please
send today ( as
soon as possible ) , following Email to Members of Lok Sabha / Rajya
Sabha , whose email IDs you have found
hcp
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Dear Shri Jaitleyji
Even as I anxiously await to listen to your Budget speech
tomorrow , I do hope that the concept outlined in my following earlier email
will find an echo - however feeble - in your presentation
with regards ,
hemen parekh / 27
Feb 2015
( M ) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08
Mumbai
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BUDGETING
BY OBJECTIVES
Dear Shri Jaitley ,
Come
Feb 2015 and you will present your Budget in Lok Sabha
You
will allocate thousands of crores of rupees to different ministries , for
spending during 2015-16
You
may even increase / decrease their allocations based on , to what extent ( % )
did they manage to actually " spend " their current year's
allocations
The
one and only emphasis is on " spending " !
As
usual , no MP will ask :
"
But , what exactly did the Minister concerned achieve by spending this
money ?
What
physical
/ measureable targets did the Minister succeed in reaching / exceeding , with
that money ?
Where
/ What
are the OUTPUTS ?
Why
is it that no targets were set in advance , before the start of the year ?
How
come , Minister was allowed to shoot first and then draw concentric circles
around the hole afterwards ( at the end of the year ) , to claim BULL'S
EYE ? "
In
private sector , shareholders / bankers do not hesitate to sack the CMD / MD /
CEO , if he fails to deliver on promised profit
Then
, why are Ministers allowed to retain their posts ( - or even get kicked
upstairs ! ), despite failing to deliver ?
Dear Shri Jaitley :
MPs
should know that YOU cannot answer these questions , simply because , at the
time of the Budget Exercise , no physical OUTPUTS got fixed for each
Minister
What
did get fixed , were only EXPENDITURE TARGETS
!
Simply
because MPs passed the Budget without fixing targets such as
following for 31 March 2015 :
*
Finance Minister
> GDP ..... 6 % ............ [ 10 % improvement ]
> CAD.......( - ) 5 % .....[ 20 % improvement ]
*
Commerce Minister
> Exports........ $ 350 Billion .... [ 10 %
improvement ]
> FDI..............$ 50 Billion...... [
20 % improvement ]
*
Railway Minister
> Lengths of Tracks...... 125,000
Km..... [ Up by 10 % ]
> No of Passenger Trains / day..... 10,000... [ Up by 10 % ]
*
Health Minister
> Chronic Hunger and Hunger Related Deaths
8 Million / year .................................... [ Down by 20
% ]
> Under-nourished people..... 200 million..... [ Down by 10 % ]
*
Social Welfare Minister
> Dowery Deaths / year....... 8,000...... ...... [
Down by 10 % ]
> People without Toilets........ 500 Million.... [
Down by 20 % ]
*
Agriculture Minister
> Farmers Suicide/ year..... ..
14,000............... [ Down by 20 % ]
> Food Grain rotting / year..... 5 Million
tons..... [ Down by 20 % ]
So
on and so forth for each Minister
Some
caution / suggestions
:
*
Ignore the numbers given above. I could be factually wrong
*
Focus on the concept of " Management by Objectives "
*
Overcome the fear of " failure to meet the targets ".
*
Overcome the fear of " being ridiculed " !
*
Don't chop off the neck that dares to stick out !
*
Only failure is , not fixing the targets !
*
Actual vs Targeted achievements must be measured , on an ongoing
basis , by totally independent THIRD PARTY
agencies
Ministers / Finance Minister and these Agencies , must agree in advance
how
the Agencies will go about " measuring " the Actual Achievements
The method of measurement must be transparent and well publicized
in advance
Agencies shall have no role in fixing of Annual Targets
That is best done by the Prime Minister - the CEO , MakeInIndia
*
There must be at least 10 performance parameters for each Minister
*
Parameters themselves could be selected / prioritized , based on an
ONLINE PUBLIC SURVEY / OPINION POLL ,
from Govt web site
*
If conducting such an ONLINE POLL for the forthcoming budget is
too late , same could be done on a printed form , by current MPs /
MLAs / Rajya Sabha Members
*
Results of the SURVEY / POLL , must be
published
I
hope readers of this blog will contribute by passing on this message to
>
all of their friends / relatives / acquaintances / colleagues
>
as many legislators whose email IDs they can find
>
Everyone in their CONTACT list
OR,
Somehow
, we must bring pressure on Lok Sabha Members , NOT to approve the forthcoming
budget , unless TARGETS are set in
advance
*
hemen parekh / 06
Dec 2014
