Dear Shri Mungantiwarji :
A report in Hindustan Times ( 02 Dec 2015 ) asks citizens to
send their " ideas for the State Budget " to you
I tried to send my idea ( as follows ) thru aaplesarkar web site but found there is no
provision for doing so !
Hence , I resend my earlier email
It is time to break away from :
> Budget allocations to different Ministries , in
RUPEES ( and how much they actually
managed to " Spend " )
and change over to :
> What physical
targets will each Ministry actually " Achieve " by the year-end
I hope , this year's Budget of Maharashtra will set an example
to not only the other States but also to the Union Budget
with regards,
hemen parekh / Mumbai / 0 -
98,67,55,08,08
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Subject: OUTPUT ORIENTED BUDGET
Dear
Shri Mungantiwar ,
It
felt nice to read your interview in Hindustan Times ( March
17 , 2015 ) , where you said :
>
I have changed the approach from an expenditure-based
budget to an output-oriented one
>
My observation is that the planning was zero and there
were no fixed targets , which is why projects
have been incomplete
>
The output-based method lays thrust on monitoring
>
The idea is to see the status of a project , when it was tendered, how much
money was spent, the
deadline and how much is completed
Congratulations on re-writing the " Rules of the Game " , Shri
Mungantiwar !
This
will usher a revolution in " Implementation
based Planning "
In
this connection , you may like what I wrote to Shri Arun Jaitleyji sometime
back ( see below )
with
regards,
hemen
parekh
(
M ) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08
Marol
, Mumbai
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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
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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,
>
request them to look it up on...www.hemenparekh.in
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
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