GOVERNANCE BY PRODUCTIVITY

Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

Often, when you have discussions on reforms, there is an impression that a lot of people work within the government system, and there is a need to downscale. When someone talks like this, the person is unnecessarily fixated on the Union government as most of such discussions are on issues related to central government jobs, lateral inductions in All India Services, etc. One should hence be clear about what do you mean by government as an employer before looking at the future of government as a workplace.

The ‘government’ has three tiers. It has the Union government, state governments and PSUs, and the local government. In terms of public delivery of goods and services, the most important