Our root cause analysis of China’s economic growth is wrong. Even though China is a one-party authoritarian State, it is far more decentralised than India.
We simply do not know anyone who will not be corrupt. The purpose of a democracy is to build a system that is less prone to corruption by design because it is decentralised.
Paryavaran Bhawan, Vanijya Bhawan, and Urja Bhawan are among swanky new govt office buildings that have come up over past 10 years to house ministries away from Central Secretariat.
China’s single-party model enables inner party control, as an additional instrument, to ensure governance effectiveness across long implementation chains.
Not just financial reform and market development, India must also pay attention to fiscal empowerment of state and improvement in public administration.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Biggest problem is democracy. Politicians have to first protect their chair before welfare of citizens. In china they don’t have to deal with it.