‘I think it’s a very important duty of any civil servant to see if something is conducive to the national interest, or is it only serving the political interest,' said Subhash Chandra Garg.
In ‘No, Minister’, Subhash Chandra Garg pulls the curtain back on how the finance secretary’s office functions and his interactions with politicians across the spectrum.
He also noted the 15th Finance Commission cut Karnataka’s share in central taxes ‘too drastically’, much more than other similar-performing southern states.
Subhash Chandra Garg, who had taken voluntary retirement last year, said Nirmala Sitharaman's first budget lacked major reforms, and was all praise for Arun Jaitley.
Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said a faulty lockdown strategy and an ineffective stimulus have adversely impacted economic recovery. Read his blog here.
Subhash Chandra Garg says real fiscal deficit could reach 5% of GDP after including off-budget liabilities, so there’s no space for an expansionary budget.
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
COMMENTS