Before this particular meeting, his office put together a note on Chandrasekhar, the new-age politician. It says his parliamentary interventions have "earned" the government about `2,00,000 crore and that he was more effective than all other Rajya Sabha members from the world of business put together. There are also Internet links to the nearly 500 parliamentary questions he has asked since 2006, ranging from the telecom policy to an increase in terrorist infiltration.
"People ask me what high do I get from being in politics," he begins, pulling up his sleeves. "After my repeated haranguing, Parliamentary questions, PILs and the CAG report, the government will net an additional `2,00,000 crore," he says. "I can say I was instrumental in getting that for the country." Despite the sincerity of his voice, there's a shade of self-righteous grandstanding in his words.
Right Of Centre
Chandrasekhar, like many CEOs, can't resist the urge of using the whiteboard to illustrate his words. He writes down India's problems, akin to a class X student drawing Kirchhoff's electrical circuit. According to this diagram, the biggest threat to India is its politics. Politics is defining governance. Bad governance increases the transaction cost for citizens. And citizens elect politicians.
Governance is a recurring theme with Chandrasekhar. He feels governance reforms haven't kept pace with economic reforms, which have unleashed the country's entrepreneurship. And that's what he seeks to change with his politics.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/KNOW THE MAN WHO BRINGS CRORES AND CRORES TO THE GOVERNMENT. -Economic Times.
"People ask me what high do I get from being in politics," he begins, pulling up his sleeves. "After my repeated haranguing, Parliamentary questions, PILs and the CAG report, the government will net an additional `2,00,000 crore," he says. "I can say I was instrumental in getting that for the country." Despite the sincerity of his voice, there's a shade of self-righteous grandstanding in his words.
Right Of Centre
Chandrasekhar, like many CEOs, can't resist the urge of using the whiteboard to illustrate his words. He writes down India's problems, akin to a class X student drawing Kirchhoff's electrical circuit. According to this diagram, the biggest threat to India is its politics. Politics is defining governance. Bad governance increases the transaction cost for citizens. And citizens elect politicians.
Governance is a recurring theme with Chandrasekhar. He feels governance reforms haven't kept pace with economic reforms, which have unleashed the country's entrepreneurship. And that's what he seeks to change with his politics.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/KNOW THE MAN WHO BRINGS CRORES AND CRORES TO THE GOVERNMENT. -Economic Times.
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