What CAG suggested is what Rajiv Gandhi had visualised

The entire country has now been discussing about the recent findings of the CAG report. While pointing out some of the scenarios India’s Comptroller and Audit General (CAG) Vinod Rai in his report has mentioned “The government and auditors are not adversaries but are on the same table since the objective is to upgrade governance and to ensure a totally leakage-free delivery system of government projects, schemes and practices to ensure there are no loopholes and lacunae”. By this what he meant was that the benefit of the schemes and policies meant for the people should reach them without any lapses, transparently.

One can recall now at this juncture what had our former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had said. The creator of modern India and a great visionary late Rajiv Gandhi had had said that 85 paise per rupee allocated for development got siphoned off before reaching the intended beneficiaries. He also was very much concerned for the fact that the poor are unable to avail the benefits of the welfare funds sent for them by the government the way it should have been.

Further, his son and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi also repeatedly quoted the statement of his late father on many occasions that when centre sanctions one rupee for the poor only 15 paisa reaches them. The young Congress MP from Amethi also has his own idea to ensure transparency in administration and he wants further upliftment of the downtrodden. Rahul Gandhi is having the opinion that Aadhar UID card will ensure more transparency in the safe passage of the central funds to the poor without any hindrance. "Every citizen of this country will have an identity card as a proof of their existence by the Aadhar scheme. Further the card will include the Bank account number along with the Aadhar Card Number so as to ensure connectivity and transparency and with this the Central funds will directly reach the account holder," argues Rahul Gandhi.

The recent CAG findings clearly underline an important aspect that what we urgently should do is to ensure transparency in public administration. If the government sends funds for the poor, it should reach the beneficiary without any loss. The country will advance further and surge ahead only if the government and the administration show the will-power to address this crucial issue. That is what Rajiv Gandhi wanted, Rahul Gandhi argues for and the entire countrymen have been eagerly waiting for.

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