With cabinet berths distributed, the scramble will now begin for the chairmanship of various government corporations. These corporations very sadly have become a refuge to the deadwood including defeated candidates. While there are full-fledged departments to undertake respective tasks, parallel corporations have been created solely to rehabilitate politicians and allow them to merrily enjoy free perks and privileges at taxpayers’ expense. Kadamba Transport Corporation and Waste Management Corporation are the only two whose existence is justifiable. All the other corporations are an unnecessary huge burden on our debt-ridden State and must be wound up in public interest. For rationalization of government spending, strong and sincere austerity measures need to be taken and such criminal waste of public funds on superfluous corporations needs to end. Fiscal accountability and responsibility have to be an ongoing sustained process with every paisa of the taxpayer very judiciously spent. Due to the follies of successive governments, we have landed in this huge fiscal upheaval. It is now the bounden duty and responsibility of the authorities to put Goa back on the road to economic prosperity.
