Even as Centre is slashing subsidies in LPG , petrol and other sectors, Congress Governments in south are vying with each other to introduce sops to get vote banks .
Karnataka's Congress government plans to launch a Re 1 a kg scheme costing Rs.4300 crore to state exchequer from next month . In AP scheme launched by Kiran Kumar Reddy has no takers and most 60 % of Rs.1 rice at a subsidy of Rs.24 per kg costing government whopping Rs.6200 crore per annum is being black marketed .
However CAG report last year said al;most 350 million tonnes of rice allotted to the scheme on an all India basis had been diverted to black market and purpose of welfare subsidy foiled and the mediators including officials swindled a whopping Rs.12,000 crores of tax payers money .
No doubt the ' system ' in India is opposed to reforms and corruption is rooted very deeply in every aspect of Government delviery administration and civil society .
