Kindle Notes & Highlights
KYC Paperwork is the religion of the civil service.
11 The Role of Government in an Innovation Economy The important thing for Government is not to do things which
individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all.
A new approach to bureaucracy A senior ex-bureaucrat explains to us the unintended consequences of the checks and balances imposed by the government upon civil servants: I was in a senior post at the State Farms Corporation of India
protect the stored seeds from getting spoilt.We didn’t have time to follow the standard procedure of publishing a tender in the newspapers and identifying the lowest bidder. The marketing officer suggested that we just buy them from the same supplier we usually used. Much after the rain had come and gone, a question was asked as to why we had not published a tender; was there some sort of underhand agreement between the marketing officer and the supplier? Of course, we were able to justify our actions, and the matter was closed, but had a serious inquiry been launched, the matter would have
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When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
