New Ministries required in Govt of India

One look at the overall infrastructure in India and you seriously feel the need for a Govt revamp. After thinking about it for some days and going through an experience where my SUV’s wheel nearly couldn’t come out of a pothole on a State level highway, I think these 3 new ministries must be created by the Govt. of India:

a. Ministry of Finishing

The role is to finish everything left unfinished by all other departments. Roads (made narrower than possible), footpaths, landscape open areas, cover drains, complete the road dividers, finish boundary walls, put signage’s, connect to the drains etc. You get the idea. You know this kind of work is required to be done everywhere, in every city, town and village. The ministry will be inundated with work.

b. Ministry of Cleanliness

The departments do their jobs (incomplete as usual), the Ministry of Finishing completes it and we need the Ministry of Cleanliness to keep things clean. Dust needs to be vacuumed from road ends, trash needs to be moved from everywhere (and fine those who throw trash in the open – which department is currently supposed to do that anyways?), fixtures need to be cleaned, wall posters and banners need to be removed, paint jobs are required frequently. We need this, everyone knows it.

c. Ministry of Repairs

With infrastructure finished and cleaned, we need a dedicated Repairs ministry. They must have authority, funds and contractors to repair anything as soon as it breaks. The current process of repairing a pothole within a few months of it being brought to the notice of the concerned department by newspapers must be changed to a process where a constant survey team immediately gets repairs done.

All 3 ministries must be Central Govt ministries with Head Offices at District level and branch offices at Town/Village levels. The information system must be web and mobile based wherein a complaint can be logged/SMSed by citizens, a complaint number will be given immediately and action taken within 3 days.