Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that technology has come as a great tool through which human stupidity and human temptation can be contained in governance.
She was delivering the NTR Memorial Lecture on ‘Empowerment – The Road to Good Governance’, marking the centenary celebrations of NT Rama Rao – actor, politician and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh popularly known as NTR. The Finance Minister attended the event as the Chief Guest at the Visakhapatnam campus of GITAM (Deemed to be University).
“A former prime minister lamented that if I send one rupee to the people, only 15 paise reaches them. What PM Modi has done is embrace the leaky bucket process by adopting technology. There is no leak, the beneficiary who should get that money gets it. Not 15 paise to one rupee, but one rupee to one rupee. technology It has come as a great means through which otherwise human stupidity and human temptation are contained. The human tendency to take out something that may not be in one’s possession, that is, one cannot bypass it. The way we have embraced technology today is ensuring that the benefits reach the masses, a goal of good governance has been achieved.”
“I’m not saying it’s silly. There would be some element in the simplicity that people would know how to hack it as well, but now it’s certain who should get what, running absolutely without any kind of piracy. Good governance those tools It’s about looking for the ones with which you are able to implement objectives,” she said.
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“I pay my humble respects to a leader who would have turned 100 today, and his family. I love that I get to play a small part in the celebration of a year. Be it Rama or Krishna, modern times. Till date there is no one other than NT Rama Rao who could bring that image to the fullest. The films had a great mix of authentic references to the Puranas. There was no concoction, and the acting was just incomparable,” Finance Minister felicitated NTR He said, “Today when we talk of good governance, you have a lot to say about the time when NT Rama Rao was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.”
Nirmala Sitharaman also invoked the message of ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’, and said there should be adequate government presence where necessary, not more. He said that building trust among the people is important for good governance.
The program was presided over by Daggubati Purandeshwari, the National General Secretary of BJP and daughter of NT Rama Rao. He told about his father NT Rama Rao and his welfare schemes. He mentioned that most of the schemes of NTR were subsequently followed by the central government. He said that they are planning to organize year-long events as part of the NTR centenary celebrations.
Speaking on the occasion, Jai Prakash Narayan, founder of Loksatta said, “Amidst an extraordinary crisis, against enormous pressure from so called scholars, experts and intellectuals, the Union Government and the Finance Minister did this. A remarkable work in financial management of a country of complexity and magnitude of India. If you didn’t, and instead threatened countries that went down a certain path, we wouldn’t have the growth dividend we have today. If India can really consider 7+ percent growth rate for the next 20-30 years, that’s because at a crucial moment when you could have taken an easier route, you gave us a chance, and at the same time, took care People. In governance, you must take care of the immediate (needs) but also balance it with long-term growth. ,
Recalling the extraordinary life of NTR, Madan M. Pillutala, Dean, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad delved into literature on good governance. He said, “Governance means striving to make the best use of resources, and shepherding the resources in such a way that you get the best possible results. Ultimately does a society choose to provide opportunities to the poor, vulnerable “It’s a moral choice. It’s not an economic one. It’s a moral choice.” Referring to the book ‘Why Nations Fail’ by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson; He mentioned how there is a natural limit to development for countries that do not strive to develop for all. “While I say this is a moral claim, it may also have an economic basis as to why we need to think about development at all.”
The dignitaries present included sons, daughters, daughters-in-law and grandchildren of Mathukumili Sri Bharata, President, GITAM (Deemed University) and NT Rama Rao. NT Rama Rao’s granddaughter K. Nivedita proposed vote of thanks. The NTR centenary celebrations concluded with the felicitation of three social workers.
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