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Chidambaram said Manmohan Singh government needs to take serious note

NEW DELHI: Home minister P Chidambaram recently has said while referring to concerns raised by business and industry leaders there is governance and ethical deficit that the Manmohan Singh government needs to take serious note.

The home minister said, “I think we should take serious note of the concerns expressed by captains of industry and business. There is indeed a governance deficit in some areas and perhaps there is also an ethical deficit.”

Chidambaram underlined that the malaise is not unique to the UPA coalition. But his candid remarks come in the backdrop of the government’s bid to contain the negative political fallout of scams ranging from the Commonwealth Games fiddle to telecom graft cases.

In mid-January, industrialists and former judges wrote an “open letter” to all political leaders speaking of “widespread governance deficit in almost every sphere of national life”. The home minister seemed to be taking a cue from the letter.

“We have from time to time tried to put in systems to meet the challenges of these deficits. But it is obvious the systems put in place are not entirely adequate and therefore any suggestion to improve the systems should be taken into account seriously.”

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