- Leaked intelligence bureau reports accused foreign-funded NGOs of hampering India’s growth by using people-centric issues to stall various developmental projects.
- Referring to the scraping of Posco’s steel plant project and Vedanta bauxite project, dams in Arunachal Pradesh and genetically modified crops research, the report claims that this has reduced India’s GDP by 2-3%.
- However, it makes no mention of the role of Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh in the Vedanta and GMO crops issue respectively.
- It is significant that the IB found no wrongdoing. This has raised the question of the dysfunctional IB in our country where it has been reduced to a private detective agency for every ruling govt.
- Often with less domain competence, the IB is weighs in on everything from the appointment of judges to the credentials of business houses. These activities would be deemed in illegal in most other democracies.
- Additionally, its strength is 2/3rd less than the sanctioned levels and the majority of its staff are committed to working on issues with dubious relevance to national security.
- Its time the IB, which is charged with the defence of the Republic and not of the policies and interest of ministers, be guided by law.
- Read at:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/answering-to-law-not-to-caesar/article6124671.ece
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