Internal Government Committees Almost Never Recommend Radical Policy Changes
Montek Singh Ahluwalia · MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA PODCAST: Top Economist Explains India’s High Growth Years On The Neon Show · Nov 9, 2024 · at 21:49
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Deputy Chairman of India's Planning Commission, reflects on bureaucratic incentives and why external expert committees were necessary for 1991 economic reforms.
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“Committees which are set up within the government almost never recommend radical change because they're set up, they're run by the same people who are running the system. So understandably, their mental image is, we can improve the system a little bit. Let's make a list of a little bit of improvement. They don't have the mindset Or saying, look, this whole system is wrong.”
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