In the Chandrababu Naidu regime in Andhra Pradesh, it appears left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.
Not with standing the tall claims by the Chief Minister, the bureaucrats are busy working for their own interests, rather than working in coordination in tune with the government policies.
Take for instance, the latest decision taken by the Information Technology department of the Naidu government.
It has given bumper offers to the IT industries in travel and exhibition arrangements to showcase their business at the international IT exhibitions to be held at Hong Kong next month.
Similar incentives are being offered to IT companies to put up their stalls at various other global IT conventions to be held in various countries in the coming months.
Normally, the State government itself puts up stalls at the international conventions showcasing the opportunities available in the State for IT sector and inviting investments from global companies in the State.
What is the point in local software companies putting up their stalls in international exhibitions? It will benefit the IT companies and not the State government.
So, the Finance department is learnt to have raised objections as to why the State government has to sponsor the tours of private IT companies and offer subsidies to them to put up their stalls in the Hong Kong exhibition.
Instead, if the government itself puts up its own stall and invite global companies, it might fetch at least a few investments, the department argued.
So, what are you up to, Mr Naidu?