Economist Ashok Gulati has declined to become part of a NITI Aayog panel on reforming the agriculture sector by 2020. He has reasoned that unless the earlier recommendations made by such committees are implemented, another similar exercise is unlikely to yield any results.
“The main reason is that there are already 3-4 committees who have made recommendations and hardly anything is implemented. So the question is, how many more committees we want, there is nothing new.
“They should focus on 4-5 things they want to do and implement them well, rather than going in circles… committee after committee,” Mr. Gulati said.
He added that he was not informed, or asked if he wanted to be a part of the committee. “If you are forming an official committee, the minimum courtesy is to check with the member. Nobody checked with me and suddenly I found my name there,” he said.