TARGET FOR CRIME

The recent decision of the government for setting target for road traffic officials for picking traffic offences, is for raising the revenue of the state. It is certainly an arguable decion. If a similar decision is taken for picking up criminals like thieves, cheats, drunkards etc at a given number every day/week/month to each police station, the after effect will be unbearable for the people. Police officials shall be constrained to make many innocent people as criminals to fill the quota. Similar action may be taken by road traffic department.

Dearth of revenue for the exchequer is a glaring fact. In order to overcome the situation the state have fairly large resources and also have adequate manpower to exploit it. However, for unknown reasons the successive governments are not trying to  such resources and raise the revenue. There are many areas in the state where the existing revenue can be enhanced multifold. Unfortunately no government is focusing at these possibilities. The remittance from people abroad has come down terribly. Unless we take some productive steps on top most priority we may find scarcity of money to meet the routine expenditure.

K V George