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Written by
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Shubham K. Yadav, IAS
Gaurav Budania, IAS
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Written by
Dr. Aaditya Sharma, IAS
& Aakriti Sethi, IAS
For Civil Services Exams (UPSC & State PCS)
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7. Rajesh Kumar is a senior public servant, with a reputation of honesty and this margin

forthrightness, currently posted in the Finance Ministry as Head of the Budget

Division. His department is presently busy in organising the budgetary support to the
s!ates, four of which are due to go to the polls within the financial year.

This year's annual budget had allotted 78300 crores for National Housing Scheme (NHS), a
centrally sponsored social housing scheme for the weaker sections of society. 775 crores have
been drawn for NHS till June.
The Ministry of Commerce had long been pursuing a case for setting up a Special Economic
Zone (SEZ) in a southern state to boost exports. After two years of detailed discussions
between the centre and state, the Union Cabinet approved the project in August. Process was
initiated to acquire the necessary land.
Eighteen months ago, a leading Public Sector Unit (PSU) had projected the need for setting
up a large natural gas processing plant in a northern state for the regional gas grid. The
required land is already in possession of the PSU. The gas grid is an essential component of
the national energy security strategy. After three rounds of global bidding the project was
allotted to an MNC, Mis XYZ Hydrocarbons. The first tranche of payment to the MNC is
scheduled to be made in December.
Finance Ministry was asked for a timely allocation of an additional 6000 crores for these two
developmental projects. It was decided to recommend re-appropriation of this entire amount
from the NHS allocation. The file was forwarded to Budget Department for their comments
and further processing. On studying the case file, Rajesh Kumar realized that this re­
appropriation may cause inordinate delay in the execution of NHS, a project much publicized
in the rallies of senior politicians. Correspondingly, non-availability of finances would cause
financial loss in the SEZ and national embarrassment due to delayed payment in an
international project.
Rajesh Kumar discussed the matter with his seniors. He was conveyed that this politically
sensitive situation needs to be processed immediately. Rajesh Kumar realized that diversion
of funds. From NHS could raise difficult questions for the government in the Parliament.
Discuss the following with reference to this case:
a) Ethical issues involved in re-appropriation of funds from a welfare project to the
developmental projects.
b) Given the need for proper utilization of public funds, discuss the options
available to Rajesh Kumar. Is resigning a worthy option? (2020)
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