Business
Anil Ambani asks Maharashtra CM for faster decision-making system
Mumbai, Feb 6
Reliance Communications head
Anil Ambani Friday said his telecom investments have suffered in the
hands of an indecisive bureaucracy and asked Maharashtra Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis to install a system of faster decision-making that
protects officials from investigative agencies.
"Being a large
investor in the mobile phones sector, we've faced over the last many
years a number of obstacles in decision-making where speed of
decision-making has been very poor," Ambani said at the state
government-organised Mumbai Next event.
"I think you will have to
come up with a system whereby decision-making and speed of
decision-making is valued, officials and team players are protected from
CVC (Central Vigilance Commission), CBI (Central Bureau of
Investigation) and CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General)," he added.
He said officials had told him that "the best thing for us to do is not to take decisions because then we're protected".
Ambani gave the example of the recent coal ordinance promulgated by the government as an excellent decision.
"You'll
see the recent coal ordinance where all officials who are involved in
the coal auction process have been protected from any further legal
scrutiny and criminal scrutiny in future," he said.
Fadnavis, in his turn, promised full help, saying he will "ring fence" the officials.
"I
feel if the initial processes are transparent, then if you take a quick
decision, it cannot be questioned. It's only at the time of initial
decision-making if you start to pick and choose, then finally you end up
in a soup," he said.