It is a fact that when governments are accountable and people centric, unscrupulous markets are kept in check. When the government is non transparent and corrupt, they become pawns at the hands of powerful corporates whose reach engulfs state heads in multiple ways. In Karnataka, these policy and implementation groups [Knowledge Commission, Karnataka Tourism Vision Group (KTVG) and Bangalore Blue Print Action Group (BBPAG)] are adequate evidence of larger than life 'icons' being presented as a front for crony capitalism that has installed itself into policy making by arm twisting a corruptible, ineffective and inefficient government.
Sylvia Karpagam and Sridhar Gowda, ‘Merit of ‘Vision’ groups and ‘Knowledge’ commissions in Karnataka’, Round Table India
