In the 1980s, Rajiv Gandhi had famously remarked that out of every 100 rupees spent by the government, only 15 reaches the people. It looks like - in all these years - very little has changed.<br /><br />The Comptroller and Auditor General has found - in preliminary findings given to the Finance Ministry - that benefits of the much touted loan waiver scheme for poor farmers - has been cornered by ineligible people.<br /><br />Finance Minister P. Chidambaram may be preparing the 2013 budget, but meanwhile, the promises of 2008 are clearly going horribly wrong. It's the latest scam hitting the UPA government.
