ONE of the catchy slogans popularized by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was 'Minimum government, maximum governance’. It reflects an aim to provide effective, efficient, and extensive governance while optimizing the cost, control, and size of the government. This laudable goal is now global and is a continuation or fallout of the Thatcher-Reagan ideology, when the objective was to reduce the size of the bureaucracy.
In the US, this legacy is now being taken forward in a big way: newly-elected President Donald Trump has announced a goal of cutting two million government jobs, creating a Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to help do this and to improve processes. DOGE is overseen by industry hotshot Elon Musk, well known for radical action (including drastic and sudden job lay-offs) in his business empire. Therefore, immediate steps are no surprise: within a few days of the new administration taking over, tens of thousands have been given marching orders and entire agencies — like USAID (United States Agency for International Development) — shut down.
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