Self-deprecatory is not how many would describe Home Minister P. Chidambaram. But while answering the query of a scribe on how he would rate his own performance, he said with a smile, “Pretty close to zero”.
Chidambaram added, “It is not zero. I said, pretty near zero.” Recently, there were reports that the government had initiated a Performance Monitoring System of various ministries. It was later clarified that this programme would be driven by the ministers themselves, instead of being judged by bureaucrats.
