However, it is nice to know that government can be smoothly run without spending heavily on minister of states. With useless posts of deputy ministers already abolished, it is time that posts like those of minister of state and parliamentary secretary may also be abolished as part of austerity-measure. Original recommendations of Administrative Reforms Commission for maximum 10 per cent of strength of Lower House as ministers should then be established both at Centre and in states.

Legislative expenses can be further reduced by making only those as ministers who might not have contested elections in last say five years giving elected members of parliament and state-legislatures as king-makers to concentrate exclusively on their constituencies and voters rather than lobbying for lucrative ministerial posts. Step will enable experts to be appointed ministers rather than spending extra on them as advisors.