KUALA LUMPUR: There is no need for a special committee to oversee programmes and allocation of funds to the Indian community, says Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Datuk R. Ramanan.
"In my view, we already have plenty of committees, there's no need to form another one," said Ramanan.
He said since there were teams and networks in place for them to operate, they should just follow what was already there.
"The problem now is that everyone wants to sit in one place to do the same task. For instance, 10 people doing the same thing.
"So, A says go right, and B says go left, eventually nothing gets done," said Ramanan at the inauguration ceremony of Bank Rakyat's 2024 Annual General Meeting today.
"We already have what we need in place and, most importantly, those entrusted with tasks should carry them out effectively," he added.
Present were Datuk Zamri Salleh, Deputy Chief Secretary (Entrepreneurship Development) of the ministry, Datuk Mohd Irwan Mohd Mubarak, chairman of Bank Rakyat and Datuk Dr Mohammad Hanis Osman, CEO of Bank Rakyat.
Ramanan was commenting on the suggestion by the Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce (SICC) for the government to establish a committee to monitor the implementation of all plans and programmes for the Indian community.
SICC chairman Charles Santiago had suggested that the committee could be placed under the Prime Minister's Department, including monitoring allocations for the development of the Indian community that were channelled to agencies such as the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit Malaysia (Mitra) and the National Entrepreneur Group Economic Fund (Tekun).
