The problem needs to be addressed with a third alternative.
We know that there are issues with security leaks when it comes to the civilian leadership, but an audit is very necessary.
A better approach is to have the NCA decide on the limits of where an audit will go.
for eg
Is it important to audit the amount spent on each warhead(hereby revealing the number)? Perhaps not.
But is it important to ask how much an organization like SPD spent on say services such as electricity for its installations(which has run up quite a bill) , employee welfare, non-classified purchases(bulbs , torches etc etc) and declared equipment.
A lot of the equipment purchases by SPD come on the international shipping records and are therefore pointless to be counted as classified. But were those needed at all?
for eg. ..if a department with a budget of Rs 3 million goes ahead and purchases a piece of electronic equipment worth 2.5 million when it has NO need for it and has since not used that equipment for over three years.. and that the purchase went through a certain Colonel Sb serving in SPD.. IS that not worth an audit.. or accountable?
A balanced but firm approach is needed, a team with integrity that has the ability to carry out its task without fear of "holy cows".
Perhaps its too much to ask.. but one can hope for miracles.
Currently.. its damned if you do it, damned if you don't.
