Unproductive Expenditure by the State Exchequer:

Example: The Hindu on Saturday, May 22, 2010 (Pages 10 & 11) A.3/Pers(Rectt)PMS-Advt/BSF/2010 Ministry of Home Affairs, Directorate General of border Security Force (Personnel Directorate: recruitment Section) 11 categories of posts numbering 283 vacancies (subject to change) with details like grade pay, age qualifications: Physical Standards, Medical Standards, Age relaxations, Detailed selection processes for constables etc., Method of applying for the post, Full application form, Admit card form, caste certificate form, Chest Measurement form B.C certificate form etc. Totally running into the newspaper’s one and a half full page advertisement, God knows at what expense – may be a few lakhs of ruppes (considering the space and the advt. rate charged by the paper management). A few lines’ advertisement with leads to detailed requirements in the web-site or the Employment News would have served the purpose. But how could the regional and national newspapers survive without such sumptuous ads from the government departments?