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With reference to India. Administration degenerates into notings on files/regulations, entangle regulations/ institutions, set up to solve problems, become problems/ even matters that endanger national security lose their way in courts, get buried in files/ enterprises become havens of patronage, slovenliness/ a public sector, least accountable to the public, becomes the truly private sector of ministers, officials/the contrast with China/ the way out: an enabling state/ the first requisite for that: exhume, document, expose the true state of affairs/ a unique, insider's account of what has become of governance/ the unanswerable case for turning the system inside - out/now/.