HighlightsTrump has entrusted the most important task to his two big supporters, which will be like wielding the whip. The department formed under the leadership of these two will control bureaucracy in America and scams will come to light.
There will also be retrenchment of 75 percent government employees. Donald Trump is in full form after being elected President. Tasks are being set rapidly and team leads are being made. Many constables have been given special responsibilities. In the new term starting from January 20, he is going to create a completely new department, whose name is – Department of Government Efficiency. Its head will be Indian-origin Vivek Ramaswamy and famous industrialist Elon Musk. It is believed that if this department works properly then it will create an outcry in America. The biggest impact will be on the unbridled bureaucracy. Let us know what work this ministry will do. The Department of Government Efficiency will not operate as a formal federal agency but will be a department with a consultant role. It will work in its own way, answerable only to Trump. If this department really works properly, then in two years there will be such a huge upheaval in America, which has not happened till date. This will furlough more than 75 percent of the employees from government departments and agencies. Will dissolve useless departments. The departments will be restructured to work properly. The biggest thing is that it will put a stop to the excessive use of government expenditure to a great extent. It is also believed that its work can expose big financial scams in America. He will work closely with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to implement the Trump administration’s reforms. This department will be there only for one and a half years. That means the work of Musk and Ramaswamy will be done only till July 4, 2026. They have to complete their work in this period. On the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence, his department will gift a completely new kind of reforms to the country. Both Musk and Vivek are prominent supporters of Trump. Elon Musk is a prominent entrepreneur and businessman, best known for his role as CEO and lead designer of SpaceX and CEO and product architect of Tesla Inc. 53 year old Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He is among the world’s most influential people in the field of technology and innovation. Trump himself learned computer programming at a young age. At the age of 17, he went to Canada to study at Queen’s University. Later went to University of Pennsylvania. Earned degrees in both Physics and Economics. He established many new enterprises, which are very profitable. Musk has citizenship of South Africa, Canada and the United States. He has been married several times. There are many children. He has been a major supporter of Trump’s campaign during the elections. He also did a lot of funding in the elections. He is expected to bring an entrepreneurial approach to government efficiency. Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy is an American entrepreneur and politician, known for his involvement in the biotech industry and his recent political ambitions. Born on 9 August 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Indian immigrant parents from Kerala, Ramaswamy has made significant progress in both business and politics. Ramaswamy graduated from Harvard University with a degree in biology. Later obtained a law degree from Yale Law School. In February 2023, Ramaswamy announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for the 2024 presidential election. Later he suspended his campaign and started supporting Trump. Ramaswamy is married to throat surgeon Apoorva Tiwari. He also has children. What will this new department do? Musk says that this initiative will “create a stir in the entire system” and target those who waste government expenditure. Ramaswami also repeated the same thing. Pointed to a strong commitment to achieve concrete reforms. This will especially curb America’s unbridled bureaucracy. In fact, the annual budget of the US federal government is $6.5 trillion. There is huge wastage of money in this. The money is spent unnecessarily. There are big scams. Trump has been continuously raising this issue in his speeches during his election campaign. Have been emphasizing on its cleanliness. What will they do – Stop wastage, expose scams. Every year the American government makes its annual budget of a huge amount. Then budget is allocated to each department. It is believed that this allocation is neither used properly nor is this budget spent properly. Nor is it well reviewed, so this department of Musk and Ramaswamy will audit all the expenditure details and functioning of all the government departments and federal agencies. This will give a better picture of where money is being wasted unnecessarily. Where is the money being utilized properly? Will put a check on unbridled bureaucracy through DOGE i.e. Department of Government Efficiency, which will eliminate bureaucratic hurdles and reduce the excessive expenses that increase inefficiencies by regularizing them. Will simplify the processes. The department aims to make government operations more agile and responsive. Musk has emphasized the importance of transparency, stating that all actions taken by DOGE will be publicly released. This includes creating a “leaderboard” to track government spending and highlight areas of waste, allowing citizens to hold the government accountable for its spending and know how their tax money is being used . Large-scale layoffs of employees: The number of people working in government departments and federal agencies can be reduced on a large scale. Ramaswamy has proposed significant cuts to the federal workforce, potentially reducing the number of US Department of State employees by as much as 75%. These layoffs will be so big that there could be an earthquake in America. It is believed that every department and federal agency in America has excess staff. It will start working much better after retrenchment. Some departments will be dissolved and some will be created afresh. The Department of Government Efficiency may talk about dissolving some federal agencies. Some may propose to reorganize again. So that the same work is not done by two different departments. Currently, there are many such departments in America, which are doing similar work. And some departments are not doing their work properly. In how many days will Musk and Ramaswamy do all this? The overarching goal of DOGE is to achieve substantial reduction in government expenditure while increasing efficiency in federal operations. His deadline for this work will be July 4, 2026. By then he has to complete this work. It is believed that when America celebrates its 250th anniversary of independence in 2026, an outline of a less expensive government can be presented to the nation, which will be like a symbolic gift to the country. Overall, Musk and Ramaswamy have to work on transparency, accountability and preventing wastage and fraud in federal spending. Tags: Donald Trump, Donald Trump supporters, President Donald Trump, Trump news, United States, United States of AmericaFIRST PUBLISHED : November 13, 2024, 12:41 IST