Pay for what you are consuming

Consumers have to be prepared to pay for what they are consuming.

S Sundareshan, secretary in the ministry of petroleum and natural gas,
has often been in-charge of executing radical changes in state policy
in his 34-year long career. This includes the trade liberalisation
programme of the government in the early nineties in the capacity of
joint chief controller of imports & exports and subsequently in
implementing the disinvestment programme as a joint secretary in the
finance ministry. Sundareshan is now steering the petroleum ministry's
efforts to reform the auto and cooking fuel-pricing regimes and to
bring in uniformity in the consumer price of natural gas both having a
significant impact on the second-fastest growing major economy in the
world.

Sundareshan spoke to Gireesh Chandra Prasad and KG Narendranath of FE
on these topical issues.
Financial Express, New Delhi, April 22, 2010