Idle minds' workshop

Most ministers of state continue to spend idle days in office as their seniors are not ready to give them enough work. Even after the prime minister called a meeting of the ministers of state last year to resolve the issue, the problem refuses to die down. Recently, after the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Ray saw the prime minister coming towards him. As the PM extended his hand to congratulate Ray for “good performance in answering the questions,” the minister quipped: “But, I also want to work better in my office.” The PM smiled and said: “I had taken up the issue. Unfortunately, not much has changed. I will take it up again.”