Indo-German Consultative Group-A Ringside View

Why should the government, plagued as it is by high and rising revenue deficits, finance extra-territorial lobbies such as the Indo-German Consultative Group formed in the wake of economic liberalisation in 1991. ostensibly to promote bilateral co-operation on a 'non-official' basis? The Joint Letter addressed to the heads of the two governments after the Group's last meeting in Berlin at the end of August represents a sell-out to the German government and transnationals.