Indian Government Asks For Budget Input On Facebook

A government panel in India is using Facebook to ask the 1.2 billion people in the country how they think taxpayer money should be spent.

A government panel in India is using Facebook to ask the 1.2 billion people in the country how they think taxpayer money should be spent.

The so-called India Planning Commission has named its Facebook page the “Twelfth Plan,” which refers to spending from 2012 through 2017. The creator of the page and a corresponding website, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, said the government panel chose Facebook for gathering input in order to hear from small villages and individuals rather than just business groups.

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