Hands-on scrutiny

With India set to host the Asian Development Bank's 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors from May 2 to 5, Finance Minister P Chidambaram is taking a keen interest in the arrangements. Besides the senior finance ministry officials regularly monitoring the preparations, Chidambaram took time out to visit the venue for the event in Greater Noida in April; and after discovering that a lot of work remained to be done, he asked one of his officials, who was to travel with him to the US, to stay back and oversee the arrangements. The finance ministry has also roped in some public sector banks employees to usher in foreign dignitaries coming for the event.