Without an independent body to scrutinise the rules bureaucrats tack on to legislation, genuine reform of red tape will always be delayed. It is not news that India has a red tape problem.

Whether you are a day labourer in Jharkhand attempting to prove your official residence, a Delhi car owner who has to remember to get a "pollution under control certificate' four times a year, or a businessperson trying to do, well, almost anything, India's numerous rules and regulations can be both overwhelming and dispiriting. You could be forgiven for thinking these rules more often seem designed with bureaucrats in mind than citizens '" and you wouldn't be that wrong.

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