Avtar singh makkar biography for kids
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Avtar Singh Makkar: A good manager who backed many controversial decisions as SGPC chief
Good manager
Makkar is credited with streamlining the management of the Golden Temple and majorly expanding the capacity of its community kitchen.
Avtar singh makkar biography for kids
The gurdwaras under the SGPC also adopted better management practices during his tenure. According to his own claim, SGPC’s budget was Rs 240 crore when he joined as president in 2005, but it touched Rs 1050 crore by the time he left in 2016.
Many new buildings were constructed by the SGPC during the Makkar’s regime due to which his critics accused him of running a construction company rather than a religious body.
But education was a sector that saw a major push under him.
SGPC opened many new colleges, renovated old ones and offered new courses. Makkar’s focus on education sector was such that it made even SAD chief Sukhbir Badal quip in public that SGPC should concentrate more on the religious activities that running education institutes.
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