delhis deputy chief ministermanish sisodia is the man in the drivers seat steering the daily business of government with chief minister arvind kejriwal choosing to focus on systemic changes and ways to bridge the governance gap his deputy is patiently at work in an interview with ambika pandit neha lalchandani sisodia shares the immediate challenges at hand and a priority listit is your first week in government and you are holding a series of reviews what are your top three priorities as finance minister i have to focus on giving a boost to revenue generation most of the revenue comes from vat and we now need to focus not only on ensuring that people pay their taxes but also find ways to boost our tax collections through innovative measures excise for instance is the second big source of revenue but collections can be enhanced by weeding out corruption the crackdown by the anticorruption branch on excise officials over the past two days is a step in this direction revenue from stamps and registration is also down and this sector needs attention we will work out ways to open registration of properties in the unauthorized colonies that are to be regularized besides the financial health of the city i feel education needs a lot of focus we will try to enhance the budget allocation for education significantly i am aiming for 20 allocation of the total outlay for this sector the two other areas which are key priorities are water and power reforms for a better life for people when you say revenue collections need focus are you hinting at delhi not being financially healthy are you worried about the state of affairs since most of your promises are linked to a vast social welfare agenda i will answer the second part first i am not worried at all as far as delhis revenue status goes i must say it has weakened over the past eight to 10 months i am surprised to see this considering that at the centre and here in delhi delhi was under presidents rule it was the same government at work there should have been no problem as they were the same people who had to take decisions for delhi too and yet the revenue situation could not be bolstered hence this area needs focus now if delhis revenue situation is not so strong how will the aap government give the power subsidy that is expected to be cost the exchequer about rs 16000 crore annually what about the cag audit on power we are working out the modalities of how to give the power subsidy reviews are on and the finance and power departments have been asked to give a plan on how to execute the subsidy as far as the cag audit of power distribution companies is concerned it is a priority which will be pursued vigorously after i finish with the departmental reviews i will meet cag to pursue the audit of