The Election Commissioner Mr. Nasim Zaidi came out announcing the dates for the elections in five states (Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Goa, Punjab and Uttarkhand). Latest developments in UP indicate a good show for BJP and BSP. With BJP gaining popularity due to the SP feud. With Rita Bahugana’s exit from The Congress Party will substantially lower The Congress Party’s vote share among the top brass of the society (Brahimns). Dalit Leader and BSP Supremo Mayawati has successfully garnered enough support from the lower sections of the society.
The demography of UP is something like this. Being the most populated state it has the most varied demographic patterns. OBCs form 41% of the population, comprising of the Yadavs (8%), Kushwaha (4%), the Lodhis, Jats and Kurmis forming a small part of the population. Muslims play an important role (almost 19%). The upper caste includes Brahmins (12%), Thakurs(8%) and a few minor castes. But Monday’s landmark Supreme Court judgement deeming vote seeking in the name of religion, race, language or caste has overshadowed the electoral power of most parties. BSP Supremmo Mayawati has released the candidate list for 401 constituencies, mainly consisting of Muslims, Dalits and few low caste players. Seemingly, a BJP leader has also moved the Election Commission from getting BSP debarred from the elections for playing caste politics. But the success of the issue remains faded. The election is all set to be held from Feb 11 to March 8 2017, in 7 phases. The government has successfully announced the Budget on Feb 1, this may have a positive impact on the people and provide BJP an edge over the other parties. Since the BJP does not have a clear CM candidate for the UP elections, it has been a devious problem for the UP BJP. Lately it seems that the SP feud is all getting reversed. With truce beginning to sprout out from the two SP leaders Mulayum and Akhilesh. Yadavs and muslims have always been loyal to the Samajwadi Party. But the candidate list announced by BSP may also attract the muslim community. The Dalits have overwhelmingly supported BSP in in the 2007 elections. But sky rocketing corruption and building of elephant statues all around the state during here tenure has caught the glimpse of the weaker sections.
BJP will probably try to get its vote share from the Brahmin community and a good share from the lower communities too. The Thakurs have supported the BJP for a considerable duration. BJP had a marvelously fruitful show in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections winning 71 seats out of the total 80 seats. This was mainly attributed to the Modi wave which was formed right before the election. But will it be able to repeat the same? Not possible. BJP has its own limitations. It had garnered 42% vote share during the 2014 elections. But now it will be considered a cock and a bull story if someone says BJP will win 350+ seats in UP assembly elections.
BJP should soon think of an alternative to replace Modi’s image for garnering votes and must get strong leaders in its crew. If NoteBandi has made people believe that Modi has fought corruption, probably it would be of help to BJP. But if the people are not really satisfied, it remains a dark gloomy cloud. I would like to end my article by saying that UP has a diverse population with diverse political leaders and communities. It is nearly impossible to create opinion polls based on a few answers who represent the 7th largest country (if UP had been a separate country) in the world. But finally it will be the litmus test for Demonetisation and the Modi Government.
I don’t want to attack someone with my words, I just want to share my anguish over the hegemony of some mighty left ideologue cum anchors of so called free English media, that try to spin each issue to suit Congress, left and their narrative in the name of minorities.
I will not talk about all the fake things that they have spread using their position but I will talk about the recent two controversies which have no controversial substance at all.
1st, the recent one in which they have retweeted an ANI half quoted tweet, in which ANI doesn’t have any objection because they know about the whole quote of that tweet and the fact that it was just one sentence of a whole pitch of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas that Modi has said in that speech.
Whole UP knows that SP & BSP have always treated UP on the basis of caste and Religion. There isn’t a single neutral person who can deny this, and if someone is pointing towards this bad practice; how the hell he becomes communal for stressing equality between all and those guys who have given these favours during all their rule are seculars?
I can’t understand the scale on which neutrality towards each religion have measured in our country by these big celebrity anchors. They will never reveal their means on which they measure communism because the reality is far far away from their biased perception.
Reality is that, they themselves have become biggest communal by confusing themselves as the protector of minority and preventing them from understanding the basic fact that Minorities are no different than majority Hindus and will/should always get the same treatment under our constitution.
These communal anchors think and advocate special privileges for Muslim like not forcing them to even abolish misogynistic Triple Talaq or to modernize the teachings in Madarsas, if you ask them about this hypocrisy; they will give the same stupid argument that Muslims in our country should be given right to choose whatever they want, i.e., they can even follow some of the devious Sharia laws which prevents them from main stream.
After their suggestion of a so called communal angle in PM’s Fatehpur speech, all the Jhandabardar of sickular philosophy have come to the fore, convicted Lalu Prasad is leading the group with Modi addicted Kejri, Yechuri, Danga Didi of Bengal, Rahul Baba and many more. All of them seek Muslim votes for their hard work.
2nd instance is of PM’s satirical remark on Dr. MMS, which this communal league have found very offensive and derogatory, NDTV have a very serious discussion about this issue and they have found PM Modi as guilty and Azam Khan, Rahul Baba, Sonia ji, Lalu, Kejri, Yechuri etc., as champion of free speech.
We as citizens need to strongly condemn this hypocrisy and double standards of these so called liberal cum real communal agents of our country.
We have to give it back to them each time, whenever they do these communal thing which converts a speech of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas into a hate speech, without abusing them but shaming them for their duplicity and hatred towards the mandate of people in the name of section of some people, who doesn’t need their view and support to live harmoniously with the majority.
In the end, I will urge to all our countrymen/women to name and shame these trollers cum communal anchors whenever they try to spin the facts.
Lal Salam to these so called liberal cum comrade anchors. More power to free speech.
I must say I am nervous about writing this article. Mumbai votes today and the results are out on Feb 23 itself. If I get this wrong, there isn’t sufficient “cushion” for me to hedge my bets and pretend like I never said this.
But the temptation of getting it right trumps the fear of getting it wrong.
I am no psephologist. For me, political prediction is a matter of simple thumb rules. And if you apply these rules to the BMC polls, it comes out that the BJP should canter to an easy win. It has everything going for it. Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena has done everything to make the electorate despise them. They are going to get punished by voters.
Here are my reasons.
(1) Mumbai is as urban as it gets. As of now, the BJP has massive leads all over urban India. Post demonetization, the BJP’s lead has only grown and elections in urban enclaves such as Chandigarh have shown unprecedented, wavelike conditions for BJP.
(2) The Shiv Sena faces multiple term anti-incumbency. They have ruled the BMC since time immemorial. It would really be surprising if they are able to get incremental votes in these elections.
(3) Now, we come to the first reason why Shiv Sena may be punished by the voters. The voter is generally very severe on parties that play on BOTH sides of the fence, i.e., enjoying the red beacon fruits of power while continuing to sabotage the government. Parties like this come to be seen purely as negative baggage. I wonder if anyone can name a legitimate grievance that the Shiv Sena could have, beyond its obvious jealousy.
(4) The second reason why Shiv Sena will be punished by voters is their threats to pull down the Fadnavis government. The voter realizes that an emboldened Sena could result in heightened instability and mid-term polls. The voter doesn’t want instability and feels no urgency to bring down the fairly likeable Chief Minister.
Let me give you an example. Barely a month after the 2014 wave, the BJP actually lost 3 Assembly bypolls to the Congress in Uttarakhand. The voter is too smart. Had those bypolls gone in favor of BJP, they would have certainly brought down the ruling Congress government. Even at the height of the Modi wave, the voter chose stability. Just an example of how much the voter despises mid-term polls. In fact, the only stable and obvious trend in Indian politics since 2007 is the urge to have single party majorities which ensure 5 year governments.
And if Shiv Sena is seen as trying to force mid term polls in Maharashtra, the voter will punish them for it.
(5) Today’s polls involve the BMC and a handful of other cities. We saw the results of the local body polls in most of the state during December and January, billed as the “mini-Assembly polls”. The BJP has done handsomely, catapulting itself from a meager fourth position to a comfortable perch at the top of the ladder. The big story of the local polls has been the collapse of the Shiv Sena across the state to fourth position. This story should repeat in Mumbai. The Sena, of course, won’t come fourth in Mumbai, but if the rest of Maharashtra is completely rejecting the Shiv Sena, why would Mumbai go out on a limb and be different?
(6) Coming to the demography of Mumbai, the North Indians who have traditionally voted more with the Congress now have no real incentive to do so. The Congress is nowhere in the race and Modi is immensely popular. At the same time, the North Indian voters have every reason to come out and stop the Shiv Sena. It would be surprising if these votes don’t shift wholesale to BJP.
(7) Then, there are the core Marathi Manoos voters of the Shiv Sena. Other than emotional attachment, the Sena doesn’t really have anything to offer them. There is no evidence that Marathis have any kind of antipathy towards BJP. The RSS itself is a product of Maharashtra. The Marathis elected BJP to No. 1 position throughout the state barely a month ago. The BJP has also been actively massaging their ego with the Prime Minister coming to Mumbai to lay the foundation for a grand memorial to Chhatrapati Shivaji.
This makes the arithmetic quite simple. The non-Marathi voters actively despise the Shiv Sena and want to keep it out of power. The Marathi voters might prefer Shiv Sena but have no real objection to BJP.
(8) Finally, the youth vote. It’s hard to see the youth going for Shiv Sena’s “hafta wasooli” politics and troubled relationship with Valentine’s Day (which, incidentally, was only 7 days ago). They are far more likely to go with the urbane, suave Devendra Fadnavis. He gave them free wifi across the city! Are the youth really going to get excited about the agenda of beating up “bhaiyyas” and South Indians and Jains and Gujaratis?
However, there is one way… only one way in which the Shiv Sena could win. If the MNS melts down and its voters move en bloc to the Sena, they would win. If you can think of anything else, let me know.
अकलेस भैया ने गुजरात के गधो का प्रचार कर रहे अमिताभ बच्चन पर जो टिप्पडी की है उससे कोई इंसान ही होगा जो सहमत नहीं होगा। दर-असल हिंदी साहित्य की मांद उत्तरप्रदेश से आने वाले हमारे प्यारे अकलेश भैया के यदि मनोभाव को समझना है तो आपको कृष्ण चन्दर द्वारा रचित “एक गधे की आत्मकथा” को पड़ना आवश्यक है।
जब से ये उपन्यास पढ़ा है तब से मैं हर गधे के अंदर छुपे इंसान और हर इंसान में छुपे गधे को पहचानने में परिपक़्व हो गया हूँ। इसलिए अखिलेश जी की “गुजरात के गधो का प्रचार बंद करने की” मार्मिक अपील सुन कर मुझे बाकी अंध भक्तो की तरह गुस्सा नहीं आया।
दरअसल भईया जी ने एक बहुत ही गंभीर विषय की ओंर इशारा किया है। उन्होंने एक ही “हैंचू” में वाइब्रेंट गुजरात के दावो की पूरी पोल खोल दी। मतलब मोदी के इतने वर्षो के कार्यकाल में गधे इतने कम रह गए की अब उन्हें बचाने के लिए अमिताभ जी को अभियान चलाना पढ़ रहा है। और दूसरी तरफ समाजवादी की सरकार है, जिनके कार्यकाल में क्या नहीं किया गया गधो के संरक्षण के लिए। नतीजा सामने है..गधो की गधमार हो गयी है उत्तर प्रदेश में। उन्हें किसी महानायक की आवश्यकता नहीं है ये बताने के लिए की भैया उत्तरप्रदेश में गधे हैं, क्योंकि बच्चा बच्चा जानता है की वहा कितने गधे है।
अमेठी रायबरेली और सैफई के गधे तो न केवल जगत विख्यात अपितु ऐतेहासिक भी हैं। दरअसल राजनीती की प्रयोगशाळा कहे जाने वाले उत्तरप्रदेश में गणतंत्र को गधातंत्र कैसे बनाया जाता है ये यूपी के नेताओ से अच्छा भला कौन बता सकता है।
यहाँ अभी तक गधो के लिए, गधो के द्वारा, गधो की ही सरकारे बनती आयी है।
इसलिए यहाँ के गधो को किसी अमिताभ बच्चन की ज़रूरत नहीं है। क्योंकि यहाँ हर गधा अपने आप में अमिताभ बच्चन है जो व्हाइट हाउस में भी हैंचू-हैंचू करने की दम रखता है, विश्वास न हो तो अमर सिंह से मिल लो।
दरअसल यहाँ कई गधे आधुनिकता वादी भी है जिन्हें पता था की कंप्यूटर भले ही अमेठी के गधो की पीठ पे रख के लाया गया था पर संभवतः कुछ ठेकेदारो के निक्कमेपन के कारण उत्तर प्रदेश तक नहीं पहुचने दिया। अब ऐसे में कुछ अत्याधुनिक गधो को ही पता था की ये वर्षो पुराना काम सैफई के कुछ चुनिंदा गधे ही पूरा कर सकते है।
राजीव गाँधी सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी अभियान के अन्तर्गत आने वाले डेस्कटॉप की राह देख देख कर थक चुके लोगो को “सरकार बनवाओ अभियान” के अन्तर्गत लैपटॉप के सपने दिखाने शुरू कर दिए थे।
यूँ तो ये सपना कुछ जन्मजात गधो ने देखना शुरू किया था पर धन्य हो उनका नेतृत्व कौशल जो बाकी जनता ने भी जाती प्रजाति के भेद को भुला कर खुद गधा बनने में हिचक नहीं की।
दरअसल ये गधा बनने-बनाने का अभियान जो इंदिरा जी के समय से शुरू हुआ था वो अब अकलेस भैया के दौर और भी तीव्र गति से बढ़ने लगा। गांधीवादी गधावादी हो गए और लोहियाइट जो की पहले लोफराइट हुए फिर वो भी धीरे धीरे गधावादी ही हो लिए।
वैसे कुछ गधे तो सर्वजन हिताय की भावना को इतना अधिक आत्मसात कर गए की प्रजाति के भेद से ऊपर उठ कर हाथियों के ही स्मारक लगवाना शुरू कर दिए, हाँ पर उन हाथियों के साथ ये भी दिखाना नहीं भूले की इन्हें बनवाने वाले गधे कौन है। अब इतना परोपकार किया है हाथियों पे तो थोड़ा बहुत शो ऑफ तो बनता ही है।
दरअसल सदियो से पिछड़े समाज ने बमुश्किल केवल हाथी बनने का ही सपना जैसे तैसे देखा था पर वर्षो से सोया भाग्य भी ऐसा चमका की उन्हें गधा बनने का भी अवसर प्राप्त हो गया। अब वो खुद हाथी बनने की जगह केवल हाथी की मूर्तियां बना कर ही ज़्यादा खुश है। आखिर गधे बनने के इस दौर मै केवल जातीय पिछड़ेपन के आधार पे यदि कोई इस सुनहरे अवसर से वंचित रह जाए तो ये कहा का सामाजिक न्याय हुआ। सामाजिक समरसता का ये अद्भुत उद्धरण पूरे देश में अद्वितीय है।
वैसे गधो की इन उत्कृष्ट नस्लो को बचाने के लिए यहाँ भी जल्लीकटटू जैसे आयोजन होते रहते है। इन आयोजनों की ज़िम्मेदारी चुनाव आयोग की रहती है और इसमें एक से बढ़ कर एक नस्ल के गधे मैदान मेँ उतरते है। गधो का इससे उज्जवल भविष्य और कहाँ होगा।
तो बच्चन साब माना की आप भी इसी राज्य से हो पर इस गधावादी अभियान से आप अछूते कैसे रह गए ये समझ नहीं आया। अमर सिंह को तो हम बहुत उत्कृष्ट गधा समझते थे पर आप उतने बड़े नहीं बन सके। अब तो आप को समझ आ ही गया होगा की उत्तरप्रदेश मेँ गधो के संरंक्षण के लिए अलग से वन अभ्यारण बनाने की ज़रूरत नहीं है, भई यहाँ तो गधे ही राज्य का संरक्षण करते आये है अभी तक।
और जो अंधभक्त बौखला रहे है अकलेश भैया के इस भाषण पे वो ये समझ ले की भईया जी ने कुछ गलत नहीं कहा है। क्योंकि यहाँ किसी महानायक की ज़रूरत नहीं पड़ती गधो को प्रसिद्ध करने के लिए, उल्टा उनको ज़रूरत पड़ती है गधो की, प्रसिद्ध होने के लिए।
यदि अब भी न समझ आया हो तो आइये.. कुछ दिन तो गुजारिये गधराज में
The soil health card scheme which was launched by the government on 17 February 2015 with all big pops does not seem anywhere even close to the targets which were set initially after the end of initial two years. It was estimated by the government to distribute approximately 14 crore Soil Health Cards (SHCs) till the end of first cycle which is supposed to end by 2017. As very less time is remaining now in the completion of time frame provided by the government, let us have a look at some important aspects of the scheme:
What is Soil Health Card (SHC) scheme?
It is a Government of India’s scheme promoted by the Department of Agriculture & Co-operation under the Ministry of Agriculture. It will be implemented through the Department of Agriculture of all the State and Union Territory Governments. A SHC is meant to give each farmer soil nutrient status of his holding and advice him on the dosage of fertilizers and also the needed soil amendments, that he should apply to maintain soil health in the long run.
What is a Soil Health Card and how does it aid farmers?
A Soil Health Card is used to assess the current status of soil health and, when used over time, to determine changes in soil health that are affected by land management. A Soil Health Card displays soil health indicators and associated descriptive terms. The indicators are typically based on farmers’ practical experience and knowledge of local natural resources. The card lists soil health indicators that can be assessed without the aid of technical or laboratory equipment.
How was the scheme implemented?
An amount of ₹568 crore (US$84 million) was allocated by the government for the scheme. In 2016 Union Budget of India, ₹100 crore (US$15 million) has been allocated to states for making soil health cards and set up labs. National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) will be implemented during 12th plan with the objectives to make agriculture more productive, sustainable and climate resilient to conserve natural resources; to adopt comprehensive soil health management practices; to optimize utilization of water resources; etc. “Soil Health Management (SHM) is one of the most important interventions under NMSA. SHM aims at promoting Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) through judicious use of chemical fertilizers including secondary and micro nutrients in conjunction with organic manures and bio-fertilizers for improving soil health and its productivity; strengthening of soil and fertilizer testing facilities to provide soil test based recommendations to farmers for improving soil fertility; ensuring quality control requirements of fertilizers, bio-fertilizers and organic fertilizers under Fertilizer Control Order, 1985; up gradation of skill and knowledge of soil testing laboratory staff, extension staff and farmers through training and demonstrations; promoting organic farming practices etc. Fertilizer Control Order, 1985; up-gradation of skill and knowledge of soil testing laboratory staff, extension staff and farmers through training and demonstrations; promoting organic farming practices etc.In the union budget of 2017, however very little heeding was paid and this scheme got subsided by the newly launched Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, and on the soil health card scheme, the finance minister just said that mini labs for soil testing will be set up in all 648 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (farm research institutes) across India. These will be run by rural entrepreneurs who will be assisted by the government.
Performance and data:
Now moving to the most important point, one should know what exactly is the condition and situation of this ill scheme now, has it been performing at par the desired and expected levels or just like many come and go attention seeking schemes, this scheme is going to be another failure of the center government.
The following bar graphs show the progress of the scheme so far in terms of no. of samples taken, tested and dispatched. Source: http://www.soilhealth.dac.gov.in/
As is evident from the above shown charts that the number of soil samples collected is astonishingly more than targeted but the real worry is about the number of samples tested, printed and dispatched. The following graph further illustrates the complete picture of exactly what is the situation statewise:
One can easily figure out that in most of the states/UTs the number of samples tested is very less in comparison to the number of samples collected. It is more to worry about that the states which rely heavily on agriculture are worst performers. States like Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal, Bihar, where more than 80% of India’s food grain is produced, show worst performance when considered about the printing and dispatching of soil health cards to farmers.Here are some figures relating to comparison of number of the Soil Health Cards for the above mentioned states which were needed to be printed against the actual number which were printed in the last 2 years:
STATE
Total Target of Printing and distribution (2015-16 &16-17)
As is evident from the above given figures that all of the above states who are major producers of crops are lagging behind when it comes to the number of SHCs prepared and distributed, one should be eager to know why this trend is there. What are the factors behind such a less number of SHCs printed and dispatched in major states. In fact, overall just 5.12 crore SHCs have been distributed against the targeted value of around 14crore with almost no time to spare now.
What are the reasons for this poor performance?
Many reasons can be there which can account for this poor performance of these major crop dependent states; notable ones are:
1.) All those states which are lagging behind in the printing and distribution of SHCs are doing so because the number of Soil Testing Laboratories (STL) is not enough in those states. Let’s have a look at the number of STLs in the states discussed about earlier. (Source: http://farmer.gov.in/stl.aspx?SCode=17&DCode=1713)
UP: 102
Rajasthan: 29
MP: 56
Bihar: 64
West Bengal: 15
Punjab: 79
Haryana: 60
These numbers can be compared with those showing good figures in respect to number of SHCs printed and dispatched like Tamilnadu, Uttarakhand, and Andhra Pradesh etc. One can easily find that lack of STLs is a major reason behind the delay in testing and hence distribution of SHCs.
2.) Due to many vacancies in the handful of STLs which are not filled, the work is sluggish there. Many vacancies like lab technician, testing associates haven’t been filled till now even when the project is near the deadline.
3.) States are also responsible in some cases for such poor performance, as states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal didn’t have coherence and coordination with the policies of central government, they didn’t release ample fund for the project and hence poor facilities like lack of STLs and unfilled vacancies in labs.
4.) Lack of scrutiny and supervision is also a very important factor behind the poor functioning of STLs and lack of personnel in labs. State functionary should be made accountable to centre for all the activities and performance related data of STLs.
At last, this is another come and go policy of the government which is seeking its end very near in 2017 and still much work is pending in terms of the number of SHCs printed and dispatched. The way central government has shrugged off from its responsibilities of achieving the stated targets, it hasn’t allotted something substantial so that the figures achieved could be somewhere near those estimated. But, like other such schemes let us believe that it will also be dumped after some time. Who knows Fasal Bima Yojana is next as some other mission unveils!
देवियों एवं सज्जनों,
उत्तर प्रदेश के बारे में बहुत सारी बाते कही और सुनी गयी है। अब चुनाव का मौसम है तो बाते निकलेंगी ही। एक मुद्दा है जिसे अभी तक ना तो किसी पार्टी ने उठाया है ना किसी संगठन और ना ही मीडिया।
मुद्दा है सरकारी नौकरियों की लूट। पिछले 5 वर्षों मे भर्तियाँ तो तमाम निकली मगर चुने कौन गये? भर्तियाँ मे भ्रष्टाचार होता ही रहा है, लेकिन इस वर्तमान सरकार ने सारी हदें पार कर दी। अपने लोगों को अधीनस्थ कर्मचारी चयन बोर्ड में बैठा दिया और मनमानी करने लगे। स्वीपर तक के पदों को बेचा गया। वो तो शुक्र है कि उच्च न्यायालय बैठा है जिसने अभ्यर्थीयों की अपील पर कई चयनो को या तो स्टे कर रखा है या फिर उन्हें रद्द कर दिया है।
मैने भी उत्तर प्रदेश अधीनस्थ कर्मचारी चयन आयोग की कई परिक्षाएँ दी है। संयोगवश पिछले साल उत्तर प्रदेश कोषागार में सहायक लेखाकर की भर्ती में मैं लिखित परीक्षा मे पास हो गया था। लिखित परीक्षा 180 अंकों की होती है और 20 अंक का साक्षात्कार।
सामान्य वर्ग की कट ऑफ 122 अंक की आई थी और मेरे 127 अंक थे। साक्षात्कार के 20 अंक मे न्यूनतम 8 अंक देने ही थे प्रत्येक अभ्यर्थी को। साक्षात्कार में मुझसे 4 प्रश्न पूछे गये थे, साक्षात्कार करने वाले 3 व्यक्ति थे। पहला प्रश्न पूछा कि बीजक और वाउचर क्या होता है? दूसरा प्रश्न था भारत का वित्तमंत्री कौन है? तीसरा प्रश्न था भारत के रक्षामंत्री कौन है? और चौथा प्रश्न था कि भारत में किसी बैंक मे शीर्ष महिला अधिकारी का नाम बताइए।
मैने पहले 3 प्रश्नो का उत्तर दिया। चौथे प्रश्न मे फँस (प्रश्न पूछने वाले की दृष्टि में) गया। मैने बैंक की शीर्ष महिला अधिकारी का नाम बताया चंदा कोचर (ICICI BANK), मगर साक्षात्कार कर्ता को अरुंधती भट्टाचार्य (SBI) का नाम जानना था, और मुझे इसकी जानकारी नहीं थी।
खैर.. जब इसका रिज़ल्ट आया तो मुझे थोड़ी निराशा हुई और मैने सूचना के अधिकार के तहत जानकारी माँगी, लेकिन आयोग में अपनी सुविधा के अनुसार वही जानकारी दी जिससे उनको कोई तकलीफ़ ना हो, और उन जानकारियों को साझा नही किया जिससे तकलीफ़ हो सकती थी।
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इसलिए हे उत्तर प्रदेश के विद्यार्थी गण कृपया वोट करते समय इस बात को ध्यान रखना कि आप अपने भविष्य की कुंजी किसको सौंप रहे हैं। इसलिए फर्जी सेकूलरिस्म का तिलिस्म तोडो और अपने भविष्य को सुरक्षित रखो।
Maharashtra is all set to face some of the most important Zillah Parishad, Municipal Corporation elections during this month. Most of the journalists are focusing on BMC elections and giving very little attention to state’s second most important city that is also known as Maharashtra’s IT city. Yes, this is about Pune and its Pune Municipal Corporation. PMC is dominated by Sharad Pawar’s NCP and congress for more than a decade now.
The city is all set to face polls on February 21, and results will be declared on February 23, 2017. NCP and its leader Ajit Pawar’s political relevance is at stake. NCP is the single largest party in the PMC with 51 corporators, followed by Congress 29, MNS 28, BJP 26, and Shiv Sena’s 12 corporators.
NCP’s campaign claims they have changed the city’s face and developed it into a world-class city. Any municipal corporation that manages garbage, sewage, infrastructure, illegal constructions, public transport, and other civic issues appropriately can tag itself as efficient. PMC claims it’s one of the best civic bodies in the country, but the reality is horrible. Transparency and accountability are missing in the NCP-controlled PMC.
According to the initial plan, the project involved civic administration, NGOs, waste pickers, and corporates for funding the activity. New waste processing plants were to be constructed in every panel to save garbage transportation and processing cost. Initially, the PMC and corporates were supposed to spend money on this project. But later, an additional burden of Rs.80 (per month) was imposed on Puneites by door-to-door garbage collection reps (including those from Swach (Swach Seva Sahakari Sanstha) appointed by corporators.
Wards are probably divided into two groups. PMC’s garbage collection vehicles visit areas in the first group and collect garbage from people, free of cost. While those living in the areas that are in the second group do not get this free service. They need to pay a monthly charge of Rs 80 and opt for door-to-door garbage collection service from private service providers, appointed by the local corporator of course. Garbage is collected twice or thrice every week. Be ready to pay more if you cannot speak Marathi or if you look fair and educated.
PMC’s free garbage collection trucks mostly visit slum areas (it’s obvious; slum-dwellers get everything for free). Similar trucks collect garbage from commercial establishments during the evening.
Those who do not wish to pay Rs.80 every month often throw their garbage on the road as they do not have any other alternative.
People in Pune’s panel number 10 are frustrated due to this issue. Currently, the ward has MNS corporator-Pushpa Kanojia and NCP’s senior corporator-Bandu Kemse. Here are some pictures that show how the area badly needs garbage containers.
Location: Right Bhusari Colony and spots near Chandni Chowk Flyover
On contacting, MNS corporator’s representative, he claimed that the concerned ward is garbage free and they have allowed private garbage collectors to charge Rs. 30 for door-to-door garbage collection and not more than that. Their answer was simple. “PMC has appointed NGOs as well as reps for garbage collection and to keep the ward clean. Everything is going great. We don’t need containers in the area.”
Possible nexus between corporators and garbage collection agencies
BJP’s candidate from this panel-Kiran Dagade had arranged a free garbage collection mini-truck for people living in areas that are a part of panel 10 since Diwali last year, but he faced legal action and backlash from NCP’s sitting corporator-Bandu Kemse.
“People in this area have no other option but to pay charges for disposal of garbage. These private collectors do not have any fixed timing for garbage collection. Thus, individuals who leave their house by 9 AM and come back from office after 7 PM have no other option but to throw garbage on the road due to the absence of garbage containers. I had arranged a mini-truck that can come at anyone’s doorstep to collect garbage for free throughout the day. All that the people had to do was to call the given number. But, sitting corporator Bandu Kemse (PMC leader of the house) was irked and he took legal action against me. Some people are ruining PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat dream simply because they want to make money in garbage collection and transportation,” said Kiran Dagade while interacting with journalists.
Sitting corporator Kemse talks about garbage recycling plant set up by the PMC in his ward. But, his representatives do not say anything when it comes to garbage collection, management, and garbage heaps along roadside in several parts of the ward.
The picture is clear; these private agencies are not NGOs because most of them have employed minors, child-laborers for door-to-door collection of garbage in the city.
Reps from PMC appointed Swach (Swach Seva Sahakari Sanstha) also offers door-to-door waste collection service in certain wards. Swach is a wholly-owned cooperative of self-employed waste collectors and other urban poor. Even Swach takes transparency for a ride, they have an impressive website, but that does not mention the rate that they charge for door-to-door garbage collection.
An official from PMC’s garbage department interacted with this journalist on condition of anonymity and shared his opinion on this issue. “The city expanded quickly since the last decade, but PMC’s manpower did not increase. If we install garbage containers in every ward/panel, we do not have enough people and other resources to transport garbage from containers to various waste management centers. Thus, we are urging housing societies as well as politicians to keep a minimum number of containers. We also want every panel to have its own waste treatment plant in the future,” said the official.
Certain garbage vehicles can be seen in various parts of the city with Adar Poonawalla Clean City ads. Their litter bins are present in very few areas. It looks more like an advertisement campaign instead of clean city movement as claimed by the Poonawalla foundation and PMC. Their men can be seen ‘acting as if they were’ cleaning footpaths in some parts of the city.
In December last year, PMC commissioner Kunal Kumar declared that the civic body will once again install 1,600 garbage bins equipped with cutting edge technology by June 2017. This means, even authorities are aware about how unsuccessful their Zero-Garbage-City plan has been.
Due to this, garbage collection has become an important election issue for candidates this year. Many candidates from the BJP and Shiv Sena have promised installation of garbage containers and free garbage collection vehicles in their wards/panels.
Pune city drastically needs a change in political leadership. Garbage issue dominates the list of problems. The administration in Pune is not transparent, accountable or democratic at all. MSM ignores all these issues, perhaps, as part of some propaganda. Hope people vote wisely on Tuesday.
Pakistan has always remained an extremely unstable country only slightly better than its western neighbors. Pakistan’s foreign policy is based on hatred for India and not progressive. This can be sensed in all their missile names being that of ruthless Mughal invaders. It is immense difficult to be a truly democratic country when you have religion as a priority.
Given the number of instances of political turmoil, increased home grown terror attacks and clear threat to the peaceful existence of Sufism, combined with the past history, there is a genuine threat of takeover of the state by terrorist forces.
If such an unfortunate event should take place, is India prepared for it?
Common sense dictates, in such a scenario, India has to act in lightning speed to dismantle/destroy such nuclear arsenal at their source.
This can be possible only if India knows the detailed whereabouts of the Nuclear facility/technology in place.
Destroying a nuclear arsenal without big impact to the neighborhood is an immense challenge even to the advanced nations.
Israel once offered to destroy the nuclear arsenal of Pakistan, only to be rejected by Indian peace mongers. If such a technology existed decades back, is India prepared to do it in a lightning way without the bureaucratic delays similar to the Kargil war?
India has immense national level problems like poverty, education, child rights. But the safety of a country is first priority and preparing for one falls in it too.
पुलिस किसी भी क्षेत्र की कानून व्यवस्था को बनाए रखने के लिए बहुत आवश्यक होती है। लेकिन सच्चाई यह है कि आम लोग मदद के लिए पुलिस के पास जाने से बचते हैं।
पुलिस चाहे हमारे देश की हो चाहे विदेश की बच्चा बच्चा उससे डरता है। हमारे मानस पटल पर बचपन से ही पुलिस की कुछ छवि ही ऐसी बनती है कि उसके बारे में सोचते ही सुकून से अधिक भय की भावना जागृत होती है। भले ही हमने बचपन से पढ़ा है कि पुलिस कानून व्यवस्था की रक्षक होती है चोर उचक्कों को पकड़ती है और शरीफ एवं सभ्य आदमी को सुरक्षा प्रदान करती है लेकिन व्यवहार में पुलिस के नाम से ही लोगों के पसीने छूट जाते हैं यह एक कटु सत्य है।
इसीलिए समय समय पर स्कूलों में बच्चों के साथ पुलिस की कार्यशाला लगाई जाती है ताकि बच्चे पुलिस को अपना दोस्त समझें। क्योंकि किताबी बातों से इतर कुछ व्यवहारिक बातें भी होती हैं और दोनों बातों का कोई मेल नहीं होता। जैसे किताबों में दो और दो चार ही होते हैं लेकिन व्यवहार में वे चार के अलावा और कुछ भी हो सकते हैं। तो किताबों में भले ही पुलिस के बारे में कुछ भी लिखा हो असलियत में तो लोग पुलिस के नाम से भी डरते हैं और खुदा न खास्ता कभी थाने का चक्कर लगाना पड़ जाए तो घबड़ाहट ऐसी कि कहीं दिल की धड़कन ही न थम जाए।
लेकिन जैसे पाँचों उँगलियाँ बराबर नहीं होती वैसे ही सभी पुलिस वाले भी एक जैसे नहीं होते इस बात को सिद्ध करते हैं ग्वालियर इंदरगंज थाने के टीआई अमर सिंह जी।
जिन्हें पुलिस की वर्दी पर रोब से ज्यादा इस वर्दी पर गर्व है और जब इस भावना के साथ वो अपनी ड्यूटी करते हैं तो उस क्षेत्र के जनमानस के ह्रदय में भी धीरे धीरे इस वर्दी से डर की बजाय अपने देश की पुलिस की वर्दी के लिए वही गर्व और विश्वास की भावना जागृत हो रही है। यह उनकी शैली की सबसे बड़ी जीत है कि लोगों के मन में उन्हें देखने पर एक पुलिस अधिकारी से पहले उस वर्दी के पीछे एक सह्रदय एवं नेकदिल इंसान दिखाई देता है।
बात चाहे दो गरीब बच्चियों की पढ़ाई का खर्च उठाने की हो या फिर किसी भी प्रकार के सामाजिक कार्य की, किसी केस में से सच और झूठ पकड़ने की हो या फिर लोक अदालत में आने वाली अर्जियों की। किसी बूढ़ी माँ को अपने बच्चों से न्याय दिलाने की बात हो या फिर आपसी रंजिश मिटाने के लिए डाली गई झूठी रिपोर्ट की। टीआई अमर सिंह जी की पारखी निगाहों को फाइल के पार और बयानों के आगे के सच समझते देर नहीं लगती। शायद इसीलिए जो इनसे एक बार भी मिल लेता है उसके मन में बरसों से बनी पुलिस की छवि एक पल में ही धूमिल हो जाती है और देश की इस संस्था और उससे जुड़े लोगों के प्रति मन में श्रद्धा एवं टीआई अमर सिंह जी विश्वास जाग्रत हो उठता है।
समाज, देश एवं अपनी ड्यूटी के प्रति उनकी कर्तव्य निष्ठा काबिले तारीफ है। आखिर लोगों के मन में पुलिस की छवि स्वयं पुलिस ही बदल सकती है।
इन्होंने जो एक छोटी सी उम्मीद की किरण अपने आस पास के लोगों में जगाई है, निश्चित ही उसकी रोशनी बहुत दूर तक फैलेगी और न सिर्फ लोगों के मन में पुलिस की छवि बदलने में सहायक होगी अपितु बदले में इन्हें लोगों से मिलने वाले प्रेम और सम्मान इनके साथियों के लिए भी प्रेरणा स्रोत बन कर उन्हें इनके नक्शे कदम पर चलने के लिए प्रेरित करेंगे।
ऐसे ही नेकदिल पुलिस अफसर टीआई अमर सिंह जी को एक शेर अर्ज है:
मैं अकेला ही चला था जानिब ए मंजिल,
मगर लोग साथ आते गए और कारवाँ बनता गया।
The other day, ISRO did something absolutely amazing. It launched 104 satellites in one go, turning (jealous) heads across the world. The previous record was 37. Leading the charge of the jealousy brigade were the liberal elite eggheads at the New York Times.
Ha! Trying to run down ISRO’s amazing achievement by calling the satellites as “doves”.
It is not like the New York Times is a first time offender when it comes to throwing needless and frankly, pathetic insults at India and our space program. Who can possibly forget this cartoon?
India depicted as a poor farmer with cattle? Talk about stereotypes! Can you imagine a secular refugee from the Middle East depicted as sitting on a camel with a suicide belt? Of course not! That would be “culturally insensitive”. But somehow, when it comes to Indians, all the sensitivity training, all the moral outrage about micro-aggressions and every other fancy word in the dictionary of the liberal elite on the US East Coast goes right out of the window.
More important than simply outraging about the New York Times and its attitude towards India is understanding this phenomenon and the reasons behind it. Mere outrage against the NYTimes only inflates their sense of self-importance.
We have to ask: why is it that the liberal elite at the New York Times choose to lionize people from the Middle East and run down people from India? Right now, all you will hear from the American liberal elite is how the Middle East produces doctors, lawyers, scientists, entrepreneurs, how the Middle East is all about dedicated fathers, caring mothers and a wonderful culture. But India? India is all about rape. And open gutters filled with raw sewage.
Why is it that a culture which produces so many suicide bombers is systematically glorified but India’s ISRO is projected as a joke?
It all comes down to the ultimate core of liberalism: rewarding bad behavior.
Because angry Indians tweet. Angry people of another faith choose to fly planes into buildings. In liberalism, the person who shows the most violent and psychotic behavior is allowed to move right to the front of the line!
In the collectivist mindset of the liberal elite, the world is divided neatly into classes with each group having a fixed, specific role. Roughly speaking, the people of color are supposed to behave like petulant children, forever whining to be granted favors. On the other hand, white people, especially white males are supposed to be the indulgent grown ups.
And when someone “breaks character” and start to act as individuals, the liberals get mad. Really really mad. This is why right wing women such as Sarah Palin received such vicious hate from liberals. Because they shunned the victimhood role that feminism chooses for women. A similar fate awaits any black person who wants to be treated as an individual, outside of the preferred liberal victim narrative for their community.
Lets look at the people from the Middle East. Any elite American media outlet today is overflowing with narratives of immigrants from the Middle East shaming America for being so intolerant and unwelcoming!
A simple analogy will show how absurd this is. Imagine an Indian who goes to America and gives a long lecture about how there is too much garbage lying around in American roads and towns. He or she would be subject to immediate ridicule and for good reason!
Now think of a person coming from Syria or Iran or Pakistan and talking about how America is intolerant towards people of minority religions. Ha! In their home countries, leaving the majority religion and/or blasphemy is generally punishable by death.
They worry about “Muslim bans” (only 7 out of 57 Muslim majority nations were subject to this!) and about “extreme vetting” and “discriminatory” attitudes of the United States government? Really? Their countries actually have a decades old ban on any entrant from Israel; the only Jewish majority nation on earth!
They really complain about refugees not being welcomed in America? Most of the rich Middle Eastern countries did not let even a single refugee in. What about Americans welcoming others into their society? Well, most Middle Eastern countries do not allow anyone to naturalize as a citizen unless they are descended from a specific tribe. A person and his parents and their parents before them could have all been born in the Middle Eastern country and they would still be foreigners!
It is hard to imagine any person from the Middle East perceiving America, even Trump’s America as anything but a heaven overflowing with rivers of freedom.
But the liberals won’t point it out. Especially the liberals at the New York Times. Because they treat Muslims as petulant children wailing for a shiny new toy in the store aisle. Because children don’t have to give logic or rationale or take responsibility. Children are not required to justify their choices. And you have to be nice to little kids. That makes Trump a monster, for he isn’t kind to children.
But Indians are different. They don’t behave like children. We want to play with the big boys and with the big toys. We want to make rockets that reach distant worlds. We want to build schools and universities and industries and cities. We want our own bullet trains.
This makes the liberal elite very insecure and unsure of what to do. In their nervousness, the liberal elites who see themselves as grown ups, end up acting like jealous teenagers in high school. Now read the tweet at the top of the article about India’s “dove satellites”? Do you see the jealous teenager behind it? Good.
