Empower India
I have learnt the difference between helping and empowering someone through my dad. I have seen him refuse monetary help to many people but has given the same people a chance to work in our factory or any of the subsidiary business. These people are still employed with us and doing better than before. He says we cripple people by offering them help instead of empowering them.
The various schemes that are being launched by successive govts to win vote bank is a classic example of crippling people. The scheme by congress govt to subsidize farmer loan worth thousands of crores makes those farmers who worked hard to pay back those loans and those who committed suicide look like fools! The scheme by the state BJP govt to provide 100 rupees per day for a family of five below poverty line in villages to increase spending power to boost economy is another bad scheme. This has made people lazy as they can just work for 15 days a month and survive easily. This has effected many small scale and cooperative industries in the villages as it has become hard to find labors.
What we need is schemes to empower people -
1) Instead of subsidizing farmer loans, provide continuous electricity and get rid of the middle men so that farmers can get a fair price for their yield
2) Instead of increasing OBC quotas improve the primary education system and make it affordable to everybody
3) Instead of promising TVs and bicycles for the voters promise basic ammenities like electricity, public toilets and roads
4) Instead of decreasing/increasing duties decrease red tape and corruption
5) Instead of improving infrastructure in cities to accommodate the ever increasing population increase the employment opportunities in small towns and villages and improve their living conditions - thus stopping vast number of people from migrating to cities
There are many ways we can empower people and if this is not the route we take I think we can kiss our aim of strongest economy by 2030 a good-bye!
The various schemes that are being launched by successive govts to win vote bank is a classic example of crippling people. The scheme by congress govt to subsidize farmer loan worth thousands of crores makes those farmers who worked hard to pay back those loans and those who committed suicide look like fools! The scheme by the state BJP govt to provide 100 rupees per day for a family of five below poverty line in villages to increase spending power to boost economy is another bad scheme. This has made people lazy as they can just work for 15 days a month and survive easily. This has effected many small scale and cooperative industries in the villages as it has become hard to find labors.
What we need is schemes to empower people -
1) Instead of subsidizing farmer loans, provide continuous electricity and get rid of the middle men so that farmers can get a fair price for their yield
2) Instead of increasing OBC quotas improve the primary education system and make it affordable to everybody
3) Instead of promising TVs and bicycles for the voters promise basic ammenities like electricity, public toilets and roads
4) Instead of decreasing/increasing duties decrease red tape and corruption
5) Instead of improving infrastructure in cities to accommodate the ever increasing population increase the employment opportunities in small towns and villages and improve their living conditions - thus stopping vast number of people from migrating to cities
There are many ways we can empower people and if this is not the route we take I think we can kiss our aim of strongest economy by 2030 a good-bye!
posted by Siva at 11:08 AM
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