NATIONAL TOUR DELHI MPG-06 04-03-2011 TO 12-03-2011

04-03-2011 15 : 00 LEFT THE MIT CAMPUS 17:20 WE STARTED TO DELHI BY JHELUM EXPRESS 05-03-2011 22:00 WE REACHED NEW DELHI STATION 23:00 WE REACHED O’DELHI HOTEL, KAROL BAGH 06-03-2011 (DAY -1)

11 : 45 INTERACTION WITH BHUPINDER SING HOODA CM OF HARYANA-INC

13 : 00 INTERACTION WITH BHAGAT SINGH KOSHYARI FORMER CM OF UTTARAKHAND- BJP MP RAJYA SABHA

15 : 30 GANDHI SMRITI, BIRLA HOUSE

18 : 00 INTERACTION WITH SATYAVART CHATURVEDI MP, FORMER SPOKESPERSON AICC

SHRI BHUPINDER SING HOODA

HE WAS ELECTED AS CM IN 2005 AND IN THE HISTORY OF HARYANA POLITICS, HE IS THE ONLY CM TO BE ELECTED FOR THE SECOND TERM(2009).

CONGRESS PARTY IS THE BY-PRODUCT OF INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT.

HIS FAMILY IS FOLLOWING THE LEGACY OF BEING IN CONGRESS FOR LAST 4 GENERATIONS.

HIS FATHER WAS THE MEMBER OF 7 DIFFERENT HOUSES.

HIS FATHER WAS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY.

HIS FATHER VOLUNRTELY RETIERED FROM ACTIVE POLITICS WHEN HE WAS 64(1972) AND HE SPEND REST OF HIS LIFE AS A SOCIAL ACTIVIST.

HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF SUSTAINBLE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE FORMED BY PM ALONG WITH THE CM’S OF PUNJAB, BIHAR AND WEST BENGAL.

TODAY HARYANA IS ONE OF THE PROGRESSIVE STATE OF INDIA.

IT HOLDS FIRST RANK IN PER CAPITA INVESTMENT AND SECOND RANK IN PER CAPITA INCOME.

IT HOLDS THE FIRST RANK IN WHEAT PRODUCTIVITY, SECOND POSITION IN FISH PRODUCTION AND MILK.

HARYANA IS THE ONLY STATE TO HAVE UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN.

EVERY SECOND CAR AND MOTOR CYCLE THAT RUNS ON INDIAN ROADS IS MANUFACTURE IN HARYANA.

STATE GOVERNMENT’S POLICY

LADLI POLICY

o THROUGH THIS POLICY `5000 IS GIVEN FOR FIVE YEARS FOR SECOND GIRL CHILD IN THE FAMILY.

o PENSION WILL GIVEN FROM THE AGE OF 50 TO THE FAMILY THOSE WHO ARE HAVING ONLY DAUGHTERS.

o THROUGH THIS POLICY, THERE IS POSITIVE INCREASE IN SEX RATIO.

SPORTS POLICY- ‘PLAY FOR INDIA’ o BEST INFRASTRUCTURE IN CITIES AND RURAL AREAS.170 STADIUMS BUILT SO FAR IN

RURAL AREAS.

o TALENT HUNT- SCHOLARSHIP OF `1500 PER MONTH FOR THE STUDENTS AGE BETWEEN

8-14 AND `2000 PER MONTH FOR THE STUDENTS AGE BETWEEN 14-19. THE FACILITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THE STUDENT WHO SCORE ATLEAST 75 % IN 7 TESTS.

o FUTURE-THEY ASSURE THE FUTURE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING SPORTS AS THEIR CAREER.

AGRICULTURE POLICY.

LAND ACQUISITION.

HE VISION IS TO MAKE HARYANA AN EDUCATIONAL HUB IN NEXT 5-7 YEARS AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

KEY LEARNING:

YOUNG MINDS SHOULD HAVE NATIONALISM AND PATROITISM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY.

ALONG WITH OUR RIGHTS WE SHOULD ALSO KNOW THE DUTIES.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY COUNTRY WILL BE MEASURED BY THE LEVEL OF QUALITY EDUCATION IN COMING FUTURE.

TO REMAIN IN POWER WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN TOUCH WITH THE MASSES.

SHRI BHAGAT SING KOSHYARI

TO KNOW PEOPLE HELPS U TO CONNECT TO THEM EASILY.

COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF INDIAN CULTURE.

IDEOLOGIES MIGHT BE DIFFERENT BUT DEDICATION FOR THE COUNTRY IS THE BASE OF EVERY PARTY.

SECURITY AND PROSPERITY SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY FOR EVERY GOVERNMENT.

FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE BASIC NEEDS OF COMMON MAN.

THERE IS A NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON DEVELOPMENT OF GROSSROOTS WITH THE FOCUSED MISSION AND VISION. BY THIS, YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED BY ONE AND ALL AS THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD REACH THE LAST MAN.

THE PATH TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE WOULD INCLUDE LOT OF STRUGGLES, SACRIFIES, HARD WORK AND DEDICATION FOR WHICH ONE HAS TO BE MENTALLY PREPARED.

FOR A POLITICIAN THERE SHOULD BE A NATURAL DESIRE TO UPLIFT THE DOWN-TRODDEN AND CREATE A SENSE OF SATISFACTION IN THE SOCIETY.

AS YOU SEE, SO YOU BECOME.

SHRI SATYAVRAT CHATURVEDI

HE IS THINK TANK OF THE AICC PARTY WHO HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT STAND ON IMPORTANT ISSUES DIFFERING FROM THE MAJORITY PARTY OPINION.

TODAY GENERATION WANTS TO BE AWAY FROM ACTIVE POLITICS.

NOW A DAYS THE YOUTH IS GETTING INTERESTED AND GETTING THEMSELVES INVOLVED IN ACTIVE POLITICS, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD SIGN.

PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE – EXPOSURE IS TARGETED DURING NATIONAL TOUR.

NOW A DAYS POLITICS IS VERY CONTRAVASAL WHICH CAN BE CHANGED BY YOUNG PEOPLE OF INDIA.

STRONG HEARTED AND DEDICATED PEOPLE ONLY CAN SUSTAIN IN POLITICS. REGIONAL PARTIES ALSO HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR IDENTITY.

CHALLENGES SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND UNDERSTAND THEM FROM THEIR ROOTS AND THEN ONLY THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED. THEN ONLY THE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM IS POSSIBLE.

THE IDEOLOGY SHOULD BE THROUGHLY EVALUVATED AND SELECT THE IDEOLOGY WHICH U BELIEVE.

PRACTICAL EXPOSURE WILL SHOW U THE REAL POLITICS AND DIFFICULTIES.

BASE SHOULD BE STRONG WHICH CAN BE CREATED IN THE SOCIETY WHERE WE THE LEADER SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP.

WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE NEEDS, DIFFICULTIES AND SOLUTIONS TO BE STRONG IN OUR AREA.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO TAKE A STAND FOR WHAT HE THINKS IS RIGHT.

IN POLITICS THERE IS A CRISIS OF CREADIBILITY.

REAL POLITICAL CAPITAL LIES IN PUBLIC REALATIONS.

PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SAY NO, EVEN THEIR ‘YES’ HAS NO CREADIBLE VALUE.

DAY 2 (07-03-2011)

10:30 INTERACTION WITH SHRI AKSHAY ROUT DIRECTOR GENERAL, ECI

INTERACTION WITH SHRI K.F. WILLFRED SENIOR SECRETARY,GROUP HEAD, ECI

12:30 VISITED TO INDIA GATE

14:00 INTERACTION WITH SHRI SATHYANATHAN ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR, LOKSABHA SECRETARIAT

15:00 ATTENDED LIVE SESSION OF LOK SABHA

17:00 VISITED TO RAKIB GANJ GURUDWARA

SHRI AKSHAY ROUT, Director General, Election Commission of India SHRI K.F. WILLFRED, Secretary, Election Commission of India

Election Commission was setup in 25-Jan-1950.

Regular, Free and Fair election constitute the heart of EC of India.

Participation of youth is required.

Article 324 to 329 of Constitution of India gives constitutional status to Election Commission of India.

EC takes huge initiative in bringing transparency in election process.

EC headquarter has 350 people who takes care of complete election process.

Election commission has conducted 15 general elections and 327 state assembly elections since 1952.

A new rule has been implemented by EC which states that each elected candidate has to disclose the expenditure incurred during the elections within 30 days from the declaration of results.

Separate divisions have been setup for voters awareness, which are – 1. Voters Education and Electoral Participation Division, 2. Expenditure Monitoring Division.

In past 6 months, EC has signed MOUs with some NGOs, Universities in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to include civil society to increase voting percentage.

For the first time, National Voting Day was celebrated throughout the India on 25-Jan-2011 with the aim of increasing the voting participation in India. On the same day, nearly 52 lakhs voters received their voter ID cards.

To curb flow of black money, EC has constituted committees to catch paid news and paid editorials to check the news which can influence the voting behaviour.

EC is planning to open a new college named ‘Indian Institute of Democracy and Election Management’ to train foreign delegates along with Indian administrators about the election process of India.

Inspired by the Indian election management.

(centre Akshay Rout left W.K. Willfred)

SHRI SATHYANATHAN

We learn about role and functions of BPST (BUREAU OF PARLIAMENTARY STUDIES AND TRAINING).

All the officials and non-officials of BPST are recurred under the office of lok sabha speaker.

BPST gives training to All India and Central services requites about the parliamentary rules and customs.

BPST will provide hindi language training for MP’s from south India.

They will even train standing committee.

BPST will select five students who has more than 60% in post graduation and provide internship for one year by allocating them as assistants for Mp’s.

They will also train about the motions, bills, resolutions introduced in the parliament and how the questions for the house are framed and put in order ranging from 5 days to one year programmes.

They will facilitate the students to attend live session of both the houses to get the indepth knowledge about the working of both the houses.

They will also train the lok sabha secretariat. LOKSABHA SESSION

When we were in lok sabha, they are discussing about railway budget.

It was the first time we were witnessing a live session. Watching heavily weights like Smt. Meera Kumari, shri L.K. ADVANI, Smt. Sonia Gandhi among us it was a life time experience.

We also saw Shri Pranab Mukerjee, Smt Susma Swaraj, Kumari Mamatha Benerjee, Shri Lalu Prasad Yadhav, Shri Deve Gowda, Shri Shahnawaz Hussian, Smt Puramdeshwari, Shri Satyalal Maharaj etc.

Shri Deve Gowda and some other asking questions relating to the appeals file in the railway ministry for extension of railway to their respective constituencies.

In the answer of Kumari Mamatha Benerjee, we came to know about the real ground situation of working. when one wagon is imported, it takes about one and half year to reach India after the order is placed. Such is the state of affairs when we are competing global to become a super power. For this reason in the present budget she has made a provision for opening a manufacturing centre for wagon at Hyderabad to met the demand supply rate.

DAY 3 (08-03-2011)

11:30 INTERACTION WITH SHRI DONALD LU DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, US EMBASSY

14:30 INTERACTION WITH SHRI RAJIV BHARGAVA DIRECTOR, CSDS

15:30 INTERACTION WITH SHRI RAHUL VERMA FELLOW, CSDS

19:00 VISITED TO RED FORT LIGHT AND SOUND SHOW

SHRI DONALD LU DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION , US EMBASSY

31% of Ambassadors are politicians

59% of Ambassadors are career diplomats

Around 2450 people work in U.S consulates including Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, among which around 2000 are of Indian origin.

There are 24 different departments like FBI, defence, treasuries, aviation , etc.

Happy about the way Indo-U.S relation has been developing lately , the 1st U.S manufactured aircraft was delivered to India in the history of last 50 years.

Business and trade between India & U.S has been tripled in last 10 years and now they're trying to achieve that in next 5 yrs.

Almost 1.03 lakhs students from India go to study in the U.S and around 8.3 lakhs students come to India from U.S. Which is a deeper link than business and trade and politics.

Also, around 2.3 lakhs Indians in U.S decide to come back and work for the nation.

Even the questions on agreement with respect to agriculture among Indo-U.S, tie-ups with educational institutions & bringing U.S universities to India, American centres, Obama's 'Buffalo-Bangalore' comment, bringing out development by coming together instead of criticizing each other , wikileaks , relations between India,China, Pakistan, etc were also being discussed fruitfully.

Also he wishes to strengthen relations further so that India can be a strong partner in future.

CSDS (CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF DEVELOPING SOCIETY) SHRI RAJIV BHARGAVA, Director CSDS

CSDS was founded in 1963 by Mr. RAJNI KOTHARI and he has done excellent work in castes in India.

It is autonomous body and research institute under the funds of INDIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH (ICSSR).

The role of CSDS is to carry on the research work related to dynamics of developing societies.

The main function of this institution is to do sampling in various subjects like Indian democracy, pre-poll election and role of youth in India.

The first survey took place in kerela state election in the year 1965.

It is a network of political scientists.

Role of caste in politics has declined but it has not vanished all together.

Politicians want people to remain orthodox and conservative to gain vote bank and to retain power.

“lok niti” is an CSDS initiative which studies the change in Indian democracy, electoral politics and changes in support base of political parties in India

Intellectuals like Mr. Sanjay kumar and Mr. ashis nandy are an integral part of CSDS. They are also frequently seen in shows like ‘big fight’, ‘panel discussion’, etc.

Media (like cnn-ibn, the Hindu and Times of India) and CSDS publish research and work together.

Apart from Indian government funds recently, they have a grant from Canadian government for society research.

RAHUL VERMA Fellow, CSDS.

He talked about the electoral politics in India.

During 1952 election, 55 parties contested however only 22 parties were able to send their representatives to Lok Sabha. In 2009 elections, 370 parties contested however, only 37 parties were able to send their representatives to Lok Sabha.

Here we learned about the party system in three phases- o 1952-1967 -- Domination by Congress except in 3 states i.e. in Kerala, Punjab and Jammu

Kashmir. o 1967-1989 – Opposition to Congress party was coming into picture. o From 1989 till now. -- Raise of regional and national parties

During 1952-67, there was a single party dominance. No cohesive government and Congress party secures 40% of vote. With this, Congress was able to gain 70% seats in Lok Sabha. The other parties functions as pressure parties at this time.

During 1967-91, congress remained the most prominent and largest party at national level but had faced serious competition at the state level. This is the time when opposition party gets stronger. Decline of independent State politics and increasing in centralization.

From 1991, congress was no longer represents the focal point of electoral competition. During this period many regional parties are rising up. In this period new national parties also emerged especially BJP. No overall majority in parliament since 1989. In this period only we also see the emergence of coalitions.

DAY 4 (09-03-2011)

09:00 INTERACTION WITH SHRI MADHU GOUD YASKHI MP, LOKSABHA ,INC

11:30 VISITED TO RAJ GHAT

14:30 VISITED TO RASTHRAPATI BHAVAN

17:30 INTERACTION WITH SHRI SHARAD PAWAR MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, NCP

20:00 INTERACTION WITH SHRI VENKAIAH NAIDU MP,RAJYA SABHA , BJP

SHRI MADHU GOUD YASKHI

He is the mp loksabha from Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh. As profession he is a lawyer and has spent 14 years in USA. None of his family members is in politics.

When he came to India after 17 years, he witnessed farmer’s suicide in large scale in his native place which made him stay back in the country and work for the fellow being.

He is stressing upon carving the telengana region as a separate state from Andhra. It is a peaceful agitation going on for last 50 years. In the history of independent India for the first time an m.sc student burnt himself alive and other 22 students sacrifice their lives for an independent state of telengana.

He along with his people is doing non co-operation movement first of its kind after independence to make telengana as a separate state.

Politics should be based on dedication towards the service of the nation, commitment to serve the people and goal oriented.

The biggest weapon of common citizen in this era is RTI.

India is growing because of black money as only 5% of Indian population are tax payers.

Officially 55 crores has been spend in ‘Sri Krishna Committee’ which gave recommendation regarding to telengana issue where out of 6 recommendations 4 of them are not implementable and contradictory to each other.

Suggestions for telengana:

Divide the state but safe guard the capital.

Smaller states- quicker development.

Hyderabad should not be given the status of union territory as it is in the midst of telegana.

Demand should be for equitable distribution of natural resources and proper utilisation of rivers.

Economic sustainability of telengana should be ensured.

Why no successful in creating telengana-because of some selfish politicians who are using people’s aspirations to create their own political mileage and retain their seat.

Bandh is a failure on the part of government which is not able to deliver service to its people.

Lobbying should be made legal as in we cannot stop it.

Accountability of judge’s bill should become an act as Supreme Court is taking the matter of black money which is stationed at Swiss bank.

Bureaucrats are less accountable to the public as they work under the name of their respective political executives. Nexus between corrupt politicians and bureaucrats.

But nowhere in the previous government cabinet minister were sent to jail which shows that we are going towards the true democratic form of government.

Civil society’s vigilance is more important to make the government function in an appropriate manner.

SHRI SHARAD PAWAR MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

In his family he is the first person to enter into politics and very active since his college days.

he got elected at the age of 26 for the first time in 1967 and now he has completed 44 years active politics without losing any of the election.

His political success depends upon his tremendous direct mass contact, good personal rapport and consistency.

Very down to earth-used to consult with educationist when he was state education minister. same case when he was the defence minister in government of India.

He used to consult with ex-service men regarding defence issues.

According to him irrigated land should not be taken to set up any industry. If done so adequate compensation given and atleast one member of the family should be employed in the industry.

58% of Indian population work in agriculture sector. out of that 82% of farmers have less than one acre land and 60% of them are with unsured water facility.

Krishi vikas Kendra: o There should be one centre for every district and if the size of district is large there

should be two centres in a district like 50 districts of the country have 2 centres in the districts.

o Agricultural graduates will be given demonstration farms to conduct the research, further farmers will be provided assistance an information about the modern agricultural practises, soil types and new variety of seeds.

In Punjab and Harayana is performing extremely good in producing wheat in rabi season and paddy in kharif but because of continues cropping water table is decreasing so steps are taken to shift certain crops to other regions and add pulses and other variety of crops to regain the fertility of the soil.

Already second green revolution has been started in the eastern part of India like Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.

Chhatissgarh and orissa are in first position to production of rice currently.

Water conservation is a major policy implemented by water conservation ministry in state level and rural ministry and agricultural ministry in national level.

Government of India has requested state government to provide ‘soil health card’ to farmers which will inform them about the amount of r=fertilizers to be apply in soil and even other measures of soil up gradation through checking the texture of soil.

Food security is the priority to the nation as India has 2% of world’s land, 4% of world’s water but have to feed 17% of world’s population. Reducing the pressure from land will make any country develop as western country give less emphasis to agriculture like England GDP contribute only 2% from agriculture.

According to Mr Pawar agro climatic zones is not feasible because any land acquisition will be done from the farmers itself. So the best solution to upgrade agriculture is by providing infrastructure like seeds, fertilizers, irrigation facilities and atleast good minimum support price.

Linking of rivers not feasible in inter-state level but can be done with in the states, wich will help in diverting the rivers direction from one part to another and make optimum use of natural resource.

Organic farming- according to him it should be encouraged. GOI is assisting and providing and finances to the state government to promote horticulture under “horticulture mission”.

SHRI M.VENKAIAH NAIDU He is from mp rajya sabha from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. He is active from his college days as youth leader. He is also popular known for his grassroots leadership. He was former general secretary, spokesperson and president at national level for BJP party. To start his political career he got support from ABVP and Sampurna Andolan from JAY PRAKASH NARAYAN. His hard work commitment towards the same ideology and blessings from the leaders of the party helped him in making his path easy.17 and half months he was in jail during emergency after that he aim to join politics and dedicatedly work as a committed member of BJP party. Interaction

Dynasty is very nasty in politics but it is tasty to many people.

Being son or daughter of a politician is not disqualification but it should not be the only qualification.

Ideological consistence, commitment and dedication to serve the people be the base to join politics. Along with this discipline, good education and consistent touring to know the various issues all around the country is equally important.

Reading people’s life is more important than reading books.

Public speaking is essential in political career provided it is delivered with facts, confidence information and knowledge. Command in mother tongue is essential and communication should be with easy and catchy words.

Politics should be a mission not a commission.

No individual can change the system only collective effort and support can leave a mark.

Historically BJP was strong in north and state regional parties were strong in south. The same legacy is somewhat seen today also. 132 mp seats are from south so BJP is now focusing towards gaining their power in south. In north-east, they are not able to perform well as 90% of population is Christian. But Arrunachal Pradesh, Assam and Nagaland has some influence.

BJP- smaller states are good for the country.

From beginning itself dalits were attracted towards congress party because of Gandhi’s harijan movement.

During NDA regime there was highest no of members in parliament of from dalits, sc’s st’s and women.

Gujarat government headed by bjp for the first time has initiated for “soil health card” in 2007.

Now M.S. SWAMINATHAN an agricultural scientist advice to implement the same policy in other states too.

BJP governed states are the fastest growing state in the area GDP, good law & order and even in 20 point programme, rural development programme and women upliftment programme.

Challenges to the country

1835 lord macaulay’s western education which is diluting our Indian values, culture and even our mother tongue.

Media and cinemas are making youth complete away from native art and culture. Drugs addiction and HIV AIDS is the changing trend of the country.

Corruption, inflation and farmer’s suicide are the major issues. Solutions

Culture(Indian values) and language(English) should go simultaneously

To become a leader we should have 3 c’s – calibre, capacity and command.

RAJ GHAT PHOTOS

RASHTRAPATHI BHAVAN

DAY 5 (10-03-2011)

10:30 INTERACTION WITH SHRI GOVINDACHARYA SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST

12:30 INTERACTION WITH MS ALKA LAMBA SECRETARY OF YOUTH CONGRESS

17:00 INTERACTION WITH SMT SHIELA DIKSHIT CM OF DELHI,INC

17:30 INTERACTION WITH DR. KARAN SINGH MP ,RAJYA SABHA, J&K

20:00 INTERACTION WITH DR.SHASHI THAROOR MP,RAJYA SABHA , BJP

SHRI GOVINDACHARYA

He is social and political activist.

He want to do something more beyond the canvas of party politics. In 2000 he voluntarily retired from politics.

INTERACTION

Each person is a novel, open, read it you will find it interesting and enlightened.

Being the change is not progress but clarity of goal, mission and direction is equally needed.

Development is change from with in so individual can change only if he wills to change.

To know the actual situation we need to know the people’s condition, their needs and other aspects. So he suggested to roam and visit every corner of the country as GANDHI did on the advice of Mr GOKHALE before he entered into active politics.

Women’s dignity, security, opportunity and safety is an urgent need of this hour.

today economy is trying to govern society, culture, tradition and politics. But for development social capital does matter to a greater extent. Now the society is transforming and we are moving towards the society where culture will begin to govern society, culture, tradition and politics.

Parallax and skewed situation should be also understand by the politician and people’s aspiration should to taken into consideration.

“SATTA PICHE, SAMAJ AAGEY” should be the base of development.

Communication, mutual co-operation and consensus is the path for a vibrant democratic society.

Media may be leading to hell but still pretending towards the way of heaven. So it is upon the citizens to analyse and understand the situation.

Service should be delivered to the last poorest person of this earth- think globally act locally.

”Food for all and employment for all- maximum utilisation of the potential of the nation.

Suggested to do the survey of happiness index (HI). Agricultural reforms

Political power and will is must essential to bring reforms.

Agricultural without tilling

Organic farming and policies to increase the productivity through farmer’s participation. Education

Education reforms should be given to educationist and not to the politicians.

Education should provide Interested subject of subjects in their curriculum. It should also provide rightful, dignified living avenues. Along with this integral development of an individual with value based education should be ensured.

New and creative ways of learning like NAYI TALIM, IN MAHARASHTRA should be promoted.

Election should be of consensus and not of majority.

Language should not be the basis for the formation of any new state.

There are 60 backward districts in the country. In second five yaer plan it was said that industries should be set up in this backward districts but creative destruction have been witnessed in the name of industrialisation.

There is a sense of negligence and alienation within many states as all the power is centred in northern part of india. Regarding this he suggested that shipping ministry can be shifted to the coastal states.

Now the situation is changing as the 75% of youth population is coming out from the three hangover of the past i.e colonialization, hollow-socialism and partition.

To curve naxalism government have to play the role of durga and society have to play the role of kali.

Ms. ALKA LAMBA – Indian National Congress, Secretary for youth congress

Voting rights at the age of 18 made her feel the right of a citizen. Her talent, confidence, capability and party recognition helped her in coming into politics. She got gold medal as best women athlete in 1995. She was the best debater and also got best fresher award during her college days. She was the president of student union in Delhi University and she was president of ALL INDIA NSUI. She also held the post of women’s congress president at national level and currently she is the youngest secretary of ALL INDIA CONGRESS COMMITTEE.

INC was formed in 1885 and has completed its 125 years of successful journey. Some historical initiatives taken by Congress Government:

Age of voting was reduced from 21 to 18 by late Shri. Rajiv Gandhi, also contesting age for elections in local bodies was made to 21 years. He also gave 33% reservation for women in local bodies. Currently there is 40 lakh women working in every level of governance.

As 75% population is of youth out of 50% is women, government is stressing upon bringing 33% of women reservation in parliament.

Along with the development and infrastructure safety and security of women is equally important for the development of any country.

Along with the 545 members of parliament it is an equal responsibility of every citizen to work for the country.

Nothing will be easy in the path of politics but we have to make it easy for the downtrodden section of the society.

Women’s are not aware of their rights and policies of the government for the saety and security like DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 2005, WOMENS HELP LINE NUMBER etc which land women into crimes like eve-teasing, dowry deaths, rape cases, molestation and even mental torture.

Realisation of self talent leader ship trait is equally necessary to groom as amass leader and to join politics.

Each vote is important to elect a member in parliament so it is the people who need to be vigilant and awake during their election process.

Change in mind set and negativity should be converted into positive thoughts to fight against corruption collectively and to increase the confidence of government by voting for it.

If youth is going towards crime , naxalism or terrorism, it is only because of unemployment which is the biggest challenge in front of government. To cater this government has already initiated programmes like MGNREGA and SHG’s.

Youth should write and speak to give suggestion in framing policies because the country is ours and we hold an equal responsibility to make our nation a better place to live in.

Long term planning is necessary for every successful government as it is because of in adequate palling which has resulted into huge population, rampant corruption and inadequate infrastructural and health facilities.

Age of retirement should be there in politics. Maximum age of contesting elections should be 65 years.

Youth should elect their own leader as there is a paradigm shift In our political system but still congress party fallows the same legacy of dynastic politics which effects the dynamic and eligible youths to enter into this party.

Smt. SHEILA DIXIT

She is the chief minister of New Delhi. She was elected for the first time in 1998 and this is her third term as a CM.

She was never interested to join politics but because of her family background she landed in politics as a very successful leader. Opportunities keep her moving in this profession. According to her risk factor is always there in political career but courage, resilient and dedication make the path easy.

On international women’s day the government of Delhi started an abhiyan called ‘awaz uthao’ for the protection of women against eve-teasing and molestation.

Civil society, ngo’s and other organisation which not related to government should take effective steps to reduce crime in their society.

Civil society should sensitive to women rights for that change in mind set and attitude of male gender is very essential. Women should be seem with dignity and respect by the male counterpart.

Already large scale campaign have been started from school to institutional level to reduce compensate reuse and recycle of wastage. Youth should take the responsibility to save the mother earth and be concerned about the environmental degradation.

“no plastic policy” is being implemented throughout the state but have not achieve success up to the mark because of the insensitive attitude of common people. Further “no cracker campaign” and “natural colour holi” has also been initiated by the state government for environmental sustainability.

Growing population is a major challenge of the state to provide adequate water still Delhi government provides one of the best drinking water despite of being the fastest growing state.

Water treatment plant has been built in amny parts of thee state to provide safe drinking water.

Terrific increasing population is the major problem of the state has five lakh people come to Delhi to Delhi every year.

Make equitable distribution of water and minimum payment for the same.

Delhi is one of the greenest city in the country and at international level too.

Bhagirdari system- people’s initiative to interact with the government and it is the best platform to interact with each other(government – citizens).

DR KARAN SINGH

He is mp in rajya sabha for last 15 years. He was mp in loksabha for 18 long years. He was the son of maharaja hari singh from Kashmir.

PRI’s is the most revolutionary step taken by Shri RAJIV GANDHI. In some states it is performing well and in other states it is not.

Corruption ia like an acid. It eats our economy, society and culture.

General elections are an extraordinary step done in the entire history as India being the largest democracy.

Free press, active media and independent judiciary are great thing to cherish in our democratic setup.

Women’s reservation in national level should be an effective to for the development of the country.

Being a federal state, states cannot be managed by the centre so pyramid of governance should be done from central to local level.

Role of ICCR (Indian council for cultural relations)

Mandated role is to spread Indian culture to countries around the globe.

Maulana azad the first education minister of an independent India founded this institution.

This institution send troops abroad to promote music, dance, rock dance like Indian Ocean, artists painters etc.

It provides 3000 scholarships in a year and symbiosis international university in Pune is popular in providing studies to foreign scholars.

It also receives groups from other countries like Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, and Afghanis so on.

It also conducts cultural festivals all over the world.

According to him there are three kinds of diplomacies 1.political diplomacy – government to government. 2.economic diplomacy – corporation to corporation. 3.cultural diplomacy- people to people.

India has created literature in 25 languages which is the only country to have so rich culture and diversity.

India is not just a country but civilization in itself.

We have serious diplomatic set up with Nepal in last few years.

The solution to restore peace around the entire south Asian region is only through the SAARC organisation as applying the same EU has been emerged as a single unit organisation.

Good things should be taken fro m west like punctuality, cleanliness, modern technology etc.

Young people have to be a like global citizen and adopt global culture.

The best solution to overcome the world crises is amalgamation of western technology and eastern culture.

Dr. Shashi tharoor

M.P. Lok Sabha from Kerela.

Ex-minister of state, independent charge, ministry of external affairs.

Worked 29 years in United Nation as a diplomat.

He was the youngest person to get doctorate degree at the age of 22 years.

He used to work for 18-20 hours when he was working for peacekeeping force in former yugoslavakia.

Entered into politics through his work in international level.

He was the president of student union in his college days.

He got scholarship to study in abroad.

He contested election for the post of U.N. General Secretary but he lost. Suggestions:

Youth can enter into politics by joining youth congress and working into active grass root level politics.

Nature and quality of politics will change as young and educated people join it.

Today politics is considered as the platform to play for the affluent families and sacrifice of the middleclass.

There is a wide gap between the attitude of middleclass population and the political views .But in west politics is as important as a family affairs to the middle class families.

Politics needs people with education, middleclass values, hard work, willingness to produce results and commitment.

Say on violation of U.N. Charter during the Iraq invasion by U.S.A – It was technically illegal but was necessary and morally correct.

Challenges:

Very unusual trajectory through his political career.

Enormous challenges and inadequate opportunities, an extraordinary journey as he was from non-political background.

Permanent seat in U.N. won’t make much change. but will represent India at an international level and make a mark in global arena.

Diplomacy of our country is pretty good and the ethos is changing. but today’s diplomats are not so elitist in comparison to the previous ones.

We are much exposed to newer experiments and modern technology and keeping track of each and every changes taking place in any corner of the globe.

EVMs are nationally device operate on batteries, easy to function and less expensive. Allegation of tampering is not so true and ballot papers in place of EVMs will be costly and a confusing affair. Elections are over whelming good in this country.

Connectivity with masses with help in gaining vote and youth should take the risk as they have the least responsibilities.

Failure is the stepping stone of success.

Management of time should be done and priorities to be set according to the need of an hour.

DAY 6 (11-03-2011)

10:30 INTERACTION WITH MR. JEROEN ROODENBURG NETHERLANDS EMBASSY

12:00 VIISTED TO NEHRU’S PLANETORIUM

14:00 VISITED TO THE PIONEER NEWS PAPER

15:30 INTERACTION WITH SHRI PRAKASH JAWDEKAR MP ,RAJYA SABHA,

MAHARHASTRA, BJP

18:00 INTERACTION WITH SHRI L.K.ADVANI MP,LOK SABHA , BJP

MR. JEROEN ROODENBURG ASSISTANT AMBASSADOR TO INDIA, NETHERLANDS EMBASSY

Netherlands means the “low countries”. 27% of territory is below sea level. It discovered Australia and New Zealand and it is one of the founder of EU. Kingdom of Netherlands comprises Holland, Antilles and Aruba. Netherlands is gate way to Europe. It holds 5th position as foreign investor worldwide and is the 6th largest recipient of foreign investment.

Netherlands is pioneers in international business. It hold first position in flower production and is the second largest food exporter in the world.

Netherlands capital is Amsterdam but the seat of government in the Hague.

The population is of 16 million and has highest population density in Europe. Though it is a small country, it has big economy.

In India Netherlands has always been trading and not colonising. It has constitutional monarchy with democracy.

Netherlands is one of the first country to give right to vote for women in 1922.

Business

It consist of Solid education, digital power, transparent legal system, world class R & D, favourable tax climate etc

Division of labour- agriculture 2%, industry 24% and services 74%.

Name of popular Dutch companies- Unilever, Philips, Akzo Nobel, ING and royal Dutch shell.

EU is negotiating for Free Trade Agreement with India. INDIA & NETHERLANDS

Two way trade around $ 4.5 billion

Bilateral co-operation between universities is intensifying.

Ever strengthening relations with in the international community.

Holland has one of the best sanitation system in the world.

There is direct election for lower house and election through provinces for upper house.

There is 40% of voting in last elections which is highest till date.but the percentage depends upon the house.

Suggestion for Agriculture-

organise the agricultural products from producing to distribution level because incredible amount of grains is wasted in India.

Modern technology, crop technologies to intensify production.

Fields being irrigated in India is not sustainable, so drift irrigation can be experimented.

Right incentives to the farmers should be provided through the government’s subsidy system.

Strategic relations

Has the both countries have same democracy so the relation is easy to maintain.

Both the countries has political significance deals with anti-terrorism issues and shares information and technology.

Organic farming

2nd green revolution is possible in India but the area should be open to foreign technology.

Netherlands is willing to assistant agricultural sector but private sector should take initiative and along with this bigger corporate should positively invest in this revolution.

Automobiles are the largest growing sector in India. It supplies parts of cars as the plastics used in tata nano were also supplied from Netherlands.

Netherlands has the very renowned testing system. Intelligence transport system of this country can be replicated in India as companies of both the countries are looking for collaboration in automobiles sector.

Netherlands economy runs on agriculture, export sector like chemicals, fertilizers and shipping industries.

Netherlands imports chemicals and agricultural products from India.

Netherlands is strong supplying naval products like radar system; it is also looking forward for nuclear collaboration with India.

It is performing well in defence industries also.

Learn from India-Flexibility, entrepreneurial techniques and family life. Suggestions

Transparency and predictability in polices of India is required.

Private sector is performing well but innovation is needed in public sector.

SHRI PRAKASH JAWDEKAR

NOTA (NONE OF THE ABOVE ) will be effective when compulsory voting would come into practise.

There should be some flexibility in voting pattern like booths should be open for 24 hours and internet voting can be thought upon.

NDA would have done away with article 370 if NDA would have the support of 370 MP’s because for this sort of amendment two third majority is required.

Linked dynastic politics with decision-making decision to only one family. In other terms dynastic politics one family makes one party but in BJP the party itself is one family.

Congress got benefit in 3 states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra because of the split in opposition’s votes in 2009 elections. MNS divided votes of SHIVSENA- BJP alliance by benefiting congress- NCP alliance. PRP in Andhra Pradesh dividing opposition votes thus ended helping congress. Same case happened in Tamil Nadu when VIJAYKANTH’s DMK party acted in the same manner.

In elections the only strategy is to win.

There is nothing called saffron terrorism or green terrorism but anything that terrorise the people should be dealt with.

SHRI L.K.ADVANI

2010 was the year of schemes but 2011 will be the year of accountability.

There is capability and potential in the country but the ethical and moral deficit is the matter of concern.

Politics is a good platform to serve the people but we should not hurry upon to enter politics.

We should excel in our respective field and with passage of time the platform will be ready to perform.

Sometimes surgical operation is needed to keep party in disciplined and in an ethical manner (with respect to Karnataka’s Reddy brothers scam)

We should not take politics as a career. We should focus upon the ongoing issues and have a visionary approach towards the development of our country.

He said that sheer power makes one arrogant so; to become a mass leader we should always keep our thoughts simple and down to earth.

Opposition should play a constructive role along with government to deal with the issues like corruption, inflation, unemployment and so on. In framing any new policies opposition should work along with the government keeping aside all their political problems.