Thursday, October 30, 2014

Swachh Bharat

"Sanitation is more important than independence."

Mahatma Gandhi

Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya

A National Mission

Water, sanitation and hygiene education in schools provides safe drinking water, improves access to clean sanitation facilities and promotes lifelong health. Good hygiene practices in schools enhances the well-being of children and their families, and paves the way for new
generations of healthy children. Proper sanitation and drinking water facilities in schools signi cantly reduce hygiene-related disease; increase student attendance and learning achievements; and contributes to dignity, inclusion and equity. These attributes serve as a base for ongoing development and economic growth.
Swachh Bharat: Swachh Vidyalaya is the national campaign driving ‘Clean India: Clean Schools’. A key feature of the campaign is to ensure that every school in India has a set of functioning and well maintained water, sanitation and hygiene facilities. Water, sanitation and hygiene in schools refers to a combination of technical and human development components that are necessary to produce a healthy school environment and to develop or support
appropriate health and hygiene behaviours. The technical components include drinking water, handwashing, toilet and soap facilities in the school compound for use by children and teachers. The human development components are the activities that promote conditions within the school and the practices of children that help to prevent water, hygiene and sanitation related diseases.

School sanitation and hygiene depend on a process of capacity enhancement of teachers, community members, SMCs, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and education administrators. Water, sanitation and hygiene in school aims to make a visible impact on the health and hygiene of children through improvement in their health and hygiene practices, and those of their families and the communities. It also aims to improve the curriculum and teaching methods while promoting hygiene practices and community ownership of water and sanitation facilities within schools. it improves children’s
health, school enrolment, attendance and retention and paves the way for new generation of healthy children.

It is the role of policymakers, government representatives, citizens and parents to make sure that every child attends a school that has access to safe drinking water, proper sanitation and hygiene facilities. This is every child’s right.

The benefits of water sanitation and hygiene to school children

• The provision of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in school secures a healthy school environment and protects children from illness and exclusion. It is a first step towards a healthy physical learning environment, benefiting both learning and health. Children who are healthy and well-nourished can fully participate in school and get the most from the education. Hygiene education in schools help promote those practices that would prevent water and sanitation related diseases as well as encourage healthy behaviour in future generations
of adults.
• Girls are particularly vulnerable to dropping out of school, partly because many are reluctant to continue their education when toilets and washing facilities are not private, not safe or simply not available. When schools have appropriate, gender-separated facilities, an obstacle to attendance is removed. Thus having gender segregated toilets in schools particularly matters for girls. Gender norms and physiology make privacy more important for girls than boys, and biological realities mean that girls need adequate sanitary facilities at school to manage menstruation. Basic facilities that provide for good hygiene and privacy, along with sensitive health promotion assist girls to stay in school and complete their education.

• Hygiene in school also supports school nutrition. The simple act of washing hands with soap before eating the school mid day meal assists to break disease transmission routes. Children get the nutritional benefits intended, rather than ingesting bacteria, germs and viruses. Studies show that when hand washing becomes part of a child’s daily routine the benefits to health are evident and the practice does not easily fade.
School is therefore an ideal setting for teaching good hygiene behaviours that children can also carry home.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools

• Having safe water, toilet and hygiene facilities in schools promotes equity. All children are equal in their right to access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, and all children gain benefits through the improved hygiene practices promoted in schools. By providing gender-segregated toilets, students are assured of privacy and dignity, a particularly important factor for girls’ school attendance. By providing inclusive and accessible facilities, children with special needs are able to attend school and further contribute to the development of their society.
• Having a clean school fosters a child’s pride in his or her school and community. It enables every child become an agent of change for improving water, sanitation and hygiene practices in their families and within their community. School water and sanitation clubs encourage students to participate in taking care of latrines and hand washing stations, and in providing safe water where necessary. Club members create rotating lists of responsibilities, sharing sanitation- and water-related chores among both boys and girls. This also fosters pride and ownership, and it counteracts the belief that these tasks are only for women and girls or
particular social groups.

• Children with disabilities are also vulnerable to dropping out of school. Accessible school facilities are a key to school attendance for children with disabilities. An effective water, sanitation and hygiene programmes seeks to remove barriers by promoting inclusive design – user-friendly, child-friendly facilities that benefit all users, including adolescent girls, small children and children who are sick or disabled. Toilets and handwashing facilities,for example, need to be customised to fit children’s smaller size, and water, sanitation and hygiene
facilities that are traditionally designed for the ‘average’ child must consider the fact that children have a wide range of abilities and needs. The most cost-effective way to improve access for all children is to incorporate accessibility into the design from the outset, rather than making expensive changes later. To make sure facilities are accessible, it is essential to involve children with disabilities in the design process. The cost of making inclusive facilities is minimal compared to the costs of exclusion.
A clean and healthy school creates a cycle of opportunities With gender-segregated toilets, inclusive and accessible facilities, students are assured of privacy and dignity and children with special needs can attend school.

Failing to curb the spread of disease threatens children's cognitive development and allows a recurrent cycle of missed school, poorer school performance and increased poverty Better water, sanitation and hygiene in schools provides healthy and secure school environments that can protect children from illness. A child's memory, executive function, language and problem solving skills as well as attention span respond positively when healthy Hand washing can reduce diarrhoea by more than 30 per cent and respiratory infections
incidence by 16 per cent Water, sanitation and hygiene is an investment in school children and the health of future generations. It helps children realise their full potential and prepares them for a healthy adult life, which can contribute to the growth of the nation Improved
hygiene Improved health & less disease Improved attendance & decreased drop-out rate and Better student performance Economic growth

Source:MHRD

Monday, October 27, 2014

Black Money and White Talks

"Black money abroad: More names disclosed to Supreme Court"

The big issue that hogs the limelight today is the names of individuals who has money in safe havens abroad. There may a few thousands from India who deposit and forget as more money accumulates and nature invites such persons to give them company. As usual big noise is made on this issue. The press and the public pretend not to see the burgeoning billionaires who refuse to share their wealth with the unfortunate.

When big money is made after cheating millions they call such persons as successful people and such persons start writing their own success stories too. For instance a boy who was just an assistant in a petrol bunk grows to be a millionaire and the gullible public is made to believe that he did hard work. As if the remaining millions hardly worked these men of great eminence start talking of smart work and shrewd work.

The perennial love for gold and land make people amass wealth for generations. In the 17th century we had only a few Mughal kings who wanted to build huge empire. Today every one of us wants to have his/her own empire. It is common in our country to see people have multiple accounts in multiple financial institutions on multiple names in multiple places. Similarly people have immovable properties in multiple locations and of late Indians have started to purchase farms in far off Africa, Canada and in many more nations.

We need to have a system to locate the unaccounted wealth. We need to evolve a payment system where the pay is equitable for all. In the era of liberalization the rich becomes richer and the poor becomes the poorer. More cars and more malls and more computers do not show the real face of India.

Unaccounted wealth is there with all. I read the sales of gold in one city alone is around 40 tons of gold within 24 hours. Such is the craze for gold. I do watch people are buying gold in the quantities of kilos nowadays. At least 10% of the 250 million households in India has got 250 grams and above quantity of gold. People buy gold as if they are mere chocolate bars.

One requires a strong political will to declare such wealth as illegal and confiscate such properties. We can come out with an upper ceiling for the possession of immovable and movable properties.

Within the country millions of defaulters are there who avail loans and do not repay. Are we ready to declare the names of defaulters who owe 1 million dollars and above to our banks?

Better to clean up our own backyard before we proceed further?

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Wonderful Green Building Materials

Rajasthani Desert Houses

Mangolean Houses

Clay Which can Cement ANY TYPE OF BUILDING

Bamboos - Historically Standing

Palm Leaves Known for their strong fibres

Woven Coconut Leaves

Cat tail. Lake Grass. Would last for 5-15 years as roofing material. Natural AC

Rainy Days

Those were the days of incessant rains which bring me some unpleasant memories. Rains are attractive only in films. In real life they drench us wet and would be pounding us heartlessly for weeks. First sufferer of these yearly pains was the cattle; normally we didn't have enough sheds to accommodate all the domestic animals. Preference would be shown to the bulls that pull the carts and till paddy fields. The milking cows would also manage comforts; but the poor buffaloes had to be in the rains for months. They had to pray for any let up to dry their skins and see a little bit sunlight. Accompanied by this yearly ordeal is providing them hay. Only when the skies show mercy a bunch of hay could be provided to them. But mostly those would be the months of October and November and we farmers would be left with very little hay to spare for them. The cursed buffaloes would be surrounded by thousands of mosquitoes making the life of these unfortunate victims more painful. As they would not withstand the hunger most often they would pull the ropes, they were tethered to, violently and would run away with the wooden stumps to enter neighborhood paddy fields.

Those were the initial days of the arrival of electricity and most often there would be power outages for the entire rainy months. Kerosene chimneys and lantern lamps would light our homes and there would be households who can’t afford this luxury. The radios were popular then and a few villagers would be reaching my home to hear the weather bulletins. I don’t recollect anybody carrying an umbrella as it was seen only in limited hands. An emptied plastic bag which contained urea or phosphate, which was used as fertilizers was used to cover the body and the heads from the showers. In fact me, or my brothers never had an umbrella till we finished our schooling. I recall as we returned from the school the heavy showers would beat my cheeks heavily and we would manage to protect the books and copies with plastic sheets. Almost every year the Jungle Rivers which are there on both sides of my village would be in spate and we can’t go to schools. On these days we would take the cattle for grazing for at least 3-4 hours lest they might die of hunger. The endless sand on the river banks and the swift moving clouds of different shapes and the occasional rainbows were visual treats for us.

The most terrifying experience would be the thunderous days. Accompanied by shrill showers the thunders would threaten us with death. We were told to repeat the name of the Mahabharata hero Arjuna to save us from death or injury. It was believed that these heroes or gods were using their bows and fights endlessly and hence the thunders. If these threats were from the skies, the little ugly frogs of varied sizes would make our lives miserably. They would be croaking endlessly as if a big orchestra was on. At times they would stop their chorus singling only to be resumed with more vigor. My parents used to tell these funny creatures were welcoming the monsoons and the showers. Unfortunately some of these croaks would become prey to the snakes gliding around. The endless noise would create a strange fear and that would drive us to sleep. During these times scorpions, water snakes and at times cobras would also seek to share accommodation with us and would invariably get killed.

Yet another feature of unfailing regularity was that we had to put more hay on the roof as the original roof made up of palm leaves or cattail would be allowing water to enter into the home. As for the food or snacks collecting and storing fire wood would be a monumental task. Neatly cut branches and twigs would be there to heat up pots or vessels. I often wondered the fire sparks which emanate from a burning cigarette bud, left unattended make unimaginable havoc s ; but with a pipe of steel or tin even when we blow for hours together in the hearth the wooden logs won’t catch fire and would leave us tired and suffocation in smoke.

The rainy days were long. The sunny days were limited. To me rains don’t evoke happy memories. To me it is always …. ‘Rain, rain go away’ only.

'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'

A national mission can't be limited to the hands of a few. As mentioned earlier, cleaning the public places is just one part of the story. 'Not littering' the public places must be the first message that has to be spread. The concern must come from within. Next how to make our packaging industry environment friendly is very crucial. Again we use plastic cups for ever sip and our food items come out with a non-biodegradable material for each item. For instance we can encourage people take milk from vending machines instead of poly packs. Innumerable suggestions are given towards the goal in this blog much earlier. Hope our celebrities would be able to address the root cause that causes pollution.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Why do we pay big for the 'big'?

"Regulatory document filed on Monday showed Mr. Nadella of Microsoft got a salary for the fiscal year that ended June 30 of $918,917 and a $3.6 million bonus. He also was given stock awards worth nearly $79.8 million but most of the payments will be made over several years."

84,00,000 dollars in Indian Rupee is 513828000. Yes, most probably all these CEO's would spend the money on charity.

The wage paid for a laborer in India under MGNREGA is around 2.5 dollars per day. And that too they are guaranteed with work is just 100 days only.

What is the need for paying very hefty pockets. People occupying very high positions are the assets of the humanity. They have to be emulated by others.
It is better that people in very high positions resist the temptations to accept such big salaries. These acts produce a 'materialistic race' among the humanity. It may be avoided.

BIG PEOPLE AND SMALL ISSUES

When big people fail to deliver, it is a big fall. Popular people have greater responsibilities than the ordinary and unknown people like me. I do not know why these 'big' refuse to lend their 'voices' for any good cause. For instance if I say to some one, 'Do not smoke'. Mostly it would be ignored. But if these popular leaders say, the mass may take it up for consideration.

Here, we are a leaders-led nation. More than gods these people are revered and worshiped. Hundreds commit suicides when their leaders fall sick or get defeated in elections or for any reason that may make their leaders unhappy. The attitude here is not only the leaders but their generations are worshiped for centuries. Some of the readers of this write-up may feel that I use the word 'worship' liberally. Not at all. In which part of the world people commit suicides, when their leaders are suspended by a political party. . How many in the world die like this. But I have not come across any leader in India after Mahatma Gandhi who has asked his party men/country men not to drink.

There are thousands of leaders in India with 20 - 60 years of political experience ... but not a single time they have told their party men that 'drinking or smoking is bad'. Even now they are forcing the governments to go in for total prohibition but not a word advising their party men to go for good habits. All these leaders have got scores of radio/satellite channels and publications not even once they release any advice/suggestion during prime time.

"Those who drink/smoke/ are corrupt/ pollute the environment can not become my party members"
How many of these patriotic leaders would be ready to impose conditions like this? When their party men are ready to lay down their lives for trivial reasons, why not the leaders impose their will on the willing party men - that too for a good cause which will help them and their families. None has done this so far.

Monday, October 20, 2014

'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'

Ever since our PM announced nine celebrity's names, almost all of them have come to the streets and their contributions had been recorded by the media. If the current trends are an indicator the clean India campaign's success would be definitely in question. Weeks have passed by. The polluters continue to pollute. This includes all. None can be excluded.

My views would be different. For instance a manufacturer who uses a non-bio degradable material for packaging his product is a polluter. The officer who has not suggested an alternative packaging material is a polluter. A person who switches on his AC machine after closing all the windows of his room is a polluter as the energy he consumes had born after polluting the atmosphere. It is not the person who throws the garbage on the streets alone. Together we fail.

Many learned people argue that cleaning is the job of the workers who are engaged in the work and throwing garbage is their fundamental right. Unless we change the attitude of the people with a massive media campaign we are not going to succeed.

I think the government must be making payment for the small ads it runs on our channels. This is not sufficient. It is meagre. We need to enact a law or approach courts for a direction for taking 10-30 minutes of the satellite channels' and a few centimetre columns of print space to run socially relevant messages. No government can pay for a campaign that is so crucial and massive.

The present campaigns are carried out by the bureaucrats who use the time-tested techniques which have failed miserably and repeatedly. The voices are monotonous and the messages do not reach even the ears of the listeners -leave alone the reaching of hearts. The same messages are dubbed in multiple languages and delivered poorly without any local touch. They lack professionalism and variety and people are there to help the campaigns. Even me are ready with hundreds of themes and interesting and appealing anecdotes. But how to reach these people who decide on these advertisements?

Hope the government gets space and air time free and runs massive, sustained campaigns with these celebrities or with more added to the list over a period of time. It would take time for changing the attitude as it is centuries old habit.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

HUDHUD HAS ARRIVED WITH BIG THUD

Cyclone Hudhud hammers India's eastern seaboard, three dead

BY JATINDRA DASH

VISAKHAPATNAM India Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:58pm IST REUTERS

Cyclone Hudhud blasted India's eastern seaboard on Sunday with gusts of up to 195 kilometres an hour (over 120 mph), uprooting trees, damaging buildings and killing at least three people despite a major evacuation effort.

The port city of Visakhapatnam, home to two million people and a major naval base, was hammered as the cyclone made landfall, unleashing the huge destructive force it had sucked up from the warm waters of the Bay of Bengal.

Upended trees and wreckage were strewn across Visakhapatnam, known to locals as Vizag. Most people heeded warnings to take refuge, but three who ventured out were killed.

"The Visakhapatnam situation is very serious," K. Hymavathi, the special commissioner for disaster management for Andhra Pradesh state, told Reuters by telephone.

"Telecommunications are disrupted - even our control room is not able to operate properly. People staying in their apartments are so afraid that they are panicking and calling us," she said.

The low toll reported so far followed an operation to evacuate more than 150,000 people on Saturday to minimise the risk to life from Hudhud - similar in size and power to cyclone Phailin that struck the area exactly a year ago.

After a lull as the eye of the storm passed over the city, winds regained their strength. Forecasters warned Hudhud would blow with full force for several hours more, before wind speeds halve by evening.

"Reverse windflow will be experienced by the city, which will again have a very great damage potential," L.S. Rathore, director-general of the state India Meteorological Department (IMD), told reporters in New Delhi.

The IMD forecast a storm surge of 1-2 metres above high tide that could result in flooding of low-lying coastal areas around Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram and Srikakulam.

A Reuters reporter staying in Vizag said earlier that his hotel had broken windows while the ground floor was flooded by horizontal rain. Hotel staff abandoned efforts to keep the water out when they were blown back several metres by the wind.

TERRIFYING NOISE

The winds were deafening, the reporter said, sounding like explosions going off.

"I never imagined that a cyclone could be so dangerous and devastating," said a businessman staying in the hotel. "The noise it is making would terrify anyone."

Vizag port suspended operations on Saturday night, with its head saying that 17 ships which had been in the harbour were moving offshore where they would be less at risk from high seas.

The city airport was closed and train services suspended.

The IMD rated Hudhud as a very severe cyclonic storm that could pack gusts of 195 km/h and dump more than 24.5 cm (10 inches) of rain.

The cyclone was strong enough to have a "high humanitarian impact" on nearly 11 million people, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS), run by the United Nations and the European Commission, said.

The evacuation effort was comparable to one preceding Cyclone Phailin, credited with minimising fatalities to 53. When a huge storm hit the same area 15 years ago, 10,000 people died.

Hudhud was likely to batter a 200-300 km stretch of coastline before losing force inland, forecasters said.

"The landfall process could take up to 10 or 12 hours," said Eric Holthaus, a meteorologist at U.S. online magazine Slate who has been tracking Hudhud.

"The worst-case scenario would be if Hudhud's eye makes landfall just south of the city, which would direct the full brunt of the eyewall and maximum storm surge towards Vizag," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

According to the IMD, peak wind speeds will drop to 60 km/h by Monda

HUDHUD UPDATES

Sub: Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, ‘HUDHUD’ over west central Bay of Bengal, Cyclone Warning
for north Andhra Pradesh & south Odisha coasts (Red Message) and post landfall outlook.

The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘HUDHUD’ over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards with a speed of about 15 kmph during the last 06 hours and lay centered at 1130 hours IST of 12th October 2014 near latitude 17.6ºN and longitude 83.2ºE, close to Visakhapatnam. The system is crossing the coast.

Category of cyclonic disturbance

12-10-2014/1130 17.6/83.2 170-180 gusting to 195 Very Severe Cyclonic Storm
12-10-2014/1730 18.2/82.7 100-120 gusting to 130 Severe Cyclonic Storm
12-10-2014/2330 18.7/82.2 80-90 gusting to 100 Cyclonic Storm
13-10-2014/0530 19.2/81.7 55-65 gusting to 75 Deep Depression
13-10-2014/1130 19.7/81.2 40-50 gusting to 60 Depression

Warning for north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha
(i) Heavy rainfall warning: Under the influence of the system, rainfall at most places with heavy (6.5–12.4 cm) to very heavy falls (12.5–24.4 cm) at a few places and isolated extremely heavy falls (≥ 24.5 cm) would occur over west & east Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram & Srikakulam districts of north Andhra Pradesh and Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Kalahandi, Phulbani districts of south Odisha during next 48 hrs. Rainfall would occur at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Krishna, Guntur & Prakasham districts of Andhra Pradesh and north coastal Odisha during the same period.

(ii) Wind warning: Gale wind speed upto to 170-180 kmph gusting to 195 kmph would prevail along & off north Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts) 80-90 kmph along and off adjoining districts of Andhra Pradesh (West Godavari & Krishna districts) and south Odisha (Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput and Malkangiri districts).(iii) Sea condition along and off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts: Sea condition would be phenomenal along & off north Andhra Pradesh coast and high along & off south Odisha and south Andhra Pradesh coast during next 24 hours.

(iv) Storm surge warning: Storm surge of about 1-2 meters above astronomical tide would inundate low lying areas of Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram and Srikakulam districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh at the time of landfall.

(v) Damage expected:
A) North Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam
districts): Under the influence of system, extensive damage to kutcha houses. Some damage to old buildings. Large scale disruption of power and communication lines. Disruption of rail and road traffic due to extensive flooding. Potential threat from flying debris. Damage to agricultural crops.

B) West Godavari & Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts (Ganjam,
Gajapati, Koraput and Malkangiri districts): Damage to thatched huts. Breaking of tree branches
causing minor damage to power and communication lines. Uprooting of small trees. Damage to
agricultural crops.

(vi) Action suggested:
A) North Andhra Pradesh (East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam
districts): Total suspension of fishing operations in area of influence of cyclone. Mobilise extensive evacuation from coastal areas. Diversion or suspension of aviation, navigation, rail and road traffic. People in affected areas to remain at safe places around landfall period.

B) West Godavari & Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts (Ganjam,
Gajapati, Koraput and Malkangiri districts): Total suspension of fishing operations. People in
affected areas to remain at safe places.

Post landfall outlook: Even after landfall the system would maintain the intensity of very severe cyclonic storm for 6 hours and gradually weaken into a cyclonic storm in subsequent 6 hours while moving northwestwards across south interior Odisha and Chattisgarh. Under its influence rainfall at most places with heavy falls at a few places would occur over south Chattisgarh, adjoining Telangana and south Odisha and isolated heavy to very heavy falls over north Chattisgarh, east Madhya Pradesh and north Odisha. Gale wind speed reaching 100-120 kmph gusting to 130 kmph would also prevail for 6 hours after landfall and 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph for subsequent 6 hours over East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts of north Andhra Pradesh and Ganjam, Gajapati, Koraput and Malkangiri districts of Odisha during the same period. Squally winds speed reaching 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph would also prevail for next 12 hours after landfall over south Chattisgarh and adjoining districts of north Telangana and south Odisha.

Silent Revolution

Taking things and ideas from the society may be our right; but returning the same to the society, with interest added is our duty and responsibility. It is not possible for all, but for a few only. One such gentleman is Mr.V.Ramaraj, M.E.,

A crusader for three decades in the field of energy conservation, returned to his village after his studies in Coimbatore and Chennai. When copper chokes were the order of the day, he introduced electronic ballasts for tube lamps. These ballasts help conserve energy, increase the life of the lamps, reduce the heat that is generated outside and glow instantly.

Over the years there has been a lot of development in the field of lighting and now LED lamps are ruling the market. The CFL lamps proved to be a small time wonder. Now he is into the manufacturing of LED lamps.

I appeal to my friends, if you are interested in learning more about the Silent Revolution of this 'great change maker', pl.do contact me.

RETTAVAYAL S KRISHNASWAMY
e-mail: rvlkrish@gmail.com
Phone- 91-9444561989

The Hundred Things That Need to be Done Urgently by the Hon’ble PM.

Revive small scale industries across the country. (Factories can come out with products but not crafts.)
Extend support to all those who work and not to the people in organized sector alone
Let the skilled get more than the knowledged gets.
Encourage people who do not switch over to steel and cement built dwellings
Declare all post offices in rural India as ‘Postal Banks’ infusing life and no need to open new bank branches which involve big capital
Make public sector employees ‘partners in progress’ with small percentage of shares allotted to them
Create ‘hot lines’ to lodge complaints of corruption in administration at Taluk levels
Publish the names of the corrupt in the websites and update them on a daily basis.
Make formal schooling ‘optional’ for those parents’ wards whose income is above 10 lakhs per year and the ceiling can be revised every year. (They can educate their kids through open schools)
Bar people from taking part in ‘tenders’ for more than three times. Have a system in place to screen them scrupulously.( Nowadays the same people for generations receive the tenders.)
Collect more tax from satellite channels and take at least 30 minutes of their primetime or during non-primetime for propagating government programmes or campaigns with the help of DD.
Take 30 minutes of air time from FM broadcasters and broadcast governmental programmes.
Make ‘Vande Mataram’ and the ‘National Anthem’ mandatory for broadcasters. Vande mataram in the morning times and the national anthem in the evenings.
Reintroduce ‘State songs’ in the beginning of the programme and National Anthem at the end in all theatres.
Make 2 minutes of Gandhian thought mandatory every day for all broadcasters and 10 column centimeters of space in printed media every time they publish new edition. (Includes DD and AIR)
Give priority to people in positions who mark against the columns of caste/religion as ‘INDIAN’
Ban recruiting more than two people from a same family in one department.
Identify voluntary optees who do not want to receive free noon meal for their kids, free books, free rations or grants for gas cylinders and eliminate them from the beneficiaries’ list.
Go for dual pricing of fuel. For instance cars costing more than 10 or 15 lakh can attract an increased price for their fuel
Go for massive online banking operations and reduce the crowd in banks
Try to limit or place restrictions on online trading of shares. (Money must be credited or debited instantly on buying or selling from the seller/buyer accounts)
Increase the tax on profit earned in trading to 10% and do not tax people who pay insurance premiums
Railways can earn a minimum of 10,000 crores in a year if they operate their own stands for two/four wheelers.
Long distance travelers - travels involving more than 1000 kilo metres can be given simple ‘craft works’ on voluntary basis and certificates given to them for their work. Railways can earn some money by selling such craft items.
Introduce ‘Dress on demand’ at all important stations and people will be tempted to travel with less baggage. (Even now passengers use beddings issued by railways and no passenger hesitates to use them. People hire borrow woolen clothes in hill stations and comfortably the system moves on)
Railways can sell items of destinations connected by them. For instance Gauhati junction’s Platforms will house products from Trivandrum and in Trivandrum products available in Gauhati would be sold. (It won’t be a super market but exclusively sell items which are in demand at both the ends)
Identify volunteers who would act as security guards with badges/blazing over coats given to them and issue certificates signed by high officials
Go for massive plantation/forestation drives along the rail tracks
Sell the 50% of the body space of walls of stations and 90% of body space of coaches and goods vans and make big money to support safety measures
Go for electronic warfare and eliminate human casualties in conflicts
Use ‘robos’ in hostile climatic conditions for manning posts/borders
Do not depend on the general vehicles produced by the civil sector
Encourage the CVRD to manufacture varied vehicles for varied terrains for transport and troop movement
Vehicles used in conflict areas by defense forces must be mine-proof/bullet proof.
Every vehicle must have GPS navigation facility.
Do post highly skilled persons to manage affairs in the foreign ministry. Tough bargainers must be there for negotiations.
Have high profile propaganda machinery to create positive ideas about India
Purchase of crude must not be with crude purchase procedures and freedom must be there to choose the supplier who would dance to our tunes
Smaller neighboring nations can be given military protection and in return we can get goods as service charges
Retaliate with vengeance for every misadventure of our enemy every time.