The way Forward.....

The first is Employment.  If the Citizens can be gainfully employed, it is definitely moving ahead. A law should be legislated that all structures part of a Registered Society, should be painted every Ten years.  This one law will create millions of job opportunities and have a cascading effect. Besides reinforcing structures and ensuring a longer life, avoid loss of human life and property, a cleaner and brighter environment and high employment creation at the lower strata of society, creation of more industries in the steel, Cement, Sand, Stone, paint, scaffolding and related sectors.

 Employment Opportunities One of the main causes of frustration for the educated is to stay unemployed. A regular survey is to be conducted and a forecast annually published of the various opportunities available between years’s five to ten from the year of publication. By this students will have a better idea of the direction they should orient their education to be better employed.

Industry:  My view is that such industries should now be promoted that adds value to agriculture and the other cultures.  Co operatives should be encouraged to form industrial units in close proximity to ensure low input costs and maximum percentage of yield is converted to useful food. Norms should be laid down that no industry can & should operate without adequate environmental controls. Industries should be graded into various categories from A to Z depending on the degree of causing emissions dangerous or otherwise. Based on this categorization audit should be conducted ranging from monthly for Z category to once every 3 years for A category. We should gradually prohibit the export of all ore's and only value added fully finished product exports should be permitted. Also Trade Boards should be created for all commodities. Representatives of that Industry along with nominated members of the Government should govern these Boards.

  

Tourism: The thrust should only be on preserving our heritage. Internal tourism should be encouraged through appropriate infrastructure. If visitors from abroad arrive or not it should not affect the industry.

Noise Pollution: A law must be legislated that no Institution or place of worship will have speakers fitted in a way that sound is transmitted beyond the four walls of the premise. This will curb all activities that are cause of irritation. Prayer has to be a very private affair.

Money Trail: When Funds are allocated for any Project, this information should be made available on a Central Government Information website known to all. As the funds get disbursed down the line, the allocation tree should be indicated. This one act of information and transparency will ensure that no bribes are paid and weed out corruption. This practice should also be made compulsory to all States.  

Education:  The only way is to permit more organizations to come forward to set up educational Institutions. If they match the criteria, they must be granted permission to function. Educating the masses will ensure a better future for all. Schools must be graded based on set norms. These are to be published annually. This will cause all to strive for excellence.

Info Centre: To make the country a safe haven we should encourage all residents to capture any suspicious activity on their Hand Phones, all of which have a Camera these days. Should their images lead to getting hold of the Terrorist, they get appropriately rewarded. This one facility will be cheaper than every other measure we undertake, where all citizens act as informers.

National Integration: Another of my favourite theme is National Integration in its truest sense. We all know that inspite of 66 years of independence we cannot think of ourselves as one Nation. One good way of integrating the population and causing cross-cultural relationship is by promulgating a law that requires 60% of all central government positions to be recruited from outside the state. These are to be represented in a fair proportion giving weightage to merit where needed. This representation is to be executed at every centre of Central government employment individually & not arrive at a collective figure for a state. This one act will cause a cross-cultural flow and appreciation, relegating divisive forces to the background.

Tree Plantation: We must now embark on a massive plantation of fruit bearing trees along the roads and streets of the country. Trees like Chickoo, Jambool (white & purple) Mango, Custard apple, Jackfruit, etc can be skilfully planted. This will also solve to a large extent the shortages of such fruits. We must achieve a maximum distance of 10 feet between any two trees anywhere in the State.   

Hawking On a given stretch of a street / road, hawking should be permitted only one side of the stretch and the other footpath left free for pedestrians. Those wanting to buy goods will need to walk the vending stretch. This single measure will ensure quick flow of those who do not wish to get caught in the melee’. It is also my recommendation to call for designs from architects on standardisation and simplification of stall designs and after due consideration, ensure that all stalls on a given stretch confirm to these specifications. The main point for consideration being aesthetics, and standard areas. This stall area is determined by calculating the earnings possible by sale of product vs. the earnings needed for the hawker to maintain a family of four. Provision should also be made to ensure the allotted member alone stands at the stall at the appointed hour for dispensing of goods. His details and photograph should be prominently displayed. No person other than the allotted should be permitted to sell the wares. This will prevent stall capturing. In allotting stalls priority should be given to a single member in a family. Only after all unemployed applicants are covered should the second member be given opportunity.

Exports: A law should be enacted that prevents exports of goods in any form other than a finished product. Why should we export low value Ore’s or Raw materials. We should go up the value chain and create infrastructure and employment within the country itself. If any Organisation wishes to procure Raw Materials/ Ore’s then they should be encouraged to set-up a plant within the country.