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Vol. LXXVIII No. 7 July 2019

IIPA NEWSLETTER65 years of excellence in the service of the nation

45th APPPA inaugurated The forty-fifth Advanced Professional Programme

in Public Administration (APPPA) — the customised 10-month-long programme for senior officers of the All India and Central Services including the Armed Forces commenced on July 1, 2019 at IIPA. The course held under the aegis of the Department of Personnel and Training, Govt. Of India, is scheduled to conclude on April 30, 2020. Inaugurating the programme, Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, Chairman IIPA mentioned that APPPA provided an opportunity to the participants from various services to inter-mingle with each other and to know their background, their limitations, their difficulties and so on, and how they could be resolved. Shri Shekhar Dutt, Vice President, IIPA presented the opening remarks. In his welcome address, Shri S N Tripathi, Director, IIPA said, “minimum government and maximum governance is the motto of the new Government. Sabka saath, sabka vikas and sabka vishwas is the guiding principle for bureaucracy and the present day Government is giving a lot of emphasis on improving the service delivery at the last mile. I hope we will cover all these during the course of deliberations. But we will also be enlightened to have the benefit of your experience because learning also means unlearning on the part of IIPA as well as on your part because we have to clear something to add something more.” Prof. Govinda Bhattacharjee, Programme Director highlighted the content, design and methodology of the programme; and Dr. Neetu Jain, Programme Co-Director proposed the vote

of thanks. The programme seeks to prepare the participants to make a greater contribution to better governance, develop attitudes that focus on citizen-centric delivery of services and also to strengthen leadership qualities in the civil service. Apart from learning recent developments in the social sciences and their application in administration, the programme has been designed to provide opportunities to the participants to: (i) analyse major contemporary issues in governance; (ii) analyse the factors that impact the formulation and application of policies and improve implementation of governmental programmes; (iii) apply relevant concepts, skills and techniques relating to policy, behavioural and administrative sciences; (iv) review their experiences by making a critical analysis of environmental and other factors; and (v) demonstrate creative and analytical abilities individually and in groups and function as proficient, ethical, responsive and result oriented administrators/managers.

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The following books were also released during the event. They are: (i) India - resurgent & resilient by Prof Govind Bhattacharjee (ii) A Report on Impact Assessment of NKN by Dr Charru Malhotra (iii) Report on review of work processes and structure of Ministry of Home Affairs by Dr Neetu Jain & Dr Surabhi Pandey (iv) Issues and challenges in RCEP: An Indian perspective by Prof Geethanjali Nataraj & Ms Garima Sahdev.

Mahatma Gandhi’s Statue unveiled at IIPAA bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled

by IIPA Chairman, Shri T N Chaturvedi on July 1, 2019. The Statue has been made entirely through the voluntary contribution from IIPA employees. The statue has been sculpted by Padmabhushan Shri Ram Sutar who has also designed the ‘Statue of Unity’ in Gujarat.

Programme for Afghan Delegation on Public Governance and Advocacy

Experience sharing programme for Afghan delegation on Public Governance and Advocacy was organised from July 2-10, 2019. The overall goals and objectives of the programme was experience sharing and learning tour which aimed at

strengthening the capacity of the members of the Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Advocacy Group. The programme was coordinated by Dr VN Alok.

Programme for Cambodian Senate’s HR A one-week training programme on Fundamentals

of Human Resources Analytics for officials of Cambodian senate's HR department was organised from 29 July - 2 August, 2019. It was sponsored by ITEC Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. 15 senior officers from Cambodia participated in the programme led by Mr Nop Kuch, Director of HRD Department, the Senate of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Dr. Neetu Jain and Prof. Vinod K. Sharma were the programme coordinators.

Programme for Russian Delegates Project and Training Risk Management

Training Programme for Russian Delegates on Project and Training Risk Management was organised from July 8-19, 2019. It was sponsored by ITEC Division, MEA, Government of India. Dr. Roma Debnath and Dr. Pawan K. Taneja coordinated the programme.

“Political correctness is tyranny with manners.” -- Charlton Heston

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K.K. PandeySachin Chowdhry

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Prof. K.K. Pandey

Prof. K.K. Pandey, an economist with expertise on municipal finance has over three decade of experience on urban finance and management. He is currently a Professor of Urban Management at IIPA with previous experience as Chief Economist HUDCO, Chief (Research & Training) HSMI of HUDCO and Senior faculty at National Institute of Urban Affairs. Prof. Pandey has provided expert advice to multilateral agencies, national government and provincial governments in India, financial institutions and city governments across the country. He has served, in this regard, as member of exert groups, drafting committees, working groups, national delegations, etc. He has several research reports, books, articles to his credit.

Dr. Sachin Chowdhry

Dr. Sachin Chowdhry is Associate Professor at IIPA with specialisation on urban governance and management, public policy analysis and basic services and infrastructure. He also worked with Twelfth Finance Commission and provided professional inputs to various committees/ working group on urban and public administration related issues. Dr. Chowdhry has around 15 years of professional experience. Professional activities of Dr. Chowdhry involves research and training on water supply and sanitation, Metropolitan planning, Evaluation of government of india’s flagship programmes - MNAREGA, Public Distribution System in selected states and Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rojgar Yojana.

How Inclusive are the Panchayats?

The Future Strategy

A Monograph

Nupur Tiwari

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, NEW DELHI

ABOUT THE AUTHORDr. Nupur Tiwari is currently a Faculty member, Rural Administration and Panchayati Raj at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, IIPA, New Delhi. She is also the Coordinator for Centre for Public Policy, Planning and Development, IIPA.

Earlier, she served as Senior Consultant to the former Union Minister of Panchayati Raj, Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, providing inputs on Local government. She has also served as faculty member at Centre for Rural studies, LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, where she was involved in training of the Indian Administrative service officers in areas related to Rural Development.

She has worked on Five Major Projects as Project Director, funded by IDRC, Irish Aid, Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Rural Development and UNDP. She has prepared several Reports for Government of India.

Her current research interests include Decentralization and Local governance (Panchayati Raj), Gender Issues in Informal workforce and Tribal policy.

She has thirty five research papers/Articles published in National and International peer reviewed journals. She has authored three books/ Monographs and has contributed Chapters in eleven volumes. Four books on these issues are forthcoming.

She was a member of Thematic Group on Panchayati Raj and Local-self government constituted by Ministry of DoNER.

She was involved in the Expert Committee for Leveraging Panchayati Raj, Constituted by Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India (November, 2012). She was recently nominated as the Domain Expert for the spot study for PM award for excellence in Public Administration (2014).

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CONTRIBUTORSSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Pranab MukherjeeDr. Rajendra Prasad Narendra ModiGovind Ballabh Pant A.P.J. Abdul KalamDr S. Radhakrishnan Atal Bihari Vajpayee C. Rajagopalachari Rajiv Gandhi Dr. Zakir Hussain Manmohan SinghJagjivan Ram Asoka Mehta C.D. DeshmukhJohn Matthai V.T. Krishnamachari G.V. Mavalankar Karan SinghP.B.Gajendragadkar Swami Ranganathananda A.D. Gorwala M. Hamid AnsariB. Shiva Rao B.K. Nehru K.L. Shrimali D.R. Gadgil N. Raghavan Pillai T.N. Chaturvedi M. Channa Reddy P.S. AppuC.S. Venkatachar R.P. Khosla P.C. Alexander H.V. KamathN.V. Gadgil Tarlok Singh L.K. Jha B. Sivaraman S.G. Barve L.M. SinghviL.P. Singh Dharma ViraJ.S. Verma V. Jagannadham S. Lall J.N. Khosla B. Venkatappiah V. SubramaniamBalvantray Mehta S.R. Maheshwari

CONTRIBUTORSSardar Vallabhbhai Patel Pranab MukherjeeDr. Rajendra Prasad Narendra ModiGovind Ballabh Pant A.P.J. Abdul KalamDr S. Radhakrishnan Atal Bihari Vajpayee C. Rajagopalachari Rajiv Gandhi Dr. Zakir Hussain Manmohan SinghJagjivan Ram Asoka MehtaMorarji Desai C.D. DeshmukhJohn Matthai V.T. Krishnamachari G.V. Mavalankar Karan SinghP.B.Gajendragadkar Swami Ranganathananda A.D. Gorwala M. Hamid AnsariB. Shiva Rao B.K. Nehru K.L. Shrimali D.R. Gadgil N. Raghavan Pillai T.N. Chaturvedi M. Channa Reddy P.S. AppuC.S. Venkatachar R.P. Khosla P.C. Alexander H.V. KamathN.V. Gadgil Tarlok Singh L.K. Jha B. Sivaraman S.G. Barve L.M. SinghviL.P. Singh Dharma ViraJ.S. Verma V. Jagannadham S. Lall J.N. Khosla B. Venkatappiah V. SubramaniamBalvantray Mehta S.R. Maheshwari

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About the Authors KK PandeyProfessor of Urban Management and Coordinator, CUS, IIPA, Ph.D. (Economics – Municipal Fiscal Instruments), Agra University (1996), Advance Course on Urban Management, Birmingham University, UK, 1994, PG Diploma in Urban Development Planning (Financing the Municipal Services), Institute of Housing Studies (IHS), Netherlands, 1985, International Course on Population Studies, University of Hawaii, USA, Online UN-ESCAP course on Municipal Finance April-May, 2000, UN courses on Local Government Management and Leadership. Has 37 years of experience on urban management/governance, finance and housing. Has been a member of seven UN Expert groups, high level missions and committees on urban issues in India and abroad. Also has several publications at his credit drawn from the experience on research, training and advisory services to a range of stakeholders.

Dr. Sachin ChowdhryDr. Sachin Chowdhry, faculty at IIPA since 2005, has been engaged in studies relating to public pol-icies and public service delivery both for national and international agencies. He has conducted stud-ies sponsored by various ministries of Government of India including Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of tribal Af-fairs, Ministry of Steel, etc. and Water and Sanitation Programme, South Asia. He has also published books on urban issues.

Sujit Kumar Pruseth He is currently a faculty member at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi dealing with urban affairs, public administration and policies. He was earlier a faculty member at National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He completed MA, M.Phil, PhD from JNU, New Delhi. He was trained by UN-HABITAT at Israel. He has served as Member, Kerala State Council of Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala. A number of books are to his credit and he contributes regularly to national English dailies.

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“The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it.” -- Samuel Butler


“The basis of effective government is public confidence.” -- John F. Kennedy

Workshop on Consumer Protection and Empowerment

A two-day workshop on “Consumer Protection and Empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions, Rural Development Officials and Service Providers” was organised by the Centre for Consumer Studies,IIPA from July 5-6, 2019 at Hapur in collaboration with the regional training centre, Ghaziabad of SIRD Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The programme was sponsored by the Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India. The objective of the programme was build capacity of the people working at grass root level about consumer rights and Consumer Protection Act. The programme was inaugurated by Ms. Babita Singh, Block Pramukh, Block Panchayat, Hapur. It was coordinated by Prof Suresh Misra and Dr. Sapna Chadah.

Programme for Heads and Members of VCOs/ NGOs on Consumer Protection & Welfare

The Centre for Consumer Studies, IIPA organised the 16th Training of Trainers Programme for the Heads

and Members of VCOs/NGOs on Consumer Protection and Consumer Welfare from July 8-12, 2019 at IIPA. The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India sponsored the programme. The objective of the programme was to enhance participant’s knowledge and skill in the area of Consumer Protection and Consumer Welfare. Prof. Suresh Misra and Dr. Mamta Pathania coordinated the programme.

Programme on Integrated Urban Water System Management

Centre for Urban Studies, IIPA conducted a three-day programme under Integrated Capacity Building with the support from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, and Government of Arunachal Pradesh at Itanagar on July 2, 2019. 46 participants from engineering, town planning and social science background representing departments of Urban Development, Public Health and Engineering and Urban Local Bodies participated .The programme was coordinated by Prof KK Pandey and Dr. Kusum Lata.

Workshop for Officers of Fertilizers Department A customised workshop for officers of the

Department of Fertilizers, Government of India was organised on July 13, 2019 which was attended by a cross section of officers of the Department, right from the level of Fertilizers Secretary, Shri Chhabilendra Roul to Section Officers. The purpose of the workshop was to enhance the sensibilities, sensitivities and capabilities of officers to accomplish improved quality of output. Prof Ashok Vishandass and Dr Surabhi Pandey coordinated the workshop.


Nothing is irreparable in politics. -Jean Anouilh“That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.” -- Thomas Jefferson

Management Development Programme for Judicial Officers of UP

The Management Development Programme (MDP) for Judicial Officers of Uttar Pradesh was organised from July 8-12 and July 22-26, 2019 respectively. It was sponsored by the Law Department, State Government of Uttar Pradesh Judicial Training and Research Institute. The objective of the programme was to bring about management development with regard to the different behavioural dimensions that have far reaching significance in the direction of organisational effectiveness. Dr. Surabhi Pandey was the programme coordinator.

FACuLtY news

A four-member delegation from Mongolia comprising of Mr. Baldan Baatarzorig, Chairman, Civil Services of Council of Mongolia, His Excellency Mr. Gonchig Ganbold, Ambassador of Mongolia to India, Mr. Dorj Demchigsuren, officer-in-charge of Strategic Planning and Policy, and Mr. Horchin Gan-Ochir, Governor Office Manager visited IIPA. Highly appreciative of the library and the infrastructure of IIPA, they shared their similar experiences of Mongolian Academy where they hold e-governance events similar to that of IIPA. The delegation was facilitated by Prof. V.K. Sharma, Prof. Geethanjali Nataraj, Prof. Sheela Reddy and Dr Charru Malhotra.

• Prof. Aroon Manoharan, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Boston visited IIPA on July 31, 2019 to meet Director, Shri

S.N. Tripathi, and Dr. Charru Malhotra. He shared his 5-point evaluation framework “Digital Governance in Municipalities” while also suggesting the possibility of combining it with the MyGov assessment model developed by Dr. Malhotra. Future possibilities of research collaborations were discussed.

• Dr. Charru Malhotra’s research study on “Emerging Perspectives of Government with Advent of Frontier Technology: Indian Context” has been published as a lead paper in the AIMA Journal of Management and Research (AJMR, Volume 13|| Issue 2/4). The study focused on the use of agile methods for implementing emerging technologies in governance to improve efficiency. The study


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“It is not power that corrupts but fear.” ― Aung San Suu Kyi

can be accessed through this link http://apps.aima.in/ejournal_new/articlesPDF/1-Charu-Malhotra.pdf

The Secretary of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) met Shri S N Tripathi, Director, IIPA along with Shri Amitabh Ranjan, Registrar, IIPA and coordinator of Centre of Excellence for Tribal Affairs, Dr Nupur Tiwary to discuss the future Agenda of the Centre. Also present were MoTA Joint Secretaries & TRIFED’s General Manager.

P r o f K K P a n d e y participated in UNHABITAT, New York University that conduc ted a f i ve -day p rog ramme on Met ro Economy and Finance on Ju l y 15 , 2019 a t Modern Institute of Urban Management. A total of 24 professionals from 16 countries participated. The whole cost was borne by the sponsorers.

On the occasion of GuruPurnima, Director IIPA invited IIPA faculty members for an interactive session over the tea. During the conversation, he inspired the members to keep performing better and better.

Tamil Nadu Regional Branch The branch organised a monthly meeting on the

topic “Water Management” on July 20, 2019 at Tower's Club, Anna Nagar, Chennai. The special address was delivered by Dr.R.Saravanan. Associate Professor, Water Resources Centre, Anna University, Chennai. Thiru.S.S.Jawahar. IAS (Rtd), Hony Secretary of the branch welcomed the gathering and introduced the Chief Guest. Thiru.P.R.Shampath. IAS (Retd), President of the branch, in his presidential address stated that failure to address the rain water harvesting

and restoration of existing water bodies will lead to a major catastrophe and all stakeholders should realize their responsibility and act accordingly. Dr.R Saravanan of Water Resources Centre of Anna University Chennai gave a detailed talk along with audio and video and pictorial depictions of the Global, National and State level availability and management of water. Dr. D. Jothi Jagarajan IAS Retd Vice Chairman IIPA TNRB Chennai offered closing remarks and proposed a vote of thanks.

J&K Regional Branch The branch organised a lecture on “Holistic

Approach for Health & Happiness” by Dr Jaipal Singh, MD, ex-Professor & Head Department of Medicine, Govt Medical College & SMGS Hospital, Jammu on June 26, 2019. The lecture was followed by lively interaction and Er J.B.S.Johar, Vice Chairman of the branch who also presided over the function. Dr Jaipal spoke extensively on the topic and gave the audience practical tips for stress free healthy living,


“The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” ― Plato

he mentioned that all must imbibe the habits of [a] Attitude of Gratitude [b] Counting your Blessings daily [c] Always maintain a positive frame of mind [d] Have a Compassionate view [e] Learn to Forgive [f] Have a Sense of Humor. He also advised the audience to shed the habits of [a] Anger [b] Stop comparing oneself to anyone else [c] Never to judge anyone or any situation too quickly. Earlier Mr. Vikrant Kuthiala delivered the

welcome address and Mr Vinod Malhotra, former Development Commissioner J&K presented the formal vote of thanks.

Tirupati Local Branch The branch organised a lecture on ‘Hire and Fire

Policy’ need of the hour in education and also stop political parties’ intervention on July 31, 2019 in the seminar hall of the Department of Adult and Continuing Education, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. Prof V Uma, i/c Vice-Chancellor, Sri Padmavathi Mahila University presented a brief summary. Prof T Kumaraswamy, Principal, Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati presented his views on ‘Man Power Planning’ and other related topics. Prof MC Reddeppa Reddy, UGC emeritus Fellow, Department of Adult and Continuing Education, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati highlighted on multi-displinary courses. Prof MA Hussain, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, SV University, Tirupati focussed on left to right education. Dr C Swarajya Lakshmi, former Principal, SPW Degree College highlighted about the quality of education. Prof A Ranga Reddy, Chairman of the branch shared his personal experience on the topic and how it has helped in improving the work culture among employees in every sector.

Annual General MeetingThe sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the General Body of the Institute will be held on October 11, 2019 (Friday)

at 4.30 pm in the premises of IIPA. Members’ Annual Conference The sixty-third Members’ Annual Conference will be held on October 12, 2019 (Saturday) at 10.00 am

in the premises of IIPA. The theme of the conference is “Good Governance and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals”.

Members’ Annual ConferenceThe 63rd Members’ Annual Conference will be held on 12th October, 2019 in IIPA’s premises. The theme/

subject of the Conference is “Good Governance and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals”. All the members of the IIPA are eligible to submit their papers on the theme.

The length of the papers should be between 1500-3000 words in typescript. Papers exceeding this limit will be returned to the authors. All papers must be accompanied by a synopsis of about 300-400 words in typescript, which is intended to be a comprehensive summary of the paper giving in brief the most important issues being emphasized. The synopsis is intended to be read out at the Annual Conference. Papers without a synopsis will be returned to the authors.

Entries may be sent to the Director, IIPA or Research Coordination Unit at its email: [email protected]. The last date for receipt of entries is September 16, 2019. Papers received thereafter will not be considered.

The papers will be scrutinized by a committee of experts. Only those papers which are accepted for presentation will be circulated. However, synopses of all the papers will be circulated.

As already communicated, all Regional/Local Branches may organize prelude conferences on the theme preceding the Annual Conference. The Regional/Local Branches will make a presentation of synopses/summaries of reports of the regional conference during the Annual Conference.


“No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.” ― Woodrow Wilson

The following topics/themes have been approved by the Competent Authority as under:(a) Annual Essay Prize Competition 2019 1. Water Management 2. Internal Security: Issues, Challenges and Reforms 3. One Nation One Election 4. Gandhiji in Today’s World(b) Members’ Annual Conference 2019 Good Governance and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(c) Special Issue of IJPA (July-September, 2019) Policy Planning Research for Sustainability in Asian Context(d) Special Issue of Lok Prashasan (Hindi Journal) (July-Dec, 2019) xBca/ku dh ljdkj ,oa iz'kklu

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NEW DELHIANNUAL ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION-2019

Entries are invited for the Annual Essay Prize Competition-2019. The value of the prize for the competition will be as under:

First Prize Rs. 10,000/-

Second Prize Rs. 7,000/-

Third Prize Rs. 5,000/-

Any competitor who has got a prize on one occasion will not, on any subsequent occasion, be eligible for an equivalent or lower prize. The joint authorship of essays shall not be allowed and any essay with joint authorship shall not be considered for competition.

The topics for the competition are:

(i) Water Management

(ii) Internal Security: Issues, Challenges and Reforms

(iii) One Nation One Election

(iv) Gandhiji in Today’s World

The essay writers are expected to cover the following aspects in their respective entries:topic: water Management

Focus Area to be covered• Importance of Water


“Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance.” ― Pratibha Patil

• Water Resources

• National Water Policy

• Current government’s policies on emphasis of water conservation and management

• Impact of Climate Change on water

• Need of Water, for Agriculture

• Water Conservation

• Future of Water Resources

• Managing Water Resources

• How to Overcome the Challenges

Topic: Internal Security : Issues, Challenges and Reforms ‘If men were angels, no government would be necessary’ -James Madison

Internal security is an act of ensuring and keeping peace within the borders of a nation by maintaining the national law and order and defending its people from threats of internal security. Of late, most Nations, be it developed or developing, rich or poor have been encountering the issues relating to internal security, albeit in varying degrees. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the Nation be strengthened, and success achieved.

The intensity, frequencies and kinds of threats to the internal security today in 2019 are vastly different from what prevailed seventy years ago. At one level, humankind has learnt a lot from the past and tend to plan for future accordingly. On the other, past is no indication of future threats, given exponential growth in the degree of sophistication in technology. Lack of Internal security may bleed the development and bring the economy to grinding halt.

Then there are issues relating to tackling the youth being psychologically controlled by people who threaten internal security and how to bring back those invaluable human resources, which have already been moved away from the mainstream of society. This calls for participation of the society which has to play a contributory role in healing the nation.

One cannot ignore the glaring fact that misguided youth who have now become a threat to internal security are, in fact, valuable national human resource. Irrespective of the remedy and treatment provided by the law, social healing may be an effective way to minimize the damage. The society at large has to play a concrete role along with the forces already tackling the challenges emerging out of the internal security threats. It would be a Utopian thought to solve problems related to internal security without proactive and consistent participation of society.

Essay writers are expected to trace the origins of threats to the internal security, evolution of these threats over time, analytically dissect the causes of these threats, delineate challenges and give a roadmap of reforms so as to minimise its adverse impact on National interest. It is imperative on the part of Writers to make an intelligible assessment of potential new threats, given changing circumstances like digital revolution, cyber insecurity, just as examples. Those Essay writers who bring out original ideas, connect one idea with the next in a logical manner, articulate the issues, challenges and reforms lucidly with due economy of words without sacrificing clarity, will be accorded due credit.

Topic: One Nation One ElectionElections held at regular intervals are backbone of democracy. Since the independence, the country


“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organise the peace.” ― Aristotle

has strived to ensure that the democratic set-up is not ruptured. The elections for the Parliament and State Legislatures are conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), but the manpower is sourced from the government machinery.

However, there are several challenges. Complexities have increased so much given the size of the country and the population both, that now elections have to be conducted in several phases in most of the cases and at regular interval as well. Frequency of elections is such that every year there are 2-5 elections in one or the other states, which implies that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is in force for substantial time in any given year. It would not be odd to say that the country is always in ‘election mode’. Sheer magnitude of the exercise is daunting.

To address this problem of country always being in the election mode, which often leads to policy paralysis due to imposition of MCC, an idea has been mooted by Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the present Prime Minister is the chief proponent of the idea, to conduct national and state level elections simultaneously.

The essay writers may look into the feasibility of doing the same. There are arguments for both- ‘for’ and ‘against’. They may analyze whether conducting simultaneous elections would be conflicting with the democratic aspirations of the country or not and whether it is legally tenable or would require amendment in the Constitution. Various political parties have voiced their concerns regarding simultaneous elections. Impact of policy paralysis on the economy due to elections can be a good area of analysis.

The writers may analyze the adequacy of the administrative arrangements, right from top to bottom, for conducting free and fair election with fearless participation of electors. Manpower requirement for voting process and counting is enormous. Deployment of Central Armed Police Forces is an important dimension, which can be taken up.

Financial aspect is another very critical dimension. Simultaneous elections may lead to substantial savings, both by the ECI and the political parties, or not. The analysis of conflict between cost feasibility and democratic aspirations may also be very interesting.

The authors may use the statistics relating to elections in terms of increasing number of political parties (National political parties, State recognised parties and registered unrecognised parties), voting population, number of polling stations, manpower deployment- conducting elections and security both, costs for the ECI and political parties, etc.

[B. Debroy and K. Desai prepared a Discussion Paper for NITI Ayog in 2016 titled “Analysis of Simultaneous elections: The What, Why and How”.]

Topic: Gandhiji in Today’s WorldMahatma Gandhi is recognized as one of the ‘founding fathers of the modern Indian state’. He is

recognized throughout the world as a hero, and as the man who gained India’s independence from the British Empire using peaceful methods. His concepts consisted of non -violent protests, people living together in harmony; a world without war. His ideas and quotes are relevant even today in helping us understand ourselves and guide us into a safer, calmer world. Gandhiji is remembered for his passionate adherence to the practice of non-violence and his supreme humanism, in every corner of the world. The Tibetan leader Dalai Lama said, “Many ancient Indian masters have preached ahimsa, non-violence as a philosophy. That was mere philosophical understanding. But Mahatma Gandhi, in this twentieth century, produced a very sophisticated approach because he implemented that very noble philosophy of ahimsa in modern politics, and he succeeded. That is a very great thing.” “We have big war going on today between world peace and world war, between the force of mind and force of materialism, between democracy and totalitarism.” To fight these big wars the common ordinary people in this modern age need Gandhism.


“Loyalty to country, always; loyalty to government, when it deserves it” ― Mark Twain

If we try to analyze the secrets of Gandhi's success, we would probably find Faith and Action and Populism, the three most important aspects of his life. Gandhi's extra ordinary communion with the masses of ordinary people was another of his secrets. He has inspired and will continue to inspire many political, social and religious leaders all over the world. Gandhiji left many valuable sayings for the modern man to fight for goodness in society in a non-violent way. “Good” Gandhjii said “travels at a snail’s pace.” “Non-violence” Gandhiji said “is a tree of slow growth. It grows imperceptibly but surely.” And then “Mere goodness is not of much use.” He stated. “Goodness must be joined with knowledge, courage and conviction. One must cultivate the fine discriminating quality which goes with spiritual courage and character.”The modern man can also take great wisdom from what Gandhiji said, the seven social sins: Politics without principles; Wealth without work; Commerce without morality; Education without character; Pleasure without conscience; Science without humanity; Worship without sacrifice.

His teachings and experiments are more valid today than ever before, especially when we are trying to find solutions to worldwide greed, corruption, violence and runaway consumptive lifestyle which are putting a very heavy burden on the world’s resources. Gandhiji gave India its very first lessons of tolerance, non-violence, Satyagraha, the Quit India Movement, the Dandi March, and of belief in one’s own faith. He not only played a crucial part in India’s independence, but also brought it up as a mature nation on the international platform.

Further it is also relevant to add here that ‘Cleanliness is Godliness’ was the motto of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of Nation. He demonstrated, propagated and insisted for individual and community cleanliness throughout his life. He had a revolutionary vision about making India clean. 'Revolutionary', because he was probably the only leader of his time who realized India's emancipation was possible through sanitation, not just independence. “Swaraj ought to begin with our streets,” said GandhiJi. Connecting the issues of cleanliness and untouchability, Gandhiji emphasised the fact that it is extremely unjust to look upon those who do scavenging to be of the lowest social status. He insisted that each one of us should be our own scavenger. Keeping this idea of cleanliness and sanitation in his mind, he said, “I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” Selecting Mahatma Gandhi as an icon of Swachh Bharat, India has once again re-established its conviction in the Father of the Nation.

Gandhiji worked on various aspects like decreasing unemployment, reducing friction between individuals and social groups, which has a positive impact on mental health at the community as well as on the individual level .India faces many challenges in the New Millennium for attaining the objective of Inclusive growth and reducing the Great Divide between the haves and the have-nots. Mahatma Gandhi understood the flaws of the Percolation or top-down development model where power-relations were centralized. Bapu's paradigm of society is governed by the principles of interdependence, complementarity, fraternity, consensus and participatory management. Only Inclusive growth will lead to sustainable development. In this context Gandhiji's concept of development namely Sarvodaya through Antyodaya, implying the welfare of all through the weakest of the society holds great value.

Therefore, the essay should focus and try to answer the following:

• What may be the relevance of Gandhiji in this all-pervading materialistic, agnostic and consumerist culture?

• What is the significance of Gandhiji to the modern world and what is the secret of his success?

• Taking a lead from the 6 principles that Mahatma Gandhi followed: Truth Nonviolence, Vegetarianism, Brahmacharya, Simplicity, Faith what are the lessons for future?

• Do they actually mean anything to us anymore? Are Gandhi ji’s ideas of the past, or should we try and follow in his footsteps today also?


“A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.” ― Barack Obama

• What are the basic issues of social change prescribed by Gandhiji as the institution of human dignity and equality, which lead to the realization of the inseparability of ends and means; and the urge towards a rational and scientific view of life?

• Focus on the application of the Gandhian economic model through rural Self-Help Groups (SHGs) to attain the objectives of inclusive growth and sustainable development in the New Millennium.

• ‘Swach Bharat, Swasth Bharat’. Cleanliness is not just the responsibility of government but all citizens, including those who work for the government. But, what was Gandhi’s clean India dream?

• Mahatma Gandhi lived to set an example. “My life is my message.” His life’s doings show us that it is possible to live in a world of peace and a world in which matters aren’t solved by fighting and violence. Therefore, why shouldn’t his ideas be relevant even in this century?

• Are we too bound by our efforts to create new weapons of violence in order to defend ourselves? Are we too concerned about how we are to keep ourselves safe, rather than make sure that others are coping too?

• If he died for his ideas and visions for the world, then should we not reconsider what they actually mean to us today, and how they can be applied to our everyday life. So, are his ideas relevant in the 21st century?

• Gandhian Values- Are they completely relevant today and will they remain so in future as well?

• Who will make it relearn the moral values, and who will inculcate in the people, as Gandhi ji did, a sense of the responsibilities which fall on every citizen of a free society?

• What do we resolve to do as we celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?

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