DEMOCRATIC AWARENESS & RTIchennaiNEXT & Satta Panchayat Iyyakkam

KALAM QUOTE

“History has proven that those who dare to imagine the impossible are the ones who break all human limitations”

TOTAL NO OF COUNTRIES - IN UNITED NATIONS

143 193

293243

TOTAL NO OF COUNTRIES - IN UNITED NATIONS

143 193293243

AMONG THIS COUNTRIES, WHERE WOULD INDIA BE (AVG) IN VARIOUS INDICATORS (LIKE EDUCATION, HEALTH, GENDER , INCOME)

TOP 5% BETWEEN 5-33%

BOTTOM 33%

34-67%

INDIA’S RANK

ACHIEVEMENTS OF DEMOCRATIC INDIA

Identify the Person & his key Contribution For India

Integration of Indian Union

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – Iron man of India

• Integration of 565 Princely States• Diverse in language more than

Europe Continent• In close to 15 Months the

integration was completed peacefully

Integration of Indian Union

V.P.Menon, Secretary, Ministry of States

Comparision with Other Countries• Italy – 9 Provinces all same language, same

religion – Took 23 years• Germany – 39 states same language, religion,

ethnicity, literature – 9 years of war and loss of life of tens of thousands of soldires

• Srilanka – 2 language – two decades of civil war • Pakistan – 2 language – got dismembered to

Bangladesh• Belgium, Canada – 2 language – unstable

governmnets

Identify the Person & his key Contribution For India

White Revolution

Dr. Verghese Kurien

India – No.1 in Milk Production

MilK Production Tripled between 1970-95

White Revolution

Kurien with Tribhuvandas Patel, H.M.Dalya

Identify the Person (In the left)& his key Contribution For India

Green Revolution

• M.S. Swaminathan(Person on the right is Norman Borlaug)

• Father of India’s Green Revolution

• Food Production quadrupled since 1950

• No Famine after 1970 and current reserve greater than our production in 1950!

Green Revolution

Identify the 3rd Person & the shared Contribution of 3 for India

Communication Revolution

• Sam Pitroda• Launched Centre for Develoment

of Telematics ( C-DOT)• Telecom Development by Rajiv

Gandhi with Sam as advisor• Vajpayee – Choice and

competition to consumers

Communication Revolution

CREATIVE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

CREATIVE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

“Ultimately my mission is to generate large number of political leaders from within the country”

CREATIVE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

Last Six decades:- Jayaprakash Narayan: Led movement during emergency

against authoritarianism- Rajiv Gandhi: Encouraged Science & Technology, Panchayati raj- V.P.Singh: Social justice to economically backward- P.V.Narashima Rao: Economic Liberalisation, “Brahmos”- A.B.Vajpayee: Nuclear Test, Diplomacy with Pakistan, Golden

Quadrilateral Roadways- Manmohan Singh: RTI, Social Welfare Programmes, High growth

during first term

CREATIVE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

Last Six decades:- Gandhi : Non violent means - Nehru : Architect of Modern India ( Dam, Infra, Space, Atomic

Energy, Defense)- Vallabhbhai Patel : Integration of Indian Union- Ambedkar : Architect of Constitution- Indira Gandhi : India’s first nuclear test and War with Pakistan

over East Pakistan (Bangladesh)- R.Venkataraman : 8th President, former Defense Minister –

Initiated Missile Programme

CREATIVE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

- Do I have the vision for the nation or State?- Am I able to rise above the matters of caste, creed,

religion and language and keep the nation bigger than individual?

- Do I have the courage to transform vision into missions?- Do I have the capability to win over popular support with

integrity, love for people, passion for social service- To come up with innovative policies that will make this

nation globally competitive?

CREATIVE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

Leader:- Travel unexplored path - Courage to take tough decisions- Manage both success and failure - Nobility in Management- Transparent in action- Work & Succeed with integrity

CREATIVE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

Leader:- Travel unexplored path - Courage to take tough decisions- Manage both success and failure - Nobility in Management- Transparent in action- Work & Succeed with integrity

REFLECTION ON OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS AT GRASS ROOTS

- “Kuthampakkam” Elango Rangasamy- Scientist Who Created a Model Village- Scientist @ CSIR- Panchayat President since both 1996

– 2006- The village is recognized as Model

Village- Panchayat Academy: Trains elected

panchayat presidents

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS AT GRASS ROOTS

- “Grama Udhayam” : V.Sundaresan- A unique SHG started in 1999- Has 1,45,000 members from poor

families and serves 5 lakh people in 2 districts

- Covers 1042 villages, 14,620 SHG in 2 districts

- Run on its own funds raised from members

- Loans can be availed @ 6% for income generation, agriculture, emergencies

- Loan given to 2.8 Lakh people and rescued 34000+ people

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS AT GOVT

Prime Point Foundation and PR e-sense, NGO’s ranking MP’s performance Overall Top Performers (Debates + Private bills + Questions): 2013-14- Anandrao Adsul ( SS, Maharastra)- SS Ramasubbu ( Cong, Tamil Nadu)- Gajanan Dharmshi Baba ( SS, Maharastra)- Arjun Ram Meghwal (BJP, Rajasthan)

THOUGHTS OF IGNITED MINDS FROM RURAL & URBAN

Survey of 1000 youth from age 20-35

Politics :+ve: Sacred field, Great Sacrifice, Social Reform, Change Society-ve: Corrupt , Business, Criminals

Politics as route to Public Service:+ve: Duty of every youngster to enter and clean politics -ve: Other ways to do public service

THOUGHTS OF IGNITED MINDS FROM RURAL & URBAN

Survey of 1000 youth from age 20-35

Responses Reflects :- Lack of awareness - High hopes and others last hope - Idealistic- Confident of finding solution

THOUGHTS OF IGNITED MINDS FROM RURAL & URBAN

Survey of 1000 youth from age 20-35

Responses Reflects :- Lack of awareness - High hopes and others last hope - Idealistic- Confident of finding solution

CHALLENGES FOR GENIUNE PEOPLE TO ENTER POLITICS

- Huge illegitimate expense (Like Vote buying)- Primordial Loyalties (Caste, creed, religion)- Political Parties have become personal fiefdoms

YOUTH & POLITICS

“What we are today is because of our political system. India’s youth should not keep away from politics but enter it to inspire, guide and lead to make this nation great in all aspects”

“I strongly believe that the youth of my nation, by entering politics, will build a brand of integrity, honesty, responsibility with accountability and practice development politics”