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ContentPM MODI'S VISION

4 Salient points of PM Modi’s address at the International

Convention on Universal Message of Simhasth at Ujjain

4 Salient points of PM Modi’s address at the launch of

‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ at Ballia, Uttar Pradesh

SPECIAL ARTICLE

4 New Era of Financial Reform: The Bankruptcy And Insolvency

Code 2016 Bhupender Yadav4 India seeking to redefine its relations with Iran

Virendra Gupta

POLICY ANALYSIS

4 Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016: Promoting

Investments, Entrepreneurship & Ease of Doing Business

Siddharth Singh4 #Achhe Din: Initiatives taken by Modi Government for welfare of

farmers have started showing positive results

Siddharth Singh4 Increasing productivity of working in both Houses of

Parliament

NATIONAL AGENDA

4 EMBRACE OF CIVILISATIONAL INDIA Anirban Ganguly4 Status of Skill Development Programmes under Ministry of

Skill Developmnt and Entrepreneurship

4 Initiatives undertaken by the Ministry of Tourism in the recent

past for development and promotion of Tourism

POLITICAL COMMENTARIES

4 ;gh gSa vPNs fnuksa ds ladsr vfer 'kkgvfer 'kkgvfer 'kkgvfer 'kkgvfer 'kkg4 Jh vkfn 'kadjkpk;Z dk izsjd O;fDrRo Hkwisaæ ;knoHkwisaæ ;knoHkwisaæ ;knoHkwisaæ ;knoHkwisaæ ;kno4 Poverty – Its Dividends for the Congress Party’s Reigning

Family Ajay Thakur4 ekysxk¡o ekeys esa [kqyus yxh ijrsa f'kokuUn f}osnhf'kokuUn f}osnhf'kokuUn f}osnhf'kokuUn f}osnhf'kokuUn f}osnh4 Political Paradigm of West Bengal: A Tryst with Dichotomy

Jay Prakash Majumdar

INDIA@POSITIVE

4 Indian Railways: Setting new records....

4 Foodgrains worth Rs 10,000 crore better targeted with

computerisation of PDS

INDIA'S WORLD OF DIPLOMACY

4 Prime Minister Modi’s Bodh Gaya Initiative: foreign policy of

multi-alignment & multi-engagement Dr. Anirban Ganguly

PARTY PRESIDENT

4 Hkkjrh; turk ikVÊ ds jk"Vªh; vè;{k Jh vfer 'kkg }kjk dsjy dsdqUuwj] dks>hdksM vkSj fFkzlqj dh jSyh esa fn, x, lacksèku ds eq[; Çcnq

Editorial Advisors :

Shakti Sinha, IAS (Rtd)Former Power & Finance

Secretary Govt. of Delhi

Dr. Anirban GangulyDirector, SPMRF

Dr. Shiv Shakti BakshiExecutive Editor, Kamal Sandesh

Dr. Vijay Chauthaiwale

In-Charge BJP Foreign Affairs Department

& Convener, Overseas Friends of BJP

Dr. Dhananjay Singh(Assistant Professor),

Jawaharlal Nehru University

Professor Santishree D.Pandit

Professor

Savitribai Phule Pune University

&

Vice- President- Indian Political Science Association

Dr. Amit Singh

Assistant Professor ARSD College,

Delhi University

Amit Malviya

National In-charge, IT & Social

Media Vibhag, BJP

Research Team :

l Siddharth Singh

l Shivanand Dwivedi l Ajit Jha

l Pradip Bhandari l Shailendra Kumar Shukla

l Shubhendu Anand

Layout :

Vikas Saini

Published by :

Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Research Foundation,

9, Ashoka Road New Delhi- 110001

E-mail : [email protected],

Telephone : 011-48005850

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The Assembly elections results of 19th May are adecisive pointer to the cluelessness and lack of

direction of the Congress Party, especially under thetutelage and control of its first "dynasty." With allhis melodrama, cheap pot-shots, tactics of stallingParliament and lending support to forces andformations that called for India's destruction,Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi could not pullit off. In fact, the Congress's loss can only be attributedto the maverick and jerky style of politics that its vicepresident follows and especially to the support hehad lent to the anti-India forces that called for thecountry's dismemberment.

Rahul Gandhi went out of his way to expresssolidarity with lumpens who called for "Bharat kiBarbadi" and spat on the vision of the "motherland"while berating the emotions that express themselvesthrough a worship of the mother country. Heunderestimated the galvanising power of nationalismamong the ordinary people, his action of defiantsupport to the anti-India elements did not take intoaccount the emotions of the multitude who still feelan innate and palpable identity with the vision,concept and physical contours of India. The lumpens,in whose support Rahul Gandhi galloped, are of coursenowhere to be seen now, having forsaken him to mournall by himself his most recent political debacle theyhave receded, for the moment, into their ideologicalburrows.

Ever since the summer of 2014, the Congressunder the Gandhi's has been misreading the publicmood. It had calculated that uncontrolled oppositionto a government which had won the largest mandate

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Congress's Lack of Direction & Left'sGrowing Irrelevance

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in three decades and in it to the leader, who had made that mandate possible,would pay rich dividends and bring about a paralysis of governance that woulddirectly benefit the Congress. The Assembly election results of May 2016, twoyears after the BJP led Narendra Modi government came to power, have provedthe Congress wrong. As BJP president Amit Shah said, people want to see actionin terms of governance, delivery and performance and the present results haveactually inaugurated a new era of "performance based politics." Those who donot perform, or do not allow others with a legitimate mandate to perform would,themselves eventually perish politically. The Congress's fate this summer is areflection of that. The politics of aspiration cannot be arrested through pettyobstructionism goaded by the constricted aims of protecting an individual or afamily.

The results are also a stark and sharp reminder to the Congress leadershipthat its future does not lie in being beholden to the "family" anymore and thatits eventual survival depends on respecting and nurturing a leadership thatgrows through and is connected to the soil and roots of India, a leadershipwhich has a connect and bonding to the people and does not live in a falseparadise of its own making that is limited to the Lyutens zone of the nationalcapital.

For the BJP, the summer verdict of 2016, has established it as a pan-India partyand the dream of making an entry in the Northeast of India has been accomplishedwith aplomb. Years of hard work, years of toil at the grassroots, often under themost trying conditions, years of connecting with the people and struggling alongwith them to highlight their issues in the region have finally yielded results. Thosewho had written off Amit Shah after the Bihar elections, those pundits who hadrevelled at the thought of his loss need to also now record that it was under AmitShah that the BJP finally won and decisively won Assam, a feat that instantlyturned it into a party that had now stamped its footprints across the whole ofIndia, literally from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and from Somnath to Kamrup.

In West Bengal and Kerala the BJP has made inroads and after years ofstruggle succeeded in registering its presence, this in itself is a first step and inany case the BJP leadership was clear that in these two states the objective wasto register a presence within the Assembly. That the BJP could make inroads inthese states despite the adverse circumstances - in Kerala, for example,Communists goons repeatedly attacked and threatened BJP workers andleaders - is itself a sign of its resilience and determination to stamp its symbolall across the country. Both in West Bengal and in Kerala the BJP has rampedup a vote share of over 10% as well.

The Communists in West Bengal have been shown the door, theiropportunism and political duplicity has been exposed and rejected by thepeople. Its alliance with the "bourgeois" Congress smacked of revisionism and

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could not deliver anything respectable. West Bengal for all practical purposeshas rejected and banished the Communists for at least quite a while. In fact,except for Kerala, the comrades have been made irrelevant nationally. Theirattempts to raise a bogey of "intolerance", "communalism", and "conflict"through coteries of self-styled intellectuals and drum-beaters from across thevarious lounges of the privileged Lyutens clubs made it oblivious to the realpulse of India.

Neither the communists support for "Barbadi lumpens", neither theirdemand for "privilege motions" when exposed in Parliament on their supportto these elements, neither their relentless propaganda against Prime MinisterModi in the country and through international forums could propel them togreater power. What is required, for them now is to engage in seriousintrospection - ideology has definitely gone for a toss and cadres have been leftconfused. For the cadres to see the communist parties in an opportunisticalliance with the Congress in West Bengal and in a battle with the same partyin Kerala decimated any pretence of ideology based politics. The Communistparties have actually emerged the masters of barter politics shorn of anydialectical or ideological pretensions.

The Results have again made a course correction for national politics,further marginalising the Congress, cornering the Left and pushing it towardsgreater irrelevance while giving the BJP a stronger foundation, as Amit Shahobserved, "It has laid a strong foundation for victory in 2019."

— Dr. Anirban Ganguly,

Director, SPMRF

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Salient points of PM Modi’s address atthe International Convention on

Universal Message of Simhasth at Ujjain

8 ge ml fl)karksa esa iys&c<+s gSa fd tgka'kjhj rks vkrk vkSj tkrk gSA vkRek ds vejRo dslkFk tqM+s gq, ge yksx gSa vkSj mlds dkj.k gekjhvkRek dh lksp u gesa dky ls caèkus nsrh gS] u gesadky dk xqyke cuus nsrh gS ysfdu mlds dkj.k,d ,slh fLFkfr iSnk gqÃ fd gekjh bl egkuijaijk] ;s gtkjksa lky iqjkuh laLdfr] blds dÃigyw] oks ijaijk, fdl lkekftd lanHkZ esa 'kq:gqÃ] fdl dky ds xHkZ esa iSnk gqÃ] fdl fopkjeaFku esa ls chtkjksi.k gqvk] oks djhc&djhc vyC;gS vkSj mlds dkj.k ;s dqaHk esys dh ijaijk dSlsçkjaHk gqÃ gksxh mlds fo"k; esa vusd çdkj dsfofHkUu er çpfyr gSa] dky[kaM Hkh cM+k] cgqr cM+kvarjky okyk gSA dksÃ dgsxk gtkj lky igys]dksÃ dgsxk 2 gtkj lky igys ysfdu brukfuf'pr gS fd ;s ijaijk ekuo thou dh lkaLdfrd;k=k dh iqjkru O;oLFkkvksa esa ls ,d gSA

8 eSa rdZ ls vkSj vuqeku ls dg ldrk gwafd lekt osnrk] lar&egar] _f"k] eqfu tks gjiy lekt ds lq[k&nq[k dh ppkZ vkSj Çprkdjrs FksA lekt ds HkkX; vkSj Hkfo"; ds fy,uÃ&uÃ foèkkvk s a dk vUos"k.k djrs Fk s ]Innovation djrs FksA

8 ,d ckj ç;kxjkt ds dqaHk esys esa cSBrsFks] ,d Final decision fy;k tkrk Fkk lcds}kjk feydj ds fd fiNys 12 lky esa lekt;gka&;gka x;k] ;gka igqapkA vc vxys 12 lkyds fy, lekt ds fy, fn'kk D;k gksxh] lektdh dk;Z'kSyh D;k gksxh fdu phtksa dh çkFkfedrkgksxh vkSj tc dqaHk ls tkrs Fks rks yksx ml,tsaMk dks ysdj ds vius&vius LFkku ij igqaprsFks vkSj gj rhu lky ds ckn tcfd dHkh ukfldesa] dHkh mTtSu esa] dHkh gfj}kj esa dqaHk dk esykyxrk Fkk rks mldk mid-term appraisal

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gksrk Fkk fd HkÃ ç;kxjkt esa tks fu.kZ; gedjds x, Fks rhu lky esa D;k vuqHko vk;k vkSjÇgnqLrku ds dksus&dksus ls yksx vkrs FksA

8 mTtSu ds bl dqaHk esa larksa ds vk'khokZnls ,d u;k ç;kl çkjaHk gqvk gS vkSj ;s u;kç;kl ,d çdkj ls ml lfn;ksa iqjkuh O;oLFkkdk gh ,d Modern edition gS vkSj ftlesaorZeku le> esa] oSfÜod lanHkZ esa ekuo tkfr dsfy, D;k pqukSfr;ka gSa] ekuo dY;k.k ds ekxZ D;kgks ldrs gSaA cnyrs gq, ;qx esa dky cká phtksadks NksM+us dh fgEer dSls vk,] iqjkuh phtksa dkscks> ysdj ds pydj ds vkneh Fkd tkrk gSAmu iqjkuh dky cká phtksa dks NksM+dj ds ,du, foÜokl] uÃ rktxh ds lkFk dSls vkxs c<+tk,] mldk ,d NksVk lk ç;kl bl fopkjegkdqaHk ds vanj gqvk gSA

8 ge oks yksx gSa] tgka gekjh NksVh&NksVhpht cM+h le>us tSlh gSA ge ml laLdkjlfjrk ls fudys gq, yksx gSaA tgka ,d fHk{kqdHkh fHk{kk ekaxus ds fy, tkrk gS] rks Hkh mldsfefgy eqag ls fudyrk gS tks ns mldk Hkh Hkyktks u ns mldk Hkh Hkyk*A ;s NksVh ckr ugÈ gSA;s ,d oks laLdkj ijEijk dk ifj.kke gS fd ,dfHk{kqd eqag ls Hkh 'kCn fudyrk gS ^nsxk mldkHkh Hkyk tks ugÈ nsxk mldk Hkh Hkyk*A ;kuh ewyÇpru rRoHkko ;g gS fd lcdk Hkyk gks lcdkdY;k.k gksA ;s gj çdkj ls gekjh jxksa esa HkjkiM+k gSA geh rks yksx gSa ftudks fl[kk;k x;kgSA rsu rÙksu HkwathFkkA D;k rj ds gh Hkksxsxk ;svçrhe vkuUn gksrk gSA ;s gekjh jxksa esa HkjkiM+k gSA tks gekjh jxksa esa gS] oks D;k gekjs thouvkpj.k ls vNwrk rks ugÈ gks jgk gSA bruhegku ijEijk dks dgÈ ge [kks rks ugÈ ns jgs gSaAysfdu dHkh mldks txtksM+k fd;k tk, fdvuqHko vkrk gS fd ugÈ vkt Hkh ;s lkeFkZ gekjsns'k esa iM+k gSA

8 fdlh le; bl ns'k ds çèkkuea=hykycgknqj 'kkL=h us ns'k dks vkgoku fd;k Fkk

fd lIrkg esa ,d fnu 'kke dk [kkuk NksM+nhft,A ns'k dks vUu dh t:jr gSA vkSj bl ns'kds dksVh&dksVh yksxksa us rsu R;äsu HkqathFkk bldksvius thou esa pfjrkFkZ djds] djds fn[kk;k FkkA

8 Kku dks u iwjc gksrk gS u if'pe gksrkgSA Kku dks u chrh gqÃ dy gksrh gS] Kku dksu vkus okyh dy gksrh gSA Kku vtjk vejgksrk gS vkSj gj dky esa midkjd gksrk gSA ;sgekjh ijEijk jgh gS vkSj blfy, foÜo esa tks HkhJs"B gS bldks ysuk] ikuk] ipkuk internalize

djuk ;s geyksxksa dks lfn;ksa ls vknr jgh gSA

8 ge ,d ,sls lekt ds yksx gSaA tgkafofoèkrk,a Hkh gSa vkSj dHkh&dHkh ckgj okys O;fädks conflict Hkh utj vkrk gSA ysfdu nqfu;ktks conflict management dks ysdj ds bruhlSfeukj dj jgh gS] ysfdu jkLrs ugÈ fey jgsAgeyksx gSa inherent conflict management

dk gesa fl[kk;k x;k gSA ojuk nks extreme gedHkh Hkh ugÈ lksp ldrs FksA ge Hkxoku jke dhiwtk djrs gSa] ftUgksaus firk dh vkKk dk ikyufd;k FkkA vkSj ge oks yksx gSa] tks çgykn dh Hkhiwtk djrs gSa] ftlus firk dh vkKk dh voekuukdh FkhA bruk cM+k conflict] ,d oks egkiq#"kftlus firk dh vkKk dks ekuk oks Hkh gekjsiwtuh; vkSj ,d nwljk egkiq#"k ftlus firk dhvkKk d dk vuknj fd;k oks Hkh gekjk egkiq#"kA

8 ge gBckfèkrk ls caèks gq, yksx ugÈ gSaAge n'kZu ds tqM+s gq, yksx gSaA vkSj n'kZu] n'kZurih rikÃ fopkjksa dh çfØ;k vkSj thou 'kSyh esals fupksM+ ds :i esa fudyrk jgrk gSA tksle;kuqdwy mldk foLrkj gksrk tkrk gSA mldk,d O;kid :i le; esa vkrk gSA vkSj blfy,ge ml n'kZu dh ijEijkvksa ls fudys gq, yksxgSa tks n'kZu vkt Hkh gesa bl thou dks thus dsfy, çsj.kk nsrk gSA

8 geus oSKkfud vkèkkj ij viuh ckrksa dksnqfu;k ds lkeus j[kuk iM+sxkA vkSj blfy;s ;ghrks dqEHk ds dky esa ;s fopkj&foe'kZ vko';drk

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gS] tks gekjs ewY;ksa dh] gekjs fopkjksa dh èkkjfudky ldsA

8 phtksa esa ijEijk,a D;ksa #dkoV cuuhpkfg,A ;s iquÆopkj djus dh vko';drk gS vkSjblfy, ijEijkvksa ds uke ij voSKkfud rjhdsls cnys gq, ;qx dks] cnys gq, lekt dks ewY;ds LFkku ij thfor j[krs gq, mldks eksM+uk]cnyuk fn'kk nsuk ;s ge lcdk drZO; curk gS]ge lcdk nkf;Ro curk gSA vkSj ml nkf;Rodks vxj ge fuHkkrs gSa rks eq>s foÜokl gS fd geleL;kvksa dk lekèkku [kkst ldrs gSaA

8 vkt foÜo nks ladVksa ls xqtj jgk gSA,d rjQ Xykscy okÉex nwljh rjQ vkradoknAD;k mik; gS bldkA vkf[kj blds ewy ij dkSulh phtsa iM+h gSaA holier than thou rsjs jkLrsls esjk jkLrk T;knk lgh gSA ;gh rks Hkko gS tksconflict dh vksj gesa ?klhVrk ys pyk tk jgkgSA foLrkjokn ;gh rks gS tks gesa conflict dhvksj ys tk jgk gSA ;qx cny pqdk gSA foLrkjoknleL;kvksa dk lekèkku ugÈ gSA ge gkWjhtkWUVydh rjg gh tk,a leL;kvksa dk lekèkku ugÈ gSAgesa oÆVdy tkus dh vko';drk gS vius Hkhrjdks Åij mBkus dh vko';drk gS] O;oLFkkvksa dksvkèkqfud djus dh vko';drk gSA uÃ Åapkb;ksadks ikj djus ds fy, mu ewY;ksa dks Lohdkj djusdh vko';drk gksrh gS vkSj blfy;s le; jgrsgq, ewyHkwr Çpru ds çdk'k esa] le; ds lanHkZ esavko';drkvksa dh mit ds :i esa uÃ foèkkvksadks tUe nsuk gksxkA osn lc dqN gS ysfdumlds ckn Hkh geh yksx gSa ftUgksaus osn ds çdk'kesa mifu"knksa dk fuekZ.k fd;kA mifu"kn esa cgqrdqN gSA ysfdu le; jgrs geus Hkh osn dsçdk'k esa mifu"kn] mifu"kn ds çdk'k esa le`frvkSj lzqfr dks tUe fn;k vkSj le`fr vkSj lzqfr;ka]tks ml dky[kaM dks fn'kk nsrh gS] mlds vkèkkjij ge pysaA vkt ge esa fdlh dks osn ds ukeHkh ekywe ugÈ gksaxsA ysfdu osn ds çdk'k esamifu"kn] mifu"kn ds çdk'k esa Jqfr vkSj le`fr

oks vkt Hkh gesa fn'kk nsrh gSaA le; dh ekax gSfd vxj 21oÈ lnh esa ekuo tkfr dk dY;k.kdjuk gS rks pkgs osn ds çdk'k esa mifu"kn jghgks] mifu"kn ds çdk'k esa le`fr vkSj Jqfr jghgks] rks le`fr vkSj Jqfr ds çdk'k esa 21oÈ lnh dsekuo ds dY;k.k ds fy, fdu phtksa dh t:jrgS ;s 51 ve`r fcUnq 'kk;n iw.kZr;% u gks dqNdfe;ka mlesa Hkh gks ldrh gSaA D;k ge dqEHk dsesys esa ,sls ve`r fcUnq fudky dj ds vk ldrsgSaA

8 lgt :i ls gekjs thou esa çd`fr dkçse] çd`fr ds lkFk la?k"kZ ugÈ] lgthou dslaLdkj gesa feys gSa vkSj blfy, ftu Çcnqvksa dksysdj ds vkt ge pyuk pkgrs gSaA mu Çcnqvksaij foÜokl j[krs gq, vkSj tks dky cká gSmldks NksM+uk iM+sxkA ge dky cká phtksa dscks> ds chp th ugÈ ldrs gSa vkSj cnyko dksÃcM+k ladV gS] ;s Mj Hkh eSa ugÈ ekurk gwa fdgekjh rkdr dk ifjp; nsrk gSA vjs cnykovkus nks] cnyko gh rks thou gksrk gSA ejh iM+hÇtnxh esa cnyko ugÈ gksrk gS] Çtnk fny thouesa gh rks cnyko gksrk gS] cnyko dks Lohdkjdjuk pkfg,A ge loZlekos'kd yksx gSa] gelcdks tksM+us okys yksx gSaA ;s lcdks tksM+us dkgekjk lkeF;Z gS] ;s dgÈ detksj rks ugÈ gks jgkvxj ge detksj gks x, rks ge tksM+us dknkf;Ro ugÈ fuHkk ik,axs vkSj 'kk;n gekjs flokdksÃ tksM+ ik,xk fd ugÈ ik,xk ;s dguk dfBugS blfy, gekjk oSfÜod nkf;Ro curk gS fdtksM+us ds fy, Hkh gekjs Hkhrj tks fof'k"V xq.kksadh vko';drk gS mu xq.kksa dks gesa fodflrdjuk gksxk D;ksafd ladV ls Hkjs tu&thou dkslqyHk cukuk ge yksxksa us nkf;Ro fy;k gqvk gSvkSj gekjh bl _f"k;ksa&eqfu;ksa dh ijaijk Kkuds HkaMkj gSa] vuqHko dh ,d egku ijaijk jgh gS]mlds vkèkkj ij ge bldks ysdj ds pysaxs rkseq>s iwjk foÜokl gS fd tks vis{kk,a gSa] oks iwjhgksaxhA l l l l l

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8 vkt ,d eÃ gS] iwjk foÜo vkt Jfed fnolds :i esa euk;k tkrk gSA etnwj fnol ds :iesa euk;k tkrk gSA vkSj vkt ns'k dk ;s^etnwj uEcj ,d* ns'k ds lHkh Jfedksa dksmuds iq#"kkFkZ dks] muds ifjJe dks] jk"Vª dksvkxs c<+kus esa muds vfojFk ;ksxnku dksdksfV&dksfV vfHkuUnu djrk gSA ml egkuijEijk dks ç.kke djrk gSA Hkkb;ksa&cguksa nqfu;kesa ,d ukjk pyrk FkkA ftl ukjs esa jktuhfrdh cw LokHkkfod FkhA vkSj oks ukjk py jgk FkkAnqfu;k ds etnwj ,d Fkk] nqfu;k ds etnwj ,dgks tkvks] vkSj oxZ la?k"kZ ds fy, etnwjksa dks ,ddjus ds vkºoku gqvk djrs FksA 21oÈ lnh dhvko';drk,a vyx gSa] 21oÈ lnh dh fLFkfr;kavyx gS vkSj blfy;s 21oÈ lnh dk ea= ,dgh gks ldrk gS ^foÜo ds etnwjksa foÜo dsJfedksa vkvks ge nqfu;k dks ,d djsa nqfu;k dks

tksM+ nsa* ;s ukjk 21oÈ lnh dk gksuk pkfg,Aoks,d oä Fkk 'Labourers of the World,

Unite'] vkt oä gS ^Labourers, Unite

the World* ;s cnyko bl ea= ds lkFkAvkt nqfu;k dks tksM+us dh t:jr gSA vkSjnqfu;k dks tksM+us ds fy, vxj lcls cM+k dksÃchemical gS] lcls cM+k ÅtkZoku dksÃcementing force gS] rks oks etnwj dk ilhukgSA ml ilhus esa ,d ,slh rkdr gS] tks nqfu;kdks tksM+ ldrk gSA

8 geus etnwjksa ds fy, Hkh Je dkuwuksa esa]Jfedksa dh ljdkj ds lkFk lacaèkksa esa] ,dvkewypwy ifjorZu yk;k gSA vusd cnykoyk, gSaA esjs I;kjs Hkkb;ksa&cguksa vkidks tkudjds nq%[k gksxk] ihM+k gksxh] vk'p;Z Hkh gksxk fdgekjs ns'k esa ljdkj ls ftudks iSa'ku feyrkFkk] bl ns'k esa rhl yk[k ls T;knk Jfed

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Recently the JointCommittee, which

is dealing with theissue on theI n s o l v e n c y a n dBankruptcy hassubmitted on theInsolvency andBankruptcy Code2015. This is importantbecausethe biggest fearbefore startingbusiness in India is generally to dealwith multiple laws, specially in case,if one realizes that the businessinvestment was the wrong choice thenone has to deal with the scatteredlaws.Present government has realizedthat ease of doing business is not onlyabout convenient entry into themarket, it is equally important to haveeasy exit or restricting of the debt ifone realizes that there is lessprobability to continue with the samesetup.

After submission of the JoinParliamentary committee report, theInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016is before House. It will be importantto see what is expected from the Codeat the time when Indian market isstruggling to handle the issue of baddebt and non repayment etc. It was

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genuinely expected fromthe government, which isconstantly talking abouteconomic reform as itsone of the focus agendathat there must beprovision for assuranceof getting the moneyback when creditor hasvalid reason forwithdrawing the moneyfrom the investment

because such flexibility will encourageinvestors to invest in Indian marketwithout fear of non-payment.

One of the most important reformthis Code is bringing while giving thesolution for everything relating to theinsolvency and bankruptcy under onelegislation. The Code is going to makesubstantive changes in elevenenactments and repeal few to avoidany conflicting situation. There is alsoprovision to takeaway jurisdiction ofthe civil court to ensure fast andeffective process in timely manner.The Specialised adjudicatingauthorities like NCLT and DRT aregoing to be adjudicating authorities todeal with special corporate issue ineffective and efficient way.

Code prescribes the time limit forprocedures at every stage to ensure the

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result in 180 days but Code has alsotaken care the force majeure and madeprovision of one time extension of 90days in certain circumstances. Thereis also provision for fast track optionwhich is in the time limit of 90 dayswith only one extension of 45 days ifnecessary because in today’s fastworld, its not important that there islaw to ensure repayment of debt, it isalso important to ensure timelyrepayment.

This is not all, to ensure effectiveimplementation of the procedureprescribed under that Code, there isprovision for establishment of newBoard to deal with this specializedmatter because the strong FinancialInstitutions have a major role insustainability of the economy of anycountry which is going to be ensuredafter enactment of the Insolvency andBankruptcyCode in India.

Another unique feature of the codeis that it gives right to operationalcreditorto initiate procedure and theright is not limited to big creditorsonly who can say that they want theirmoney back, the operationalcreditoralsohave saying in the procedure.Workmen and other employees havepriority as per this Code. This Code ishere to say that enough playingaround with scattered laws and livinga lavish life with unlimited debt, nowthere is a limit of waiting forrepayment of debt. In short, either re-structure, repay or windup.

One of the new and unique featureof this Code is to establish anInformation Utility for collection of all

authentic information at one place. Itis a new concept in India, which isgoing to facilitate one to check theinformation before investing andconsequently going to become an aidto ensure one’s investment is secured.Information Utility will collect, collate,authenticate and disseminatefinancial information to facilitateinsolvency, liquidation & bankruptcy.

The Code makes provision for thecreation of a class of professionals, whowill be specialized in dealing with suchmatters and will be accessible to thepersons who need it because they will beregistered with the agency as ‘InsolvencyResolution Professionals”, they are theprofessionals, who will ensure anefficient, effective and professionalhandling of repayment of debt.

One of the most importantchallenges before investors was to dealwith the situation where one has baddebt in India but the property wassituated outside Indian jurisdiction. Thecode has made provision to tackle issuesof cross border insolvency. If one cannotreplay their debt then the asset situatedoutside Indian territory can also beconsidered and used for repayment if theIndian property is not sufficient. For thispurpose two provisions are includedbut details may come in subsequent rulesas this issue requires cooperation of theother country and detail procedures toexecute it. In short, creditors are securedin India and the time has come for a neweconomic era, where India is going toattract investors more than ever.

(M.P. Rajya Sabha, Chairman, JPCon Bankruptcy and Insolvency Code)

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Iran has always been animportant player in the

volatile Middle East region.In the past, despiteeconomic hardships, it hassought to maintain anaggressive posture in theregion. With a noticeablethaw in its relations withthe United States andlifting of US sanctions, itsconfidence and activism isbound to gather further traction.

Iran has the second largesteconomy in the Middle East and oureconomic interests there are fairlyobvious. It is also a part of ourextended neighbourhood and iscritical to the pursuit of our securityinterests in Afghanistan and inCentral Asia. In the past, India andIran have supported the NorthernAlliance in Afghanistan againstTaliban. However, despite theseextensive linkages and presence ofstrong historic and cultural relationswith Iran, there appears to bemisgivings in certain quarters that wemay have neglected Iran somewhat inthe last decade or so. There is a ‘newIran’ in the offing and the NarendraModi government appears fully intenton reversing that perception. Indiahas fielded a string of high level visits

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to Iran which wouldculminate in PrimeMinister Modi’s visitlater this month and theimport of priorityattention being providedby India to itsengagement with Iranwould not be lost on theIranian leadership.

Petroleum MinisterDharmendra Pradhan

visited Iran last month (April 2016)to have detailed discussions on a hostof projects in the energy sector whichis an area of priority concern in ourengagement with Iran. He flaggedIndia’s interest in the development ofFarzad-B gas field which wasdiscovered by ONGC Videsh ledconsortium in 2008. It is estimated tohave reserves of 12.50 trillion cft ofgas which could last for threedecades. Because of sanctions, nofurther work could be undertaken inthat field. Iran has kept this field outof the auction basket and the chancesof India acquiring the rights tocommercially develop this fieldappear bright. Minister Pradhan alsoreiterated India’s commitment toinvest upto US$ 20 billion inupstream projects in Iran. In thatcontext, he also visited the Chabahar

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port Special Economic Zone andrequested allocation of suitable landin the SEZ for those projects.

Iran was the second largest crudeoil supplier to India in 2008-09 withour imports reaching nearly 450,000bpd. We continued to import sizeablequantities of oil from Iran even afterthe imposition of comprehensivesanctions by US in 2010, despiteAmerican protestations, but it becameincreasingly difficult to sustain thoselevels and our imports came down tohalf of the earlier offtake. With thelifting of sanctions and aggressivepush by the government to ramp upits engagement with Iran, our refinersboth in the public and private sectorsare getting ready for larger intake ofIranian crude supplies andindications are that our overall importin the current year might well gobeyond the pre-sanctions level.

We are also interested in securinglong term supplies of gas from Iran atcompetitive prices. Pricing issue nodoubt is a difficult one but should getresolved in the near future. This wasone of the priority issues for MinisterPradhan in Iran and he also hadpreliminary discussions concerningvarious options for evacuation of gasto India. One of the ideas on the tableinvolves a 1400 km undersea gaspipeline from Chabahar port toGujarat coast completely bypassingPakistan since proposals for routing ofoil/gas pipelines through Pakistanhave not been able to gather muchtraction because of continuing securityand political difficulties.

We have expressed interest intaking up the development ofChabahar port. Its strategicsignificance lies in providing access toAfghanistan and Central Asia and inthat sense it could well be regarded asa counterpoint to the Chineseinvolvement in the development ofGwadar port in Pakistan. We havealready agreed to a concessionalfunding of US $ 150m fordevelopment of jetties and berths atthe port and would be prepared toconsider additional Line of Credit ofUS$ 400m for a railway link betweenChabahar port and Zahedan. Indiahas simultaneously also expressedinterest in starting work on theInternational North South TransportCorridor (INSTC) which wouldcontribute to better connectivity in theregion.

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj’svisit to Iran within days of Pradhan’svisit has definitely helped us to raisethe pitch for economic andinfrastructure projects at the politicallevel and to flag our interest in raisingthe relations to a strategic level bystrengthening our cooperation incounterterrorism and maritimesecurity areas. She was able to securean assurance from President Rouhanithat Iran was willing to be a “reliablepartner” for India’s energy needs.Rouhani also spoke of Chabahar portas a “defining partnership” betweenIndia and Iran.

Having come under severeeconomic stress during the sanctions,the Iranian government appears keen

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on a quick turnaround for whichforeign investment in the energysector would be critical. Indianapproaches in this regard maytherefore receive welcome andfavourable response in Tehran but wewould need to be prompt in decisionmaking at our end since there is boundto be a lot of competition particularlyfrom the Chinese and Europeancompanies.

Even though PM Manmohan Singhvisited Iran in 2012 to participate inthe NAM Summit, Modi’s trip wouldconstitute the first full-fledgedbilateral official visit after 15 years, thelast one having been undertakensignificantly by Vajpayee who isregarded as a role model by Modi inso far as pragmatic approach tointernational affairs, bereft ofideological constraints, is concerned.

A number of economic projectslined up by India are expected to besealed during PM Modi’s visit. Therequisite groundwork for those hasalready been undertaken by MinistersPradhan and Swaraj. Modi is alsoexpected to meet Iran’s supremeleader Ayatollah Khameini and thatshould help in developing requisitepolitical understanding to take the

relations forward and underscore thestrategic connect.

Most importantly, Modi’s visitwould serve to underscore India’sdesire to play a balancing role betweenSaudi Arabia and Iran. We haveconsiderable strategic and economicinterests in both the countries and thatwould require extremely tight ropewalking. The whole region is gettingrapidly engulfed in the sectarian Shia- Sunni conflict and we must steerclear of it, given the presence of a largeShia and Sunni population in our owncountry and also since involvement ofany kind in the sectarian conflictwould bring us face to face with theemerging rivalry between USA andRussia.

In line with Modi’s pragmaticapproach in foreign affairs, India’sIran outreach is significant and holdspotential. l

(Virendra Gupta retired from theIndian Foreign Service recently after

having served as IndianAmbassador in several countries

including South Africa. He alsofounded and headed the Energy

Security Division in the MEA in2007.)

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Parliament passed the Insolvencyand Bankruptcy Code 2016 in the

second half of the Budget sessionwhich is a very vital reform that willmake it much easier to do business in

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India. India will now have a newbankruptcy law that will ensure time-bound settlement of insolvency,enable faster turnaround of businessesand create a database of serial

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defaulters. The new code is focused onthe creation of a complementary eco-system including insolvencyprofessionals, information utilitiesand a bankruptcy regulator. Alongwith the proposed changes in India’stwo debt recovery and enforcementlaws, it will be critical in resolvingIndia’s bad debt problem.

The new code will replace existingbankruptcy laws and coverindividuals, companies, limitedliability partnerships and partnershipfirms. It will amend laws including theCompanies Act to become theoverarching legislation to deal withcorporate insolvency. It will also helpcreditors recover loans faster. Themove is also expected to help Indiamove up from its current rank of 130in the World Bank’s ease of doingbusiness index, since all reformsundertaken by 31 May areincorporated in the next ranking. Onthe parameter of resolving insolvency,India is ranked 136 among 189countries. At present, it takes morethan four years to resolve a case ofbankruptcy in India, according to theWorld Bank. The new code seeks toreduce this time to less than a year.

The new act also proposes thecreation of a new class of insolvencyprofessionals that will specialize inhelping sick companies. It alsoprovides for creation of informationutilities that will collate allinformation about debtors to preventserial defaulters from misusing thesystem. The act proposes to set up theInsolvency and Bankruptcy Board of

India to act as a regulator of theseutilities and professionals. It alsoproposes to use the existinginfrastructure of National CompanyLaw tribunals and debt recoverytribunals to address corporateinsolvency and individual insolvency,respectively.

The bankruptcy code hasprovisions to address cross-borderinsolvency through bilateralagreements with other countries. Italso proposes shorter, aggressive timeframes for every step in the insolvencyprocess—right from filing abankruptcy application to the timeavailable for filing claims and appealsin the debt recovery tribunals,National Company Law Tribunals andcourts.

Bankruptcy applications will nowhave to be filed within three months;earlier, it was six months.

To protect workers’ interests, thecode has provisions to ensure that themoney due to workers and employeesfrom the provident fund, the pensionfund and gratuity fund shouldn’t beincluded in the estate of the bankruptcompany or individual. Further,workers’ salaries for up to 24 monthswill get first priority in case ofliquidation of assets of a company,ahead of secured creditors.

There are also provisions in thenew act to disqualify anyone declaredbankrupt from holding public office,thereby ensuring that politicians andgovernment officials cannot hold anypublic office if declared bankrupt.

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The main objective of the new lawis to promote entrepreneurship,availability of credit, and balance theinterests of all stakeholders byconsolidating and amending the lawsrelating to reorganization andinsolvency resolution of corporatepersons, partnership firms andindividuals in a time bound manner.

The law aims to consolidate thelaws relating to insolvency ofcompanies and limited liabilityentities, unlimited liabilitypartnerships and individuals,presently contained in a number oflegislations, into a single legislation.Such consolidation will provide for agreater clarity in law and facilitate theapplication of consistent and coherentprovisions to different stakeholdersaffected by business failure or inabilityto pay debt.

The salient features of the law areas follows:

88888 Clear, coherent and speedyprocess for early identificationof financial distress andresolution of companies andlimited liability entities if theunderlying business is found tobe viable.

88888 Two distinct processes forresolution of individuals,namely- “Fresh Start” and“Insolvency Resolution”.

88888 Debt Recovery Tribunal andNational Company LawTribunal to act as AdjudicatingAuthority and deal with thecases related to insolvency,

liquidation and bankruptcyprocess in respect ofindividuals and unlimitedpartnership firms and inrespect of companies andlimited liabilities entitiesrespectively.

88888 Establishment of an Insolvencyand Bankruptcy Board of Indiato exercise regulatory oversightover insolvency professionals,insolvency professionalagencies and informationutilities.

88888 Insolvency professionals wouldhandle the commercial aspectsof insolvency resolutionprocess. Insolvencyprofessional agencies willdevelop professionalstandards, code of ethics and bethe first level regulator forinsolvency professionalsmembers leading todevelopment of a competitiveindustry for such professionals.

88888 Information utilities wouldcollect, collate, authenticateand disseminate financialinformation to be used ininsolvency, liquidation andbankruptcy proceedings.

88888 Enabling provisions to dealwith cross border insolvency.

The essential idea of the new lawis that when a firm defaults on itsdebt, control shifts from theshareholders / promoters to aCommittee of Creditors, who have180 days in which to evaluate

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proposals from various players aboutresuscitating the company or taking itinto liquidation. When decisions aretaken in a time-bound manner, thereis a greater chance that the firm canbe saved as a going concern, and theproductive resources of the economy(the labour and the capital) can be putto the best use. This is in completedeparture with the experience underthe SICA regime where there weredelays leading to destruction of thevalue of the firm.

The vision of the new law is toencourage entrepreneurship andinnovation. Some business ventureswill always fail, but they will behandled rapidly and swiftly.Entrepreneurs and lenders will be ableto move on, instead of being boggeddown with decisions taken in the past.

A key innovation of theInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code isfour pillars of institutionalinfrastructure.

88888 The first pillar of institutionalinfrastructure is a class ofregulated persons, the‘Insolvency Professionals’.They would play a key role inthe efficient working of thebankruptcy process. Theywould be regulated by‘Insolvency ProfessionalAgencies’.

88888 The second pillar ofinstitutional infrastructure is anew industry of ‘InformationUtilities’. These would storefacts about lenders and terms oflending in electronic databases.

This would eliminate delaysand disputes about facts whendefault does take place.

88888 The third pillar of institutionalinfrastructure is in adjudication.The NCLT will be the forumwhere firm insolvency will beheard and DRTs will be theforum where individualinsolvencies will be heard. Theseinstitutions, along with theirAppellate bodies, viz., NCLATand DRATs will be adequatelystrengthened so as to achieveworld class functioning of thebankruptcy process.

88888 The fourth pillar of institutionalinfrastructure is a regulatorviz., ‘The Insolvency andBankruptcy Board of India’.This body will have regulatoryover-sight over the InsolvencyProfessional, InsolvencyProfessional agencies andinformation utilities.

Conclusion: The Insolvency andBankruptcy Code is thus acomprehensive and systemic reform,which will give a quantum leap to thefunctioning of the credit market. Itwould take India from amongrelatively weak insolvency regimes tobecoming one of the world’s bestinsolvency regimes. It lays thefoundations for the development ofthe corporate bond market, whichwould finance the infrastructureprojects of the future. The passing ofthis Code and implementation of thesame will give a big boost to ease ofdoing business in India. l

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Initiatives taken by the Central

Government for the welfare of farmers

have started showing positive results.

Government has launched a number of

programmes for the welfare of the farmers

since May 2014

which resulted in

positive changes in

the lives of farmers.

Some of the

highlights of schemes

in this respect are as

follows:

Pradhan Mantri

Krishi Sinchayee

Yojana:

It was launched to

provide relief to the

farmers due to poor

monsoon. Under this

scheme emphasis are

being put on “water to

each and every farm”

that is to say to

provide facilities of

irrigation to each and

every farmer along

with enhancement

of water conservation

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investment in the field of irrigation on

water conservation and regional level

along with the management concerned.

Under an assured irrigation scheme,

emphasis is being laid on cultivable land,

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improvement in the skill of water

conservation on the field, precision

irrigation encouragement to the

sophisticated technology to save water, to

enhance the potentiality of aquifer, to use

the waste water of Municipal Corporation

etc., through this process irrigation

projects are being promoted through

private investment.

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana:

To promote bio-farming in the country,

NDA Government launched an initiative in

2015. According to the scheme, the

farmers are being encouraged to adopt

bio-farming by making clusters in the

country. To be benefited from this scheme

at least a cluster of 50 farmers is required

along with an area of land with 50 acres.

Under this scheme, every farmer is

provided Rs. 20,000/- per acre for the span

of three years. Farmers are utilizing this

amount for the purchase of bio-seeds,

harvesting and to transport the agricultural

products to the local market.

Soil Health Card Scheme:

Government also had initiated Soil

Health Card scheme to provide farmers

Soil Health Card in a mission mode. This

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card contains the knowhow of the new

trend in the soil and accordingly the

required quantity of fertilizers. Through

that farmers will be capable enough to

obtain more products on their farms.

Through this card, the farmers will know

the fertility of their fields. The expert will

sort out the problem concerned with soil.

Though these cards farmers will also

monitor the change of quality related to

the soil after prolong use of the farms in

the agriculture process and they will

benefit from the soil card to maintain the

health of the soil.

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna:

Government of India had also launched

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna to

provide relief to the farmers inflicted with

the loss of crop damage. This is truly a

farmer welfare scheme. Under this

scheme, the burden of premium has been

reduced and their cases are being sorted

out expeditiously. Apart from the losses

inflicted by crop damage, the provision has

been made with this scheme to relieve the

farmers from the losses in the aftermath

of harvesting. This scheme provides

assessment of local calamities along with

a list on unseasonal rain form, land slide

and floods. Under this scheme the farmers

are supposed to pay 2% for Kharif and

1.5% for Rabi. Rest of the premium will

be deposited by the Government. The

Government has not prescribed any extent

for subsidy. The remaining premium is

90% that will be paid by the Government.

Under this scheme, remote sensing, smart

phone and drone use is mandatory for the

expeditious assessment of the crop

damage.

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National Agriculture Market (e-

NAM):

National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)

is all India electronic trading portal which

aims at forming a unified national market

for agricultural products by making a

network for the markets related to the

existing Agricultural Product Marketing

Committee (APMC). The government

made up its mind to develop a National

Agriculture Market so as to transport the

agricultural product from one market to

another in a smooth way, to save the

producers from a number of market duties

and to provide agricultural product to the

consumers on a fair price. By September,

2016 e-NAM will cover more than 200

agricultural market and by March, 2018

such methodology will be developed for

585 markets which will facilitate the

transportation of agricultural products to

the market. At present the farmers sell out

their products through the Mandis or Bazar

Committees which levy a number of duties

on their products. Now, there will be only

one license for the whole State and duty

will be levied only on one point. Electronic

auction will be conducted to know about

the prices. It will facilitate the way to

convert the whole state to one market.

Farmers will obtain more alternative to

sell out their products. The transparency

will be increased due to online platform

and farmers will get better return.

The digital technology is facilitating

the linking with the others and the sharing

of our thoughts on different points. PM

Modi has also shown his keenness in

imparting the benefits of digital India on

farmers for which a virtual platform is

being prepared as National Agriculture

Market. Simultaneously a provision has

been made for soil testing laboratories in

the vicinity of selected mandis which will

facilitate the farmers for soil testing.

India emergence campaign through

village emergence:

Government of India has launched a

campaign named as India’s emergence

through the emergence of villages so as

to improve the means of livelihood

amongst the rural, to accelerate rural

development process to strengthen

Panchayati Raj across the country to

establish social equality to create

awareness about the agricultural

schemes.

My Village My Pride:

A new scheme has been initiated by

the Modi Government to provide the

methodology of scientific farming and a

new technology to every village. For this

purpose, all experts working in

agricultural universities and ICAR

Institutes spreads all over the country

have been invited. Under this Scheme,

20,000 agriculture scientists have been

engaged to adopt a village and spread the

awareness on the need to adopt ways of

sophisticated scientific farming and their

implementation. 78 scientist of NRRI

are in touch with farmers after having

selected almost 92 villages. They are

providing multi-dimensional information

and sophisticated benefits to the farmers

within a prescribed time frame. l

(Siddharth Singh is Research

Scholar in Jawaharlal Nehru

University. His Email ID is

[email protected] Twitter:

@Sid4india)

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The Government’s persistentoutreach to opposition and other

parties resulted in better functioningof Parliament despite heat generatedon some issues. Government did reachout to the opposition and other parties“through sustained coordination,communication and cooperation’’onvarious issues.

If we see an account of the effortsmade by the Government towardslegislation and functioning ofParliament over the last two years,then the number of sittings of both theHouses and Bills passed by the LowerHouse have improved during thisperiod. Lok Sabha held 75 sittings andpassed 48 Bills per year as against 70sittings and 45 Bills per year during2004-14. Rajya Sabha held 71 sittingsand passed over 41 Bills per year asagainst 67 sittings and 45 Bills per yearduring 2004-14 as per the officialrecords. In total, Lok Sabha has passed96 Bills and Rajya Sabha cleared 83Bills during the last two years of ModiGovernment.

Out of the 8 sessions of the 16th LokSabha so far, productivity of the House(working hours as against availabletime) has been more than 100% inrespect of six sessions. Productivity ofRajya Sabha has been more than 100%in respect of 2 sessions and over 80%in case of another three sessionsduring the last two years.

Increasing productivity of workingin both Houses of Parliament

Regarding the current Budgetsession that concluded recently, thesession has been by and largeproductive and fruitful despite theheat generated on some issues ofwider implications. Despitecontentious issues being raised in theParliament, legislative work is beingtransacted. Lok Sabha did not witnesseven a single forced adjournment dueto interruptions during this budgetsession and disruptions declining inthe Rajya Sabha over the last twosessions. Lok Sabha worked for 14hours 32 minutes beyond scheduledhours, amounting to more than twosittings, resulting in early completionof legislative work. The productivityof Lok Sabha during this Session hasbeen 117.58% and that of Rajya Sabhaat 86.68%. Ten Bills were passed in LokSabha and 12 in Rajya Sabha.

Major Bills passed during thisSession included –The Finance Bill andthe Railways Appropriation Bill, theInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code, TheMines and Minerals (Development andRegulation) Bill, the Industries(Development and Regulation) Bill andthe Anti-Hijacking Bill, passed by boththe Houses and the CompensatoryAfforestation Bill, passed by LokSabha.44 Bills are pending in RajyaSabha for consideration and passingwhile it is 11 in case of Lok Sabha.

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French philosophe Voltaire wasconvinced that all knowledge

came to the West from India and yethe lamented how badly the Westernnations treated the civilisations andpeople of the East in their quest forgold and glory. “Nous avons montré”(we have shown) wrote Voltaire,“combien nous le surpassons en

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méchanceté, et combien nous leursommes inferieurs en sagesse”, (howsuperior we are to them, ie Indians, inwickedness and how inferior we areto them in wisdom). Voltaire’s views,in his time and later, were also echoedby a number of Western thinkers, wholooked to India for the light ofknowledge and liberation especially

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from ignorance and a mode of livingthat had increasingly begun to lose itsbalance and cohesion. This referenceto the innate Bharatiya wisdomsagesse that Voltaire made, waspalpably felt as one neared Ujjain andthe centre of the ongoing Kumbh, theriver Kshipra, in Madhya Pradesh.

As one walked in the nightthroughout the Kumbha Kshetra andmingled and got lost in thecircumambulating surge of pilgrimsfrom far and wide one felt thatintense impulse of devotion, of aninner quest that has defined India’scivilisational march over themillennia and expressed through theurge for a holy dip in the divine watersof the sacred river, in their thirst tolisten with rapt attention to thediscourse of the gathered saints andsages and in their aspiration to washaway negativities and emergecleansed to face anew the challengesof life.

Dharma, that indescribable anduntranslatable word, defined theiractions on such occasions. One sawIndia in a microcosm in this regionduring these days no irritation, nointolerance, no disregard for nature,no impatience was visible in thethronging multitude as people movedaround. It was a sight that thecertified intellectual, infatuated withdeconstructionism, would find hard tocomprehend leave, alone describe oranalyse. For minds that areirretrievably afflicted with the attitudeof ‘repudiation’ this would be a hardsight to absorb.

For thousands of years, intuitivelyand at times with the help of theseasons and the almanac, throngs ofpeople have moved across India,unceasingly and unfailingly to take aholy dip in different parts of thecontinent on different occasion, notonly delineating a cultural andspiritual unity but also breathing freshenergy into the civilisational flow ofwhich they were an integral andinseparable part.

Sri Aurobindo observed in hisessays on Indian culture, the religiouslife of the people in India “was moreintense than that of any other country;they drank in with remarkable facilitythe thoughts of the philosophers andthe influence of the saints... they weretaught by the Sannyasins and sang thesongs of the Bhaktas and the bauls...”Or as KV Rangaswami Aiyangarwrote in his masterly introduction totheTirthavivecana-kanda, a discussionon the tirthas and their undertakingsin the eighth part of BhattaLakshmidhara’s Krytakalpataru,“Where political ambitions united ordivided the country, pilgrimagewrought a unity based on religion, anda faith in certain eternal verities. Longbefore wise statesmanship attemptedor accomplished Indian unification,Akhand Hindusthan had sprung fromthe wandering of pilgrims.”

One saw that ‘AkhandHindusthan’, unsullied by ‘isms’,unaffected by deconstructionism orrepudiation, unconcerned with whatthe ‘educated’ thought of such aninexplicable behaviour of trudging

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miles to bathe in a river at a particulartime and on a certain day. One sawhow the people ‘drank withremarkable facility’ the thought of thesaints during the sessionsof kathas that were held throughoutthe day at regular intervals. The inaneand insipid debates of urban India; theludicrous assertions by some — of anIndia in conflict; the false spectres ofintolerance; and the imbecile andperfidious arguments often thrown upby certified ‘degree holders’, seemedfar away, as if in a haze with no linkto the roots in the soil on which thepilgrims trudged. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi was right when hesaid, referring to this uniquecongregation, that every day apopulation as large as a smallEuropean country comes and takesthe holy dip and that its organisationand paraphernalia is worth severalcase studies by leading universities ofthe world. But then, most in the West,with notable exceptions, who studyIndia, are so obsessed with trying todeconstruct her that they have noinclination to do so, or deliberatelyignore those activities that articulateand affirm civilisational India.

One of the defining features of thisSimhastha Kumbh in Ujjain was theInternational Vichar Mahakumbh —Vaicharik Kumbh — which saw theconvergence of saints, mathadipathis,intellectuals, scholars, publicpersonalities and citizens from acrossIndia and the world. Much as in theyore when gatherings of the Kumbhthrew up new ideas, new positions and

radiated a message of action acrossmost of the continent, the VicharMahakumbh also had, as its objective,the proclamation of a ‘UniversalMessage of Simhastha 2016’.

Both RSS Sarsanghchalak MohanBhagwat in his inaugural address andPrime Minister Modi in hisvaledictory address stressed on theuniqueness of the Kumbh, which inthe past, held among its manyactivities, sessions of intellectualchurning where new ideas, freshdirections were given to society. Infact, Prime Minister Modi made a veryinteresting analogy when he pointedout how a mega Kumbh took placeevery 12 years while in the interim, atthe interval of every threeyears, ardha-Kumbhs took place atvarious locations across the country.These mini-Kumbhs, he pointed out,were a mechanism of making a mid-term appraisal of the progress of theresolves made during the MahaKumbh. He called upon all thegathered spiritual leaders to organiseevery year a week-long ‘vicharkumbh’ in their respective areas andorganisations so that the intellectualchurning for the betterment of societyis kept alive.

Themes like climate change,women empowerment, sustainableconsumption, Dharma-inspired living,sanitation, value education,challenges of global warming, waterscarcity, agriculture, health of riverswere deliberated upon. The 51 pointDeclaration released at the end of thedeliberations in the presence of Prime

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Minister Modi, Sri Lankan PresidentMaithripala Sirisena and a host ofother leaders and intellectuals fromIndia’s neighbourhood and beyondcovered almost all aspects with whichthe global community is currentlygrappling. It was a holistic documentexuding an integral vision that callsupon the world community to join

hands.

As Prime Minister Modi said,“What is happening here is the birthof a new effort, a modern edition ofwhat would happen in theyesteryears, 51 elixir points of thisSimhastha declaration, will start anew discourse not only in India butaround the world.” l

PM appreciates arrangementsat Ujjain Simhasth

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has appreciated theextensive arrangements made for devotees and tourists at UjjainSimhasth. In a series of tweets after meeting the Chief Minister ofMadhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan yesterday in NewDelhi, PM also said that he was delighted to know about the usageof technology and the focus on cleanliness at Simhasth.

“Had an excellent meeting with MP CM @ChouhanShivraj. Hetalked at length about extensive arrangements at @Simhasth.

Was delighted to know about the usage of technology in@Simhasth. Focus on cleanliness, both on the land and water isappreciable.

Its gladdening that devotees and tourists visiting @Simhasthwill witness cultural programmes that celebrate our great cultureand rich history.”, the Prime Minister tweeted.

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National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015 targetsto skill/reskill about 40 crore persons by 2022 in the country. The Central

Government has launched over 40 skill development schemes which is beingimplemented by Ministries/Departments to achieve these targets. Theseschemes on one hand seek to cater to demands for skilled manpower and onthe other hand attempt to reduce skill gaps quantitatively. The Ministry ofSkill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has taken several steps toenhance the quality in skill development which are as under:

88888 The National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 2015provides an umbrella framework to all skilling activities including skilldevelopment scheme/programme being carried out within the country.

88888 National Skill Development Mission which seeks to converge, coordinate,implement and monitor skilling activities on a pan-India basis;

88888 Common Norms for all skill development programmes across CentralMinistries/Departments.

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88888 There are Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) which assess skill needs of variousjob roles in a particular sector in consultation with the industry anddevelop job specific standards called Qualification Packs – NationalOccupational Standards (QP-NOS).

88888 National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) to organizequalifications according to series of level of knowledge, skills andaptitude.

88888 Strategic partnerships have also been undertaken between MSDE andother Ministries/Departments in the Central Government, to collaborateon scaling up skill training activities in specific sectors and leveragingexisting infrastructure.

88888 MSDE has also signed MoUs with Germany, UK, China and Australia,to scale up apprenticeships support, training of trainees, curriculumdevelopment, ensure benchmarking of standards and create Centres ofExcellence in skill training across the country.

Progress in Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is a flagship skilldevelopment scheme of Government of India. The scheme is being implementedby National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). As on 25th April, 2016, atotal of 17.58 lakh candidates have been trained and 5.77 lakh have beencertified and 81978 placed under PMKVY.

A State/UT wise list of candidates enrolled, trained and certified is givenis:

State Total Total Trainings TotalEnrolled Completed Certified

Andaman & 194 194 16

Nicobar Islands

Andhra Pradesh 123826 122866 43281

Arunachal Pradesh 1017 1017 75

Assam 31224 30783 1217

Bihar 89566 87159 22190

Chandigarh 4795 4649 1895

Chhattisgarh 36691 35528 10110

Dadra & Nagar Haveli 258 258 34

Daman and Diu 230 230 43

Delhi 75051 72632 25507

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Goa 499 499 64

Gujarat 43544 42251 11704

Haryana 81611 79983 26466

Himachal Pradesh 22738 22573 9557

Jammu and Kashmir 17913 17505 4003

Jharkhand 26488 25609 8526

Karnataka 73494 73004 21419

Kerala 14689 14587 4121

Madhya Pradesh 159086 156096 47831

Maharashtra 84454 81766 27524

Manipur 1328 1328 564

Meghalaya 1661 1661 10

Mizoram 1030 1012 0

Nagaland 1271 1271 244

Odisha 56822 55924 15217

Puducherry 7070 7010 3409

Punjab 72413 69295 23533

Rajasthan 112452 111235 40300

Sikkim 886 859 237

Tamil Nadu 151591 150244 64393

Telangana 97933 96475 39443

Tripura 14018 13958 5002

Uttar Pradesh 256279 252304 78189

Uttarakhand 13675 13573 5047

West Bengal 118045 113397 36093

TOTAL 1793842 1758735 577264

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A total of 70,045 tourists arrived inIndia in April 2016 on e-Tourist

Visa as compared to 19,139 during themonth of April 2015 registering agrowth of 266%. Commencing from27th November 2014 e-Tourist Visafacility was available until 25thFebruary 2016 for citizens of 113countries arriving at 16 Airports inIndia. The Government of India hasextended this scheme for citizens of 37more countries w.e.f 26th February2016 taking the tally to 150 countries.

Initiatives undertaken by theMinistry of Tourism in the recent pastfor development and promotion oftourism and attract more tourists inthe country are as below:

88888 Introduction of facility of e-Tourist Visa for the citizens of150 countries at 16 airportsincluding extension of Visa onArrival facility to the nationalsof Japan.

88888 Launch of 24x7 Toll Free Multi-Lingual Tourist Info Linehandling ten internationallanguages besides Hindi andEnglish.

88888 The Ministry of Tourism haslaunched ‘Welcome Booklet’with information on Dos andDon’ts for tourists, contact

Initiatives undertaken by the Ministryof Tourism in the recent past for

development and promotion of Tourism

details of India Tourismdomestic offices and TouristHelpline Number fordistribution at immigrationcounters to tourists arriving atinternational airports.

88888 Launch of Swachh ParyatanApp.

88888 Promotion of India as a holisticdestination in the internationalmarkets under the IncredibleIndia brand-line.

88888 Organization of biennialInternational BuddhistConclave.

88888 Organization of AnnualInternational Tourism Mart forpromotion of tourism in NorthEastern States.

88888 Promotion of activities intourist generating marketsoverseas through the IndiaTourism Offices abroad withactive participation inInternational Tourism Events.

88888 Financial assistance toStakeholders and TourismDepartments of States/UnionTerritories for undertakingpromotional activities underthe Marketing DevelopmentAssistance Scheme.

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Our country’s landscape is dottedwith the innumerable memorial

of the longest reigning post-independence family. It is strange thatwe are worshipping some of the worsteconomic managers in post-colonialhistory who gave nothing but fancyslogans and condemned millions toimmense misery. As per UnitedNations Population DatabaseBetween 1947 to 1990, when thecountry grew at an average rate of3.5%, the people living in povertyincreased by 221m. Over the sameperiod, Indonesia grew by 6 percent,Thailand 7 per cent and South Korea9 per cent. In 1960 South Korea’sincome was around four times morethan India’s, but by 1990 it was 20times more.

Rahul Gandhi, while addressingstudents of the Norse Monjee Instituteof Management Studies (NMIMS) inMumbai said that the Chinese peoplehave paid a disproportionate price forits economic progress. ‘Millions ofpeople paid for it with their lives (InChina). We didn’t kill millions ofpeople. I am much happier to live inIndia. China is a stronger country butIndia will move ahead’. The questionis when and at what price? Thetragedy is that Rahul can’t go beyondoff the cuff remarks prepared by hisspeech writers.

Poverty – Its Dividends for theCongress Party’s Reigning Family

@ Ajay Thakur

Rahul is right that millions died inChina, most of them during Mao’sCultural Revolution. The economicrevival came much later, in 1978. Buteven then many had to pay the pricefor China’s thirst for splinteringgrowth. Though, the economicreforms which were initiated in 1978have lifted more than 500 millionpeople out of poverty – anunprecedented feat achieved in justthree decades, it has come at a price.Soviet Union under Stalin’s Gulags:Forced Labour Camps in Siberia alsopaid a disproportionate price for hisexperiment with Communist system.

But either he is ignorant or guiltyof glaring oversight about India.Unlike China the Indian state didn’tactively participate in genocide of itspeople, but its courtship withsocialism was disastrous. Indians didsuffer and die in comparable numbersif not more. Socialist-secular raj,established by Pandit Nehru andnurtured by Indira Gandhi cannot beabsolved of the blame for much of thedeath and despair which millions ofIndians had to suffer due to patheticHuman Development Index whichwas a direct consequence of pooreconomic growth witnessed duringthis period.

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The Human Cost of Delayed EconomicReforms in India”, explained thateconomic reforms could have startedin 1971 as conditions were ripe, butwere delayed for a decade andtangible reforms came much later, in1991.This delay had an enormous cost.Had the economic reforms started adecade earlier, observes Aiyar

“…..14.5 million more childrenwould have survived, 261 millionmore Indians would have becomeliterate, and 109 million more peoplewould have risen above the povertyline.” The delay in economic reformrepresents an enormous socialtragedy. It drives home the point thatIndia’s socialist era, which claimed itwould deliver growth with socialjustice, delivered neither. During the“family’s” reign in terms of absolutenumbers India fared much worse thanChina even on this count.

Obviously Rahul would not readthis paper and nobody in his partydare to advise him to do so. But thepeople of India have the right to knowabout the passive death and miserythat Rahul Gandhi’s and familyinflicted on millions of poor. He andhis supplicants are trying to make acase in support of tall claims andbrandishing his party’s false pro-poorcredentials with such brazenness.

Amartya Sen talks of “More than 100Million Women Are Missing,” New YorkReview of Books, December 20, 1990.Will Rahul try to understand what Senmeant in the above statement.

Due to Nehru’s infatuation with

Soviet model of centralizedplanning and control, captains ofbusiness and industry received noencouragement from him to developa genuine feeling of participation inthe patriotic task of nation building.He did not realize that production ofprivate sector also constitutesnational wealth which should havebeen given due recognition. Besidesreserving a number of items ofproduction for the State, freeenterprise was further fettered withcontrol and regulation, leading to theestablishment of whatRajagopalachari described as“Permit Raj”. India’s vibrantentrepreneurial culture wassmothered and stifled by restrictiveeconomic policies that seriouslyundermined development.

Nehru knew that a proliferation ofpermits and licenses would open up avast field for corruption and nepotism.At the very commencement ofplanning, both he and his governmentknew that evil had already grown likea cancer in the country’s bodyeconomy. The germs of corruptionwere firmly planted during this periodand manifested fully during UPA rulein every walk of life. The first plandocument admits, ‘Perhaps the mostconspicuous area of corruption hasbeen those in which businessmen hadto apply for permits and licenses.Supervision and vigilance within theadministration were inadequate andillegitimate gains were undoubtedlymade.’ The document goes on to say‘in this connection, the growth of the


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practice among the business firms ofemploying relations or friends ofinfluential persons as “contact man”needs to be discouraged.

Ignoring the overwhelmingevidence Indira continued with herfather’s legacy with the zeal ofneophyte, condemning millions ofIndians to poverty. Indira Gandhiused the slogan ‘Garibi Hatao’ 35years back to win votes and Congresshas not been able to abandon it. Butthis was just a slogan to fool gullibleand poor people. It took us over fourdecades of License Raj to rebel againststate control and monopoly, andmove towards economic freedom andcompetition. During her reign morethan half of India’s then 870 millionpeople lived on less than the WorldBank’s current estimate for extremepoverty of $1.90 a day.

However in the two decades sincethe 1991 reforms average growthaccelerated to 6.5% and 113m peoplewere lifted out of poverty. In a normalscenario Congress should haveelevated Narshimha Rao to sainthoodand quietly banished the discreditedghosts of the Family. But Familyensured that Rao was not evenallowed to be cremated in Delhi, leaveaside erecting a memorial befitting hiscontribution to peoples’ and thecountry’s prosperity. As a part of adiabolical design, every effort wasmade, to systematically erase his namefrom the national memory.

Ashutosh Varshney Sol GoldmanProfessor of International StudiesBrown University attributes the spate

of scams which rocked the country tonexus of business and politics, whichwere exposed by then Controller &Auditor General. The UPA regimeopened a virtual floodgate of scams -2G, Coal block allocation,Commonwealth Games, Change ofLand Use Haryana, Antrix-Devas deal.etc. Some estimated the value ofscams in vicinity of a million crore.

It was political élites power togrant permissions and licenses thatgenerated huge ill-gotten wealth, notinnovative business ideas. Theyremind me of the loot of Robert Clivebut with one major distinction thatbeyond a point he could not take theopprobrium and committed suicidebut here even conclusive conviction indisproportionate income cases haslittle and no impact.

Disastrous policies and falsepromises have been the primary causeof farmers’ suicides. Rahul Gandhi isincapable of introspection on whetherhis Family’s policies really worked tolift the majority of the peopleeconomically. Unfortunately as in anymonarchy the king is always right andthat is what is practiced in theCongress Party. Sycophancy ratherthan competence has beensystematically promoted in it from thedays of Nehru.

The Family controlled Congressparty’s impact on economic policyremains negative. Contrast, forinstance, Manmohan Singh’s recordunder Rao with his record under SoniaGandhi. As Rao’s finance minister,Singh was able to inject a new life and


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vibrancy in our economy. As as a SoniaGandhi annointed prime minister, heburdened it with too many wastefulwelfare programmes and too fewgrowth-inducing policies.

The UPA-enacted the LandAcquisition Act has begun to doserious economic damage byinhibiting the creation of jobs inprecisely the areas where jobs can becreated fastest, infrastructure andconstruction, both of which need landas a basic input. So it has becomeimpossible to create jobs for the poorwho need it most .This step is beingtouted as landmark achievement inthe interest of poor Taking advantageof its numerical superiority in RajyaSabha Congress has prevented thepassage of GST which can boostgrowth rate up to 2%.

The biggest challenge which ourcountry is facing at the moment is ofunderdevelopment and its insidiousmanifestations. Over 300 millionpeople are living under abject povertybecause of various economic policiesfollowed since independence whichushered in an era of license/permitand inspector raj. This was directconsequence of high level of state andcentral control exercised on theindustrial and business sectors of thecountry.

Our leader’s primary task now,and for the foreseeable future, is totransform and improve the lives of thelarge numbers of our compatriots wholive in poverty, with disease, hungerand illiteracy as their companions inlife. A democratic, humane, just

society must do everything to endpoverty and create equitableopportunity. Therefore, welfare of thepoor is a critical democratic function,especially in a desperately poorsociety like ours. This is the truemeaning of a welfare state.

But purveyors of poverty and thosewho have benefitted from controlledcapitalism over several decadeswithout question will do everything tosabotage it as it is their final battlewhich they cannot afford to lose asthis would spell the end dynasticpolitics. Only the ignorant and thosetrying to make both ends meet, willvote an empty slogan of socialism andsecularism. Minorities have faredmuch worse during the reign of thechampions of their welfare andsecurity.

Mark Tully in his book “No fullStops in India” writes “NehruDynasty has stood like a BanyanTree, overshadowing the people andthe institutions of India, and allIndians know that nothing growsunder the Banyan Tree.” Let us notundermine the capabilities of thistermite ridden old Banyan tree whichwill still try to stop anyone fromgrowing to the extent that it may turnthe soil upside down before fallingdown. l

(Ajay Thakur is a former IASofficer has served in a number ofsenior capacities at the state and

union level. He is a keen observerof Indian politics and occasionally

writes commentaries. The viewsexpressed are his own.)


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ns'k ds vanj dh jktuhfrd lkft'k ds lkFk&lkFkvUrjk"Vªh; Lrj ij Hkh fgUnqvksa dks ysdj ,dxyr voèkkj.kk fodflr djus dh dksf'k'k ds:i esa utj vkrk gSA pw¡fd ekysxk¡o CykLV dsckn vesfjdk dk U;w;kdZ VkbEl] yUnu dkcsyQ+kLV&VsyhxzkQ ,oa chchlh us *fgUnw VsfjfjTe*'kCn dk bLrseky fd;kA U;w;kdZ VkbEl us Li"V'kCnksa esa fy[kk Fkk *fd 110 djksaM+ dh tula[;kokys fgUnw cgqy ns'k esa igyh ckj iqfyl us fgUnwvkradh laxBuksa ls tqM+s yksxksa dks fxj¶rkj djusdh ckr dgÈ gSA( xkSj djuk gksxk fd mèkjfons'kh ehfM;k fgUnw vkradokn 'kCn dks LFkkfirdjus esa c<+&p<+dj dke jgh Fkh rks oghas ns'k dsdkaxzsl&uhr ljdkj ds ea=h vkSj ?kVd ny*fgUnw vkradokn* 'kCn dks LFkkfir djus dhdksf'k'k esa yx x;s FksA ;wih, ds rRdkyhu d`f"kea=h 'kjn iokj vius Hkk"k.kksa esa fgUnw laxBuksa ijfu'kkuk lkèk jgs FksA 'kjn iokj dk ftØ blfy,t#jh gS D;ksafd egkjk"Vª esa rc dkaxzsl&,ulhihdh ljdkj Fkh vkSj x`gea=ky; ,ulhih ds iklFkkA 'kjn iokj us Hkk"k.k esa Li"V dgk Fkk fdfgUnw laxBuksa dks c['kk ugÈ tkuk pkfg,A eqacÃ,Vh,l us bUgÈ 'kCnksa dks vey fd;k vkSj fcukiq[rk lk{; ds lkèoh çKk dks fxj¶rkj djfy;kA vkjksi ds rgr eqdnek pykus dh ctk;edksdk ds rgr mUgsa tsy esa Mky fn;k x;kAeqEcÃ ,Vh,l us lkèoh çKk dh fxj¶rkjh dhrkjh[k Hkh xyr crkÃA fgUnw laxBuksa ls gqÃ blfxj¶rkjh ds ckn vUrjk"Vªh; ehfM;k rks *fgUnwvkradokn* dks LFkkfir djus esa yx gh x;h] ns'kdk lsD;qyj [ksek Hkh tksj&'kksj ls lØh; gks

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x;kA bl ?kVuk ds ckn eqacÃ esa 26@11 dhvkradh okjnkr gksrh gS vkSj rRdkyhu çèkkuea=hMkW eueksgu Çlg nqfu;k esa ;g dgrs fQjrs gSafd ;g ikfdLrku dh lkft'k gS] tcfd dkaxzslusrk fnfXot; Çlg ,d fdrkc *26@11 vkj,l,llkft'k* dk u flQZ foekspu djrs gSa cfYd ;gk¡rd dg nsrs gSa fd gsear djdjs us mUgsa Qksu ijcrk;k fd mudksfgUnw laxBuksa lsèkefd;k¡ feyjgh gSaA dgÈ udgÈ fnfxfoT;Çlg ;g xyr<ax ls lkfcrdjuk pkgrs Fksfd 26@11 dkgeyk la?k dhnsu gS vkSj gseardjdjs dks fgUnwlaxBuksa us ekjkg SA gkyk a fdvkt tc,uvkÃ, us viusvkjk si i= es a,Vh,l ij ghreke loky[kM+s fd;s gSa rks ,d cM+k loky fnfXot; Çlgls ;g iwNk tkuk pkfg, fd vkf[kj eqacÃ ,Vh,lphQ gsear djdjs fdl çksVksdkWy ds rgr dkaxzslegklfpo fnfXot; Çlg ls viuk nq[kM+k jks jgsFks \ pw¡fd tc gsear djdjs ls ckrphr dk nkokfnfXot; Çlg fd;s gSa] ml nkSjku fnfXot;Çlg u rks ns'k ds x`gea=h Fks vkSj u gh ljdkjesa FksA os dkaxzsl ikVÊ ds egklfpo FksA Hkyk ,d,Vh,l phQ ,d jktuhfrd ny ds usrk lsviuk nq[kM+k D;ksa lk>k dj jgk Fkk \ ;g xaHkhj

loky fnfXot; Çlg ls iwNk tkuk pkfg,A ;glansg cstk ugÈ gS fd dgÈ ,slk rks ugÈ fd,Vh,l dks dSls dke djuk gS] bldk funsZ'kdkaxzsl eq[;ky; ls tk jgk Fkk \ ,slk blfy,dguk iM+ jgk gS D;ksafd dkaxzsl usrk fnfXot;Çlg ds nkos ds vuqlkj rRdkyhu ,Vh,l phQgsear djdjs dkaxzsl usrk ds laidZ esa Fks vkSj

,uvkÃ, us ;g nkok fd;k gS fd duZy iqjksfgrds ?kj vkjMh,Dl ,Vh,l us gh j[kok;k FkkA,uvkÃ, us ckdk;ns ml lc&baLisDVj 'ks[kjckxMs dk uke fy;k gS ftlus duZy iqjksfgrvkSj prqosZnh ds ?kj vkjMh,Dl j[kk FkkA ;g lcdqN fdlds b'kkjs ij gks jgk Fkk] bldh tkapvo'; gksuh pkfg,A gkykafd xkSj djuk t#jhgS fd bèkj jktuhfr ds eSnku ls dkaxzsl vkSjmlds lg;ksxh *fgUnw vkradokn* 'kCn dks LFkkfirdjus dh fQjkd esa th&tku ls tqVs Fks rks ogh¡

fcuk fdlh iq[rk vkjksi ds lkèoh çKk dks brus o"kks± rd tsy esaj[kk x;k vkSj mUgsa çrkfM+r fd;k x;kA flQZ ^fgUnw vkradokn* dhvoèkkj.kk dks lgh lkfcr djus vkSj oksVcSad dks nq#Lr djus ds fy,lkft'ku bruk cM+k >wB jpk x;kA gkykafd yk[k ç;klksa ds ckotwnvHkh rd ,d Hkh fgUnw vkradoknh lkfcr dj ikus esa ;s yksx ukdke jgsgSaA lcdqN crk nsus okyk xwxy Hkh ,d fgUnw vkradoknh [kkst ikus esaukdke gh gSA vxj okdÃ lkèoh çKk ds f[kykQ lqcwr gksrs rks dkaxslds N% lky ds dk;Zdky esa rks de ls de mu lk{;ksa dks j[kk x;kgksrk! ysfdu ugÈ] dksÃ lk{; ugÈ] dksÃ lqcwr ugÈ vkSj dksÃ vkèkkj ugÈcu ikus dh fLFkfr esa lkèoh dks edksdk ds rgr can fd;k x;kA,uvkÃ, dh orZeku pktZ 'khV us Nn~e lsD;qyfjTe dh dkaxzslh jktuhfrdks ,dckj fQj csinkZ fd;k gSA lkèoh dks tc lk<+s lkr lky fcukfdlh iq[rk vkjksi ds tsy esa j[kk x;k Fkk rks ,d Hkh ekuokfèkdkjoknhds cksy ugÈ QwVs] ,d Hkh efgykoknh laxBu dks blckr dk nnZ ugÈgqvk fd ,d efgyk dks fcuk fdlh vkjksi ds D;ksa çrkfM+r fd;k tkjgk!


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dsaæ ljdkj ds rRdkyhu x`gea=h ih- fpnEcjeus *Hkxok vkradokn* ds irk pyus dh ckrdgdj bls ljdkjh Lohdkjksfä ns nhA bruk ghugÈ cfYd 2013 esa dkaxzsl&uhr ljdkj dsrRdkyhu x`gea=h lq'khy Ç'kns us Hkh *Hkxokvkradokn* 'kCn dk ç;ksx fd;kA ;s lcdqNegt ,d la;ksx o'k gks jgk Fkk] ,slk ugÈ ekuktk ldrk gSA ftl <ax ls dkaxzsl ds usrk]lsD;qyj [kses ds çksQsllZ ,oa vUrjk"Vªh; ehfM;kds ,d [k+kl èkM+s us ,d gh 'kCn dks o"kks± rdidMs j[kk] blls ;g lkfcr gksrk gS fd ;sla;ksx ugÈ cfYd lkft'ku fd;k x;k d`R; FkkAvkt tc ,uvkÃ, us bl ekeys ds reke igyqvksadks lkeus j[kk gS rks blckr dh tkap Hkh gksuhpkfg, fd oks dkSu yksx gSa tks lkft'k dhcqfu;kn jp jgs FksA oks dkSu yksx gSa tks jktuhfri`"BHkwfe ds gksus ds ckotwn xSj&t#jh <ax lsekysxk¡o ekeys ij ,Vh,l phQ gsear djdjs dslaidZ esa Fks \

blesa dksÃ 'kd ugÈ fd fcuk fdlh iq[rkvkjksi ds lkèoh çKk dks brus o"kks± rd tsy esaj[kk x;k vkSj mUgsa çrkfM+r fd;k x;kA flQZ^fgUnw vkradokn* dh voèkkj.kk dks lgh lkfcrdjus vkSj oksVcSad dks nq#Lr djus ds fy,lkft'ku bruk cM+k >wB jpk x;kA gkykafdyk[k ç;klksa ds ckotwn vHkh rd ,d Hkh fgUnwvkradoknh lkfcr dj ikus esa ;s yksx ukdke jgsgSaA lcdqN crk nsus okyk xwxy Hkh ,d fgUnwvkradoknh [kkst ikus esa ukdke gh gSA vxjokdÃ lkèoh çKk ds f[kykQ lqcwr gksrs rksdkaxsl ds N% lky ds dk;Zdky esa rks de lsde mu lk{;ksa dks j[kk x;k gksrk! ysfdu ugÈ]

dksÃ lk{; ugÈ] dksÃ lqcwr ugÈ vkSj dksÃ vkèkkjugÈ cu ikus dh fLFkfr esa lkèoh dks edksdk dsrgr can fd;k x;kA ,uvkÃ, dh orZeku pktZ'khV us Nn~e lsD;qyfjTe dh dkaxzslh jktuhfrdks ,dckj fQj csinkZ fd;k gSA lkèoh dks tclk<+s lkr lky fcuk fdlh iq[rk vkjksi ds tsyesa j[kk x;k Fkk rks ,d Hkh ekuokfèkdkjoknh dscksy ugÈ QwVs] ,d Hkh efgykoknh laxBu dksblckr dk nnZ ugÈ gqvk fd ,d efgyk dksfcuk fdlh vkjksi ds D;ksa çrkfM+r fd;k tkjgk! njvly bu ekuokfèkdkjokfn;ks a ,oaefgykokfn;ksa ds fjgkÃ eap dh lPpkÃ ;gh gSfd ;s QaM iksf"kr ,d [k+kl ,tsaMs ds fy, dkedjus okys yksx gSa tks lsD;qyfjTe dk ckukvks<+dj ns'k esa caVokjs dh jktuhfr dks gok nsrsgSaA ,dckj fQj lkèoh ds cgkus ns'k ds lkeusbudk psgjk csinkZ gqvk gSA gkyk¡fd bruk i;kZIrugÈ gSaA lkèoh dks Qalkus okyksa dh tkap Hkht#jh gSA ftUgksaus fgUnw vkradokn ds bl >wBdks lp lkfcr djus dh cstk dksf'k'k dh muijHkh eqdnek pyk;k tkuk pkfg,A lkft'kksa dscwrs fl;klr djus dh viuh iqjkuh ijEijk lsdkaxzsl vHkh ckt ugÈ vk jgh gSA ;gh otg gSfd ns'k vc muds vlfy;r dks igpkuus yxkgSA vc blesa dksb 'kd ugÈ jgk fd egt *fgUnwvkradokn* 'kCn dks LFkkfir djus ds fy, laxfBr:i ls lsD;qyfjTe ds rFkkdfFkr Bsdnkj bllkft'k dks vatke ns jgs Fks] ftles lkèoh çKklfgr u tkus fdrus yksx o"kks± ihfM+r jgsA lllll

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The history of Bengal for the last 250

years can be surmised by the

famous lines of Charles Dickens in his

classic “A Tale of Two Cities”:

It was the best of times, it was the

worst of times, it was the age of wisdom,

it was the age of foolishness, it was the

epoch of belief, it was the epoch of

incredulity, it was the season of Light, it

was the season of Darkness, it was the

spring of hope, it was the winter of

despair, we had everything before us, we

had nothing before us, we were all going

direct to Heaven, we were all going direct

the other way. .

Starting from the pre-

independence era of undivided

Bengal, a plethora of super talented

people and visionaries had had

sprung from its soil to enrich and

influence the entire Indian sub-

continent, if not the world at large.

Brilliant minds in every spheres of

human endeavor had made Bengal a

“place with a difference”. This

unending supply chain of had a

blinding effect not only on the history

of Bengal but also on the history of

India. The Bengal Renaissance started

with Raja Ram Mohan Roy in 1772, if

we keep Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

Political Paradigm of West Bengal:A Tryst with Dichotomy

@ Jay Prakash Majumdar

out of this golden era, and lasted till

the untimely demise of Dr. Syama

Prasad Mookerjee in 1953 - an

unparalleled saga of glory and

achievements for nearly 200 years.

Very few similar conglomerations

of talents have ever been chronicled

in the history of mankind - keeping

in mind the account of European

Renaissances. Like in Europe, the

decadence in Bengal that followed

was rapid and swift. In an

international symposium held two

years ago, a reputed scholar quipped

telling me that the Almighty had

given so much during 200 years that

now She or He has exhausted the

stock of resources – at least for

Bengal!

So in the light of the law of

equality, every good time has its end

– and sometimes a bitter end as

perceived by Dickens. Glorious times

followed by “worst of times”. One

after another tragic events awaited

Bengal– West Bengal. Two blows

poured in almost simultaneously.

First one was the irreparable wound

of partition, based on religious

divide. The harsh fate of partition

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proliferation of communist

dogmatism. That was the second

blow. Rule of mediocrity sunk its

roots. It’s a matter of interesting area

of social research that how a land,

which was the abode of nationalistic

movements of India, switched over

its character to a so called

“Internationalism” through the

influence of the imported ideology of

communism. After independence,

within a small span of two decades,

the birthplace of nationalism gave

rise to communism – with the

majority of the communist leaders &

mentors being the displaced people

from the erstwhile East Pakistan.

There is no gainsaying the fact that

the Rise and Fall of an empire is but a

natural process. It happened with

Greece, Rome, Florence and several

colonial powers. However, in the case

of Bengal, once the decadence set in,

avoidable cultural vandalism

followed. And it still continues. Alas!

From that continuation, the third

blow for West Bengal was in the form

of the political choice of people. It

became one of the States where a

tradition of anti-Center, anti-Indian

political psyche was introduced by the

Left parties. As a result the major part

of the post independence period, more

than 40 years, saw the state’s ruling

party at loggerheads with the ruling

party at the Centre. Centre-State

commonality of ruling parties was a

rarity. Mutual allegations and

confrontations was the rule of the day

rather than sustained road maps of

development. Center-State synergy

became a farfetched idea for West

Bengal and common people suffered

due to their own choice. And that also

still continues. Alas!

The fourth blow: The politics of

violence. Despite having a high

spirited revolutionary movement

during the freedom struggle, Bengal

was always an abode of peace and

spiritual discourse. Philosophies of

Chaitanya, Ramkrishna Paramhansa,

Vivekananda and Rabindranath co-

existed with that of Netaji or Surjya

Sen – in the classic example of “Joto

Math – Toto Path” (as many views that

many paths). But during the last fifty

years of communist penetration and

hegemony, politics and violence have

embroiled so much that social

nomenclature has accepted violence

as the natural ally of politics. During

the last five years of promised

“Paribartan” of Ms. Mamata Banerjee,

violence has been made itself to be

institutionalized in all the social

parameters, let alone politics. This is

the other tragedy continues to haunt

Bengal and is growing. Alas!

That takes us to the two most

crucial dichotomies of Bengal: One is

unexplainable continuation with the

known course of devastation and the

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the nationalistic outlook. Both are

ruinous. First, the 5 years of Naxalite

movements followed by 34 years of

Left rule has ensured not only the

destruction of the cultural supremacy

of Bengal but also ensured the curbing

of famed free thinking process of the

Bengalis. Excellence in any field,

unless politically correct, was

discouraged. Secondly, successive

generations have not experienced or

witnessed any inclusion of a word

called “Indian”. They were taught all

about Delhi’s act of deprivation,

instead of being taught to be proud of

being Indian. Rhetoric of inculcating

the idea of a mythical revolution was

more fashionable than knowing all

about the rich Indian heritage. What

a waste of youth power through

several generations under the pretext

of being Left, Ultra Left or even super

Ultra Left.

The West Bengal Assembly election

of 2016 has just been completed after

a grueling ordeal of electioneering of

more than a month. Again a State level

party with an autocratic leader has

won – again the pseudo-secular forces

have capitalized on the safe vote bank

of minority hallucinations – again the

bloody violence continues unabated

with the so called democratic festival

– and again Bengalis are thinking why

the curse continues with us!

The only silver lining out of such

impenetrable dark cloud is that a

political party established by the last

of the stalwarts of the Bengal

Renaissances, namely Dr. Syama

Prasad Mookerjee, has ultimately

made its sure footed dent on the

political realm of Bengal. Let us wait

now and see if the cycle of Bengal’s

fate comes back to the highest

echelons of its former self, with all the

prowess, pride and power with this

“Party of the Soil”. l

(The author, the son of a freedom

fighter is presently Vice President

& Spokesperson of the West Bengal

State BJP. He studied in Jadavpur

University and has written

extensively on political, economical

& social issues besides his subject

of Science.)


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INDIA@POSITIVE

Indian Railways has commissionedaround 4800 kilometer of Broad

Gauge track in last two financial yearsincluding about 1200 Km New Lines,1900 Km Gauge Conversion and 1700Km Doubling. As compared to this,Railways have been commissioning atan average of about 1530 Km in theprevious five years.

In current financial year, IndianRailways is set to commission over 2800Km Broad Gauge track at the rate ofover 7.7 Km per day.In the North East,Indian Railways commissioned about900 km of BroadGauge in last twoyears of ModiG o v e r n m e n t ,leaving only about50 Km MG lines tobe converted in2016-17. Inaddition, a 132 Kmpart of 3rda l t e r n a t i v econnectivity routeto Northeast (i.e.New Maynaguri –Jogighopa) wasa l s ocommissioned.

Road Over andRoad UnderBridges: 2132ROBs/RUBs werecompleted in last

Indian Railways: Setting new records inevery fields since last two years

two years, at an average of 1066 peryear, as compared to an average of 763per year in previous five years.

Elimination of Unmanned LevelCrossings: 2433 unmanned levelcrossings were eliminated in last twoyears, at an average of 1217 per year,as compared to 1139 per year inprevious five years. Elimination ofLevel Crossings is becoming more andmore difficult with time, as thoseidentified for easy elimination havealready been eliminated.

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In order to make PDS system totallytransparent, the Modi Government

is implementing End-to-endComputerisation of Targeted-PDSOperations. As a result, a largenumber of bogus ration cards havebeen eliminated by the States duringlast two years of NDA regime which

has enabled better targeting of aboutRs.10, 000 crores’ foodgrains. CentralGovernment is continuously perusingState Governments to make PDSmodern and consumer friendly, aproject with the cost of Rs. 884 crorehas been taken up forcomputerization. Significantachievements have been made so far.Ration cards have been completelydigitised in all States and card detailsare available on transparency portal

Foodgrains worth Rs 10, 000 crorebetter targeted with

computerisation of PDS

of all States; Online Allocation offoodgrains to ration dealers is beingmade in 25 States. Supply-Chain hasbeen computerized in 12 States/UTsand online grievance redressal facilityor toll-free helpline have been startedin all States/UTs. CentralGovernment has also requested States

to seed Aadhaar numbers in RationCard database. At present overallseeding stands at 54.79% at thenational level. For checking of leakageand diversions, Central Governmentis also pursuing with States/UTs toautomate Fair Price Shops by stallingbiometric devices. So far, more than1, 11,772 FPSs have been automatedacross the country, and this count islikely to be increased to 3, 06,526 FPSsby March, 2017.

SPMRF Desk

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It was in September 2015 that PrimeMinister Modi initiated a wide and

intricate outreach to countries thathave been shaped by the ideals andlegacy of Buddha. It would beinteresting, thus, to once again lookat that effort in the backdrop of theLumbini conference this May.Through an international initiativeon the theme of Samvad-Hindu-Buddhist Initiative for ConflictAvoidance and EnvironmentConsciousness, hosted by theVivekananda InternationalFoundation, India in collaborationwith the International BuddhistConfederation (IBC), stated theaspiration to work for regionalstability, prosperity and harmonybased on the ancient Indic wisdomthat worked to avoid conflict and tore-establish the balance betweennature and mankind on a relationthat was non-exploitative and basedon mutual respect, admiration andyearnings for assimilation. As PMModi described it, the conference“was conceptualised on shifting theparadigm from conflict resolution toconflict avoidance and fromenvironmental regulation toenvironmental consciousness.”

It was in this conference that Modi

Prime Minister Modi’s Bodh GayaInitiative: foreign policy of multi-

alignment & multi-engagement@@@@@ Dr. Anirban Ganguly

first talked of ‘climate justice’ – toensure which each nation of theregion inspire by the Indicphilosophies had to delve into theirthought repositories and based on it,shape a framework of cooperationand joint action. He said,

I want to say that we, the presentgeneration, have the responsibility toact as a trustee of the rich naturalwealth for the future generations. Theissue is not merely about climatechange; it is about climate justice.Again I repeat is not the issue ofclimate change, it is about climatejustice. In my view, the most adverselyaffected by climate change are thepoor and the downtrodden. When anatural disaster strikes, they are hitthe hardest. When there are floods,they are rendered homeless; during aquake, their homes are destroyed;during droughts, they are affected;and during extreme cold too, thehomeless suffer the most. We can’t letclimate change keep affecting peoplein this manner. Which is why I believethe discourse must shift focus fromclimate change to climate justice.

On the need for Samvad – dialoguePM Modi argued that the Indicwisdom - Hindu and Buddhist –couldevolve a new mechanism of conflict-

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avoidance,

Promotion of dialogue – calls fora shift from ideological approach toa philosophic one. Without properdialogue, neither of the two themesof conflict avoidance is possible, orworkable. The severe limitations inour conflict resolution mechanismsare becoming more and moreobvious. We need significant,collective and strategic efforts toprevent bloodshed and violence. Itis, thus, no surprise that the worldis taking note of Buddhism. This isalso a recognition of the historicalAsian traditions and values, whichcan be used to shift the paradigm toconflict avoidance, to move fromthe path of ideology tophilosophy...All of us here have acardinal duty to ensure that ourfuture generations lead a life ofpeace, dignity and mutual respect.We need to sow the seeds of aconflict-free world and, in thisendeavour; faiths of Buddhism andHinduism have a great contribution.

This conference thus ideated thetheme and objective of reaching outto the entire Southeast Asian regionthrough the message of Buddha andthe Indic philosophical corpus whichhad attracted this region overmillennia and had enhanced itsengagement with civilisational India.In fact PM Modi clearly saw, “thatwithout embracing the path andideals shown by Gautam Buddha,this century cannot be an Asiancentury!”

In order to take the outreachfurther and give it a certain concretemomentum, Modi joined the entireinternational assemblage of thinkers,philosophers, monks, diplomats andpractitioners in Bodh Gaya, mediatedwith them under the sacred BodhiTree and reiterated India’s timelessmessage of dialogue, harmoniousliving and reverence for nature andfor the earth. PM Modi, in hisvaledictory address before theinternational gathering made a fewsignificant points which needreiteration because these are closelyidentified with India’s soft powergoals or civilisational belief.

“On the issue of conflicts — mostof which are being driven by religiousintolerance — the participants in theconference seem to have agreed thatwhile there is no problem about thefreedom to practise one’s religion, itis when the radical elements try toforce their own ideologies on others,that the potential for conflict arises.On the issue of environment, theconference seems to have agreed thatthe philosophic underpinning of theDharma, which stresses the protectionof natural heritage, is critical forsustainable development. I may addthat the United Nations too hasarrived at the view that sustainabledevelopment is achievable onlythrough aligning development to thelocal culture of the people.”

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Declaration. Bodh Gaya was declaredas the “seat of enlightenment for theworld of Buddhism and Buddhistcivilisation that have inspired allreligions of the world.” Thedeclaration, with the Prime Minister’ssanction, stated that “A Buddhistspiritual and civilizational institutionthat will bring together and make theentire Buddhist world participate inthis momentous task will be built inBodh Gaya in the coming three years”that “Hindu civilizational andspiritual institutions will be invited towork with this new Buddhistinstitution to share the responsibilityfor global peace and harmony” that“Buddhist spiritual leaders willapproach governments of all Buddhistnations to support this monumentaland noble task of developing BodhGaya as an International Centre ofBuddhism for the enlightenment of allhumankind” and called upon India toprovide support for creating such avibrant centre of civilisationalcooperation.

The very spot where Siddharthatransformed into Sakyamuni thusholds the potential to elevate itselfinto a radiating power house of lightand knowledge and as in the ancienttimes, like a lighthouse attractcivilisations from across the globe.With a rising and renewed interest inIndian traditions and knowledgesystems across the world, with thelaunching of the Indic and BuddhistStudies University at Sanchi inMadhya Pradesh – an effort that has

silently taken shape away from theglare of false propaganda – India candevelop a formidably vibrantBuddhist circuit of knowledge,experience and practise. It couldevolve into a circuit that would makeIndia, once again, the centre ofBuddhist thought and a genuinerepository of Sakyamuni’s legacy.India’s image as a benefactor andpromoter of knowledge and as apower with profound regard for localknowledge systems and ways ofliving can go a long way in furtherstrengthening this web of Indic andBuddhist knowledge across countriesand institutions and create thecivilisational spiritual highway.

The Bodhgaya initiative was anexpression of the innovation that haspermeated India’s soft powerengagement and diplomacy ever sincePrime Minister Modi took over. India’sobjective in these two interveningyears has been to activated her pastcivilisational linkages and to re-stateand re-structure them to the exigenciesof the present where India’s seeks topursue a pragmatic foreign policy ofmulti-alignment and multi-engagement through which she seeksa genuine and co-equal partnershipwith those nations and civilisationsthat had great affinity and proximityto her in the past. The vision that theBodhgaya Declaration articulatedmay thus begin to be worked out withdetermination and vision. l

(Courtesy: The Pioneer,11.5.2016)


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