For the last many years Bharat has been facing the menace of aggression from our two closest neighbours. Pakistan has been trying to harm us by promoting terrorism, which to some extent the country may be able to face and conquer, provided political will is there. But in the case of China, they have been harming us in many ways. Since more than five / six decades from now, they tried to befool us by pretending that they are friends and well wishers of BHARAT. At the peak of such a rhetoric of “hindi chini bhai bhai” they stabbed us in the back by full fledged invasion on our country at many places falling adjacent to their borders. Some parts of the territory taken over by them, we understand, are still in their possession, which they are now claiming to be always their land. They are also claiming some other territories in the north and north east which are adjoining their borders, and are taking all possible steps to establish themselves there on permanent basis. They are helping Pak in various ways to get their sympathy and in return getting their bases in the shape of construction activities, to be in the eyes of world as helpers only but basically with the intentions to surround Bharat from all sides. For that very purpose mischievous helps are also being provided by them to our other neighbours in Nepal and Bangladesh, that too seemingly with ulterior motives against our country to fulfill their designs of expansionism. Hope that our Govt. is fully aware of all these developments and must be taking positive actions to contain the nefarious designs of the dragon. But in the eyes of the general public much more is needed to be done. As it is now clear, China not only has plans to spread itself on the earth, (i.e. taking more land into their possession) but is also having very bigger designs to economically over power the world, with special attention on our Bharat. Our country specially needs to be more careful and proactive to rubbish at least their these designs. As of now, we see many items of daily use, consumables to consumer durables, can say as from pin to aero plane, are available in our markets which are made in China. Even our festivals are lit by their lights and our idols of worship are also coming from China. This position need be treated as alarming and sufficient to make the governmental systems in our country to come out of the slumber and face the dragon head on. Otherwise China as it seems now will over power us physically and economically. Especially on economic front we need to be much more alert and formulate our policies, first of all to know as to what are the problems in our country that we are not able to manufacture these very items internally which are being imported from China so indiscriminately that our own industries and work force are sure to be losers, including our country in totality.
Some reasons for China being in a position to overpower our economy seem to be as under:-
As we gather from the media, electronic as well as the print one, work culture in China is much better than that in Bharat, meaning that their workers and administrative machinery, while at work, are totally committed to the work/job, might be by intentions or due to force of law. But this helps the products to be cheaper and these come out with more volumes. Compared to this in our own country, workers and administrators, while at work, do not seem to be attending to their jobs with the same zeal and commitment. Rather, many a time, the systems, political in particular, are more concerned to give more rights and safeguards to the workers, resulting in, especially in governmental works, lower output and thus increasing the cost of production. This clearly disables us to compete with China.
Still again, Labour Laws tilt too much in favour of the work force, to the extent that the feeling is that work or no work, jobs of the workers will remain always safe. This is a negative situation to induce the workers for higher productivity. We understand that governments are trying to make the private sector also the victim to the same set of laws and by enforcing reservations. This is bound to adversely affect our power to compete in the world markets, especially with China. To enforce reward and punishments for working class is the only method that can make them more responsible and cost of production may be brought down whereby making products cheaper. We, in our country, are doing every thing to pamper the work force by permitting too many holidays when manufacturing units and government offices, at all levels, are kept closed and workers just idle away their time, or in the process indulge in consumerism. For the days holidays are permitted, productivity at all levels comes down. Thus, low productivity adds further to the cost of production and product cost goes higher as compared to imports, especially from China. The system as such is requested to review this culture of holidays and permit only 2/3 full fledged holidays going by needs of different regions. In addition to this, beyond Sundays, 3/4 other holidays can be permitted on restricted basis which different workers/employees can avail, going by the needs of the festivals connected with their faith. This way, the work at all levels shall continue without hampering production and our products not going costly unnecessarily, and we should be able to compete others including China. Good to protect our products.
We have a fairly large number of engineering institutes in our country which, every year produce an army of engineers sufficient to run our production units in different industries, provided they are given the best possible education and training and the atmosphere conducive to good work is created including laws which can give them reasonable powers to ensure that while at work, the workers do their jobs with full commitment. This should help increase our production and productivity resulting in the items becoming competitive compared to the item imported, especially from China.
Many students, after passing out of the engineering colleges do not intend to work in the factories. They rather wish to go for white collar jobs of selling or after sale services or sales promotion. This nullifies the whole education of the subject given to them. The need is that after passing out as an engineer one should not be allowed to do any job which is not the job of an engineer. In other words, the education given and the training imparted to the students and the capabilities developed in them must be fully utilized by putting them on the appropriate jobs commensurate to the knowledge and ability of every individual. This may help our country a long way to compete with other countries including China, the Dragon who seems bent upon to cripple the economy of the entire world. India should rather create world opinion, so that many countries of the world, in the long run, do not have to see their industries and economies crippled and do not become dependent on China for one and all items of use.
No doubt, cost accounting is a vast subject and the factors affecting the cost of production are so many, but what can apparently be seen by a layman has been discussed in these lines.
As we see, China has tried to control spread of their population by enforcing maximum of one child norm for all couples and all able bodied persons are made to do full day’s job, wherever they are, without any relaxations and pampering. On the other hand, Bharat is producing more mouths to eat as spread of population is not put on check. Otherwise too, instead of making the population control work more sincerely and honestly, many types of freedom are given which in turn do not encourage control on child birth. This aspect of governance need be looked into and corrections made. In Bharat, too many facilities are being given to the workers and their wages are increased disproportionately to their needs and country’s economy. Good it is to give reasonable living wages and some thing for comforts also but why give so much for luxuries. This is only making others very demanding and it also develops the tendency of consumerism. Good it shall be to review these policies of the system. It should be very reasonable to ensure reasonable comfort and medical care for all in old age for which less money can be permitted in the hands of the workers and even others where they are working to ensure better safeguards and care to the old, sick and infirm ones.
A request is also made to the political system, the hierarchy, the bureaucracy, the media and the concerned citizens of Bharat to create awareness in the system so that we do not inadvertently strengthen the dragon whose intentions, as we have seen earlier too, are as expansionist and unpredictable.
RD Agarwal
A-86, Indira Nagar, Lucknow-226016 E-mail ID:rdagarwal.pnb@gmail.com , Twitter: rdagarwal
Lucknow.
Friday, January 7, 2011
DISGRACE FOR THE NATION
During the last few days there is going on a great upheaval on the political scene in Karnataka. First, some allegations against ministers, their removal from the ministry, then a lot of other happenings, including hijacking of some MLAs from the ruling party and their supporters, shifting them to very costly resorts out of the state to keep them allured to the opposition just with the aim to topple the constitutionally elected Government in the state. From the side of the ruling party too, some emissaries tried to contact their defectors to bring them back to their fold. It is apprehended that during all these dramas lot of money and other inducements must have exchanged hands. The matter goes to the Governor who asks the C.M. to get the vote of confidence which he does on 11-10-2010. Over the confidence vote having been secured by the CM, again lot of things happened including creating of rowdy scenes, in and out side the Assembly. Then, such happenings have not taken place in the system for the first time rather such things have happened many times, most recently in Jharkhand also. All such incidents continue to lower the dignity of our system of democracy, which the whole world too must be observing with pity and lowering our respect in their eyes and records.
All these happenings are widely reported by the print and electronic media and is classified disgrace in Karnataka and other places wherever they happen. In the opinion of the writer of these lines, it is shame not only for the particular state but also for the whole political class and the Nation. Political class in opposition for being always busy with creating hindrances in working of the government and doing every thing possible to ensure fall of the elected governments, just for the greed to grab the position for themselves to enjoy the fruits of being in office and create riches for themselves and their nears & dears. But for the nation, as we are a Nation, have not been able to smoothen the systems so that such nasty happenings do not take place, despite our having come out of the slavery more than 63 years back, and boasting of our nation as being the biggest democracy in the world.
All the best that we show off our armory and cultural programmes on Independence Day, have been host to the Commonwealth Games and have won some medals also including the gold ones, but the way our political system is working and our politicians are behaving inside and out side the Parliament and state assemblies, the general character they possess and the impatience they show to grab whatsoever is visible and trying to snatch whatever others have too is seen and observed by the world and can be seen even with the naked eye by the general public as a big blot on our country. To come out of this malaise it is very necessary to make rules and laws in such a way that every one including elected representatives is made to behave in a decent and responsible manner. In organizing these CWG a lot of money said to be about 70,000 crores has been directly spent against the original budget of about 2,000 crores only. Then, there have been delays in completion of different projects. The standard of some of the projects is reported to be below the mark. It is general perception that lot of money in the process has dug into the public exchequer by way of dishonest and corrupt way of working of the systems. For this country which still has not attained the position of a developed country, this is too big a burden and those who promised to host these events should have visualized this position before hand and should now look out for the reasons in taking these decisions and to enforce corrections.
So that this is made possible, some suggestions are:-
The political system and the election process need be changed in such a manner that no person of negative tendencies, i.e. the criminals, mafias, money looters, uneducated (different from illiterates) get a position in the public life.
The number of political parties at the national level as well as at the level of states throughout the country is pegged to two only so that the elections always give a clear mandate in favour of one and that party must be permitted to perform their duties for the full term. In case there are to be genuine differences on policy matters, inside the party, such issues can be discussed within the party forum only and still if some person or persons differ on genuine policy matters the matters which are in the interest of the nation and society as a whole), they can resign from the party. To fill in the gap thus created, parties must be permitted to bring in the replacements so that working of the government is not stalled and need for fresh elections do not arise.
In case all the corrections are not done and rails of the system are not smoothened, it is just not possible to avoid such situations and happenings.
Wish the positive thinkers in the political class, the media, the educated ones and the concerned citizens enforce and force the system to be cured and brought on the smooth rails which is the need of the day.
Lucknow
RD Agarwal
A-86, Indira Nagar, Lucknow.
E-mailID:rdagarwal.pnb@gmail.com Blog: www.rdagarwal.blogspot.com
All these happenings are widely reported by the print and electronic media and is classified disgrace in Karnataka and other places wherever they happen. In the opinion of the writer of these lines, it is shame not only for the particular state but also for the whole political class and the Nation. Political class in opposition for being always busy with creating hindrances in working of the government and doing every thing possible to ensure fall of the elected governments, just for the greed to grab the position for themselves to enjoy the fruits of being in office and create riches for themselves and their nears & dears. But for the nation, as we are a Nation, have not been able to smoothen the systems so that such nasty happenings do not take place, despite our having come out of the slavery more than 63 years back, and boasting of our nation as being the biggest democracy in the world.
All the best that we show off our armory and cultural programmes on Independence Day, have been host to the Commonwealth Games and have won some medals also including the gold ones, but the way our political system is working and our politicians are behaving inside and out side the Parliament and state assemblies, the general character they possess and the impatience they show to grab whatsoever is visible and trying to snatch whatever others have too is seen and observed by the world and can be seen even with the naked eye by the general public as a big blot on our country. To come out of this malaise it is very necessary to make rules and laws in such a way that every one including elected representatives is made to behave in a decent and responsible manner. In organizing these CWG a lot of money said to be about 70,000 crores has been directly spent against the original budget of about 2,000 crores only. Then, there have been delays in completion of different projects. The standard of some of the projects is reported to be below the mark. It is general perception that lot of money in the process has dug into the public exchequer by way of dishonest and corrupt way of working of the systems. For this country which still has not attained the position of a developed country, this is too big a burden and those who promised to host these events should have visualized this position before hand and should now look out for the reasons in taking these decisions and to enforce corrections.
So that this is made possible, some suggestions are:-
The political system and the election process need be changed in such a manner that no person of negative tendencies, i.e. the criminals, mafias, money looters, uneducated (different from illiterates) get a position in the public life.
The number of political parties at the national level as well as at the level of states throughout the country is pegged to two only so that the elections always give a clear mandate in favour of one and that party must be permitted to perform their duties for the full term. In case there are to be genuine differences on policy matters, inside the party, such issues can be discussed within the party forum only and still if some person or persons differ on genuine policy matters the matters which are in the interest of the nation and society as a whole), they can resign from the party. To fill in the gap thus created, parties must be permitted to bring in the replacements so that working of the government is not stalled and need for fresh elections do not arise.
In case all the corrections are not done and rails of the system are not smoothened, it is just not possible to avoid such situations and happenings.
Wish the positive thinkers in the political class, the media, the educated ones and the concerned citizens enforce and force the system to be cured and brought on the smooth rails which is the need of the day.
Lucknow
RD Agarwal
A-86, Indira Nagar, Lucknow.
E-mailID:rdagarwal.pnb@gmail.com Blog: www.rdagarwal.blogspot.com
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