Caste Census

This topic is about the caste based enumeration which is planned by the government to commence shortly.The general survey of the household is completed and in the second phase it is said that it would be biometric survey where the finger prints,photographs and iris scans are collected which will be used by the government to issue unique identity cards for each individual.In this survey it is planning to collect the caste of the individual so the it have proper count of the people based on the social background.

I will divide the discussion into two parts.

1) Is the Caste based enumeration required.If required why is it required?

2) If it is required what are the advantages and disadvantages.If not required,will there be any problems in future.

My opinion is that such a caste based enumeration is not necessary.The reason the govt is showing for the requirement of caste enumeration is that the government can appropriately plan the special schemes and subsidies for backward classes based on the numbers it collected.But my argument is that primary premise -giving subsidies based on the caste is not correct.The subsidies and policies should be based on the economic standards of the people and not based on the caste.

Considering the present situation in the country,there are backward caste people who are millionaires and who are in the position of IAS/IPS,who are ministers of state/Center,who work as software engineers in MNC companies.Do they or their children require the helping hand from the government?Does these people require subsides on rice,kirosine or do they require reservation in educational system or do they require reservation in Jobs?I do agree that most of the backward class people are below poverty line.Its most of the people but not all.There are also few people who doesn't belong to backward cast but still they are economically backward.Its all those economically backward people who needs a helping hand.I know I am divulging a bit from the topic but is absolutely important because its on this premise that the need for the caste enumeration has raised.When the premise itself is wrong the necessity for such a caste based census is not needed.

there can be further complications like a caste which is backward in some region may not be considered backward caste in some other region.In such cases providing benefits based on caste is not apt.

Advantages/Disadvantages:

I don't see any problem if the collection of caste information is just to have numerical data on the social backgrounds of the people.But the fact is that it is not going to stop at that point.If a particular region has 80% of the population of some caste then there arises a need to elect the leaders from the same caste to address their problems.Our economy has enough divisions based on the religion.We are witnessing many Hindu Muslim riots which are going out of control.Doesn't this further bifurcation of caste spring up new caste sanghas and result in more riots?

It has taken ages to neutralize the caste system in the country.The sentiment has weekend but not completely wiped off.What is the need for the government to again split the society based on caste. May be govt talked just about the census(statistical data) but it clearly gives scope for many other conflicts discussed above.

In my opinion the disadvantages of having this system outnumber the advantages.For this reason I don't like this decision of the government.

Who should change?Political Leaders or The People's Mindset

In the recent telangana by-elections TRS has sweepd the polls and won 11 out of 12 seats.Its good to see that the people has given a mandate for a single political party.
But is this mandate based on the agenda of the party or is it based on the anticipation of the good things that the party can do for its region or is this a mandate to Telengana sentiment and not for the leaders who were elected.

I personally feel its the sentiment that has won.TRS has created a view in the minds of people that if separate state for Telangana is obtained then there can be huge development in their region.It created a strong impression in the minds of people that development in the region can only be brought with a separate state.In such a scenario its obvious for people to choose TRS rather than other parties who have dual opinions that will change based on the situation.

TRS was successfull in creating political employment for itself. All other parties have failed to educate people properly that its the development that is required and not separate state.

The real issues which cause hindrance to the development of the region were suppressed.If atleast any one of the party had dedication to the development of the region then it should have very strongly supported TDP which started agitation on babli issue(though for political benifits).I seems to me that they were afraid that if they supported the credit will go to TDP and N.Chandrababu Naidu.I really wonder why JP hasnt supported it at that time,instead every one showed sympathy.

Its only the education and awareness that can change the mindsets of the people.Until then one or other political party will be exploiting the people.

Encourage Public Transport

My idea is to invest heavily in RTC as far as AP is concerned.Procure new buses which are on par with emission norms.(reason few busses even in cities release more visible exaust than an auto).Give subsidized petrol/diesel to this corporation so that it can reduce charges to its passengers.This way we can encourage public transport.More than the subsidy, today most of the people choose other modes of transport not because they are lavish spenders but because they don't get a convenient public transport facility.This is the reason why most of the corporates maintain their own transport facilities to offices be hiring RTC or Private buses. RTC should work on the ways(govt should fund this) to improve convenience to public.This would definitely bring profit to RTC and reduce traffic,reduce carbon emissions,relives public from the strain of driving their cars/motorcycles in busy roads,improves the work productivity,improves mental conditions and lifestyle,improves their savings,reduces the fuel consumption of the state etc.Not one but many cumulative positive effects.May be this is applicable only to cities and towns but these are the only areas which are causing this biological imbalance.

Tragic demise of YSR

Certainly a person who has attracted magnonimous crowd of people during his last rituals is a successful leader. It being the day of ganesh nimarjan for which large crowds of people gather together and there will be no other works for that day,even the state government declares holiday on this eve every year to control traffic, there was only one person in the hearts of people,the YSR. Almost every one was sticked to the telivision channels showing the news of his tragic accident and last journey.His residence was thronged with people. May the god has given him an untimly death in a tragic way but the respect he recieved during his last journey, even abeying the ganesh chaturdi utsav, giving him the precedence over the god, was the greatest achievment in his life.It really made him the hero of Andhra Pradesh and he will be remembered atleast for the next 10 decades.Cirtainly YSR has created a history.His name will be written in golden words in the books of history.

He is the one person who surpassed the TDPs monopoly in AP state politics and brought Congress into power.Initially most of the policies he implemented were direct take from Chandrababu Naidues ideas with names changed.But Free Power to farmers,Jala Yagnam,Arogyasri ,Pension Scheem were his new ideas implimented for the welfare of society.The most apprised 108 services were also started during his regeim.Because of these he is the most revered politician today.Every one could see the last 6 years of his successfull life,but very a few realise that there are other 54 years in his life and atleast 30 years of his political career which he struggled.The final royal status he owns today is a result of tremoundus struggle for over 30 years.He enjoued the fruits of his hardwork only for a short duration.I hope and wish his sole gets peace.

Petro Prices

I like the idea of leaving the prices of petroleum products to be decided by global market.It should be some thing like gold prices.They vary daily based on current market price.

Its very welcome idea when the gloabal prices are low,but when the prices are at high levels definetly there should be some control on them by the government.But is this possible.

Liberahan commission report is out

Justice Liberahan who was appinted to investigate on Babri Masjid demolition case submitted his report after 16 years.The report should be put on table in parliament and should be open for discussion.
My openion: Even if any one of the accused ina any case should be punished the longest term for which he can be punished is 14 years.If a court case goes for such a long duration,by the time the verdict is out the accused might have already undergone his punishment.But in case the accused is found not guilty then I could not imagine the suffering which he has undergone.All his 14 years of crucial life time is lost in prison. why do we allow such cases to prolong to such an extent.Do we need some thing like SLA(Service Level Agreement) to close the cases/commission reports in specified time limits.
The point to be noted in this Liberahan comission report is the time line given to the commission to submit its report was initially 3 months.

Unique Identification Number

Primary Purpose: The primary purpose of the author is to brief the new initiative taken by UPA government,Unique Identification Number, for which Infosys co-founder Nandan Nelekhani will be heading.
Summary:
US has this unique identification in the form of Social Security number.Author explains the in India also we need something similar to it.One identification should be suffice for bank transactions,voter identification,ration cards,income tax etc.
While we have started a god initiative it is also important to see that this will be usefull in these areas,otherwise the primary purpose of the initiative will be lost and more over this will become a overhead.It is also important to ensure that the liberty of the public is not lost.

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