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This is advice season. Every one is free to offer a manifesto for India and commend it to NaMo for implementation.
Published on Mar 4, 2014
Surely, there will be bureaucrats readying the 15th August 2014 speech for NaMo to be delivered to the Nation from the Red Fort.
My two paisa worth vikas goals for NaMo.
Vikas Panchasheel: Five point Bharat resurgence initiatives
Item 1. Set up National Water Grid to reach tap water to every farm, every village home. In the process create 9 crore acres of wet land with assured irrigation to revolutionise the nation's agri production and make 9 crore landless families owners of this wet land. Item 2: Announce a team to progress the formation of Indian Ocean Community (Hindu mahasagar parivaar) -- IOC -- to reach the goal of a United States of Indian Ocean taking up Trans-Asian Highway and Railway Projects and management of Himalayan river flows in IOC. 3. Scrap P-Notes, announce full financial support to India Uninc. 4. Announce right to health as a fundamental right. 5. Revamp MNREGA dovetail it to the National Water Grid Authority in building up a network of water channels in all subgrids. 5. Announce Thorium-based nuke doctrine with full security arrangements for the nation's thorium reserves which will be dedicated to meet the energy needs of IOC. All new nuke reactors should be thorium-based; existing reactors should be retooled to be thorium-based.
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NDA government may set up ministry for rivers
BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi, who invoked the Ganga while filing his nomination paper in Varanasi, may carve out a ministry of rivers with special focus on Ganga if the NDA comes to power on May 16.
LUCKNOW: BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi, who invoked the Ganga while filing his nomination paper in Varanasi, may carve out a ministry of rivers with special focus on Ganga if the NDA comes to power on May 16. Sources in the BJP said such an office could have a minister of state and function independently of the water resources ministry.
An international research institute for Ganga conservation would also come up on the bank of the river and the location would be would be finalised after the ministry is carved out. The Ganga project will be the biggest-ever river project in the country and will be driven by the ministry, BJP sources said.
The Ganga was not only mentioned by Modi in his speeches but was also a part of the BJP's vision document: cleaning up of the river is part of the exclusive Varanasi manifesto of the party.
On Tuesday, Amit Shah had had said Modi plans to develop the Ganga as a national project and nurture Varanasi if he became the PM. Sources also said with the Ganga being the lifeline of a large chunk of population in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and West Bengal, it made sense to have a ministry to look into its management and develop it as a source of livelihood for the people.
Sources said the role of the ministry of rivers would not be limited to just cleaning up the Ganga but for other rivers as well. The ministry would also take up important projects like interlinking of rivers, a pet project of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Earlier, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari had announced an NDA government would ensure a separate budget to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore for developing rivers.
An international research institute for Ganga conservation would also come up on the bank of the river and the location would be would be finalised after the ministry is carved out. The Ganga project will be the biggest-ever river project in the country and will be driven by the ministry, BJP sources said.
The Ganga was not only mentioned by Modi in his speeches but was also a part of the BJP's vision document: cleaning up of the river is part of the exclusive Varanasi manifesto of the party.
On Tuesday, Amit Shah had had said Modi plans to develop the Ganga as a national project and nurture Varanasi if he became the PM. Sources also said with the Ganga being the lifeline of a large chunk of population in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar and West Bengal, it made sense to have a ministry to look into its management and develop it as a source of livelihood for the people.
Sources said the role of the ministry of rivers would not be limited to just cleaning up the Ganga but for other rivers as well. The ministry would also take up important projects like interlinking of rivers, a pet project of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Earlier, BJP leader Nitin Gadkari had announced an NDA government would ensure a separate budget to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore for developing rivers.
Let PM choose his own ministers: NDA leader
A senior Akali leader feels Narendra Modi should get a free hand as prime minister and must not be burdened by a steering committee.
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NEW DELHI: If NDA does form the next government, BJP leader Narendra Modi should get a free hand as prime minister and must not be burdened by a steering committee that could become a drag on governance, senior Akali leader Naresh Gujral has said.
Gujral told TOI that experience showed that steering committees could be an encumbrance, often becoming parallel power centres and ended up as a distraction rather than serving any useful purpose.
"There is a huge governance deficit that NDA is set to inherit from the UPA as a legacy. The PM should be able to act resolutely on several fronts that need immediate attention," Gujral said.
The Akali leader said Modi could be expected to be mindful of the need to ensure a broad political consensus in the ruling coalition and a potential time consuming consultative mechanism was redundant.
Gujral, who is seen as a sure ministerial pick in an NDA government, refused to comment on his likely assignment.
"I am not arguing for over centralization. But the next PM has to get on with things quickly and a change in the style of governance is very much needed," he said.
More contentiously, Gujral suggested that the PM be allowed to pick his choice of ministers, even from among his allies. "A minister must not be bogged down with catering to a chief minister or a party boss," he said.
A weak PMO under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is seen to have led to policy paralysis even as he failed to discipline errant ministers, resulting in poor governance that hurt the economy.
While speaking out against the "quota" rule in ministry-making, Gujral said the PM should be permitted to choose the best fits for ministries overseeing infrastructure, industry, tourism and labour that have a bearing on employment.
He also batted for curbing the say of Cabinet ministers in selecting secretaries. "It should be completely based on merit," the senior SAD leader said.
He said technocrats could serve in advisory roles rather than manning portfolios so that the political objectives of the coalition were not lost sight of.
The immediate task before the new government should be to revive the economy and "within the first 30-40" days publish a white paper on the state of the treasury.
"The nation should know the state of the treasury and the fiscal deficit situation. There should be a system where expenditure should not be postponed to the next year to show a better fiscal picture," the senior leader said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Let-PM-choose-his-own-ministers-NDA-leader/articleshow/35135663.cms
Gujral told TOI that experience showed that steering committees could be an encumbrance, often becoming parallel power centres and ended up as a distraction rather than serving any useful purpose.
"There is a huge governance deficit that NDA is set to inherit from the UPA as a legacy. The PM should be able to act resolutely on several fronts that need immediate attention," Gujral said.
The Akali leader said Modi could be expected to be mindful of the need to ensure a broad political consensus in the ruling coalition and a potential time consuming consultative mechanism was redundant.
Gujral, who is seen as a sure ministerial pick in an NDA government, refused to comment on his likely assignment.
"I am not arguing for over centralization. But the next PM has to get on with things quickly and a change in the style of governance is very much needed," he said.
More contentiously, Gujral suggested that the PM be allowed to pick his choice of ministers, even from among his allies. "A minister must not be bogged down with catering to a chief minister or a party boss," he said.
A weak PMO under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is seen to have led to policy paralysis even as he failed to discipline errant ministers, resulting in poor governance that hurt the economy.
While speaking out against the "quota" rule in ministry-making, Gujral said the PM should be permitted to choose the best fits for ministries overseeing infrastructure, industry, tourism and labour that have a bearing on employment.
He also batted for curbing the say of Cabinet ministers in selecting secretaries. "It should be completely based on merit," the senior SAD leader said.
He said technocrats could serve in advisory roles rather than manning portfolios so that the political objectives of the coalition were not lost sight of.
The immediate task before the new government should be to revive the economy and "within the first 30-40" days publish a white paper on the state of the treasury.
"The nation should know the state of the treasury and the fiscal deficit situation. There should be a system where expenditure should not be postponed to the next year to show a better fiscal picture," the senior leader said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Let-PM-choose-his-own-ministers-NDA-leader/articleshow/35135663.cms