Dr. Kalam once rightly said that Poverty is the mother of all the violence and Anti – social activities in our country. India is known to be a POOR NATION but believe it or not, we are the RICHEST of them all. I feel deeply hurt observing millions of Beggars roaming on the streets. Mostly faking their disabilities or are forcefully made one. About 3 Crores of them are minors who have the right to be educated while others to be employed somewhere with respect to their skills but the fake promises of the rich Politicians haven’t fetched them anything yet. They have a Potential Energy for working more on less calorie intake if used wisely. If the genuine Development reforms are initiated today then in even next 50 years we won’t meet saturation thereby providing them handful of jobs.
I was shocked and petrified to read a Press Release of Our Home Secretary quoting that there is 40,000 Sq. Km land untouched by any Govt official for past 30 years. This is indeed the Mother of NAXALISM. These areas might come out to be a kitty of rich fossil fuel as the Naxal Affected areas also have huge Natural Reserves in their womb. Now, out of this Below Poverty Line People (BPL), there can be another Dr. Kalam, Birla/Ambani, Bindra, Dr Bedi, Aamir & many others yet to be out of the closet. What they just lack is the Basic Education and Vocational Training. We are going at an Educational System where in next 20 years we will have handful of jobs but hardly any Indian competent enough to grab it, like today most of the Airlines are being owned by Indian Nationals but The Top Management is being headed by a Foreigner. (I hope Mr Sibal continues his reforms to save the future). The excuse for all delay in these reforms is the fear of going bankrupt while implementing them but in the process we forget –
There is $1,456 Billion Illegal Money in Swiss bank itself. (Which is even more than combined illegal money of the World) There are few other banks that have not disclosed the figures but have almost same amount there too. There are The Great Jharkhand Robbers with more than 5000 crores grabbed and many more yet to be traced. Needless to say that there is colossal Mafia in Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Vidharbha, Bellary and Bihar which have unlimited resources yet the common people are under BPL & committing suicides. It is attributed to be a scam of 65,000 Crores in TRAI distribution and the fake currency eats up 1, 69000 crores. If the reader himself calculates these rough figures with very vague references, we might get a GDP of more than 20-25% without Petrol hike and whooping 16 figures in hand. This can easily be diverted to construction of Road, Rails, Dams, Nuclear Enrichment Plants, R&D labs, Space stations and more missile launch sites near Borders to take the upper hand with China so that they come on the table to return Our Hijacked land rather being negotiating for more. Even China has planned to connect its cities with 70 Nations via Rail and Road but India has not yet produced any Multilane Highways (without a GUDDHA) to connect Indian cities itself. Most of Our International Borders are Underdeveloped which can be catastrophic or will claim more lives incase of war.
If All NHs are constructed like the Golden Corridors we might save Crores of Rupees wasted on Jams and can cut travel time by half reducing Congestion and Global Warming thereby saving The NATIONAL MONEY. The cold arid lands of Ladakh with -45*C is the last place on earth to produce Vegetables but with the sincere efforts of DRDO now Produces 5000 Tonnes an year. Earlier Rs 150/kg was spent to transport them from Chandigarh (nearest Base) which took 3 days to reach (thanks to the beautiful roads) Hence this money can be used to counter the donated F-16s to Pak with our manufactured ones (as being done by China 10 years back) which will be cheaper and according to our Requirements and Needs. On a NANO car Rs. 35,000/- is wasted as twice it was stopped, then shifted and now Heavy taxes are imposed thereby BURNING A BIG DREAM INTO ASHES. The Incapability and unwillingness of the Politicians is the reason of the NATIONAL WASTAGE for which they should be Booked as it’s against the National Interest.
Giving higher pays to Lower Police and Army level can cut acute shortage and will reduce corruption thereby ending their Hand in Glove Coordination with Traffickers. The fake Currency can be uprooted within a month if RBI just stresses on Lower value notes as there is no Profit in replacing them with Fake ones. This will not only disconnect the racket but will kill corruption as the Bribe will be transported in Trucks.
If I summarize, I would say “INDIA IS THE RICHEST NATION STILL”. Our Population is our Strength and not a weakness. It just needs to be mobilized wisely and intelligently. The National Interest must be prioritized over Personal. We don’t claim our land that’s why Pakistan and China have. We don’t teach our Poor that is why they love Crime for easy money. Might be this blog seems humorous but I will love if someone finds sense in it. It might be the dream of few but it takes just a sincere effort to bring it to the reality.
PS: Some of the issues have been voiced by the People like Mr. Nandan Nilekani, Mr. Advani/Atal, Yog Guru Ram Dev, Dr. Bedi and many others who aren’t as popular as the formers. I have tried to join some of their pieces together.
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Mukul Gupta
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