Summary: Right decisions about Public Policies arise from a proper understanding of, ‘Right’ from ‘Wrong: ‘Good’ from ‘Evil’ and of the concepts of morality, equity, justice and fair play. Don’t allow your personal desires to demand more from others than they are voluntarily offering, or unnecessarily punish the innocents, or reward bullies and protectionists, or […]
Summary: India is blessed with generous water availability, but only during the short monsoon period, and as much of this water goes waste, our Country suffers intensely under a recurring annual cycle of floods and drought which costs the Country dearly both by way of damage to crops and property and even more tragically so […]
Summary: Water crisis of today is a man-made crisis arising from extensive deforestation, inefficient and insistence on growing water-hungry cash crops and other inefficient, wasteful and environmentally polluting Industrial and Agricultural practices. The value of water should be recognized and its costs should be charged to the user. ‘Free’ ends up too costly. Rain water […]
Summary: India has to build many cities to meet the pressing need for Urbanization. However, to ensure that such cities do not fall prey to the same failures that the earlier cities have succumbed to, it is necessary that clear Municipal Rules are laid out in advance and the Authorities strictly enforce them in an […]
Summary: In the old days, wealth mostly came from agriculture and the landlords treated the farm workers as serfs. Then came the Industrial Age when the mostly illiterate workers needed the protection of the collective bargaining power of Unions to avoid exploitation. Under the Communist ideology Capitalists were seen as being selfish and profit oriented […]
Summary: Health Care for All is an ideal to aim for and which can be assured only via a comprehensive National insurance scheme with proper guidelines to determine and lay down the costs of medicines and procedures and of additional facilities demanded. (See-”Health Care for All’). The Ayushman Bharat Scheme is a good start but […]
Summary: Eradication of extreme poverty has always remained an elusive goal which everyone subscribes to, However, no effective action has been taken these many decades after attaining Independence to attain it. Organized labour unions in the Government and Public sector have taken care to ensure that as many benefits as possible accrue to them in […]
Summary: A practical and actionable solution to the Agriculture and Farmer problem. Agriculture faces the stress of smaller and uneconomical land holdings and of ever-growing demands, from the ever-growing population dependent on each acre, for food grains, proteins and fruits etc. the tiny farm land holdings, increased costs and scarcity of labour and low […]
Summary: Proper Education is a must to prepare our children for the Future world they would be growing up to live in. In the Agricultural era, education mainly meant the ability for counting, paying taxes and measuring of land. In the industrial age, education meant the ability to be timely in factories and work at […]
Summary: Swadeshi is a concept that calls for Protectionism and leads to making do with less and with lesser quality. Whilst trading what you make best for what others make best allows for better products and also, saves your TIME to do what else you desire to do, after doing what you need to do, […]
