Prakash

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[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

8/8
Keep the audit trail. Protect the count.
Let candidates challenge irregularities.

But don't turn every neighbourhood's political preference into a public political profile.

Elections should empower voters, not make voters easier to profile.

Your vote is secret. Your right to vote without fear should be too.

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

1/8
Your vote is SECRET.

But the political party can know how your booth voted.

You can hide whom YOU voted for. But your entire locality's voting pattern can be exposed.

So, who exactly is the “secret ballot” protecting?
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[News24 @news24tvchannel]

"सारे लक्ष्य पूरे हो गए, ये Gen-Z की एक बड़ी जीत है"

◆ सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले के बाद CJP प्रवक्ता सौरव दास ने जारी किया वीडियो

◆ सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने जंतर मंतर प्रोटेस्ट के दौरान प्रदर्शनकारियों पर दर्ज सभी FIR को रद्द कर दिया है

#SauravDas | Saurav Das | #SupremeCourt | Supreme Court | #CJP | CJP

[Ashish Kushwah @Ashish_XKushwah]

Three classrooms. One question. Should all three have to deliver a minimum in maths, science, language, and basic skills? If the answer is yes, the 2012 exemption is the problem. If the answer is no, say that plainly for both institutions, not just the one you dislike.

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

Should the religion of the school decide the minimum education a child gets?

I am a Hindu.

I still don’t want a Hindu child in a Vedic pathshala or a Muslim child in a madrasa getting a weaker academic education than a child in a regular school.

If the institution’s religion changes the standard, that is not equal education.

1/5👇

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

CJP + DUSU: Can a Gen-Z movement finally break the ABVP–NSUI duopoly?

For decades, Delhi University student politics has been dominated by BJP-backed ABVP and Congress-backed NSUI.

Now a new Gen-Z movement is trying to enter that space.
Can CJP turn viral anger into actual votes on 18th September?

See my take👇

[Prakash @_see_clearly]

#budhha #insight #truth

[Neha Sharma @NehaSharma6h]

As ISRO transfers bulk rocket manufacturing to industrial partners like HAL-L&T, are we seeing quality control slip during technology transfer or are sub-tier suppliers being squeezed on margins at the expense of rigorous pre-flight testing?

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

$50 billion in India–Canada trade by 2030 is a good target.

But while the government celebrates future trade numbers, India also needs to address the present:
ISRO facing recent setbacks, scientists’ concerns, weak education and healthcare outcomes, and a shortage of quality jobs.

What should be the bigger priority?
My take

[Prakash @_see_clearly]

#spirituality #meditation #mooksatsang #peace #insight

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

We want @isro to think like @elonmusk , innovate like SpaceX and move at Silicon Valley speed while operating inside a sarkari system.

I am not against ISRO.

I am a taxpayer.

And that gives me the right to ask uncomfortable questions.
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[Prakash @_see_clearly]

@VivekYadavViews @sidhant @AmbHarishP Ekdam sahi baat hai 👍

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

India can fund development projects abroad and that's commendable.

But it also raises a domestic question:

Before selling the Gujarat Model or Punjab Model as education success stories, shouldn’t we make sure our own government-school systems deliver consistently on teachers, retention and learning?

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

3/8 - Dropout

Secondary dropout rate:
Punjab: 6.2%
Gujarat: 16.9%
India: 11.5%
Gujarat loses far more students between Class 9 and 10.
For a long-running “model” state, this is an uncomfortable number.

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

@Tukaram_IndIAS once showed what a regulator can do when public interest comes before pressure.

So, here’s an uncomfortable question:

Do Indian lives have less value than European lives?

🇮🇳 Fanta in India: 13.7g sugar per 100ml
🇬🇧 Fanta in the UK: 4.5g per 100ml
Nearly 3× the sugar.

And there’s an important reason the UK formulation changed: the UK’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy pushed manufacturers to reformulate drinks and reduce sugar.

That is what effective regulation can do.

Now look at India.

The EU requires a specific warning for products containing certain colours such as E110. In India, the ingredient can simply appear in the fine print.

Meanwhile, FSSAI has spent years debating stronger front-of-pack warnings for high sugar, salt and fat with industry resistance forming part of the battle.

This is not about banning Fanta.

It is about whether Indian consumers deserve the same level of information and protection as consumers elsewhere.

If regulation can make global companies change their products for European consumers, why shouldn't Indian regulators demand the same standard for Indians?

FYI @fssaiindia

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

2/8 - Teachers & PTR

Secondary pupil-teacher ratio (students per teacher):

Punjab: 9
Gujarat: 27
India: 15
Punjab is far better staffed at this stage.
PTR is an average, not actual classroom size.
It also includes private schools, so this is not a pure “government-school” win.

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

8/8
Gujarat: stronger digital infrastructure.
Punjab: more teachers at secondary, lower dropout, much higher Class 11–12 participation.

Neither party should declare victory by picking its favourite cell in the spreadsheet.
Don’t ask which party has the better model.
Ask which system produces better outcomes for students and where each state still fails ?

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

BJP sells Gujarat as a governance model.

AAP sells Punjab as an education model.

So let's remove the politics.

Same official source. No party dashboard.
UDISE+ 2024-25 - all recognised schools.

The numbers neither slogan fully owns. 👇

[Prakash @_see_clearly]

@Ashish_XKushwah @TimesNow Nice and summarised comment. Thanks 🤩

[Vivek Yadav @VivekYadavViews]

Punjab’s water crisis is not only about scarcity. It is also about what we are putting into the water we already have.

The Tribune’s editorial highlights the alleged industrial pollution moving from the Baddi-Nalagarh belt through the Sirsa into the Sutlej. An FIR has been registered, but the exact source and culpable units are yet to be established.

CPCB has previously flagged concerns over pharmaceutical active ingredients entering the Sirsa-Sutlej system, including the limits of conventional treatment systems in removing such residues.

This cannot become a Punjab vs Himachal blame game.
We need real-time monitoring, scientific tracing of pollutants, joint inter-state enforcement and serious penalties for proven repeat offenders.
Water security means not only saving every drop, but also protecting every drop.
Should India make real-time pollution monitoring mandatory for major industrial clusters located upstream of rivers supplying drinking and irrigation water?