Amid dramatic escalation expected in US-Iran War, Trump signs the 100% tariff sanctions bill into law. If operationationalised -"India relations with US could fall off a cliff"- argues @horror06 as Amb Sinha says "India must stand up to a bully". In full https://t.co/ANV5IKzZHc
What’s so regrettable about it? It was nothing more than a one-sided, largely cosmetic love affair on India’s part. We were simply poking around like headless chickens.
India’s education&healthcare sectors hv been allowed 2deteriorate for decades.Instead of strengthening public infrastructure,successive governments have increasingly shifted these vital sectors towards d private sector.The rationale behind this approach remains open to question.
देमत (उदयपुर) के ही दूसरे आदिवासी स्कूल को देख लेंगे तो शर्म आ जाएगी। पूरा स्कूल मिट्टी के बने एक कमरे में चल रहा है।
लेकिन ग़ज़ब की बात यह है कि रिकॉर्ड में स्कूल पास में बने खंडहर में चलता है। यह कमरा भी किसी ने दे रखा है। एक शौचालय में खाने का समान रखा हुआ है।
यहाँ दशकों से एक ही विधायक है।
वो राजस्थान के शिक्षा मंत्री भी रह चुके है।
Meaningful progress demands two essentials: accountability and administrative transparency. Where accountability is weak, corruption thrives. Strong institutions and clear responsibility are the foundation of public trust.
India is the world's largest democracy.
And yet we rank 157th out of 180 in the World Press Freedom Index.
Pakistan ranks 153rd.
Yes, Pakistan.
A country where the military has historically had enormous political influence is ahead of India on press freedom.
If that doesn't embarrass a democracy of 1.4 billion people, I don't know what will.
'Putin, we have your NUMBER! Your economy is REELING. To China and India — you better CLEAN UP YOUR ACT & buy oil and gas somewhere else'
— Dem. US Senator Blumenthal tries to scare Russia, China & India
'Ukraine's fight is OUR fight'
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the gold standard of our administrative genius — a system so brilliantly designed that even a willing, honest officer cannot help a citizen unless they have been childhood friends. Truly, the pinnacle of lunacy dressed up as procedure.( 10)
Some years ago, the gods of Indian bureaucracy decided I needed a form “duly attested” by a Class I Gazetted Officer to be submitted in the office of the District Collector. Buried in the fine print was the most reasonable of all conditions: the officer must have personally (1)
And that was not the end of my misery. I was then required to obtain the signature of yet another Class I Gazetted Officer under the same conditions laid down for him as well. (9)
We proudly boast about our digital advancements aloud. So why make people run from office to office? Self-certification and online submissions should be the norm—essential for minimum government and maximum governance. Onus on providing wrong information lies on individual.
Excessive bureaucracy: If a person certifies his own document as genuine, why drag him before a magistrate or officer for another stamp? The responsibility lies with the declarant. Such mindless red tape reflects institutionalised distrust and bureaucratic absurdity,(1)
where common sense is buried under paperwork. The process gets unnecessarily prolonged, undermining ease of governance and creating fertile ground for public apathy and corruption.
It is a well-established fact that excessive bureaucracy creates fertile ground for rampant corruption in society. Ultimately, both the people and the nation suffer immensely.
Perhaps it was their once-in-a-lifetime encounter with such gastronomic opulence that protocol,decorum & even basic propriety momentarily became irrelevant.After all,1 cannot be expected to let a few humble snacks stand between an official & d culinary opportunity of a lifetime!