No matter how much the government claims to be working for the development of Marathwada and Vidarbha, the ground reality tells a different story.
Getting a few projects in Nagpur does not mean the entire Vidarbha region is getting justice. Similarly, allocating projects to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar does not mean all of Marathwada is developing.
(And before anyone comments about 4тАУ5 isolated projects elsewhere, we've already highlighted those projects separately.)
The bigger issue is that many announced projects are still delayed, progressing at a snail's pace, or haven't even started.
Maharashtra's regional imbalance is once again exposed.
Just 4 districts тАФ Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban, Thane and Pune тАФ account for nearly 88% (тВ╣39.35 lakh crore) of the state's тВ╣44.76 lakh crore Annual Credit Plan for 2025тАУ26.
Meanwhile, large parts of Vidarbha and Marathwada continue to lag behind despite decades of promises, special development boards and political assurances.
A $1 trillion Maharashtra economy cannot be built if growth remains confined to the MumbaiтАУPune corridor.
Balanced development should not remain a slogan anymore , it must become a measurable priority.
@kdhavse@NidhiKamdarMH@Dev_Fadnavis@CMOMaharashtra
A rather annoying cartoon from a self- satisfied country of 5.6 million people with no historical or civilisational depth, or experience of handling complex and diverse societies or the depth of challenges that a country of 1.4 billion people faces.
Resorting to an offensive snake charmer stereotype of India, that has a racist overtone.
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The cartoon reflects the shallowness of NorwayтАЩs journalism as this is the countryтАЩs largest newspaper.
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Delhi Government approves a substantial increase in salaries of vocational teachers and those working under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan.
тЦкя╕ПDelhi CM @gupta_rekha said around 1,130 vocational teachers in Delhi, who provide skill-based training across various disciplines, will now receive тВ╣38,100 per month.
тЦкя╕ПCM also said Salaries of teachers working at 784 centres under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan have been raised from тВ╣21000 to тВ╣35,420 per month.
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NITI Aayog has released its report titled тАЬMoving Towards Effective City Government тАУ A Framework for Million-Plus CitiesтАЭ, proposing most significant municipal governance reforms. Key recommendations are as follows:
The answer can be found in Europe, where the principle of degressive proportionality is applied to the composition of the European Parliament тАФ since they have the same problem of small and big states coexisting in one Union.
India also needs a compromise between strict democratic representation (one person, one vote) and the necessity of ensuring smaller political entities have a meaningful voice. It essentially means that while larger populations get more seats, the ratio of citizens to representatives increases as the population grows.
In the European Parliament, the allocation must follow these constraints:
*Minimum Threshold: No member state can have fewer than 6 seats.
*Maximum Ceiling: No member state can have more than 96 seats.
*Inverse Ratio: The "efficiency" of a vote must decrease as population increases. For example, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Malta might represent roughly 80,000 citizens, while an MEP from Germany represents roughly 850,000 citizens.
The goal is to prevent the "Big Four" (Germany, France, Italy, and Spain) from holding a permanent absolute majority that could override the collective interests of the smaller nations, thereby maintaining the federalist spirit of the Union.
Applying this to India is what we need to debate, not womenтАЩs representation which no one objects to. We need to address the North-South divide that has arisen over delimitation. A strict population-based reallocation (proportional representation) would drastically increase seats for northern Hindi-belt states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, while states that successfully implemented population control (like Kerala and Tamil Nadu) would see their relative political influence diminish.
If India were to adopt a degressive model, the Parliament could be structured to balance population with federal equity. Similar to the EU, a "floor" could be set for smaller states (e.g., Goa, Sikkim, or the Northeast) to ensure they aren't reduced to insignificance. Instead of a fixed ratio of, say, 2 million citizens per MP, the ratio could scale. A state with 200 million people might have 2.5 million citizens per MP, while a state with 30 million might have 1 million per MP. This is to ensure no state feels disenfranchised. As @revanth_anumula suggests, another factor could be a stateтАЩs contribution to national GDP. It would be dangerous for our federalism if smaller states felt their prosperity & human development were being punished with relative disenfranchisement.
One could argue that the Rajya Sabha already exists for federal representation. However, degressive proportionality in the Lok Sabha would provide a "weighted" democratic mandate that acknowledges population without penalizing states for their developmental successes.
Finding a mathematical formula that satisfies both the high-growth and low-growth states, and both the large and small states, would require a level of bipartisan and interstate cooperation that it is in the interests of the central government to promote. I urge PM @narendramodi to initiate extensive consultations, with all parties and with all states, before rushing into a hasty delimitation process that leaves the core underlying issues unaddressed.
#BREAKING: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at @wef Davos says India and EU are on the cusp of historic trade agreement which some call mother of all deals. Says, тАШthere is still work to doтАЩ.