Yes, I knew that Narendra Modi has become a phenomenon himself and Samajwadi Partyhas a major image crisis in the whole Uttar Pradesh. But what about Congress?
At least five to ten social welfare and social security schemes are being run by the Central Government, covering a major chunk of the population. Why the Congress Party cannot cash the effect of these welfare schemes? I tried to gauge impact of biggest of these schemes, i.e. MANREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act).
A Government poster about MANREGA scheme
Very popular in this
Hindi Heartland of eastern Uttar Pradesh, this scheme gives guarantee of
minimum days of job guarantee to the persons, living below poverty line. What
appears in the national media that this scheme has saved crores of people from
starvation?
A Government poster about MANREGA scheme
I was interacting with
************ Yadav, a young and energetic village head, called Gram Pradhan,
who had won a closely fought election. Yadav, belonging to the Indian caste
traditionally associated with milk business, is from a wealthy family; and had
some big plans for his village, after election to the post of Gram Pradhan.
But, now he has lost all his hopes.
What he described is
nothing new in a country, mired with corruption. Drawing any fund for
development is a mammoth exercise, impossible without paying specific percentages
to various Government functionaries. And when funds arrive, his near and dear
ones in the village expect their share of loot.
The same story goes
with MANREGA. After offering their share to the deities in the Government
offices, whatever funds come to the village, he had to execute some projects in
the village, so that people in his village may get some employment. But, the MANREGA
rules have been framed in such a way that it has become perch for all type of
idlers and shirkers, who only pretend to work just to gain the pittance wages
of MANREGA.
MANREGA- No work, less wages |
They will report to
work, just to pass time whole day. If asked to work, they simply threaten to
not to vote him in next elections. So, this scheme has become cause of all type
of wrong things, created a vicious cycle.
I was interacting with
Mr. ************ Ansari, an exporter of handmade carpets, who was very sad with
all these developments. He was unable to find hands for manufacturing his famous
carpets, even at the double wages compared to that in MANREGA. This scheme is
promoting idleness and affecting industries negatively.
So, essence of the story; no one was happy with
this much touted scheme. I was thinking about poor Congress party, who is
making calculations about the windfall of votes on the basis of MANREGA like
schemes and the Law of Reincarnation Raw.MANREGA- no hope for Congress
He can be contacted at http://astrodevam.com/contact-us.html टिप्पणी: इस ब्लॉग के लेखक, आचार्य कल्कि कृष्णन्, स्थापित व प्रतिष्ठित ज्योतिषी व वास्तु सलाहकार हैं. वे ज्योतिष विज्ञान सम्बन्धी सबसे प्रतिष्ठित वेबसाइट एस्ट्रोदेवं के संरक्षक हैं. अपने सकारात्मक दृष्टिकोण के लिए विख्यात एवं अनेकानेक संस्थाओं से सम्मानित आचार्य कल्कि कृष्णन्, स्वयं को ‘संतुष्टि व सामंजस्य विशेषज्ञ’ कहलाना पसंद करते हैं. उनसे आप http://astrodevam.com/contact-us.html पर संपर्क कर सकते हैं. |
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