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Friday, October 25, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
OMC reports valid facts regarding Aadhar Card in SC
OMC reports valid facts regarding Aadhar Card in SC
Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd like government Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) have asked Supreme Court to give permission for allowing limited LPG subsidy through Aadhar card.However, the court refused to make any changes in its order n Tuesday. Justice BS Chauhan and SK Bobde said that hearing on Aadhar card petition will be done after 16 October. These companies have claimed that through this order the DBT scheme implemented in 97 districts will be halted. Under this scheme consumer has to purchase LPG cylinder at market price and the subsidy amount is transferred into his bank account. These companies had to bear subsidy amounts of Rs. 39,558 crore in 2012-13, Rs. 29,997 crore in 2011-12 and Rs. 21,772 crore in 2010-11.
These companies have claimed that they can bridle on the commercial uses of domestic LPG cylinders and leakage on the subsidy. According to their petition the 23rd September order will create troubles in implementing the direct benefit transfer for LPG scheme in an effective and efficient manner. Confusion over Aadhar card will also lead to go back on the previous system in those 54 districts where the scheme has already been implemented. Companies have said accepting both the models simultaneously will result in a larger confusion and along with cost, brunt of loss of resources will also to be suffered. Companies have demanded court for a clarification on its order. Companies added that decision of stepwise ending subsidy was taken after suggestions from an expert committee. They have claimed that after implementation of the scheme in 20 districts, sale of domestic LPG cylinders from June to August has declined by 7.37 lakh cylinders on an annual basis while sale of commercial cylinders has risen by 97000 on an annual basis. 45000 multiple connections have been identified and blocking them has saved Rs. 24 crore.
Waiting for Supreme Court’s order on Aadhaar: Nandan Nilekani
UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani has said that Aadhar card will not be made mandatory for availing any scheme until Supreme Court’s decision. He added that even he is waiting for Supreme Court’s order on this issue. The next hearing on this case will be on 22 October. SC says that Aadhar card or Aadhaar number cannot be made mandatory for essential services. Central government and OMC have filed a petition requesting for a change in this decision.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Controversy of Aadhaar Card || Aadhaar card is not mendatory
A year ago,Nandan Nilekani operated out of a small, makeshift office with just the bare essentials. Today, the plush, wood-panelled office of the Unique Identification Authority of India chairman bears witness to the estimable rise the 52-year-old Nilekani—and his pet Aadhar project—has seen in the past 18 months. Despite many doubters, the co-founder of Infosys has led a charmed existence in government, feted for his business-like approach in stewarding the project to give identity numbers to millions of Indians, an exercise unprecedented in scale globally.
The calm inside Nilekani’s office, however, doesn’t reflect the storm raging outside. Over the past few months, Aadhar has been the subject of a viral attack from various quarters—cabinet colleagues and bureaucrats, policy experts and activists, even a few state governments. Everything, from Nilekani’s procedures for data collection and the potential errors therein to concerns over privacy, is being questioned. Besides, the existence of an older exercise, the National Population Register (NPR), led by the home ministry, is threatening to derail the project.
While most accept the need for creating a systematic database of our citizenry, the path to be taken for this has created a vertical divide in the government and is leading to a turf war—or, as a PMO official tartly put it, “personality issues”. The debate has now reached the highest levels, involving the Union finance minister, the home minister, the Planning Commission, the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the PMO itself.
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Fortunately for Nilekani, he is being backed at the highest level—by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and the PMO. With Rahul Gandhi too invoking UID in his recent speeches, the weight of the Nehru-Gandhis too is behind him. With such powerful friends, why then are Nilekani’s opponents running riot?
Recently, home minister P. Chidambaram opened up a new flank by declaring that the authentication data by UIDAI does not satisfy security criteria and urged the cabinet to take another look at it. Chidambaram’s views found resonance in many quarters pushing the NPR as the de facto mode of identifying residents.
At the centre of the debate is the UIDAI’s process of using multiple registrars and enrolment agencies to collect individual data as well as its system of relying on ‘secondary information’ via existing identification documents. While Nilekani feels this is an effective method, NPR protagonists are pushing for a method of public scrutiny in which individual data is collected directly and put up before the public to weed out any fraud.
This many-layered screening process used in NPR is what, in fact, helped villagers in Gujarat’s border areas expose ‘strangers’ (from Pakistan) on the rolls when the data was put up for public scrutiny. This reinforced the RGI’s belief that the NPR process, despite being long and painstaking, is more foolproof. The one meeting point with Aadhar is the biometrics technology, which NPR has adopted. “We are fully governed by Aadhar standards for biometrics,” says RGI and census commissioner Dr C. Chandramouli. “Our objection is to the data collection by other registrars who have a different orientation from ours. From a security point of view, they are not acceptable.”
Initially, it was felt both programmes could pool their data and share information. But the home ministry has refused to use UID data for NPR. In a communication to the Planning Commission last month, Chidambaram said: “The RGI or the MHA does not have the competence to alter the procedure or to accept any data that is in violation of the procedure laid down.” Stressing that it is the prerogative of the government alone to alter the process, Chidambaram stated that if statutory processes have not been followed in collecting demographic and biometric data, the NPR cannot accept it.
The discontent was fuelled last December when the UIDAI got the finance ministry’s nod to go beyond 100 million enrolments to 200 million. Says a senior bureaucrat who declines to be identified, “Nilekani ought to have taken permission of the cabinet committe on UIDAI or quickly thereafter gone for ratification (by the cabinet). Instead, for more than 6-7 months, the matter never came to light.” The charge: the UID unilaterally kept shifting the goalpost, which resulted in expenditure not being approved by the competent authority.
From voicing concerns over UIDAI operations, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia is among those who have shifted stance in the last few months. In August this year, the Planning Commission had shared with the home minister concerns over the overlap in enrolment and said that processing the independent proposals of RGI’s Rs 10,00-crore and UIDAI’s Rs 14,841-crore for universal coverage “would violate the specific mandate of the cabinet committee to avoid duplication”.
The face of UID An Aadhar card
But in his cabinet note earlier this month, Montek made a clear pitch for UIDAI while giving options to take NPR and Aadhar forward. “I have suggested four ways in which duplication can be avoided. It is for the cabinet to decide,” he told Outlook. Some of his suggestions are contrary to the expressed view of Chidambaram, including allowing UIDAI to continue Aadhar operations without providing government funding.
UIDAI’s processes have also come under flak from activists. Says legal expert Usha Ramanathan, “The whole emphasis is on enrolment with no planning on how this is going to be used. And to push the agenda of enrolment, they have a multiplicity of registrars, which is leading to duplication as people who do not get their numbers within a stipulated time are re-enrolling.” She also points to a dichotomy in UIDAI’s approach—it has always said getting the number is a voluntary affair but is pushing service providers to make it mandatory for availing those services. UIDAI’s system of using introducers to identify and provide numbers to the homeless and those without documents is another grey area.
As of now, the numbers are coming, but with considerable delays. While the agencies say the numbers will be issued in about 90 days’ time, in most cases, it takes between four-six months. Says a senior official from an enrolment agency, “Many agencies are asking for additional data but they are not communicating to the people that everything is not mandatory and they don’t have to fill up everything in the form.”
In particular, there have been many issues with UID’s biometric data collection. Labourers and poor people, the primary targets of the Aadhar process, often do not have clearly defined fingerprints because of excessive manual labour. Even old people with “dry hands” have faced difficulties. Weak iris scans of people with cataract have also posed problems. In several cases, agencies have refused to register them, defeating the very aim of inclusion of poor and marginalised people.
Activists also question UIDAI’s authority to collect biometric data. Says human rights and UID activist Gopal Krishna, “There is ambiguity about biometric data. It is not clearly defined in the National Identification Bill. UIDAI also provides for storing biometric data like fingerprints forever while even the Prisoners’ Act provides that this data should be destroyed on acquittal.” Adds Ramanathan, “The whole thing is so illegal. Every statutory organisation can only act within a given mandate and citizen’s rules do not provide for it. The Citizenship Act has nothing on biometric data.”
While Nilekani asserts that the best systems are being put in place for security and no data will be shared, it hasn’t helped dispel fear. Some states, in fact, are holding back.
On the ground, enrolling agencies too are facing problems. They are finding it difficult to get people to enrol in rural areas. Says Binod Mishra of Glodyne Technologies, an enrolment agency: “Initially, it took about Rs 22-24 per number, now the cost is many times that amount.” Other agency officials say that despite the project being targeted at financial inclusion, it takes a long time to convince villagers to enrol as they are not sure what benefit UID will give them.
The crucial question now is whether Aadhar will survive in its present form beyond the 200-million cap. In early September, the Expenditure Finance Committee, at which the UIDAI is also represented, debated the proposal for extending Aadhar enrolment beyond 200 million individuals. The meeting did not conclude in Aadhar’s favour. In the same month, UIDAI put in a fresh proposal for universal coverage under Phase III, thereby raising concerns both in the home ministry and the Planning Commission.
In the end, though, what matters is who has more support. While PMO sources say everything will be “sorted out” when the cabinet meets next month to take a call on UID’s future, the attacks on Aadhar show that even technocrats have to tread carefully.
This many-layered screening process used in NPR is what, in fact, helped villagers in Gujarat’s border areas expose ‘strangers’ (from Pakistan) on the rolls when the data was put up for public scrutiny. This reinforced the RGI’s belief that the NPR process, despite being long and painstaking, is more foolproof. The one meeting point with Aadhar is the biometrics technology, which NPR has adopted. “We are fully governed by Aadhar standards for biometrics,” says RGI and census commissioner Dr C. Chandramouli. “Our objection is to the data collection by other registrars who have a different orientation from ours. From a security point of view, they are not acceptable.”
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The discontent was fuelled last December when the UIDAI got the finance ministry’s nod to go beyond 100 million enrolments to 200 million. Says a senior bureaucrat who declines to be identified, “Nilekani ought to have taken permission of the cabinet committe on UIDAI or quickly thereafter gone for ratification (by the cabinet). Instead, for more than 6-7 months, the matter never came to light.” The charge: the UID unilaterally kept shifting the goalpost, which resulted in expenditure not being approved by the competent authority.
From voicing concerns over UIDAI operations, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia is among those who have shifted stance in the last few months. In August this year, the Planning Commission had shared with the home minister concerns over the overlap in enrolment and said that processing the independent proposals of RGI’s Rs 10,00-crore and UIDAI’s Rs 14,841-crore for universal coverage “would violate the specific mandate of the cabinet committee to avoid duplication”.
The face of UID An Aadhar card
UIDAI’s processes have also come under flak from activists. Says legal expert Usha Ramanathan, “The whole emphasis is on enrolment with no planning on how this is going to be used. And to push the agenda of enrolment, they have a multiplicity of registrars, which is leading to duplication as people who do not get their numbers within a stipulated time are re-enrolling.” She also points to a dichotomy in UIDAI’s approach—it has always said getting the number is a voluntary affair but is pushing service providers to make it mandatory for availing those services. UIDAI’s system of using introducers to identify and provide numbers to the homeless and those without documents is another grey area.
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In particular, there have been many issues with UID’s biometric data collection. Labourers and poor people, the primary targets of the Aadhar process, often do not have clearly defined fingerprints because of excessive manual labour. Even old people with “dry hands” have faced difficulties. Weak iris scans of people with cataract have also posed problems. In several cases, agencies have refused to register them, defeating the very aim of inclusion of poor and marginalised people.
Activists also question UIDAI’s authority to collect biometric data. Says human rights and UID activist Gopal Krishna, “There is ambiguity about biometric data. It is not clearly defined in the National Identification Bill. UIDAI also provides for storing biometric data like fingerprints forever while even the Prisoners’ Act provides that this data should be destroyed on acquittal.” Adds Ramanathan, “The whole thing is so illegal. Every statutory organisation can only act within a given mandate and citizen’s rules do not provide for it. The Citizenship Act has nothing on biometric data.”
While Nilekani asserts that the best systems are being put in place for security and no data will be shared, it hasn’t helped dispel fear. Some states, in fact, are holding back.
On the ground, enrolling agencies too are facing problems. They are finding it difficult to get people to enrol in rural areas. Says Binod Mishra of Glodyne Technologies, an enrolment agency: “Initially, it took about Rs 22-24 per number, now the cost is many times that amount.” Other agency officials say that despite the project being targeted at financial inclusion, it takes a long time to convince villagers to enrol as they are not sure what benefit UID will give them.
The crucial question now is whether Aadhar will survive in its present form beyond the 200-million cap. In early September, the Expenditure Finance Committee, at which the UIDAI is also represented, debated the proposal for extending Aadhar enrolment beyond 200 million individuals. The meeting did not conclude in Aadhar’s favour. In the same month, UIDAI put in a fresh proposal for universal coverage under Phase III, thereby raising concerns both in the home ministry and the Planning Commission.
In the end, though, what matters is who has more support. While PMO sources say everything will be “sorted out” when the cabinet meets next month to take a call on UID’s future, the attacks on Aadhar show that even technocrats have to tread carefully.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
List of Indian companies. Will suggest to prefer products from these companies..give chance to improve their quality of products..
Aban Offshore
ABG Shipyard
ABP Group
ACC Limited
Action Group
Adani Group
Aditya Birla Group
Ador Powertron Limited
Aftek
Air India
Ajanta Group
Alang Ship Recycling Yard
Allahabad Bank
Amartex
Ambuja Cements
Amrutanjan Healthcare
Amul
Andhra Bank
Allahabad Bank
Apollo Hospitals
Apollo Tyres
Archies Greetings & Gifts Ltd
Aptech
Arvind Mills
Ashok Leyland
Asia Motor Works
Asian Paints
Avantha Group
Axis Bank Ltd
Cadila Healthcare
Calcutta Tramways Company
Camlin Ltd.
Canara Bank
Catholic Syrian Bank
Cellebrum Technologies Limited
CEAT Limited
Central Bank of India
CenturyLink India
CESC
Cipla
Club Mahindra Holidays
CMC Limited
Coal India Limited
Container Corporation of India
Coromandel International
Cosmic Circuits
CPCL
Crest Animation Studios
Crompton Greaves
Dabur India Limited
Damodar Valley Corporation
Deccan Charters
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
DLF Universal Limited
Dish TV
Eicher Motors
EID Parry
Elico
Engineers India Limited
English Indian Clays Limited
Escorts Group
Emami
Emcure Pharmaceuticals
Essar Group
Essel Group
Eureka Forbes
Evalueserve
Everest Spices
Exide Industries
Federal Bank
Financial Planning Standards Board India
Financial Technologies Group
Finolex Group
Fortis Healthcare
Force Motors
Flipkart
GAIL
Garware Marine Industries
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
GMR Group
Godrej Group
GoAir Airlines
Great Eastern Shipping
GSPC
Godavari Biorefineries Limited
Happiest Minds Technologies
Haldiram's
Havells
HDFC Bank
HDIL
Hero Cycles Ltd
Hero MotoCorp
Hexaware Technologies
HCL Technologies
Himalaya Drug Company
Hindalco Industries
Hinduja Group
Hindustan Unilever Limited
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
Hindustan Computers Ltd.
Hindustan Copper Limited
Hindustan Motors
Hindustan Petroleum
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Construction Company
Hindustan Zinc Limited
HMT Limited
IBP
IBall (company)
ICICI Bank
Indo Gulf Fertilisers
Idea Cellular
Indian Bank
ING Life
Indian Railways
India Today Group
Indian Oil Corporation
Indian Overseas Bank
IndiaTimes Group
IndiGo
Infosys Technologies
Infosys BPO
Infibeam
Indian Register of Shipping
ITC Infotech
ITC Limited
Ittiam Systems
Intelenet Global Services
IDBI Bank
IL&FS
India Cements
Indiabulls
Infibeam
Inkfruit
Indian Express Group
Indian Telephone Industries Limited
Ispat
Ideal Jawa
InMobi
Jain Irrigation Systems
Jaypee Group
Jet Airways
JetLite
Jindal Steel
Jaiprakash Associates
JSWL
Justdial
KalkiTech
Karbonn Mobiles
Kirloskar
Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited
Keltron
Kimatsu
Kingfisher Airlines
Kirloskar Group
Karur Vysya Bank
Kotak Mahindra Bank
KPIT Cummins
Knowlarity Communications
Konkan Railway Corporation
KSK Energy Ventures Limited
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd.
Lanco Infratech
Larsen & Toubro
Lakshmi Machine Works
Lakshmi Vilas Bank
LIC
Liberty Shoes
Madras Rubber Factory
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
Mahindra & Mahindra
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation
Mahindra Satyam
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited
Marico
Maruti Suzuki
Maruti True Value
Mastek
Max Life Insurance
Micromax Mobile
MECON Limited
Microland
MindTree
Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India
MOIL Limited
Moser Baer
MS Shoes
Mundra Port
Muthoot
Mukand Ltd
Mysore Sandal Soap
National Aluminium Company
NTPC
NDTV
NHPC
Network 18
NMDC
Nectar Lifesciences
Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Nicholas Piramal
Nirma
NIIT
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
National Fertilizers Limited
Nilkamal Plastics
National Engineering Industries Ltd. (NBC Bearings)
ONGC
Oil India Limited
Onida Electronics
Ordnance Factories Board
Organic India
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Onmobile
Pantaloon Retail India
Paragon footwear
Parle Agro
Parle Products
Pawan Hans
Paramount Airways
Pentamedia Graphics Limited
Pepperfry.com
Persistent Systems
Petronet LNG
Pidilite Industries
Pipavav shipyard limited
Piramal Enterprises Ltd
Power Finance Corporation
Power Grid
Punj Lloyd
Punjab National Bank
R Systems International
Ramco Systems
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam
Raymond Group
Rediff.com
Redington (India) Limited
Reliance ADA Group
Reliance Capital
Reliance Communications
Reliance Energy
Reliance Fresh
Reliance Industries Limited
Reliance Infrastructure
Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited
Reliance Petroleum
Reliance Power
RITES
Robosoft Technologies
Rupani Footwear
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
RPG Group
R K Global
Reliance Retail
Reliance Digital
Sahara India Pariwar
Sasken Communication Technologies
Sesa Goa
Shapoorji Pallonji Group
Shipping Corporation of India Ltd
Shoppers' Stop
Shree Cement
Shree Ganesh Jewellery House
Shree Renuka Sugars
Shriram Transport Finance
Singareni Collories Company Ltd
SJVN
SMGB
Snapdeal
South Indian Bank
Sonata Software
SpiceJet
Spice Telecom
State Bank Of India
SynapseIndia
Steel Authority of India Limited
Sterlite Optical Technologies Limited
Sterlite Industries
Sun TV
Sun Pharmaceutical
Swaraj Mazda Ltd.
Suzlon Energy
SAS Motors Limited
Suminter India Organics
Tally Solutions
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited
Tata Chemicals
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Tata Interactive Systems
Tata Motors
Tata Steel
Tata Tea
Tata Communications
Tata Power
Tavant Technologies
Tech Mahindra
Tejas Networks
Tessolve
Thermax
The Hindu
The Times Group
Thirdware
Titan Industries
Torrent Group
TVS Motors
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers
TAFE Tractors
TradeIndia
UCO Bank
Union Bank of India
United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd.
Unitech Group
United Bank of India
UltraTech Cement
United India Insurance Company Limited
VA Tech Wabag
Vadilal
VAV Life Sciences
Vedanta Resources
Vicco Group
Videocon Group
Vijaya Bank
VIP Industries
Visaka Industries Limited
Vizag Steel
V-Guard Industries Ltd
Voltas Limited
VST Industries
Wadia Group
Walchandnagar Industries
Welspun Corp Ltd
Welspun India Ltd
Welspun Syntex Ltd
West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (WEBEL)
Williamson Magor
Wipro
Yepme
Yatra.com
Yebhi.com
Yes Bank
Zandu Realty
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Zee News
Zenith Computers (India)
Zensar Technologies
Zerodha
Zomato
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Aadhaar Card PDF Password
In this post we will focus on people after download of their e-Aadhaar Card Letter have difficulty in opening the file.
So to Open the PDF file of Addhaar Letter you need the password, so many people have difficulty to know the password.
When you open the PDF File it will prompt to enter the password than only you will be able to view your e-Aadhaar Card Letter.
Now here is the solution in the password prompt you will have to put the password and the password will be your postal address pin code.
So its so simple when it prompt you to put password the password is the Postal Pin Code of your Address.
So after enter the password you will be able to see your Addhaar Card and than you are ready to print it.
After Printing the e-Aadhaar Letter you can also laminate it and make it like a card and use it to avail various services in a long run.
So to Open the PDF file of Addhaar Letter you need the password, so many people have difficulty to know the password.
When you open the PDF File it will prompt to enter the password than only you will be able to view your e-Aadhaar Card Letter.
Now here is the solution in the password prompt you will have to put the password and the password will be your postal address pin code.
So its so simple when it prompt you to put password the password is the Postal Pin Code of your Address.
So after enter the password you will be able to see your Addhaar Card and than you are ready to print it.
After Printing the e-Aadhaar Letter you can also laminate it and make it like a card and use it to avail various services in a long run.
India is one of the oldest and richest civilizations in the world.
India is one of the oldest and richest civilizations in the world. It
is home to the world’s first planned cities, where every house had its
own bathroom and toilet five thousand years ago. The Ancient Indians
have not only given us yoga, meditation and complementary medicines, but
they have furthered our knowledge of science, maths – and invented
Chaturanga, which became the game of chess.
According to Albert Einstein, they “taught us how to count”, as they invented the numbers 1-9 and ‘zero’, without which there would be no computers or digital age. Unfairly we call this system of counting Arabic numbers – a misplaced credit.
Two thousand years ago the Indians pioneered plastic surgery, reconstructing the noses and ears on the faces of people who had been disfigured through punishment or warfare. They performed eye operations such as cataract removal and invented inoculation to protect their population from Smallpox, saving thousands of lives.
According to Albert Einstein, they “taught us how to count”, as they invented the numbers 1-9 and ‘zero’, without which there would be no computers or digital age. Unfairly we call this system of counting Arabic numbers – a misplaced credit.
Two thousand years ago the Indians pioneered plastic surgery, reconstructing the noses and ears on the faces of people who had been disfigured through punishment or warfare. They performed eye operations such as cataract removal and invented inoculation to protect their population from Smallpox, saving thousands of lives.
How can anyone or everyone contribute to India's development
If you develop yourself, your country will develop automatically.
Since 1947, we have indeed covered quite a journey together. Sometimes there were dire times, such as the year of 1962, when the Chinese army was savaging the borderlands of our nation, and at other times the victorious flag of India decorated the skyline in all directions, as in 1971. Since 1991, situations have improved even more, with India finally opening its doors to welcome foreign direct investment and liberalizing trade by minimizing tax barriers. And today, like Edward Luce writes in his book 'In spite of the Gods: the rise of modern India', we can see more and more prosperity across the cities and towns, and even in the remotest of villages. Problems continue as usual, such as corruption and honour killings, rape and robbery, lack of healthcare and family-planning mechanisms, but that doesn't mean we have acquired nothing. The fact that such problems are now coming into our view now is itself an indicator that we've civilized our nation to a great extent, and the chance of developing and civilizing it even more lies ahead.
What is India? A change of viewpoint
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, one of the greatest authors India has ever known, was among the first to denote India as 'Mother India, the mother of Indian race'. He dreamt of a united race, united under the banner of one land stretching from the frozen vastness of the Himalayas to the serene shores of southernmost Tamil lands. In his immaculate novel 'Anandamath', Bankim described his feelings for the united India, starting with Bengal as a reference point and the rest of India circling it.
Before, India was only a landmass, but Bankim's bold words 'Vande Maataram' turned India into something godly and divine. He identified religion with devotion to the motherland, and he was very right to do so at that point of time. Over the years, 'Vande Maataram' has been transformed into a chant that echoes all over India even today, though not uttered by the voices we expect to utter them. Thousands of honest men and women are working very hard without verbally chanting 'Vande Maataram' so very often (like some political parties prefer doing), but their work itself is the silent echo of 'Vande Maataram'.
But the thing to be pointed out here is that, even though Bankim was very right in stirring emotion among thousands and millions by calling India 'Mother', we must look at India logically, and not only emotionally. Logically speaking, the nation of India is more than just a landmass. Yes, the landmass is an important component of India, but it doesn't constitute India as a whole. 'India' is a giant system, made up of thousands and millions, crores and billions of individuals like you and me. India is an immensely complex hotchpotch of complexities, and no one person can claim to have 'seen' or experienced or known it all. Thus vast is India, our nation.
Now, let us apply the principle of Reductionism to India as a whole. Don't worry, I'm not talking about seeing India as a set of different smaller entities or advocating further partition in any way. Basically, we should see India as a set of uncountably many different sub-systems, groups of people and even individual people at the lowest level. And like it is said, 'revolution begins from the bottom'. For any change, positive or negative, to affect India as a whole, it should start right from the lowest level, the individual level.
What? Me? How can I develop India? I'm alone!
Yes, we all are 'alone' at certain points of our lives, and yet we live on. Like in the case of the superposition principle in physics, we can see that the electrostatic interaction between any two point charges is not affected by the presence of other charges, and at any arbitrary point, the total electrostatic potential is the sum of individual electrostatic potentials contributed at that point by each charge independently. Similarly, if you work for the development of India, never mind who else does. When you're contributing to the cause of India's development, YOU ARE making a difference, no matter how small the difference is. And one man can begin a revolution, whereas I believe we have thousands of volunteers.
No matter what you do, no matter wherever you are, no matter what your qualifications are, if you wish, you can contribute to the growth of our nation. And by working for the development of India, we are indeed working for ourselves. Because when we make ourselves better men, India becomes a better country. And when we make India a better country, the logical, economical and mass-psychological conditions become right for the evolution of better men.
How can I develop India?
Like I said, for any one of us alone, developing India as a whole is impossible. India is so big, and there are so many people who think, speak and act differently. But no matter, when you're working for something good, you're making a difference. And then, impressed and inspired by your example, others might join the cause in their own ways, and ultimately these 'small differences' caused by each of the participants get stacked up or integrated to form one large 'difference', which can happen to make a change.
We must think of ourselves as cells constituting a body, and this body is India. So, let us take a look at some ways which are easy to perform and maintain, and yet they can benefit India:
1. Maintaining good habits and practices, developing ourselves
Being a good individual overall is quite an achievement nowadays, with so many evils alluring us in every direction, from alcohol to smoking, from illicit sexual relations to drug addiction. But we should all try to make ourselves better, in our own eyes. That automatically contributes to India's growth. When we refrain from cheating others, from taking advantage of a disadvantaged person, we're acting nobly. And thus, we are making the wheel of India move forward. We're gradually making our country a better place.
Why exactly do we need to do, to make ourselves better? If I'm a student, I can study more and learn my concepts better, more regularly. If I am a policeman, I can at least try to stay unaffected by bribes, and do my duty as nicely as I can. If I am a teacher, I should try to teach my students as much as possible, and help them not only in their fields of study, but in solving social problems and quarrels as well.
Gandhiji had said it rightly "If you want a change, be that change". By living as nobly as we can, we can become shinning examples for others to follow. Another thing to remember is that, if you stand for nothing, you can fall for anything. Thus, we should take moral pride in being noble, in being hard-working Indians.
2. Contributing bits to the welfare of our locality
This should not however be confused with regional politics. I am an Indian first, and that's my identity. However, our localities are our 'fields of work', as I like to call them. For example, the unsung hero Tukaram Omble, who caught Ajmal Kasab bodily, and died fighting the terrorists during the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai, used to care a lot about Mumbai, his city. And he died for India, as much as he died for Mumbai. The essence of my statement is that, we should all try to do whatever we can do make our localities better, and the combined result will be betterment of India as a whole. It is rightly said "Take care of the small things, and the big ones will fit in properly for you".
For example, if you find a busy road that's not maintained properly, we should write a letter/e-mail to the respective authorities. Additionally, we can post an article about it online. We should make use of social networks such as Google+, Facebook etc. to spread the word about it.
3. Not giving in to 'youth unrest'
And unsurpsisingly, the media is paying too much attention to these attention-mongers. For example, after the Delhi rape incident, thousands of protesters clashed with the police, and even killed a valiant officer, Subhash Chandra Tomar. Rapes happen, and the true way to protest against them is to spread the word of caution, take active and passive measures against it, not making a big issue out of everything.
4. Being a source, not a sink
We may contribute to the growth of our country, or else we may contribute to its downfall, no matter how little our contribution matters. And the proper way to do something for the country is to be a responsible individual. We should all try to be polite and gentle, because good behaviour doesn't cost a buck. Likewise, encouraging others and not laughing at others' disadvantages or failures should be practised by everyone.
In fact, the problem with today's Indians of almost all age groups is that, most of them have little to nil self-respect. And people who don't even respect themselves can't respect anything or anybody else. This is to be avoided.
5. Combating superstition, social evils and wrong beliefs
Likewise, many evil practices are still strong in our country. For example, have you ever seen a Bengali marriage ceremony? So many idiotic things are done that it's almost next to laughable. The same goes for Bihari, Marathi and Punjabi ceremonies too, albeit in different forms. We should at least abstain from taking part in these utterly ridiculous activities.
6. Caring for the environment
We should not harm plants, animals or human beings for no apparent reason. For example, plucking of flowers should be discouraged. Religion might support it, but environmental science and its principle of sustainable development does not. Likewise, watering a plant is much better an action that visiting your local temple/mosque/church.
Minimizing the usage of electricity, using mass-transit systems as much as possible etc. should also be practised.
7. Being more responsible online
Especially for today's youth, social networking has become the trendiest thing to do. These irresponsible folks don't even use correct spellings online, typing ridiculous things such as 'gdnt frnzzzzz', 'gd mrn, sme 2 u'. This isn't English, it's rather gibberish or Engrish, if you prefer. We should try using more sophisticated and meaningful sentences.
The internet is crammed with information, that's true. But as for India, the level of availability of information and data is very less. For example, recently my cousin requested me to find a piece of information for him online. The query was very simple, to find out the year the first police station was established at Labhpur (a block in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal). And I just couldn't find it anytime soon. When I had given up all hope, I happened to come across a poorly structured government-maintained site on Birbhum, and got the information there.
As Indian users, we can always continue to post information bits of information online, on various blogs and so on, which can help other users and vice versa. Thus, instead of spending hours typing smilies on Facebook, we should actually do some real work online.
Last words
If you develop yourself your country will develop automatically.
Shailendra Singh
Great news for India
Updated status of Aadhaar enrollment
Till 21-09-2013
Total number of enrollment happened is nearly 40 Crore.
Below are the details of registrar and their concerned Enrollment agency
UIDAI-ENR-REG-EA-20130920
Till 21-09-2013
Total number of enrollment happened is nearly 40 Crore.
Below are the details of registrar and their concerned Enrollment agency
UIDAI-ENR-REG-EA-20130920
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