01-14-2012, 11:00 PM
Nareshji,
It is a very interesting and informative article. Sadly there is nothing for us to rejoice at the expense of Pakistan in this particular case. We are almost in the same state and our poor are not much better than their counterparts in Pakistan.
Very recently the Prime Minister has highlighted the shortcomings once again . It is true that the situation in India is better than in Pakistan in comparative terms but if we take the economic resourcefulness of India , our poor should have been much better place than where they are today.
As you are aware several new schemes have been started in the last few years to address the problems of malnutrition of children and reduction of infant mortality rate. If we are able to reduce corruption and misuse of developmental funds by even 50%, we will be able to make remarkable improvement in the situation.
You will agree that we are politically and economically a more stable nation than Pakistan. Therefore, if some sincere effort is made to improve the condition of the poorest of the poor, the situation is certainly going to improve. Even in situations where money has been sanctioned for rural development projects, it has been observed that the funds have not been spent. Thus the jobs that were expected to have been created for the execution of the project never materialized. As a consequence the prospective job seeker could not avail of the opportunity to earn money. This chain needs to be broken then only the engine for rural development will gain momentum.
Unfortunately, some petty political considerations have also hampered the implementation of developmental projects aimed at eradication of poverty. Since most of major developmental schemes in India are sponsored by the Central Government, it s implementation gets slowed down in some of the States where opposition party Governments are in power. They ensure that no credit goes to the Central Government at their expense. This is indeed a sad state of affairs.
It is a very interesting and informative article. Sadly there is nothing for us to rejoice at the expense of Pakistan in this particular case. We are almost in the same state and our poor are not much better than their counterparts in Pakistan.
Very recently the Prime Minister has highlighted the shortcomings once again . It is true that the situation in India is better than in Pakistan in comparative terms but if we take the economic resourcefulness of India , our poor should have been much better place than where they are today.
As you are aware several new schemes have been started in the last few years to address the problems of malnutrition of children and reduction of infant mortality rate. If we are able to reduce corruption and misuse of developmental funds by even 50%, we will be able to make remarkable improvement in the situation.
You will agree that we are politically and economically a more stable nation than Pakistan. Therefore, if some sincere effort is made to improve the condition of the poorest of the poor, the situation is certainly going to improve. Even in situations where money has been sanctioned for rural development projects, it has been observed that the funds have not been spent. Thus the jobs that were expected to have been created for the execution of the project never materialized. As a consequence the prospective job seeker could not avail of the opportunity to earn money. This chain needs to be broken then only the engine for rural development will gain momentum.
Unfortunately, some petty political considerations have also hampered the implementation of developmental projects aimed at eradication of poverty. Since most of major developmental schemes in India are sponsored by the Central Government, it s implementation gets slowed down in some of the States where opposition party Governments are in power. They ensure that no credit goes to the Central Government at their expense. This is indeed a sad state of affairs.