Sunday, February 6, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Environmental clearance is it a form of licence raj?
Prime minister has expressed concerns over the environmental clearance during the one-day National Conference of State Ministers of Environment. Licence raj should be eliminated is the contention of the prime minister and now the question is whether environment clearance an form of licence raj ? well the answer could be no. licence raj was introduced in India in order to have a check over the industries ,to control the growth of monopolies and to provide an equal opportunity. Environmental clearance is way to check the impact that a newly proposed industry would cause on the existing environment, on the basis of the assessment report permission is given to setup the industries. on the other hand environmental clearance is essential and exist in almost all the developed countries. The government should provide a transparent and faster method of obtaining environment clearance. The delegated legislature should be guide with principle and clear and unambiguous guild lines. The government should be worried about eliminating corruption and the environmental clearance as the whole. PM’s remarks is unacceptable. He should focus on peoples issue but he is looking at the wellness of the corporate. We need a balanced growth, cannot afford to grow by damaging our environment.
Related links: USA environmental protection agency : http://www.epa.gov
Friday, January 28, 2011
Electoral reforms
Introduction:
In a democratic country people form the government people elect the government and assign them the power to act on behalf of the country and its people. On a good faith people elect the government and expect the government to make and maintain the country as a welfare state. In recent time citizens our country are feed up with the ease at which corruption takes place, frequency and the levels of corruption, inefficiency of the investigating agency to tackle corruption and the judiciary to punish the corrupt. Government is inefficient to tackle the aggressions with in the country and from the external forces. The economical situation of the country is becoming week day by day, inflation, etc. The environmental pollution is become a great threat for our future generation, a suitable development is now seen as an impossible if we consider the way the in which the government allows the corporate and multination to erode the natural non renewable wealth of our national at a very cheaper price as compared to international market values of such resources. When a government or set of government or literally all the government fail to deliver, then there is a serious problem in the formation or election of the government. The citizen of a democratic country has the power to punish the corrupt and inefficient politicians in election. The state legislative assembly elections in Tamilnadu, Kerala and west Bengal are around the corner. It’s the appropriate time to discuss the origin, evolution and methods of election and also the reforms that are necessary for electing the deserving candidate.
Existing System in India:
In our existing system of election the candidate who gets the highest number of votes are declared as a winner of the election. Is this method a correct method to elect the candidate, so let us analysis the current method of election system, the election commission make MLA and MP constituency.
| Candidates | % of vote | |
| A | 45000 | 30% |
| B | 40000 | 27% |
| C | 20000 | 13% |
| D | 20000 | 13% |
| E | 25000 | 17% |
| Recorded votes | 150000 | |
| Absent from voting | 50000 | |
| total number of voter | 200000 |
The candidates who are willing to participate in the election in a constituency make an application. On qualifying the initial qualification, the election commission announces the candidates in that particular constituency. Let us that there are 5 Candidates contesting the election. The below are the votes that each has got, according to existing system A will be announced as the winner of the election but if we actually see another side of this system.
| People vote for A | 30% |
| People vote against A | 70% |
In this case it’s clear that the majority of the people has rejected the candidature of A but in our existing system person as is the winner, Can this system be considered as the correct system of electing a candidate.
Aggregate vote system:
Let see an alternative system of election the members to legislature of a state. In this system, political party shall contest in all constituencies, based on the percentage of votes that party has got in the election particular political party will be allowed to have the number of member in the legislative assembly.
| Party | % of vote | |
| A | 45000 | 30% |
| B | 40000 | 27% |
| C | 20000 | 13% |
| D | 20000 | 13% |
| E | 25000 | 17% |
| Recorded votes | 150000 | |
| Absent from voting | 50000 | |
| total number of voter | 200000 |
In the above example, Party A will 30 % of the membership to legislative assembly, (ie for example 500 seat x 30% = 150 members). Party B will get 27% of the membership to legislative assembly. In this method seem to be a better method of electing the government. In this method the political party should have popularity in all most all constituency and therefore the regional parties will cease to exist by this method an full fledged single party rule is quite possible, thus the coalition politics may be avoided compared to the existing system.
Dual vote system:
The 3 method of election of the voters are given two sets of votes, one is for the candidate and the other is against a candidate. Let’s consider a example,
| Candidates | For | Against | Effective | % for | % against |
| A | 45000 | 31000 | 14000 | 30% | 20.67% |
| B | 40000 | 24000 | 16000 | 27% | 16.00% |
| C | 20000 | 35000 | -15000 | 13% | 23.33% |
| D | 20000 | 30000 | -10000 | 13% | 20.00% |
| E | 25000 | 30000 | -5000 | 17% | 20.00% |
| Recorded votes | 150000 | 150000 | |||
| Absenting from voting | 50000 | ||||
| total number of voter | 200000 |
In the above example candidates can be best judged by the excess votes of for the candidate against the votes against the candidates. In the above example candidate B is the winner though he has got 27 % for votes but his against votes 16% is the lowest which makes him the winner of the election. This system is the best system because there is option of for and against vote. In this system a candidate shall be restrained from participating any next election if has failed to get the excess of for votes to that of excess votes.
Dual vote with none of the above system:
The 4 method of election of the voters are given two sets of votes or no of the above votes, one is for the candidate and the other is against a candidate or no of the above vote which means that instead of one vote for a candidate the voter is provided with only option to vote against all the candidates. In this method the number of for votes and against would not be the equal.
| Candidates | For | Agaist | none of the above | Effective | % for | % agaist |
| A | 32000 | 1000 | 25000 | 6000 | 21% | 0.67% |
| B | 30000 | 2000 | 25000 | 3000 | 20% | 1.33% |
| C | 20000 | 33000 | 25000 | -38000 | 13% | 22.00% |
| D | 18000 | 44000 | 25000 | -51000 | 12% | 29.33% |
| E | 25000 | 45000 | 25000 | -45000 | 17% | 30.00% |
| Recorded votes | 125000 | 125000 | 25000 | |||
| Absenting from voting | 50000 | |||||
| total number of voter | 200000 |
In the above example illustrates the working of the above method. This no option method can opted with the exist method of voting recording method.
| Candidates | For | Agianst | Diff | % of vote |
| A | 35000 | 30000 | 5000 | 23% |
| B | 32000 | 30000 | 2000 | 21% |
| C | 20000 | 30000 | -10000 | 13% |
| D | 10000 | 30000 | -20000 | 7% |
| E | 23000 | 30000 | -7000 | 15% |
| Recorded votes | 120000 | 30000 | ||
| Absenting from voting | 50000 | |||
| total number of voter | 200000 |
In this type of method were none of the above option is available, there is chance of no result or total rejection of the candidate in order to avoid the such a situation, for and against vote method is best method where there is no chance of no result and at the same time there is two option for the voters. The voters are more empowered.
Rules against Democratic monarch:
Many political parties were started with an idea and belief to serve the people and make the state a welfare state. When time passed, few greedy people or ill minded persons started to convert the party into a family property. Public is very much aware of it but refuse to consider it an evil to the society and need for some corrective measures. This tendency has been take into advantage by the ill minded politicians. A family run politics and caste / region based political party has to be curbed not by force but by bringing necessary restriction on function of the political party.
Setting eligibility criteria to be a member of the political party and to have qualification to contest an election is necessary. This would prevent sudden rising of monarchy type of rule in a democratic setup. Political parties are often considered as inheritable property of single family. This is very wrong precedent and this will lead to situation of a democratic monarch situation where in several family run political parties, shall contest and will over the ruling power of the country.
One would have come across the term Bottom up method, in this system the process start from a lower point and slowly progress upwards to the finish point, by adopting this system a person will have to claim form the lowest point and upwards, like a school kids to graduation. Some of the key eligibility criteria that needs to be brought for candidate who are fight the election on behalf of a political party are,
1. A person in order to become a member of a political party he has to make a provisional registration for membership for a period of three after attaining a age of 21 years. Only after a completion of a period of three year he can successfully register as a candidate.
2. It’s important that every member of political party to be at least a member for 5 years before he could contest any public election.
3. Candidate should contest the lowest post like councillor of ward.
4. If he is not able to win the election on first three occasions, he shall be declared unfit to contest any further in any public election.
5. Candidate should only after winning the second term as councillor, shall qualify for municipal chairman or mayor of the corporation.
6. only after 3rd term as councillor shall qualify for MLA election
7. Only after a term of MLA shall qualify for MP election.
Well debated and overall acceptable reforms in election should be brought at the earliest possible. The job would be left half done it there is no mechanism to constantly analysis the system and to bring about improvement on a consistent basis. It’s important to set standards for the candidates who contest the election and equally for the political party. In any country developing a good system is important, crucial part to it would be the implementation of such system.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
China’s price cotton control policy
China government has made a very clear stand unlike Indian government on the commodities trading, The Chinese government is concerned upon speculation and says it’s will punish very strictly on the speculators, Indian government has not made it’s stand on Speculative activities in the cotton and yarn market. It’s high time that government make a stand on the cotton Export and policy for commodities trading of cotton. read more on new article
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Karunanidhi’s tactics…
According to a leading newspaper Mr.Karunanidhi has advised or rather requested CAG to be fair and unbiased, This is an worst kind of tactics that is been adopted by Mr.Karunanidhi. There was no need for any such statement at this point of time. well he has also said it’s a presumptive loss only. Loss could have been more accurately figured if only Mr.Raja would have step down immediately after the allegation. Times are changing and such kind of statements only irritate the citizens of this country.
PM’s silence, will he speak up ?
Prime minister is more often called as Mr.clean in the Indian politics. In regard to 3G scam by Mr.Raja, he unfortunately did not act. According to law an act with an intention is crime, were act means doing an act or wilful omission. In this case PM has wilfully omitted to act upon Mr.Raja or at least he should have answered the Letter for a sanction for prosecution of Mr.Raja. May be soon he will land up in Scam, Politic may change even the best of persons. Now it’s high time that he gives a honest answer to the country or may he will follow the blame games / other tactics that a normal politician will do at this point.
Monday, November 15, 2010
DMK may face a huge downfall during this assembly elections
This congress government at the centre and DMK at Tamilnadu have been ruling for past few year especially DMK for 10 years, too long. have earned a huge hatred among the people of Tamilnadu. The scams that the DMK has been facing is very disturbing in Tamilnadu. what are the negatives of this DMK government,
1. People began to feel the hatred towards the DMK government as they have been ruling for past 10 years.
2. 1 Rs / Kg of Rice and 100 days employment scheme , makes people be more content and creates a huge labour shortage, hike in labour prices.
3. Family member like Alagiri, the way he handles the south district.
4. Failure to solve the fisherman problems at the south, failure to get solution for the Textile sectors.
5. Scams that the country is facing, especially Spectrum scam.
One of the question’s that is forgotten is Sethu samudram project, It’s 2400 cr project, what is the status now??
Never ending question with literally no answers…. but answer for the downfall of DMK may be known very soon…
Raja is punished, he has resigned, we are happy…
Past few months there has be a new form of justice system that is be followed in India, that is a CM or Minister is involved in Scam, their punishment is to give up their present post temporary till the people of this country forgets about the scam. probably they take a much needed break to spent their hard earned money form the people of India.
Where are we heading towards, our country has become one of the most corrupt and people are becoming more immoral and inhuman, people are ready to do any thing for the sake of money. our leader are worst kind of criminal, unaccepted behaviours and worst examples for the younger generation.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Jayalalitha’s offer
Jayalalitha offer to support the congress government with 9 of her MP’s and 9 for other parties. The offer made by the Jaya on Times now Channel will make the DMK nervous, may sack Raja… Congress is the party which would benefit the most..
