Pyasa Gujarat – River Linking Failed

India Has Good Elections : CEC

Political Parties in India need Reforms

New Delhi, 19^th March 2015 : The Election Commissioner of India Shri. H.S. Brahma was honored and felicitated for recommending direct voting rights to Non Resident Indians by President Delhi Study Group Shri. Vijay Jolly. The CEC was presented with a shawl and a trophy. The program was conducted by social media activist Mrs. Ritu Rathaur.

Speaking on electoral reforms CEC H.S. Brahma stated that India is a vibrant democracy. There are 194 democracies in the world. But India has more than 1600 political parties including 60 recognized state parties. Of these, 164 political parties including 6 recognized national parties in India are active. In the 2014 parliamentary elections out of total 834 million voters nearly 520 million voted. The Indian elections had 1.2 million electronic voting machines and nearly more than 11 million personnel managed this gigantic task claimed Mr. Brahma.

E-voting is no more a distant dream claimed CEC Brahma. India has the capacity to implement electronic voting within a span of three to four weeks. But the safety & security of the technology has to be ensured. Gujarat has already done it. Designated e-voting centers is one of the options. Technology changes every 10 to 20 years. So there is a need for us to change as well. The future elections in India will be tech savvy. Political parties also must reform.       

Delhi Study Group President Vijay Jolly in his welcome address strongly advocated “One candidate to stand from Only One Constituency”. This shall save expenditure, time, efforts & harassment to the voters he stated. He  also demanded a permanent secretariat for the Election Commission. The independent candidates should not be disbarred. Common electoral rolls for parliamentary, assembly and local body elections, power to disqualify on ground of defection should be with the President or the Governor who shall act on the advise of the ECI instead of the Speaker or the Chairman. Jolly also spoke in favour of introduction of compulsory voting& Lok Sabha and State Assemblies to have fixed 5 years term.

Pinky Anand Additional Solicitor General commended the work of Shri. H.S. Brahma in bringing about NRI voting in consulates. She stressed the importance of facilitating the valuable participation of 27 million of NRI in the democratic process. She lauded the initiative of the government in simplifying rules for NRI making it convenient & congenial.  

Prominent NRIs namely Vijay Nahata from Vietnam, Raman Chopra from Canada attended. Dy. Mayor Ravinder Gupta called for re-evaluation of rotational system in MCD elections. Surjit Gupta Editor Swaraj Magazine, Rahul Malik Advocate Supreme Court, O.P. Mishra Project Director NDMC and young turk Alok Gupta CMD Graphicads also spoke on the occasion. A lively question & answer session with the CEC was successfully conducted by Mrs. Ritu Rathaur. 

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• नितिन गडकरीजी, भूमि अधिग्रहण व किसानी पर ज़रूर ज़ाहिर बहस करें…
• जन आन्दोलनों के हम साथी तैयार हैं |

केंद्र सरकार की ओर से नितिन गड्करीजी ने ‘भू-अधिग्रहण कानून, 2013’ में संशोधन के लिए लाये अध्यादेश को विधेयक में तब्दील करने के बाद अभी तक, जनाक्रोश के सामने कुछ झुकाव बताते हुए फिर कुछ बदलाव लोक-सभा में पेश किये | लेकिन इनमें न कोई दम है और न कोई तथ्य | प्रधानमंत्री मोदीजी के नेतृत्व में पर्यावरण से लेकर रक्षा मंत्रालय तक के कई बयान झूठे या खोखले साबित होते आये है, उसी का यह एक और नमूना है | संशोधन के मुद्दों से अध्यादेश और विधेयक के मसौदे पर 2013 कानून में जो किसान विरोधी बदलाव लाये गए हैं, उन पर कोई असर नहीं है | 13 नए कानूनों को 2013 के कानून के दायरे में लेने का दावा है | लेकिन 2013 के कानून से अब मूल किसानों के पक्ष में रखे गए प्रावधानों को बाहर क्यों किया गया, इसपर मोदी सरकार चुप हो | इसलिए भाजपा की नयी सरकार किसानों से धोखा-धड़ी ज़ाहिर है |

देश-भर के किसान संगठन और आन्दोलन जबकि अपनी बुलंद आवाज़ जगह-जगह उठा रहे हैं और रास्ते पर उतर आयें है तब कई सारे विरोधी दल भी किसानों के पक्ष में खड़े हुए हैं | लोक-सभा में बहुमत के जोर पर भाजपा के अन्दर हो रहे सवालों को भी दबा कर विधेयक को मंज़ूर करवाया गया है तो भी ना केवल ‘राज्य-सभा’ में पर देश की अधिकांश ग्राम-सभाओं का तो इसे सख्त विरोध है, यह बात ज़ाहिर है |

इस परिप्रेक्ष में कांग्रेस भी रास्ते पर उतर आई तो भाजपा के वर्त्तमान परिवहन मंत्री तथा भूतपूर्व ग्रामीण विकास मंत्री एवं अध्यादेश के रचनाकर्ता श्री नितिन गडकरी ने सोनिया गांधी और अन्ना हजारे जी को ज़ाहिर बहस की चुनौती दी है | यह न्योता इन दो व्यक्तियों को ही क्यों? इसके कुछ कारण तो हमें ज्ञात हैं ! इसलिए हम ज़ाहिर रूप से गडकरी जी से कहना चाहते हैं की सही, गंभीर और गहरी बहस, अध्यादेश/विधेयक, 2013 कानून और किसानी के मुद्दों पर करनी है तो आइये, हम जनआन्दोलनों के साथी तैयार है | आप तैयार हों तो आने वाले सप्ताह भर में सुविधाजनक दिन तय करके, हम स्थल सुनिश्चित करें |

आप इस निमंत्रण को ना टालते हुए सकारात्मक प्रतिसाद देंगे, तो यह केवल चुनौती न रह कर एक सबसे महत्वपूर्ण मुद्दे पर राष्ट्रीय बहस बनेगी, जिससे हो सकता है, इस देश के वंचित, शोषित, विस्थापित किसान-मजदूरों को ‘भूमि’ और सम्बंधित समस्याओं पर राहत मिल पायेगी | इससे न केवल देश, समाज का प्रबोधन होगा किन्तु अधिक विचारशील भूमिका लेने के लिए देश के श्रमजीवी एवं बुद्धिजीवी तैयार हो पाएंगे |

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Pyasa Gujarat – River Linking Failed

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March22, 2015 (C) Ravinder Singh ravinderinvent@gmail.com

There are just two major dams in Saurashtra & Kutchh regions with 188
mcm [S.No.9] and 299 MCM Live Storages [S.No.8] Bhadar & Shetrunji
respectively are practically dry with gross storages of just 44 MCM
and 61 MCM and no water is released in Canals and water in storages is
not enough for even drinking water supply.

Against Narmada Main Canal Capacity of 40,000 Cusecs water released in
to Canal is barely 7501 cusecs when 8457 Cusecs is wasted to sea.

All Gujarat canal releases are barely 11570 cusec but more water –
14785 cusec is wasted to sea.

http://guj-nwrws.gujarat.gov.in/downloads/report01.xls
Three Largest Regions Have Practically No Water in Dams
Regions of Gujarat
Live Storage Capacity All
Dams MCM    Present Live Storage Capacity MCM
1    NORTH GUJARAT    1774.77    275.39
2    Kachchh Region    300.66    3.93
3    Saurashtra Region    2369.87    329.02
Total    4445.30    608.34

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS
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Dun and Bradstreet hosts the 3rd India e-Governance Forum

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Digital India is a very strategic initiative for India – Mr. Shree Parthasarathy, National Leader – Cyber Security, Senior Director – Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte India

New Delhi, 21^st March, 2015:As a part of its on-going efforts to enhance the knowledge on various economic aspects of domestic as well as global market, Dun & Bradstreet, the world’s leading provider of business information, knowledge and insight organized the 3^rd India e-Governance Forum in association withEntrust DatacardinNew Delhi today.

The progress of e-governance has been one of the most striking developments of the web and e-governance initiatives have come a long way since then. E-Governance in India is transforming government functions for increased citizen participation in its day-to-day activities by opening up new channels for government-citizen collaboration. Today, the government’s major focus area is the rollout of citizen services, using IT and the Internet as platforms.

India, overall, has taken significant steps in the area of e-governance, with almost all States in the country launching e-services in some way or the other. Although efforts have been made in the creation of infrastructure and internal information handling by government bodies as well as public services, the diffusion of technologies in moving towards e-governance have been slow and it is now imperative to overcome the identified challenges affecting the evolution of e-Governance to enable efficient governance & administration.

Giving the welcome address, Ms. Preeta Misra, Director – Learning Solutions, Dun & Bradstreet India said, “In this dynamic VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, complex & Ambiguous) world of new age risks, the challenge always remains on how well we anticipate and then mitigate these risks. With use of technology, the issue of data security is also an area of concern for a project like Digital India.”

Highlighting on secure identities and e- Governance facilitates Information to drive decisions on how to improve Citizen experience and Government efficiency,Mr. David Belchick, VP-GovernmentVertical, Entrust Datacard mentioned, “This was a very thought provoking session with leaders from the Government of India on best practices and current programs aimed at driving towards an accountable, efficient and responsive government strategy for both the National Government and State Governments within India. ”

Elaborating on the theme of the panel discussion, Security in Citizen ID – The need of the hour,    Prof. K. Subramanian, Founder Director, Advanced Center for Informatics and Innovative Learning, IGNOU & Former Sr. DDG, NIC, Ministry of Communication & IT & IT Adviser to CAG of India said, “Securing Citizen Identity is a must for Digital India and Good Governance and it is doable. Strong Integration, coordination, techno- neutrality, Cross Validated Identity Databases, agility, mobility, Legal support, Political Commitment and strong committed Leadership with a sole aim of India Development at Center/state is essential.”

Further Dr. Kamlesh Bajaj, CEO, Data Security Council of India added, “It is very unlikely that people will have a single digital identity. Like, in the physical world they will carry multiple identities in cyberspace through different technologies which may be used for authenticating them for various applications including role based access and entitlement to services. Nations will have to address privacy concerns and assure citizens that identification technologies are not used as proofing and tracking tool.”

Discussing during the panel discussion, Mr. Shree Parthasarathy, National Leader – Cyber Security, Senior Director – Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte India said, “Digital India is a very strategic initiative for India. Providing secure services and gaining trust of the citizen is at the heart of this and will be enabled by the creation of a unique digital identity. Access Governance through technologies I.e PKI, etc. and principles of multifactor authentication will further enhance trust and maximize the availing of digital services by the common man.”

While stressing on the importance of e-governance, Mr.Ajay Kumar, Entrust Datacard, Head of Marketing, South Asia,said, “The event successfully laid emphasis on the fact that secure identities and e-Governance facilitates information which is provided in an interesting and appealing manner. A vision document has been prepared for e-Governance by the Government of India and the state government where the e-Governance forum has been well appreciated in explaining the benefits of more informed citizens.”

This seminar witnessed participants from the Government and Industry together discussing the need for latest technologies, products & services and suggested a holistic approach to effectively maximize the adoption of e-Governance in India. Other eminent speakers present at the forum were Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director General, CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) and Group Coordinator of E-Security and Cyber Law Division in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, Mr. Henry Leung, Sr. Marketing Manager, Govt. Solutions, Entrust Datacard, Mr. Daniel Zatz, Technical Sales Consultant, Entrust Datacard, Mr. P. K. Swain, Post Master General, Department of Post, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India and Mr. JagdeepKochar, Ex-Executive Director, N-Code Solutions.

About Dun & Bradstreet (D&B):

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB) grows the most valuable relationships in business. By uncovering truth and meaning from data, we connect customers with the prospects, suppliers, clients and partners that matter most, and have since 1841. Nearly ninety percent of the Fortune 500, and companies of every size around the world, rely on our data, insights and analytics.

Customers use D&B Risk Management Solutions to mitigate risk, increase cash flow and drive increased profitability, D&B Sales & Marketing Solutions to analyse markets, locate prospects and increase revenue from new and existing customers; D&B Learning Solutions to facilitate professional growth and excellence among their executives and D&B Economic Analysis Group to derive pragmatic and solution-oriented analyses of strategic economic and business developments, thereby aiding informed decision making.

In 2015, D&B featured on the World’s Most Ethical Companies list in the Business Services category by Ethisphere, for the seventh consecutive year. The World’s Most Ethical Companies designation recognizes companies that truly go beyond making statements about doing business “ethically” and translate those words into action.

About Entrust Datacard

Consumers, citizens and employees increasingly expect anywhere-anytime experiences — whether they are making purchases, crossing borders, accessing e-gov services or logging onto corporate networks. Entrust Datacard offers the trusted identity and secure transaction technologies that make those experiences reliable and secure. Our solutions range from the physical world of financial cards, passports and ID cards to the digital realm of authentication, certificates and secure communications. More than 2,000 Entrust Datacard employees serve customers in 150 countries worldwide. For more information, visitwww.entrustdatacard.com

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