Inflation Demon

        Indian Public is grinding under inflation from last year’s September month onwards and concerned ministry (food and Agriculture) either hearing voices’ of people with deaf ears or come up with statements in the media from time to time which resulted in shoot up of prices further of commodities named by F&A minister and it is not that Union Food and Agriculture minister name one item but he spare no commodities of Indian kitchen like sugar, milk. pulses, rice, vegetables and eatable oil, then jumps in the prices’ of these items seen in the span of eight months more then two to three folds minimum because of huge gap between demand and supply which created courtesy of shortage of rainfall during rainy season plus F&A minister statements in the media gives opportunities to the hoarders and black marketers to reap the profits by storing. When F&A saw and realize the anger of public against him and his ministries due to his statements in the media, he made two more statements to boil public further –

• Astrologer can predicts when prices will come down.
• His ministry is not purely responsible of price rise because decision taken by GoM and known to P.M.O. also.

Experts come up with their conclusion on to price rise and give some relief to furious people of this country that prices’ will come down when fresh bumper crop will reach the market and Government is simply buying time from public by issuing statements like inflation will come down very soon; government is taking all the required steps to control the demon of inflation which on ground not visible but such supporting statements issued by Finance Minster and Food and Agriculture Minister of and on to calm down furious common public whose budget goes haywire, but at the same time announcements and decisions of Government make people confuse and pressurise them to think twice what the government saying is correct or what they are doing is right –

• Central Government issue notification to increase Dearness Allowances (D.A.) to it’s employees from 27 percent to 35 percent which will benefit approximately five million central employees and it will be effective from 1st January, 2010, with this announcement there will be additional burden on Government exchequer 6,969.36 Crores, Question here rises if government are doing efforts to control inflation then what’s the logic behind increase the dearness slab? Are Government employee’s lives in different atmosphere /society, then other citizen of this country?
• Punjab Government in the Assembly present bill to increase Legislative members salary and perks, and shocking side of this story is that whenever question comes to increase the salary and perks of Legislator members then every party stand united and bill clear without any obstacles but on other hand when anything comes for development, benefit for society for discussion in Assembly or Loksabha then never ever opposition party stand united with ruling party and lot of undemocratic scene witness either of walkouts or uproar or disrupt of proceeding of house.

All this make common people of the country to think if government whom his vote give power to govern the country or state, government belongs to handful section of society whom they are working or every citizens are as much part of country as much any others but on grounds it not appears that government works for every citizen of this country as government worry for their employees and state legislator or Member of Parliaments worries for their perks but left common people on the mercy of their fates’. Example of this people are angry and vocal against inflation but despite passing of eight to ten months government did nothing ,other then hopes.

Right to Education

        Government of India make education mandatory for every child of the country, by making law, which came into effect on 1st April, 2010, so education in India, is fundamental right of every kid of this country. India join the group of handful of countries of the world which have such a statutory provision, it will benefit 10 million child of country who never goes to school or left study in between due of some reasons, are going to be in the bracket of advantage, to have primary education, irrespective of gender differences children of 6 to 14 age group, are going to come back to school, when local authorities and state governments bound to ensure for mandatory education to all these children. Right to education, how much seriously Central Government is pushing ahead, one can understand with this that on 1stApril, 2010, Prime Minister himself appeared on National Television and had touches different angles of education law. As per information provided by the finance Secretary, 25,000 Crores of rupees, funds allocate to the state governments for the right to education and in next five years total money required for education project are 1.71lakh Crores. While addressing Doctor Manmohan Singh said, “The Government at the Centre, in the States and Union Territories, and at the district and village level, must work together as part of a common national endeavor. I call upon all the state governments to join in this national effort with full resolve and determination.” He said the Government is of the firm belief that India's future as a strong and prosperous country will be secure if young people are nurtured with right education. Recalling his own childhood, Mr. Singh, a qualified economist, said: "I read under the dim light of a kerosene lamp. I am what I am totally because of education."
     I want that the light of education should reach to all, words expressed by Human Resource Development Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal plays down his role and gives credit to the Congress leadership, Sibal finds the bill flawless but there is the huge requirement of teachers and the Government will have to recruit 1.2 million teachers in six months to achieve the optimum student-teacher ratio. There’s also a need for a massive teacher training programme over the next five because primary teachers will all have to get a Bachelor of Education degree. Within three years, basic infrastructure including classrooms and library in every school will have to be in place. Sixty-three years after Independence, the Government is guaranteeing the freedom from illiteracy. But will the guarantee be effective because the Government appears little prepared. It is still very uncertain if almost every village in India will boast of a school in the next few years. Recently, the World Bank announced two education projects worth a total of $1.05 billion for India - one of which is to boost the number of children enrolling in and completing elementary school. The World Bank says the number of children reportedly enrolled in elementary education in India increased by 57 million to 192 million between 2003 and 2009, more than two-thirds of this increase took place in government schools. The number of children out of school declined from 25 million to 8.1 million during the same period, as per the World Bank stats.
    According to the law, from the beginning of next school year, all recognized private schools must admit 25% students from economically poor backgrounds and socially disadvantage groups in age group of 6-14. The tuition fees of these students will be paid by the government. Though there will be serious problems in implementation, but this will of course put more power on bureaucrats to determine the students who are eligible to attend private schools, should they chose to do so. The new law makes it mandatory for all the private schools to obtain official government recognition within three years. Moreover, they must also have a certain size of land plot, a playground, library, the teacher qualifications and also salaries.
   From beginning of next session, in the country, all the kids in the age groups of 6 to 14 are going to have better opportunities as far education is concern, regardlessly their parents are able to meet the financial requirements or not, it is the story of past, as now the burden is taken over by government from their parents, through Right to Education law.