Old-Spice2;586380Good analysis. Everyone is disappointed there was no big-bang reform so far from Modi govt. In fact even I was disappointed and sometime feel India will never improve...
First if he brings in big-bang, say hire-n-fire labor policy, whole trade union and opposition will be on the street. He will be busy trying to pacify them instead of working. He is taking small step approach. One step at a time and within few years all the changes will be in place and there will be less protest.
He is running the country with the help of IAS officers. He is not dependent on his ministers except for strategic policies. He is also putting process in place so even after he leaves things will not go back to old times of endless chaai-samosa break. He is doing to the govt machinery what Seshan did to election process.
Exactly. Where a staggering 300 - 400 miliion people, more than the population of US, 3/4th the population of Europe, go to bed every night (not all in warm and safe homes) either hungry or poorly fed, not knowing where the next meal will come from, because there is no job security, nor any other kind of security. In the face of such stark reality, it is heartless to introduce radical reforms too suddenly. Not only that will lead to much suffering, there aren't enough committed ranks to implement the reforms as intended. It is the middlemen that would benefit. So such reforms have to be gradual and indirect. JanDhan is a fine example of inducting masses into the formal economy. Alternative is to what Mao and Lenin have unleashed in the last century. Whether India's slow and steady, faltering doses of developmental policies are better than China's harsh and fast ones, this is not the forum for that debate. I would rather stay with namba NaMo for now.
Old-Spice2;586380I want him to introduce the following - change law to fire govt workers not just suspension. Kick start the judicial system so cases are disposed off within a year or two. Amend law to remove anticipatory bail, no stay order once a court issues a judgement and no bail once you are convicted. You can appeal but stay in jail till appeal process is completed. I want Amma and Lallu to go back to jail :) This will go a long way in cleaning the corrupt practices than Lok Pal bill. There will be fear of law among the elected leaders. Downside is we will need many new jail buildings!
That is not just BIG ticket, more like GIGANTIC reform. Essentially, it boils down to "who would bell the cat". In what can be termed as EOL (Equal Opportunity Looting) politicians of all parties have been caught with a hand or two in the till. It does not matter that they have occasionally jumped the bandwagon and joined the winning party (e.g. BJP). I can say with confidence and evidence that corruption is here to stay, it is everywhere to stay. Main issue is how to keep it from adversely affecting developmental activity and government functioning. Weeding out
excessive corruption can't be achieved with passing laws alone. It is not for lack laws that the present crop of bureaucrats have lined their pockets, it is i
n spite of the laws. As long as the voting public is not mature enough to ask "so let us see your accounts since the last elections" not much will change. When they also take charge, e.g. by forcing the politicians to deliver on their promises ("how do you hope to do what you are promising?", "bring a progress report within 3 months, every 3 months") then the politicians will see the need to get the Babu's to act.
Old-Spice2;586380My other concern is how will Modi kick the Babus in State govt where NDA is not in power? After all development and implementation happens in the State. For this we really need Congress, TMC and AIADMK mukth Bharat at State level.
I see Modi as the last hope for economic development for the country. If he fails, then every one should try to emigrate like we were doing for the past 65+ years. I have little faith in the remaining riffraff.
I totally agree with you. Babu's in the states will not be pressured by anyone at the centre. Modi can only initiate "trickle down" policies, he can only get people involved in some token areas like Swachh Bharat and such. More aware (not necessarily educated, but that would be nice, too) electorate will begin to learn of the power of the vote, seeing progress in other states. E.g. neighbors of Gujarath are learning a few things, regardless of who rules the state.
My big disappointment is the likes of educated masses who still flock to a party like the CONgress (which is truly the opposite of PROgress) that has nothing short of bankrupted the country, in addition to itself being bankrupt of leadership. I am horrified that educated elite such as Cripple Sibal, ShaniKankar Suvvar, Pigvijay have sold their soul, will not mind selling their mothers for the sake of staying in power. How can we expect better from the semi- and illiterate masses? How can we fault them for selling their vote to those who promise them the moon and more?
And then there is this (real) sickness called (pseudo) secularism. When will the "members of that particular community" start to realize that they are being taken for a ride for over 60 years by the family? Every one of their, and India's, lingering problems, lies at the doorstep of the Nehru-Gandhi family! One day we could achieve many developmental, millennial and other lofty goals. Can we, somehow, just somehow, get rid of that disease and that family? If only Goddess granted me a wish, I will wish for...
oh, wait.. damn the family, my only wish would be that all my wishes must come true. And then I start with the family...:-))