Arvind kejriwal has made Election 2014 curious and interesting. He deserves kudos for this. Now all Indian citizens will involve and take part directly or indirectly in this Election mela. Who will win or loose does not matter. Matter is that our citizens must associate with it. People associate when matter is interesting and curious. Hence, Arvind is doing laudable work to strengthen our democracy. Involving and taking part by masses is strengthening of our cherished democracy. I hope, i am right. If wrong tell me how? So that i can correct.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Arinvd kejriwal is strengthening democracy
Arvind kejriwal has made Election 2014 curious and interesting. He deserves kudos for this. Now all Indian citizens will involve and take part directly or indirectly in this Election mela. Who will win or loose does not matter. Matter is that our citizens must associate with it. People associate when matter is interesting and curious. Hence, Arvind is doing laudable work to strengthen our democracy. Involving and taking part by masses is strengthening of our cherished democracy. I hope, i am right. If wrong tell me how? So that i can correct.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Political Marketing: Our Indian Democracy Must Increase Participation of Women and Young.
India may be the world's largest and most populous democracy, but it is a "flawed" one. India's abysmal political culture and lack of fair political participation have led to it being ranked below Countries such as Chile, Israel and Botswana in the Democracy Index 2012 report.
The Democracy Index, compiled by the UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit, is based on five categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, the functioning of government, political participation and political culture.
The top five democratic countries in the world are Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and New Zealand. North Korea comes last among the 167 countries covered by the index.
India has been ranked 38 in the list of top democracies. But it comes better off than most of its neighbours: Bangladesh is ranked 84, Sri Lanka 89, Bhutan 107, Pakistan 108, Nepal 111 and Afghanistan 152. China is ranked 142.
India, termed a flawed democracy, scores high in categories such as electoral process and pluralism (9.58) and civil liberties (9.41) but slips when it comes to the functioning of government (7.5) and political participation (6.1). Its score is lowest in political culture (5). India's overall democracy score stands at 7.52 — as against the highest of 9.93 (Norway).
The report defines a flawed democracy as a country that has free and fair elections and respects basic civil liberties, but suffers significant weaknesses in governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political participation, about 20% of the population, according to preliminary projections from the 2011 census. That’s up from 195 million in 2001.
The median age in India is 25, meaning that half the population is below 25 and half is above it. Compare India to Canada, whose youth make up just 12% of its population and where the median age is almost 40.Women are showing up on the electoral
India is a youthful nation. India’s young people are on the move. They are reaching for new opportunities made possible. The United Nations defines youth as people between ages 15 and 24. By this measure, there are approximately 240 million youth in India.
Women are showing up on the electoral landscape as a statistic that can no longer be ignored. The number of registered women voters is growing, slowly but surely. Where there were once just 715 listed female voters for every 1,000 male voters in the 1960s, today there are 803. And they are voting in huge numbers, often more than the men.
According to figures quoted by former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi, in 17 of the 22 states that went to polls in the past two years, women outvoted the men by far. This was true even in a state like Uttar Pradesh where 60.29% women exercised their franchise in the 2012 assembly elections as against 58.82% men.
India is placed at 111th position out of 189 countries in a list prepared by an international organization that ranks nations on the number of women representatives in parliament.
The organization - Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) - has found that while more and more women are being elected to parliaments across the world, the trend has not come to in India.
Increasingly, they are also deciding for themselves which way to vote. This is particularly true in urban areas, says pollster G V L Narasimha Rao who has been tracking election data for several decades. For instance, in the 2013 Delhi state polls, Kejriwal's AAP attracted more women voters than the BJP or the Congress, which ironically was led by Sheila Dikshit.
One of the chief reasons for this declaration of semi-independence by women, says Rao, is the growth of the electronic media. Television, he reasons, has allowed women to access information in a way they never could earlier. Consequently, they no longer the world, the trend has not come to in India.
In the Lok Sabha, out of the 544 members, only 60 are women. The Rajya Sabha has only 26 women MPs out of 241 members. This means that only about 1 in 10 parliamentarians in India (11.4%) are women.
India's neighbours are also far ahead in making more women enter politics. In Nepal almost 30% of MPs are women. It is ranked 33rd on this list. Pakistan on the other hand is ranked 72 with 21% of parliamentarians in the Upper House and 17% in Lower House being women.
Bangladesh is ranked 74th in this list with 20% female representation in parliament. China is 61st with nearly 25% MPs being women. The only south Asian neighbour worse off that India in the list is Sri Lanka - ranked 133th with only 13 women MPs out of 225.
Women participation means their progress. This will help a lot in our progress. By increasing women participation, we can catalyze our growth. It is now required on the part of all political parties and actors to give more tickets to women and young candidates.
Speaking to TOI from Geneva, Jemini Pandya from IPU said, "The scene for women in politics is very bad in India. Asia and the Pacific are the bottom two regions in the world. What is worrying is that India is barely making any progress. In Asia for example, there is about half a percentage point progress each year.
So it is fairly stagnant and static in terms of progress. With the elections coming up in India, political parties need to put in place a commitment by themselves that more women will be given a chance to enter parliament. One of the ways they can do it is field women from seats which are winnable."
More participation of young will energies our democracy. It will bring good, new and innovative ideas to strengthen it. Women and Young need more role to play in politics. Hence, our political bosses must allot and allow more and bigger role in future to women and young on political landscape.
Heera Lal (Views are personal and based on different sources)
Referance:
1.http://heeralalpcs.blogspot.in/2013/03/young-india.html
2. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/deep-focus/Women-voters-Hard-to-get/articleshow/31701724.cms
3. http://timesofindia.in//www.ndi.org/files/2147_ww_democracy_indicators_040407.pdf
4.http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-ranked-38th-in-index-of-democracy-us-21st-113043000197_1.html
5. world/south-asia/India-fails-floor-test-on-women-in-parliament/articleshow/31705761.cms
5. world/south-asia/India-fails-floor-test-on-women-in-parliament/articleshow/31705761.cms
Political Marketing: Our Indian Democracy Must Increase Participation of Women and Young.
India may be the world's largest and most populous democracy,
but it is a "flawed" one. India's abysmal political culture and lack
of fair political participation have led to it being ranked below Countries such as
Chile, Israel and Botswana in the Democracy Index 2012 report.
The Democracy Index, compiled by the UK-based Economist
Intelligence Unit, is based on five categories: electoral process and
pluralism, civil liberties, the functioning of government, political participation
and political culture.
The top five democratic countries in the world are Norway,
Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and New Zealand. North Korea comes last among the 167
countries covered by the index.
India
has been ranked 38 in the list of top democracies. But it comes better off than
most of its neighbours: Bangladesh is ranked 84, Sri Lanka 89, Bhutan 107,
Pakistan 108, Nepal 111 and Afghanistan 152. China is ranked 142.
India,
termed a flawed democracy, scores high in categories such as electoral process
and pluralism (9.58) and civil liberties (9.41) but slips when it comes to the
functioning of government (7.5) and political participation (6.1). Its score is
lowest in political culture (5). India's overall democracy score stands at 7.52
— as against the highest of 9.93 (Norway).
The
report defines a flawed democracy as a country that has free and fair elections
and respects basic civil liberties, but suffers significant weaknesses in
governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political
participation, about
20% of the population, according to preliminary projections from the 2011
census. That’s up from 195 million in 2001.
The
median age in India is 25, meaning that half the population is below 25 and
half is above it. Compare India to Canada, whose youth make up just 12% of its
population and where the median age is almost 40.Women are showing up on the
electoral
India
is a youthful nation. India’s young
people are on the move. They are reaching for new opportunities made possible.
The United Nations defines youth as people between ages 15 and 24. By this
measure, there are approximately 240 million youth in India.
Women are showing up on the electoral landscape as a statistic that can no longer be ignored. The number of registered women
voters is growing, slowly but surely. Where there were once just 715 listed
female voters for every 1,000 male voters in the 1960s, today there are 803.
And they are voting in huge numbers, often more than the men.
According
to figures quoted by former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi, in 17 of
the 22 states that went to polls in the past two years, women outvoted the men
by far. This was true even in a state like Uttar Pradesh where 60.29% women
exercised their franchise in the 2012 assembly elections as against 58.82% men.
India
is placed at 111th position out of 189 countries in a list prepared by an
international organization that ranks nations on the number of women representatives
in parliament.
The
organization - Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) - has found that while more and
more women are being elected to parliaments across the world, the trend has not come to in India.
Increasingly,
they are also deciding for themselves which way to vote. This is particularly
true in urban areas, says pollster G V L Narasimha Rao who has been tracking
election data for several decades. For instance, in the 2013 Delhi state polls,
Kejriwal's AAP attracted more women voters than the BJP or the Congress, which
ironically was led by Sheila Dikshit.
One
of the chief reasons for this declaration of semi-independence by women, says
Rao, is the growth of the electronic media. Television, he reasons, has allowed
women to access information in a way they never could earlier. Consequently,
they no longer the world, the trend has not come to in India.
In
the Lok Sabha, out of the 544 members, only 60 are women. The Rajya Sabha has
only 26 women MPs out of 241 members. This means that only about 1 in 10
parliamentarians in India (11.4%) are women.
India's
neighbours are also far ahead in making more women enter politics. In Nepal
almost 30% of MPs are women. It is ranked 33rd on this list. Pakistan on the
other hand is ranked 72 with 21% of parliamentarians in the Upper House and 17%
in Lower House being women.
Bangladesh
is ranked 74th in this list with 20% female representation in parliament. China
is 61st with nearly 25% MPs being women. The only south Asian neighbour worse
off that India in the list is Sri Lanka - ranked 133th with only 13 women MPs
out of 225.
Women
participation means their progress. This will help a lot in our progress. By
increasing women participation, we can catalyze our growth. It is now required
on the part of all political parties and actors to give more tickets to women
and young candidates.
Speaking
to TOI from Geneva, Jemini Pandya from IPU said, "The scene for women in
politics is very bad in India. Asia and the Pacific are the bottom two regions
in the world. What is worrying is that India is barely making any progress. In
Asia for example, there is about half a percentage point progress each year.
So
it is fairly stagnant and static in terms of progress. With the elections
coming up in India, political parties need to put in place a commitment by
themselves that more women will be given a chance to enter parliament. One of
the ways they can do it is field women from seats which are winnable."
More
participation of young will energies our democracy. It will bring good, new and
innovative ideas to strengthen it. Women and
Young need more role to play in
politics. Hence, our political bosses must allot and allow more and bigger role
in future to women and young on political landscape.
Heera Lal (Views are personal and based on different sources)
Referance:
1.http://heeralalpcs.blogspot.in/2013/03/young-india.html
2.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/deep-focus/Women-voters-Hard-to-get/articleshow/31701724.cms
3.
http://timesofindia.in//www.ndi.org/files/2147_ww_democracy_indicators_040407.pdf
4.http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-ranked-38th-in-index-of-democracy-us-21st-113043000197_1.html
5. world/south-asia/India-fails-floor-test-on-women-in-parliament/articleshow/31705761.cms
5. world/south-asia/India-fails-floor-test-on-women-in-parliament/articleshow/31705761.cms
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
PIM Realises Gandhian Vision
PIM- A Tool For Farmers’ Self-empowerment.
Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM)
Seeds, fertilizers, landholdings, finances, irrigation argil techniques and technology are main ingredients of farming. Efficient, prudent and productive use of any would improve the productivity. Irrigation is having top priority as water is precious and scare. Hence, its management will fetch good results to our peasants and country.
An estimated 70% of agriculture production of India comes from irrigated land. As such, the role of irrigation in strengthening and sustaining the agricultural economy is crucial. Unfortunately, the state of irrigation infrastructure across the county is very poor.
Design flaws, poor upkeep of physical system, unviable water pricing and bad irrigation management practices contributed to substantial underutilization which is a colossal waste to investment. Spending more than rupees one billion on creating physical infrastructure on dams and canals in many states has reached as little as 25% of potential irrigation.
Asia’s population is expected to reach 5 billion by 2050, with an estimated 1.5 billion more people to share its land, water, and food resources. Meeting the region’s food demands will therefore require more efficient use of resources, including irrigation systems, to boost agricultural productivity. Looming climate change effects and declining water resources only complicate the task.
Irrigation system impacts agricultural productivity and food security. It helps alleviating poverty and promoting inclusive economic growth. Therefore, irrigation and water management is crucial. An integrated, cross-sectoral and participatory approach is essential to our water management.
Before 1960, traditional form of local management of water resources for different uses was prevalent in many countries around the world. In most of the developed countries like the Netherlands, France, Germany, Portugal, and Spain local management models had evolved through the social cooperative processes in overall governance.
In developing countries like India, Iran, Indonesia, Sri Lanka in the absence of stable governance during the Medieval period, the local communities came together to develop local water resources and irrigation systems to ensure water availability for agriculture.
Many imposed institutional reforms and strategies that were expected to improve the performance of the contemporary irrigation sector. Due to the deteriorating conditions of such infrastructure, one of the major institutional reforms introduced, especially by the financing agencies like the World Bank and Asian Development Bank in the eighties was “Participatory Irrigation Management” (PIM)
Participation is defined as a process through which stakeholders influence and share control of development initiatives and of decisions and resources that affect them. Thus, participation requires more than just disseminating information and giving farmers government-specified roles in projects.
Participation in irrigation management involves a larger role for farmers, water groups, and other stakeholders. It may range from offering information and opinions during consultations, to fully enabling farmers to act as principal decision makers in all or most project activities.
PIM is hinged around developing cooperation with and involvement of farmers in operation, management, and maintenance of the irrigation systems at secondary and tertiary levels through the “Water User Associations” (WUAs). During last three decades about 60 countries having significant irrigated area have adopted PIM in varying degrees and ways.
The WUAs are considered as the most appropriate entity to bring together farmers being served by a given infrastructure and act as an interface between the farmers and the Irrigation Agency towards conflict resolution and cooperation and also to build synergy among all stakeholders. PIM approach in improving the efficiency and performance of irrigation systems is not in question.
During last three decades many countries notably Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam took initiative in introducing PIM approach with an intension of turning ‘vicious cycle’ to ‘virtuous cycle’ in their public managed initiative.
However, in many cases the concept of participation by farmers is considered as alien to the culture and is introduced as one of the many imposed institutional reforms and strategies that were expected to improve the performance of the contemporary irrigation sector.
World Bank (WB) supported Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project Phase-1(UPWSRPP) closed on 31October, 2011. It developed a multi-faceted long-term program covering a 15-20 year horizon.
In this phase 343000 hectares of irrigation and drainage systems rehabilitated and modernized. Over 800 WUAs were set-up. UP PIM enacted in 2009. State-level water resource institutions were set-up. A management information system in UP irrigation department was introduced.
WB approved UPWSRPP-2 worth $ 360 million credit to India on August 28, 2013. It aims to help build the institutional capacity needed to increase agricultural productivity in this low-income state where agriculture will continue to play an important role in alleviating poverty. The phase-2 will also support the UP government’s effort to consolidate and deepen its various institutional reform initiatives such as PIM act during phase-1.
PIM act played a transformative role in giving WUAs greater responsibility in managing waters available for the farms. WUAs are also playing a greater role in managing the operations and maintenance of local systems, resolving conflicts amongst competing users and assessing water charges.
Some of the other important initiatives that will be taken up in this phase include a specialized flood management information system as more than 30% of the total geographical area in 23 districts of UP in flood-prone.
Extensive use of modern technology such as satellite remote sensing, GIS, and mobile-based applications will be employed. As part of the project’s design, the UP Remote Sensing Applications Center will monitor agriculture areas using satellite technologies.
Plainly speaking, PIM is decentralization of power. Right now, UP irrigation department officials are managing it. PIM is an act which transfers this power from government officials into hands of common farmers’ hand. WUAs would associate farmers in different level committee. These committee would be registered with irrigation department and have to work under the direction and control of it.
Under Panchayati Raj system, a village has more than fifteen committee. Most of them are headed by Gram Pradhan. It is assumed, each takes collective decisions after through discussion in open meeting.
Likewise, PIM is another step to devolve officials power to common farmers associated into different level’s committee. PIM fulfils the dream and desire of our national father Gandhiji.
PIM empowers common farmers to associate themselves into registered Kulawa, Alpika, Rajbaha and Brach committee. These would manage whole irrigation affairs as directed by PIM rules and regulations.
In India, 16 states enacted PIM. Under this and other notifications, Andhara Pradesh at top has formed 10748 committee followed by MP with 1687. UP stands at 15th with 830.
UP Irrigation department is nodal agency to implement this project through Project Activity Core Team (PACT). Deen Dayal Upadhaya state insititue for rural development is engaged for Information, Education and Communication (IEC).
In UPWSRPP-1, after PIM, 7 districts were covered. All irrigation facilities in these districts were handed over to newly formed committee. This phase ended in March 5, 2010.
UPWSRPP-2 proposed to cover 16 districts. Irrigation department team conducted one day workshop in all districts to aware all associated and connected officials, public and representatives.
In IEC effort, one day workshop was organised on March 4, 2014 at Firozabad- one of the 16 districts. A successful and useful workshop was organised in association with irrigation department and Regional institute rural development Manpuri.
More than 600 participated. A booklet, containing all information regarding PIM in a simple language, was given to all participants as IEC materials. After knowing new system under PIM, all felt happy. A mark of pleasure was observed on the faces of participants as PIM is empowering them. This sensitization and awareness workshop inspired them to fall in love with PIM.
Motivated participants took pledge and gave commitment to embrace PIM. This will galvanized the irrigation system if implemented as envisaged in the act. Improving governance by PIM of one input (irrigation) would lead to enhance productivity without any additional cost. It is strengthening our Panchati Raj Institutions.
PIM is a nice step in favour of our farmers in line with our gram swaraj. PIM is an economical, farmer’s friendly and cost effective tool. Hence it is an appreciable step. As a participant of this workshop, I visualized that PIM is converting Gandhian visions into reality.
Heera Lal (Views are personal and based on different sources)
Ref:
8. http://epaper.jagran.com/epaper/05-mar-2014-199-agra-edition-firozabad.html
PIM Realises Gandhian Vision
PIM- A Tool For Farmers’ Self-empowerment.
Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM)
Seeds, fertilizers, landholdings, finances, irrigation
argil techniques and technology are main ingredients of farming. Efficient,
prudent and productive use of any would improve the productivity. Irrigation is
having top priority as water is precious and scare. Hence, its management will
fetch good results to our peasants and country.
An estimated 70% of agriculture production of India
comes from irrigated land. As such, the role of irrigation in strengthening and
sustaining the agricultural economy is crucial. Unfortunately, the state of
irrigation infrastructure across the county is very poor.
Design flaws, poor upkeep of physical system,
unviable water pricing and bad irrigation management practices contributed to
substantial underutilization which is a colossal waste to investment. Spending
more than rupees one billion on creating physical infrastructure on dams and
canals in many states has reached as little as 25% of potential irrigation.
Asia’s population is expected to reach 5 billion by
2050, with an estimated 1.5 billion more people to share its land, water, and
food resources. Meeting the region’s food demands will therefore require more
efficient use of resources, including irrigation systems, to boost agricultural
productivity. Looming climate change effects and declining water resources only
complicate the task.
Irrigation system impacts agricultural productivity
and food security. It helps alleviating poverty and promoting inclusive
economic growth. Therefore, irrigation and water management is crucial. An
integrated, cross-sectoral and participatory approach is essential to our water
management.
Before 1960, traditional form of local management of
water resources for different uses was prevalent in many countries around the
world. In most of the developed countries like the Netherlands, France,
Germany, Portugal, and Spain local management models had evolved through the
social cooperative processes in overall governance.
In developing countries like India, Iran, Indonesia,
Sri Lanka in the absence of stable governance during the Medieval period, the
local communities came together to develop local water resources and irrigation
systems to ensure water availability for agriculture.
Many imposed institutional reforms and strategies
that were expected to improve the performance of the contemporary irrigation
sector. Due to the deteriorating conditions of such infrastructure, one of the
major institutional reforms introduced, especially by the financing agencies
like the World Bank and Asian Development Bank in the eighties was
“Participatory Irrigation Management” (PIM)
Participation is
defined as a process through which stakeholders influence and share control of development initiatives and of decisions
and resources that affect them. Thus, participation requires more than just
disseminating information and giving farmers government-specified roles in
projects.
Participation in irrigation management
involves a larger role for farmers, water groups, and other stakeholders.
It may range from offering information and opinions during consultations, to fully enabling
farmers to act as principal decision makers in all or most project activities.
PIM is hinged around developing cooperation
with and involvement of farmers in operation, management, and maintenance of
the irrigation systems at secondary and tertiary levels through the “Water User
Associations” (WUAs). During last three decades about 60 countries having
significant irrigated area have adopted PIM in varying degrees and ways.
The WUAs are considered as the most
appropriate entity to bring together farmers being served by a given
infrastructure and act as an interface between the farmers and the Irrigation
Agency towards conflict resolution and cooperation and also to build synergy
among all stakeholders. PIM approach in improving the efficiency and
performance of irrigation systems is not in question.
During last three
decades many countries notably Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran,
Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, Senegal, South Africa,
Sri Lanka, Vietnam took initiative in introducing PIM approach with an
intension of turning ‘vicious cycle’ to ‘virtuous cycle’ in their public
managed initiative.
However, in many cases the concept of
participation by farmers is considered as alien to the culture and is
introduced as one of the many imposed institutional reforms and strategies that
were expected to improve the performance of the contemporary irrigation sector.
World Bank (WB) supported Uttar Pradesh Water
Sector Restructuring Project Phase-1(UPWSRPP) closed on 31October, 2011. It
developed a multi-faceted long-term program covering a 15-20 year horizon.
In this phase 343000
hectares of irrigation and drainage systems rehabilitated and modernized. Over
800 WUAs were set-up. UP PIM enacted in 2009. State-level water resource
institutions were set-up. A management information system in UP irrigation
department was introduced.
WB approved UPWSRPP-2
worth $ 360 million credit to India on August 28, 2013. It aims to help build
the institutional capacity needed to increase agricultural productivity in this
low-income state where agriculture will continue to play an important role in
alleviating poverty. The phase-2 will also support the UP government’s effort
to consolidate and deepen its various institutional reform initiatives such as
PIM act during phase-1.
PIM act played a
transformative role in giving WUAs greater responsibility in managing waters
available for the farms. WUAs are also playing a greater role in managing the operations
and maintenance of local systems, resolving conflicts amongst competing users
and assessing water charges.
Some of the other
important initiatives that will be taken up in this phase include a specialized
flood management information system as more than 30% of the total geographical
area in 23 districts of UP in flood-prone.
Extensive use of
modern technology such as satellite remote sensing, GIS, and mobile-based applications
will be employed. As part of the project’s design, the UP Remote Sensing
Applications Center will monitor agriculture areas using satellite
technologies.
Plainly speaking, PIM
is decentralization of power. Right now, UP irrigation department officials are
managing it. PIM is an act which transfers this power from government officials
into hands of common farmers’ hand. WUAs would associate farmers in different
level committee. These committee would be registered with irrigation department
and have to work under the direction and control of it.
Under Panchayati Raj
system, a village has more than fifteen committee. Most of them are headed by
Gram Pradhan. It is assumed, each takes collective decisions after through
discussion in open meeting.
Likewise, PIM is
another step to devolve officials power to common farmers associated into
different level’s committee. PIM fulfils the dream and desire of our national father
Gandhiji.
PIM empowers common
farmers to associate themselves into registered Kulawa, Alpika, Rajbaha and
Brach committee. These would manage whole irrigation affairs as directed by PIM
rules and regulations.
In India, 16 states enacted
PIM. Under this and other notifications, Andhara Pradesh at top has formed
10748 committee followed by MP with 1687. UP stands at 15th with
830.
UP Irrigation department
is nodal agency to implement this project through Project Activity Core Team (PACT).
Deen Dayal Upadhaya state insititue for rural development is engaged for Information,
Education and Communication (IEC).
In UPWSRPP-1, after
PIM, 7 districts were covered. All irrigation facilities in these districts
were handed over to newly formed committee. This phase ended in March 5, 2010.
UPWSRPP-2 proposed to
cover 16 districts. Irrigation department team conducted one day workshop in
all districts to aware all associated and connected officials, public and
representatives.
In IEC effort, one
day workshop was organised on March 4, 2014 at Firozabad- one of the 16
districts. A successful and useful workshop was organised in association with irrigation
department and Regional institute rural development Manpuri.
More than 600
participated. A booklet, containing all information regarding PIM in a simple language,
was given to all participants as IEC materials. After knowing new system under
PIM, all felt happy. A mark of pleasure was observed on the faces of
participants as PIM is empowering them. This sensitization and awareness
workshop inspired them to fall in love with PIM.
Motivated
participants took pledge and gave commitment to embrace PIM. This will
galvanized the irrigation system if implemented as envisaged in the act.
Improving governance by PIM of one input (irrigation) would lead to enhance
productivity without any additional cost. It is strengthening our Panchati Raj Institutions.
PIM is a nice step in
favour of our farmers in line with our gram swaraj. PIM is an economical, farmer’s
friendly and cost effective tool. Hence it is an appreciable step. As a participant
of this workshop, I visualized that PIM is converting Gandhian visions into reality.
Heera Lal (Views are personal and based on different
sources)
Ref:
8.
http://epaper.jagran.com/epaper/05-mar-2014-199-agra-edition-firozabad.html
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Enterprising UP official gets farmers their loan waivers
Enterprising UP official gets farmers their loan waivers
http://heeralalpcs.blogspot.in/2014/02/my-experiment-with-good-governance-jai.html
http://heeralalpcs.blogspot.in/2014/02/my-experiment-with-good-governance-jai.html
http://newsr.in/n/Business/750azbcj2/Enterprising-Uttar-Pradesh-official-gets-farmers-their-loan.htm
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