PROGRESSIVE RATIONALIST

சுயமரியாதை இயக்க பிரச்சாரமே சமூக மாற்றத்தை ஏற்படுத்த போதுமானது என்று பெரியார் நம்பிக்கொண்டிருந்தபோது ஆட்சி அதிகாரம் மூலமாகத்தான் சமூக மாற்றத்தை உண்டாக்க முடியும் என்று அண்ணா அரசியலில் இறங்கினார். சமூக மாற்றமே (social change) சமூக நீதியை (social equity/ justice) அடைய உதவும். நீதி கட்சி முதல் திராவிட கட்சிகள் வரையிலான சமூக நீதிக்கான பயணத்தில், கல்வி வேலை வாய்ப்புகளில் இட ஒதுக்கீடு, வாழ்வாதார மேம்பாடு என பல திட்டங்கள் பிற்படுத்தப்பட்ட மக்களுக்கு வெகுவாக சென்றடைந்தது. ஆனால் இவை ஒடுக்கப்பட்ட மக்களுக்கும் சென்றடைந்ததா, அவர்களின் வாழ்க்கை தரம் உயர்ந்ததா என்று பார்த்தால் பிற்படுத்தபட்ட மக்களுக்கு கிடைத்த நன்மைகள் ஒடுக்கப்பட்டோருக்கு கடத்தப்படவில்லை என்பது தெளிவாக தெரியும். இதற்கு நிலவுடைமை, சமூக மூலதனம் (social capital) ஆகியவை முக்கிய காரணம். இதை பற்றி S நாராயன் IAS, வாஜ்பாய் ஆட்சியில் Finance  Secretary ஆக இருந்தவர் அவரின் புத்தகத்தில் (The Dravidian Years) குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார். இதன் மூலமாக கல்வி மற்றும் வேலை வாய்ப்புகளில் கிடைக்கும் இட ஒதுக்கீடு மட்டும் ஒடுக்கப்பட்டோரின் வாழ்க்கை தரம் உயர போதா

WHAT IS COLLEGIUM SYSTEM? The principal idea of this system is association of individuals of same rank. This system has been adopted by Indian judiciary around the year 1993 for the process of appointing and transferring the Supreme Court and High Court judges. COLLEGIUM CONSISTS OF - Image Courtesy: slidesharecdn.com At present in India, the SC (Supreme Court) collegium consists of four senior most judges of the SC,  Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice NV Ramana, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar led by CJI (Chief Justice of India) Justice SA Bobde.  And the High Court collegium consists of four senior most judges of the court who would be led by the Chief Justice of the respective High Court, whereas the HC collegium could recommend the names of judges for appointment and transfer but the approval is made by the CJI and SC collegium. Additionally, for appointments to the high courts, the SC collegium must consult such other senior judges serving in the

As a citizen of India, I have been following the governmental issues and economy since 2016, particularly after the demonetisation. The financial arrangement and the projects reported without fail have been condemned by economic analysts and academicians for their unclearness For instance the disinvestment targets. Numerous economic analysts have scrutinized the extremist Structural change of GST for its broken law and execution. This made me extremely inquisitive to think about The advancement of the Indian economy and the Implementation of the significant changes it had gone through.  While I was looking at the daily I saw information on a book authored by Sri Montek Singh Ahluwalia named The Backstage: The story behind India's high development years. The book is a finished aide that portrays the tale of the advancement of the Indian economy from A shut economy to an open market-based economy. After the Indian Independence, Prime Minister Shri Jawaharlal Nehru has underscored th

 

MANUAL SCAVENGING Manual Scavenging is the unsafe manual handling of raw faeces of humans.   The International Labour Organization describes three forms of manual scavenging in India:   Removing human excrement from public streets and dry latrines (meaning simple pit latrines without a water seal, but not dry toilets in general) Septic tanks cleaning   Gutters and sewers cleaning This practice is prevalent in other countries in the names of night men, night soil collectors, gong farmers, dunny men and so on. But most of those countries have found alternatives and preventive measures to this excruciating job. HOW IT BECAME SINNER’S JOB IN INDIA? There are evidences for the existence of manual scavenging in ancient India where slaves are used to do this work. As the time and civilization grows, this practice has also grown up with the society and became as caste based occupation still remains inerasable from the country. Cleaning the faeces of co- humans makes this job vulnerable and mos

Free markets are beneficial but only when agriculture/farming is a large scale business and agri as an occupation doesn't affect the livelihoods of landless agri labourers. After all, they are also part of the economy and their livelihood should be saved until India is industrialized to bear the labour force. The infrastructure for so-called farm gate procurement must be ensured with good logistics, storage and accessibility to the market. Photo by  Nandhu Kumar  on  Unsplash If a farmer with less than 2 hectares of land (80% of the farmers have less than 2 hectares of land according to Agricultural senses 2015–16) needs to sell his produce in his farm gate who will visit there for purchase? Can he expect a large exporter or a food processing company procuring it through agri executives bargaining in their fields? Only a middle man will procure it and sells it to a large procurer. Already farmers are selling their produce to whomever they wish. Only traders need to sell it in APMCs