An Agenda for Civil Society Action in Our Democracy
Rao VBJ Chelikan i The present Government is intentionally throwing away the baby along with the bath water. Ignoring the indispensable role and place of the civil society organisations in a democracy, as it is visible in advanced liberal democracies, there is a clear tendency on the part of the Government to change the rules of the game, constantly, so as not to allow the Indian citizens to enjoy their constitutional right to freely form associations and to operate them efficiently. The present authorities are unable to see the ro…
Eighth National Conference of RWAs Held Successfully
Hon'ble Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurating the meet virtually The eighth national conference of RWAs was organized at Ghaziabad UP from 23rd to 24th November 2021, at Krishna Engineering College by the Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations (CoRWA): the National Apex Body of RWAs and Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations-Uttar Pradesh (CoRWA-UP) -an Apex body of RWAs at state level of Uttar Pradesh. The focal theme of this conference was “Drinking Water”. The 8th NCRWA was endorsed and supported by M…
How RWAs can Help Mitigate Climate Change
The nature of our Nature and its environment is to change, since it is in constant flux, evolution and acceleration, whether it is induced by the human beings or not. In the course of the past life of the planet, many species have disappeared, but we want to survive! Since human habitations are also evolving and changing for the better, though not to the extent desired, we have to make efforts to see that the climate changes would be in harmony with our needs. Since the Industrial Revolution, our…
Positive Participation in Societal Matters
Though democracy means self-governance by direct participation of the citizens, we have had to adopt a representative system since we are in large numbers and that all of us cannot participate all the time. Especially at that time. The Representatives are expected to transmit and to translate the will and wishes of the people into rules, regulations and laws as an indirect way of self-governance. Though they are never to be the rulers like the Sultans and Maharajahs, many common people are expecting them to behave like the previous princes a…
Inviting Active Participation of Citizens in Governance
The ultimate objective of our democracy is not to be content with the rule by the representatives; it is the participation of the empowered citizens more actively in the governance of all spheres of life. Mr. Subhash Chandra Agarwal is one such prolific thinker who proposes many appropriate changes in policies and procedures. The readers who agree with any of his proposals may pick them up to pursue them further on their own and campaign for their adoption by the competent decision-makers. 1. Ban service-charges by restau…
Whom do we elect? Party Nominee or People's Representative?
Political governance in our country by way of peoples’ Representatives has now transformed itself into a rule by political parties, which are never assigned any role in our constitution. If we look into the history of the political parties, these groups formed by ambitious persons, have never managed to maintain internal democracy and have always been desperately trying to capture and retain power at any cost, at least in the developing countries. A Political Class, a new caste has emerged filling the ranks of the parties, exercising power a…
U-FERWAS Proposals for Draft GHMC Bill
Part 1 I. Objective: Firstly, the existing Act should be amended so as to reflect further devolution of functions, functionaries and funds to the urban local self-governing bodies, as envisaged in the 74 th Constitutional Amendment, which is not yet fully implemented. Secondly, it is to provide more avenues for increased direct participation of the urban citizens in their area governance, so as to reflect their human and social capital. 1). If the Commissioner, GHMC is endowed all the devolution envisage…
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