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SME Times News Bureau | 19 Aug, 2014
In keeping with his philosophy of having a more participatory
government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited ideas from the
people on how to replace 64-year-old Planning Commission with an
institution that can best serve India's governance needs in the 21st
Century.
"Inviting you to share your ideas on what shape the new
institution to replace the Planning Commission can take," Modi tweeted
Tuesday on the site www.mygov.nic.in, which he intends as an interface
between his government and the people, four days after he said in his
Independence Day speech that the existing institution had lost relevance
today.
"We envision the proposed Institution as one that caters
to the aspirations of the 21st century India and strengthens
participation of the states," said his tweet, reflecting on the basic
idea that he has for the new body.
"A special Open Forum has been created on MyGov for suggestions on the new Institution. Let the ideas flow!"
Modi
had promised Aug 15 to announce "a new institution with a new spirit"
soon in the place of the old centralised model of Planning Commission,
of which the prime minister is chairman, since he felt it had outlived
its utility given the challenges India faces today.
He said the
importance of federalism was growing and institutions needed to address
such reality. "This is a good thing (growing import of federal
structure). We must strengthen it," he said, adding: "Times have changed
from the era Planning Commission was created."
Modi's new forum
has invited ideas for a new name, logo and tagline for the institution,
and says: "Attractive prizes will be awarded to the winning entry. The
PM will himself recognize the winning entry on social media forums."
The last date is Aug 25, but within hours of its launch, responses have started flowing.
"Central
Bureau of Excellence", "National Development Authority of India",
"National Commission for Development and Reforms", "Bharat Nirman
Aayog", "Rasthriya Vikas Seva Commission" and "National Developing
Commission India" are among the suggestions.
The Planning
Commission was conceived by India's first prime minister Jawaharlal
Nehru who thought India's goals and objectives can be best addressed
with a planned economy, an idea he borrowed from the then Soviet Union.
Accordingly, it was formed March 15, 1950, and with it were born the
Five Year Plans from 1951 onward.
These five year plans were
disrupted a few times by the India-Pakistan war and drought. Currently,
the plan panel is overseeing the 12th such plan, 2012-17.
The
panel's redundancy was also the conclusion of the Independent Evaluation
Office set up by the commission itself under Ajay Chibber, a
Stanford-educated former assistant secretary general of the United
Nations.
"It is clear the Planning Commission in its current form
and function is a hindrance and not a help to India's development,"
said the report which became quite controversial as some said it had
exceeded its brief.
"It is not easy to reform such a large
ossified body. It would be better to replace it with a new body that is
needed to assist states in ideas, to provide long-term thinking and to
help cross-cutting reforms," it said.
"Since the Planning
Commission has defied attempts to reform it to bring it in line with the
needs of a modern economy and the trend of empowering the states, it is
proposed that the Commission be abolished," it said.
Incidentally, the report was submitted to Modi May 29, three days after his inauguration as prime minister.
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BASIC CLEANING OF SURROUNDING AREA
Jalindar Bapu Pawar, Chandan Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411014. | Tue Oct 7 18:08:13 2014
One subject Basic Cleaning of Surrounding area be included from the very 1st Class or Motensary so that the cleanliness be fitted in the mind of these future of india. When these children grown ups they will carry this system with them till end of their life. As such there will one day in indian history that all world will follow the system to maintain the surrounding area of his/her house, school, village, city, office etc.
There fore I request his highness to include the subject in basic syllabus from the very begining.
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