World's largest employment guarantee program - Part 1

This loksabha election has given new identity to the central force of Indian governance i.e. our beloved Constitution which was till then a dear only amongst lawyers and department of justice who would refer to the constitution while giving judgement to many cases involving governmental disputes.

As there was an interest created amongst the masses regarding the prowess of constitution which act like a bible to the country citizens while dealing with government agencies, so there are organizations who bicker between each other to identify themselves as custodians of constitution. 

To be true no organization which promotes identity politics and less of ideology based functioning would like to see a strong constitution endangering their individualistic identity.

Having said that a majority of politicians shy away from empowerment of constitution so what else does guarantee an acceptance of our hard earned constitution amongst the masses is the question of the day. The answer is simple it is the government schemes that takes the constitution to nook and corner of the country.

There are many schemes enacted by the government that empowers the stature of the constitution amongst the masses and one such jewel that outshines the others is the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. In a four part series I would like to put forth before you the salient features of MGNREGA act and its various levels of contribution to act as a messenger in bringing the masses into the ambit of the constitution.

Keep watching this space.

75 years of Constitution of India

Nov 26 is celebrated as Constitution day across the country and this constitution day is something special as it is the 75th year of celebration. To a country which is plagued by many impediments like cross border terrorism, communal violence, caste-ism, corruption and many more it is still a secret how constitution continues to wield its power and has lived up-to the expectation of its citizens.

And it takes my immense pleasure in sharing my happy moments to see my constitution thriving and crossing its 75th year of empowering the country to achieve new heights of civility. And year 2024 was a tumultuous year as many forces that were against the concept of equity and diversity guaranteed by constitution trying to rob its value through treachery. But things were set straight and forces were shown their limits through a political reset.

Constitution may have guaranteed you many written rights like right to justice, right to education, right to information but framers of constitution have passed on an most important unwritten right to its citizens through the constitution and it is the Right to Reset. It is because of this right that you see your constitution lively and thriving which otherwise would have pushed the entire world to medieval ages.

It is this right to reset which keeps the archaic and fascists forces at bay from harming the tenets of the constitution. With powers comes the responsibility, having seen our forefathers of freedom struggle passed on the power to reset to its next generation it is the responsibility to the Gen X to preserve the sanctity of the power from falling into the hands of megalomaniacs who believe in monotonous future.

#HAPPY_CONSTITUTION_DAY

Empowerment is the real favour you do

 We all see people bragging about improving women conditions and chalking out new schemes in that direction. We may provide highest level of service to them but nothing would match that level of empowering them. Empowerment is about treating them as equals amidst unequal.

 

In a family, it is the father who is seen as the empowering agent who delegates rights and responsibilities amongst the family members. And in the society it is the citizens group who empower a leadership to decide the direction in which the society has to move forward.

This feel of empowerment is quite subtle in nature, as the tables can turn upside down once a disguised wrong character assumes the helm of affairs questioning the roots of empowerment and trying to manipulate the devolution of powers for the deceptive causes.

 

Hence it becomes necessary to take into account each  and every member of the setup who are immune to manipulative forces and act as restoration points once they identify the Trojans trying to over power through dismissive means.