Common man and Corruption

1) If you are student and want to get attested photocopy of mark sheets with Govt official then please keep at least 50 rupees in your pocket. They charge 50 rupees for that and it is tax free income for govt first grade employees.

2) If you want to get Demand Draft in banks then you need to pay "extra" to peon otherwise you will have to wait till the end of day.

3) If you want to get loan sanctioned early or on time then you need to pay 1 to 5 percent of loan amount to manager otherwise your loan files may not be sanctioned.

4) If you want to get seat in AC compartment or during heavy rush if u want a seat in 2nd class sleeper, then even you have ticket of waiting then also you need to pay 100 rupees to Ticket Collector or TC or TT.

5)If you are carrying a huge luggage then you need to pay 50 rupees to bus conductor, If you wont pay then either conductor will not allow or will force you to take a receipt of higher amount then what the actual charges are.

6)If you want to be selected for some Govt post then you need to identify the interviewer and need to pay money. Money depends upon the post.

7) In any govt office if you want your work to be faster or at least to be done on time then you need either approach or huge sum of money which can be given to peon. Peon will take care of money and will be distributed to other officers.

8) If you want to get any tender then again you need to pay moti rakam (Huge amount of money) to babus and engineers.

9) If you are driving then even though you have all document then also you need to pay at least 50 rupees to save yourself from getting into trouble.
I know one style, what people do is that they keep only 50 rs in their pocket and no ATM card as well in pocket and pay 50 rs and get out from traffic police people.

10) If You go to a government office to obtain a birth certificate and the clerk demands a bribe of 50 rupees and if You don't pay up, You will end up going to the office some twenty times in the next one month and You may miss a dead line to apply for admission or face some other problem.

11) If you are farmer then you need to pay a lot of money to renew your certificate of land to obtain your land permission for agriculture purpose.

12) If you are running some business like shop etc then everyday cops will come to your shop and you need to pay a fixed amount of money to them. Else so many problems may happen with you and your business.

13) Even modern GOD also take money for better results. I am pointing the finger here on Govt Doctors where if patient is admitted in Govt hospital then someone from his family has to go to Doctor’s home and need to pay extra fees.

14) If you want driving license without delay then contact with broker and pay good amount of money. Processing will be smooth.

15)If you want to register F.I.R then also you need to pay some amount of money in police station which is most safe place for it.

All above points that I mentioned are my personal experience and there are many more type of corruption which exist in common man's life. Sometime I feel that without this corruption, common man can not live a better life in India.

This type of corruption is very small scale of corruption and there is large scale of corruption existed with higher level of people like politicians etc.
But to make India better we need to take steps and we need to avoid paying bribe or taking bribe.

Please note that above points does not make all the govt employees or police official corrupted but there are some employees in their department because of that people point out the fingers to everyone and to the whole department.
We also need to find out such honest people exist in those govt departments and need to appreciate them.

Govt School Education system in India

It was year 1989-90 when I joined Govt School for my primary education. That was the time when teachers were with very good quality and they loved this profession. That was the time when teachers were seriously teaching in Govt schools because at that time only few private schools were there in villages and small towns.Also teachers were not overloaded with some other works like elections, population counting, family planning etc etc.

But within few years, scenario started changing when education became business in the country. Lots of private schools started opening. And private schools attracted parents with providing grater facilitates and with introducing English in school curriculum.It had lots of impact on Govt schools since Govt did not revise their plan and did not take private schools as challenge.Also In the same time teachers were engaged in lots of Govt works like elections etc.Slowly slowly teachers lost their interest and Govt schools started failing in all the fields.Now the situation is worst. As per latest information’s the results of board exam in Govt schools are very bad and also teachers are not coming to schools for teaching.Schools have big staffs but one or two teachers are coming into schools at a time and they are with 100 percent attendance record of teachers.

Corruption also played a big role for making it worst over the years.

Now what next??

Now what shall we do to improve Govt education system: - First thing is that Govt must need to stop engaging people into other activities like election duties etc. Rather Govt must recruit other people for that purpose so that teachers can concentrate on education and employment of India will also increase by this.
Teachers must understand their responsibility and importance of this cause. They must understand that their teaching is capable of changing the life of individual and capable of changing the life of country as well.

There must be tight monitoring of all the activities in education system and corruption must end in education system.

Parents whose children are studying in Govt School must be aware and must make a complaint if teachers fail to educate.

Govt need to invest huge amount of money in Govt Schools and must compete the private schools in terms of quality of education, infrastructure and facilities.They need to understand the mindset of parents and must work towards attracting parents to join their children in Govt School.

Note:- This image is taken from www.thebetterindia.com/.../edu-for-children.jpg

Slum free India in coming 5 years???

I was reading in newspapers recently that The UPA government unveiled its plan for introducing Rajiv Awas Yojana for slum dwellers under JNNURM and hoping that India will be slum free in coming next few years only.

What you people say???

I doubt on this because they are not looking to the grass root problem and they are providing the solution of this problem by offering new houses. I am not saying that govt should not go for Rajiv awaas yojanaa but my point is that Government need to look the main problem which is forcing people to choose to stay in slums.

Lets discuss it:
In recent years India started growing with 6 to 8 percent GDPA and due to this growth Indian cities generated lots of business. Also in the same time India suffered a lot from climate change and it had a lot of impact on agriculture of India.
So for "ROTI KAPDA AND MAKAAN" people started migrating from small villages or towns to big cities so they could fulfill their basic needs.
But since inflation rate was also increasing every year so it was too costly to stay in big cities for those poor people. On the same time there was no use of going back to their hometown. So rather going back to their hometown they chose to stay in very small places and slums started growing. So this was the reason of slums in India.
Also people from countries like Nepal, Bangladesh came for livelihood in India and they also chose to stay in such small places.

Now Govt is planning to go for Rajiv awas Yojna for those people who stay in slums but this will not eliminate slum problems rather it will create more slums in India.

Now you are thinking how???

According to me more and more people will migrate to Cities for the need of this kind of houses and as well for finding the jobs and may cause big big issues in cities.

What Govt must do to avoid slums:-
Everyone knows that India is having a lot of monsoon issues due to global warming caused by developed and India itself. And it had a lot of impact on agriculture of India on which 60 percent Indians are dependent.
So now those Indians are suffering from unemployment and govt need to develop a basic
Infrastructure in rural part of countries so that more employment can be generated in rural
India. Govt can spend 3,60,000 crore rupees in rural employment and infrastructure rather then in Rajiv Awas Yojana. All the facilities need to be avail to those people so that migration of people will stop and they will enjoy staying in their hometown rather then running to cities.


Now I think I do not need to explain that how Govt can develop infrasturcute in rural India or How govt can genrate jobs in rural India.

Mathura..Is it a holy place?????

It was 25th Jan 2009, Day before 60th Republic Day of India. I was traveling from Bangalore city to my home town Gangapur city by train. Since there is no direct train to GGC so I had to stay for 4 hrs in Mathura from where I could get another train to GGC.

Mathura, A holy place to Hindu pilgrims. This place is popular for lord Krishna,
Where people not only comes from India but also from various places of the world.

So I came down from Karnataka express early in the morning around 8:00 AM. It was bit coldy here and I just came to platform 2 to catch another train to GGC.
I was having four hours to wait there so I was thinking how to spend such a long time there. I was looking around on this platform to find out some coffee or book shop but one incident caught my eye where one man was beating one guy who was looking like a bagger. I just ran there to save him but in the same time this boy somehow escaped from that man and ran away.

It was horrible since all other people were just looking to that incident but no one came out to help this little boy. Few minutes after I just saw one group of children who were cleaning trains by their shirts and bagging money. The age of those children could be around 8 to 14 years but not more then that.
Some of them were just standing there and holding one small cloth in hand, smelling it again and again. I started monitoring their activity continuously and some time later one guy came out from that group. He had some problem in walking and was coming close to me. Suddenly I asked his name and place from where he belongs to. He asked me for one cup of coffee and I offered him by buying from nearby shop.

This was a conversation with one cup of coffee which unfolded a lot of hidden and painful real incident one by one that I could never imagine before.

He started saying that his name is Saddam and he is in Mathura from past 2 years. He lost his father in early age and his mother sold him for some amount of money to one “SAITH”.
He belongs to patna in Bihar and came to this place with his “SAITH”. He must have to pay his “SAITH” around 10,000 in a month by bagging or by doing anything but on the plateforms only. He does not get anything back from “SAITH”. It was such a unhuman act that I could never imagine before.

When I was talking to him one more guy came to me and was looking like 14 years old guy.
He was holding one paper which was printed in HINDI and was asking to Saddam that what is written in that paper. Both of them were just trying something to figure out by looking the pictures but were not able to translate.

Then Saddam started talking about him and introduced to me himself as Rupesh. I shaked hand with him and never cared about his dirty hands at all. I started asking about the guy who was beaten up by one man and came to know that Rupesh was the one who only got beaten up by that man. That man was nothing but a police man or cop who was beating to Rupesh because rupesh was not working for him.
Rupesh told that this cop asked him to work in his home without money, Rupesh told that how it is possible because already he works for “SAITH” and has to earn around 10,000 rs/.

When I asked him in details then a hidden truth came out from him that “SAITH” is nothing but a man from one gang and they work for him. They have to earn 10,000 rs/ per month and if they fail to do so then they get beaten up and do not get food for 1 week and locked up in one dark room for over a week.

I suggested them to run away then they told that it is not possible because in every station they have their people and this chain is national wide chain where one gang support to others. Even if we try to escape and get caught up then they either cut our lags or remove our eyes.

I was horrified to listen that and one time got fear that I may also be trapped because I was openly talking to them. But I was getting voice from my inside that let’s talk to them and try to help them as much as possible.

I asked about small cloth that they were using for smelling. Then Rupesh told that It was nothing but “GAANZA” and children were forced to take it so that they do not feel tired and can work for whole day with this without worrying of food. Also in subconscious mind it was not easy to run away from that place. Later after getting habit of these drugs children will not run away and will come back to them for fulfilling the need of this.

I asked them about NGO’s or other people who can come to them for this help then this guy started abusing them and said no one comes to them.

I was really shocked and surprised that while one side India is flying high with 7-9 percent of GDP growth, other side I think crime was also rising with this much of growth.
But why they were targeting to children this question is unanswered.

I always think that where is the govt, where the social organization, where they are spending the thousands of crore rupees. Are they spending on the people who are already developed?

I myself was really ashamed because I could not help them other then a cup of tea and small intraction where they need lots of moral and emotional support.

What about those children who lost their childhood, education, their rights and everything.

Children are the future of Country and we need to take care of each and every child, not only the children of rich people but also to the children who are living or working in slums.

Govt really need to take action against those cops and gangs and also cops need to understand their responsibility.

Here each and everyone has to understand his/her responsibility to develop the nation.
If we will not do that then what if those children may land up with doing wrong things like terrorist activities and the day is not far away when whole country will suffer.

Request all of you young guns to join hands and help them out.

Thanks