There
is an unending stream of announcements of huge new projects each with a
proposed investment running to billions of rupees. While nobody can question
the sincerity of government's intentions, the mere size of such a huge
investment, all at the same time all over the country, makes one wonder about
how efficiently all these projects will be planned, started and completed in
time. Do we have the necessary management efficiency in government officials?
How strictly money flow will be controlled and tenders accepted? In all govt
projects it has been the experience in the past of time over runs of several years and even decades! Is there
going to be any in built methods to avoid this? Details on these topics along
with at least a quarterly report on the progress made and what is proposed to
be done in the next quarter, will create a great lot of sustained interest of
people on these projects and also shut the mouth of incessant criticizers
The Five Stages to ‘Nirvana’ Criminals are not born, we develop them. After a criminal is caught for the first time and punished, either the criminal reforms when the punishment is beyond tolerance; or gets more and more used to punishment, if the benefit from the criminal act is more than the quantum of punishment. This system produces a few hardened criminals, but somewhat effective, for lack of any other tried and tested method. However, it has not been popular because of the reluctance of legislators and courts, on humanitarian grounds and growing entrenched corruption in the enforcement apparatus which helped criminals. Second stage : Human beings preferred to live in SMALL groups, as it was found to be better than living alone. This process led to bigger and bigger groups with their ways and habits of living, depending on their circumstances. Problems arose when the groups got bigger than the benefits available to them as a group. Since there was no way anymore...
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