“SWACHH PRASHASAN” IS ESSENTIAL TO ACCOMPLISH “SWACHH BHARATH” Launch of Swachh Bharath Abyan (SBA): NDA Government under Sri Narendra Modi leadership took up cleanliness drive as its flagship program and launched it in big way on 2 nd October,2014 (Gandhi Jayanti) and declared that India will be litter free nation by 2 nd October,2019.   The Government gave thrust to program by announcing brand ambassadors, involving corporates, conducting special drives, massive toilets construction program and  special tax (Swachh Bharath tax) is introduced. In reality it is nothing but an extension of UPA program “ Nirmal Bharath Abyan ” by changing the name to “ Swachh Bharath Abyan ”, with a promise of better delivery with measurable indicators. First three years there were lot of  campaigns, photo sessions of celebrities, corporates, political personalities with cleanliness drives, hungama from SBA ambassadors and enough hype was created. During last one year there...

Estate vs. Custodianship- Relevance in Democracy & Governance It is very well defined in our constitution & judiciary that the democratically elected and constitutionally held positions have to keep the country's integrity and sovereignty intact and effectively perform role of custodian and safe guard the national property against all evil forces. The oath of office and secrecy taken before getting into these positions by politicians, bureaucrats, judiciary, others, clearly define the respective position's role as custodian and attorney. Unfortunately what is happening in the country day in day out is very different from democratic defined principles. We come across so many incidents of lands being allotted at through away prices, contracts are awarded to kith and kin at escalated rates, huge scaling up of estimates in infra & development projects and many more.  Under the cover of shared responsibility, certain decisions are taken at cabinet level with su...