(Published in The New Indian Express on 27 September 2010)
Bikash Choudhury
A lot of effort is being put by Govt. and organisations working in development sector to reach millennium development goal; however, we are no where closer to the target. Poverty,Universal access to primary education and minimal Child & Maternal mortality pose biggest challenge for achieving MDG by 2015.If UN is serious to accomplish MDG objective; then, it has to convince member countries to contribute additional funds matching ten percent cut in respective defense expenditure and further UN must bring in private enterprise to execute a major chunk of 1-8 MDG along with NGO/Govt./multilateral agencies in order to bring efficiency & effectiveness to developmental work with an idea of profit.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Omar & Farooq Swap Jobs
(Published in The New Indian Express on 23 September 2010)
Bikash Choudhury
Sad demeanor of Omar during the meeting of all party delegation looked, more of a marketing person loosing the date with annual target and unbecoming of a Chief Minister of a State.Omar did start with high hope and lost the plot too soon. As the situation is going from bad to worse, he must swallow his pride and exchange his job with Dad. Farooq Abdula has seen many winters in the valley and would be able to manage current intransigent positions among disparate stake holders; provided Central Govt. walks the talk in complete confidence with Abdulla Senior, to find a lasting solution to a historic problem that defied any solution over last half century.
Bikash Choudhury
Sad demeanor of Omar during the meeting of all party delegation looked, more of a marketing person loosing the date with annual target and unbecoming of a Chief Minister of a State.Omar did start with high hope and lost the plot too soon. As the situation is going from bad to worse, he must swallow his pride and exchange his job with Dad. Farooq Abdula has seen many winters in the valley and would be able to manage current intransigent positions among disparate stake holders; provided Central Govt. walks the talk in complete confidence with Abdulla Senior, to find a lasting solution to a historic problem that defied any solution over last half century.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
NEED SUPREME COURT INTERVENTION
Bikash Choudhury
Recent supreme court direction on distribution of food grains to poor people is a step in right direction. Supreme Court under directive principles of state policy in the constitution can direct the central govt./ parliament/President to frame suitable law for Public Funding of Election and Political Parties within a time frame of six months; that will eventually prevent large scale corruption, politicisation of Institutions and bureaucracy.Further,such measures will increase the efficiency of the system of governance. Again, Supreme Court may also intervene in the Judicial reforms and Police reforms which have been delayed for quarter century at the cost of poor taxpayers of the country.
Recent supreme court direction on distribution of food grains to poor people is a step in right direction. Supreme Court under directive principles of state policy in the constitution can direct the central govt./ parliament/President to frame suitable law for Public Funding of Election and Political Parties within a time frame of six months; that will eventually prevent large scale corruption, politicisation of Institutions and bureaucracy.Further,such measures will increase the efficiency of the system of governance. Again, Supreme Court may also intervene in the Judicial reforms and Police reforms which have been delayed for quarter century at the cost of poor taxpayers of the country.
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