Role of people in progress

The masses protesting might seem to be news makers but the real news makers are the parliamentarians who have announced the new era of pro-active government by impeaching a judge and therefore maintaining the balance of power between the executive, legislative and the judiciary. This is a step to counter-check judicial activism. It is like reformation in Indian government and polity. It is like coming out of the middle ages/dark ages; parliament was only “running the government” /resolving petty grievances and not actively taking affairs of the state seriously and is now thinking for the future and is legislating. Positive restructuring of old institutions will make our democracy strong and vibrant. Time cannot be wasted in protests. We are not ready for make revolutions yet, for there are more urgent duties to attend to, issue that need resolving and hurdles to be overcome. We must address to problems of the present by making urgent policy changes. Adopting transparent procedures in running government and inculcating e-tendering in procurement government’s processes are some ways to eradicate corruption. In addition to eliminating off record deals, development must be made very fast, so that peoples’ needs can be fulfilled. Industrialization must proceed at full speed.With partnerships with private sector, this is possible. Transparent means of allocating projects is required and this can be provided by ICT solutions Different resources are available in different states. The idea is to share the resources of different states in such a way to benefit the nation as whole. For that we must refine the administrative machinery to function more effectively to share/collaborate or make joint efforts. If agriculture-dominated states do not want to give any of their land for industrialization, then land can be acquired from different states (non-agricultural land) for making of industries. Some predominantly agricultural states which had undergone green revolution twenty years ago, did not progress any further. Why? The people of that state idealized their rustic way of life there. And they felt that they had “arrived” at a position that they want, they did not think beyond (they did not go for new educational institutions) Where as those states which had moderate prosperity, felt that they need more and more progress, and felt that by increasing the number of educational institutions, they can have more stable way of life for their children and for future their state. Now this worked out well. They are progressing fast and did not stagnate. Thus it’s the people who take the initiative on how they are going to plan for their future and the government only aids them in facilitating to their demands for better educational facilities/industries and so on. People can write to their government, instead of staging fasts and protests; government can ask for the opinion of citizens in different issues. Through referendum all citizens can give opinion on bills to be enacted (electronically like sms or email) rather than react or protest. People have the central role in the democratic process; now that there is technology (sms/email etc) for effective citizen participation. Thus people can creatively take part in development of the nation, and give government innovative ideas for all around progress of the nation. Modern technology has given a new meaning to democracy.