Air pollution in India

Air quality is very poor because use of coal in making electricity. Developed countries(like USA) dump coal in India as they do not want it. And developing countries do not know the ensuing consequences of burning of coal. For India,development means more transportation, and more transportation means more vehicles.And more vehicles which emit more carbon-di-oxide, making more pollution. 
Air is a basic need for living and when air is polluted, humans develop breathing problems and spend much on health problems; and air pollution results in untimely death.People cannot contribute to growth of the nation, when they die early
Burning of farm waste also contributes to air pollution. Farmers find labor costly and removing agricultural waste means spending on labor. To cut the costs of labor and transport of farm wastes, they burn it. This results in air pollution. The agricultural belt lies in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odissa, and West Bengal. And the air cannot cannot rise to level of Himalayan range that it can go towards upper Asia. And the fumes cannot go towards the ocean as the wind does not blow that way. As the winter approaches like right now, the air is cold and heavy and hence it hangs above the ground making it difficult to breathe.

National ID card -Aadhaar card

The Supreme Court has ruled that Aadhaar card should be only linked with the PAN card, for filing income tax and for government subsidies( for the poor). Previously, the Aadhaar card was linked to all bank accounts and to all phones. Even to book tickets on trains or book hotels to stay; or getting admissions in schools or to write an entrance exam for higher studies. Now that is not so. But the fact Aadhaar card is used to note income tax etc is itself a big deal. Now the state can look at your income tax and this was not needed as PAN card itself was doing it. And soon getting driving license and for getting passports one would need Aadhaar. Again government can oversee the activities of the individual, more than it should.
For the poor people who were dependent on government subsidies, Aadhaar card would be useful, But internet fails much of rural areas and delays subsidies. At those times, subsidies cannot be delayed due to technical problems.People depended on MGNREGA for basic needs Aadhaar is useful. Previously, "family ration card" was enough to get subsidized necessities; it was not foolproof,.
After six months the Aadhaar data must be deleted(except in court cases) Is it deleted? And who will oversee that it is deleted.
The fact that data of Indian citizens is collected by taking image of individual's iris patterns, and fingerprints is itself very intrusive. Previously before the coming of Aadhaar, only criminals were fingerprinted and now everyone is reduced to a criminal. These are important issues which have been ignored in implementation of the Aadhaar scheme. 

Aadhar card or Unique Identity(UID) card

Originally Identification card was mandatory for NREGA(rural unemployment scheme) and PDS(Public Distribution System). Because leakages were found and the poor people could not get unemployment benefits or grains by distribution system..All citizens of India were forced to open bank accounts and the requisite was the Aadhar card which took the citizens iris patterns and finger prints. The reason given was that subsidies will be given to poor people for cooking gas and essential food grains when you show your Aadhar card. Then citizens were told to give these cards to open accounts. After that all had to give Aadhar card for bank accounts and   money transfers. Without supreme court orders citizens were forced to give details. Now Supreme court has said if you have given your personal data(iris pattern and fingerprints) you should have as it was not mandatory. Now already everyone has given their data and one cannot take it back. So your identity is captured  for ever and you cannot come out of it.
Its worse than Facebook or smartphone, this is the ultimate misuse of collecting individual's personal data. Around the world, only the criminal's fingerprints or iris data is collected. But not in India

Eye from sky-smart phones

SMARTPHONE.We all have it because it is a necessity. It is convenient, but it is taking away our privacy and freedom. All the connections you have are used by smartphone devices to sell you goods or services, every second. Consumerism is enforced on the people. Collection of data about our consumer activities are used to give us more choices of more consumer products. We are being sucked by quicksand. So people take control of yourself ......that is your mind.

Celebration of Facebook and dejection of facebook

Facebook was connecting everyone to everyone. But it influenced US presidential election and the Brexit referendum of UK. As quiz data from facebook was used to create profile traits and show the users those  features which would influence their minds. Its mind boggling. How we are being influenced. Facebook CEO blames it on the firm Cambridge Analytica which processed all this after taking permission from Facebook. Can they do this, where is the line of division between what we "can think on our own" to"what we are made to think"
Its computer age and when we give our data away to facebook we have given our mind away too. These are challenges to democracy. Can there be democracy with this kind of influences

Aadhar card is no more-Supreme Court has upheld the right to privacy as a fundamental right

Data of citizens's iris patterns, finger prints of whole hand and photos were collected to generate the ten digit Aadhar number and it was issued to every citizen. ..Aadhar card or UID(Unique Identity card) was made for the identity of every citizen. But as the scheme unrolled it fringed on all rights of citizens. It was needed to fill in the income tax, it was compulsory for keeping bank account and even to book bus tickets or train tickets.Before Supreme court could make a statement if it is ok to use private identity of citizen, it was enforced on the citizens,. But now the Supreme court has said it is not lawful to collect the iris patterns and fingerprints.This is because each citizen has a right to privacy. Can human beings be finger printed? It was in the pretext of giving subsidies that this Aadhar card was first promoted, but it was like an octopus clasping every activity of citizen of Indian-- tracking every move of its citizens. Since 2012, Supreme court has been postponing its decision, and the successive governments ruled over the making of the Aadhar card. they made it compulsory and griped the neck of all the citizens. But at last the collection of the data is unconstitutional. By now 95% have been fingerprinted Lets see what happens next- how will it be dismantled. 

GST or Goods and Services Tax has been introduced

From July 1 inwards there will be single tax code for goods and services. And producers do not have to pay tax at borders of every state. One tax to the central government is enough. But Indian economy functions by itself, people make things(on small scale)which other people need. And the poor work as laborers, drivers,carpenters, masons, maids, baby sitters etc etc and none are having fixed wages or recorded incomes. So how is GST going to bring "ALL" under tax scheme.
After demonetization policy implemented seven months ago, this is going to affect Indian economy in a big way. Although it is assured that in two years after GST, economy will improve, there is no guarantee. Because economic forces all around the world is going to affect India drastically.
India needs a different strategy for growth. Like we need to teach the small entrepreneurs to make products which can be exported. Fertilizers(chemical) will be provided to the farmers without tax and with subsidies. But the chemical harms the people who consume the crop used to grow on these. There is no promotion for natural fertilizers like neem or organic fertilizers like cow dung. All these is not thought through. God save us from these policies.