Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Water - Modi Govt. Economic Policy and Programmes - BJP Election Manifesto

2014


Water - Make It Reach to All Homes, Farms and Factories

Trends indicate that India would be a 'water stressed' state by 2050, and the gap between the demand and supply would be 50%. BJP recognizes the seriousness of the issue. Also, most importantly, potable drinking water is not available to the entire population despite more than six decades of independence. Water is a dwindling resource, with the threat of water scarcity looming large. We will address this in a comprehensive manner across multiple dimensions. BJP remains committed to giving high priority to water security.
- Launch the 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchayee Yojana' with a motto of 'har khet ko paani'. We will launch multi-pronged 'water strategy' for reducing farmer's dependence on monsoon. Increase irrigated land by completing the long pending irrigation projects on priority.
- We will nurture ground water recharge harnessing rain water to reduce dependence on ground water.
- Encourage efficient use, water conservation, recycling and rain water harvesting.
- Sewage treatment plants to prevent the pollution of rivers.
- Desalination plants for drinking water supply in coastal cities.
- Inter-linking of rivers based on feasibility.
- Examination of ground water to eliminate toxic chemicals, particularly arsenic and fluorides. To ensure drinking water security to all. We will:
- Encourage setting up of drinking water supply grid in water scarce areas.
- Promote decentralized, demand-driven, community-managed water resource management, water supply and environmental sanitation.
- Facilitate piped water to all households.



1 comment:

  1. Wealth of India ?

    DNA ( 01 June 2016 ) carries a news snippet titled :
    " India , a wealthy country but Indians quite poor : Survey "
    It quotes figures of " Total Individual wealth-2015 " of top ten countries
    as follows :
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    Country / Total Individual Wealth ( $ Billion ) / Population ( Million ) / Per Capita Wealth ( $ )
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    # USA / 48,700 / 322 / 151,242
    # China / 17,300 / 1360 / 12,700
    # Japan / 15,200 / 126 / 120,634
    # Germany / 9400 / 82 / 114,634
    # UK / 9200 / 64 / 143,750
    # France / 7600 / 64 / 118,750
    # India / 5200 / 1290 / 4,031
    # Italy / 5000 / 61 / 81,967
    # Canada / 4800 / 35 / 137,142
    # Australia / 4500 / 23 / 195,652
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Seeing India's rank at 7th place , I got elated - just for a moment !

    Then wondered :
    " What would be our rank , if we were to figure out PER CAPITA wealth of these countries ? "

    That made me add in above table , last 2 columns ( to the DNA figures )

    This threw up following surprises :

    * We would move down to the bottom of the heap on PER CAPITA basis !
    * In terms of PER CAPITA wealth , Australia moves up from bottom to TOP !
    * Australia's PER CAPITA wealth would be 48.5 times our per capita wealth !

    That reminded me that , the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team on black money has asked the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to verify whether USD 505 billion had flown out of the country during 2004-13, when Congress-led UPA was in power.

    Now , assuming that this figure is true and that NDA government succeeds ( don't ask for a target date ! ) in bringing back , ALL of these USD 505,000 million , how much would our PER CAPITA wealth go up ?

    505,000 Million / 1290 Million = $ 391 ( approx Rs 27,000 / - only )

    In the meantime , following news appeared yesterday :

    India's black money economy is estimated to be over Rs 30 lakh crore or about 20% of total GDP, a number that a new study says has been contracting gradually - still bigger than the overall economic size of countries like Thailand and Argentina.

    So the BLACK MONEY generation works out to approx Rs 23,256 / - PER PERSON PER YEAR !
    Year after Year !

    QUESTION :
    Should we be spending time on trying to bring back those Rs 27,000 per person , stashed abroad ( a ONETIME BENEFIT , if it ever materializes ! ),
    OR
    Find a way to eliminate the generation of Rs 23,256 / - worth of BLACK MONEY per person, YEAR AFTER YEAR ?

    ANSWER :

    As repeatedly requested by me , let us focus on future by

    # Replacing existing paper Currency Notes of Rs 500 / 1000 , by PLASTIC currency
    notes , each embedded with RFID micro-sensors ( no need for demonetization )

    # Assigning each NEW note with a UNIQUE, IP V 6.0 web address , linked to Serial
    Number of each note ( in " Internet of Things - IoT " mode )

    # Launch of mobile app " BLACK-MAIL ", for exclusive use of IT / ED etc, to track
    accumulation of ( say ) , Rs ONE crore worth of notes in any ONE sq meter area !

    # Generate automatically / dynamically , CURRENCY MAPS of INDIA , to track
    money ( read my earlier blog for details )


    I leave it to the Economists and Experts to figure out the amount by which our GDP will go up due to this SIMPLE INTERVENTION , which does not require passing of any law !

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    08 June 2016
    www.hemenparekh.in / blogs

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