Why news shown in 700 Crore budget "Bharat Nirman 2013 " not to be treated as false and cheat ?

Will not the common man want to know why the Congress President Sonia Gandhi had been waiting for nine and half years to fulfil the promises to provide , all she is dolling out now ?

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh  had promised in 2005 : “Bharat Nirman will be a time-bound business plan for action in rural infrastructure for the next four years. Under Bharat Nirman, action is proposed in the areas of irrigation, road, rural housing, rural water supply, rural electrification and rural telecommunication connectivity. We have set specific targets to be achieved under each of these goals so that there is accountability in the progress of this initiative.”

Why the announcement shown in the 700 Crore budgeted and funded from Government exchequer, "Bharat Nirman 2013 " will not be treated by the public  as false and cheating when these essential and much needed doles and services were not given for last nine years ?

Bharat Nirman promised by the Congress led UPA I and UPA II that :

A time-bound plan for rural infrastructure by the Government of India in partnership with State Governments and  Panchayat Raj  Institutions  as per 2005-2009 Bharat Nirman: Tasks and Targets as promised :

• Every village to be provided electricity: remaining 1,25,000 villages to

be covered by 2009 as well as connect 2.3 crore households

RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????

• Every habitation over 1000 population and above (500 in hilly and tribal

areas) to be provided an all-weather road: remaining 66,802 habitations

to be covered by 2009

RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????

• Every habitation to have a safe source of drinking water: 55,067

uncovered habitations to be covered by 2009. In addition all habitations

which have slipped back from full coverage to partial coverage due to

failure of source and habitations which have water quality problems to

be addressed

RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????

• Every village to be connected by telephone: remaining 66,822 villages

to be covered by November 2007

RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????

• 10 million hectares (100 lakhs) of additional irrigation capacity to be

created by 2009

RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????

• 60 lakh houses to be constructed for the rural poor by 2009

While the agenda is not new, the effort here is to impart a sense of urgency

to these goals, make the programme time-bound, transparent and

accountable. These investments in rural infrastructure will unlock the

growth potential of rural India by 2009.

RESULT achieved as on 15 th August 2013...............????

The current programme must announce predominantly what and of course how much the present Government  has been able to achieve of target from their earlier promise ? This will be a justified way of using such a huge budget in the current advertisement, "Bharat Nirman 2013 ".

Unending Support for Honest IAS lady officer Durga Shakti Nagpal

Add on to the Durga Shakti Nagpal story, is how more and more intellectuals, former and present bureaucrats ,civil liberty activists, political leaders are reacting to the suspension of an honest and daring IAS lady officer Durga Shakti Nagpal :

* Brinda Karat , the CPM. leader had said long ago that the immediate suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal was uncalled for as it sends a ‘distressing’ message to other female aspirants to civil service in the country. She said to suspend a female officer right away is extremely demoralising and incorrect and accepted  that the number of female officers in the IAS is low,while Nagpal’s work showed her strong commitment to her job responsibility as a female officer in an extremely difficult district where, she has acted strongly against the sand mafia. Karat also said that the sand mafia only  will be happy with this suspension.

* All India Democratic Women's Association members participate in a candle light march in support of Durga.

* Even Congress president Sonia Gandhi has stepped in, writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure Nagpal is not “unfairly treated”.

* Eminent, retired and serving bureaucrats have come in full support of the officer.

* Former CAG Vinod Rai, who himself recently left office as the chief of country's top auditing body after a considerable amount of criticism from the ruling establishment for his reports on various scams, supported Nagpal, and said,."Suspension of an officer is a serious issue. It is done when there are grave charges against him or her. She has been denied natural justice as she was not given an opportunity to present her case before being suspended,". Nagpal's seniors {:"Chief secretary and secretary (of the department concerned) should have not succumbed (to any kind of pressure),"} should have stood by her. 

* Former Central Vigilance Commissioner N Vittal, who  had served in various key posts as a former IAS officer before becoming head of anti-corruption body saw political vendetta in Nagpal's suspension and called it as an example of "very unhealthy tradition" established in the country's bureaucracy."It is one more example of very unhealthy tradition we have established since independence. Suspension and transfer have been two ways by which politicians feel they can break bone of civil servants."There should not be arbitrary suspension of any officer. It is a political vendetta,"Durga is a young officer. She should be reinstated immediately,".

* SP general secretary Ramgopal Yadav in a surprising move has come to the suspended official’s aid and asked the UP chief minister to review his decision.

IAS lobby has lodged a protest with the chief secretary and political parties condemned the decision. but however his nephew, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav defended the suspension, saying that it was done to prevent a communal flare up.

* Supporters of the Bhagat Singh Sena take out a march against the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.

* Former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian wondered the way such transfers are taking place in various states across the country."Transfers in bureaucracy are taking place at the drop of the hat. It is happening across the country, especially in Uttar Pradesh," 

* Serving IAS officer of 1991 batch Ashok Khemka, who was frequently transferred by Haryana administration, termed Nagpal's suspension as a "brazen colourful exercise of power".in my personal opinion it was totally unwarranted. Khemka said, "It is a brazen colourful exercise of power. A very very few officers can take such a bold and courageous step to check on any illegal activities. As a young brave officer she has taken a correcting step towards improvement in bureaucracy," .

* Former IAS officer Dr G Sundaram called Nagpal's transfer as humiliation and an act of discouragement to civil service officers."She should have not been suspended. It is a humiliation for young officer. If at all she has done something wrong, she could have been transferred,"  also said that younger politicians should take a lead in exhibiting integrity in public service.

* Former IAS officer EAS Sarma said "there was a need to bring reforms in the administrative service"and added,"Transfers, suspension and promotions and all other matters must be done by independent agency in a transparent manner without any political vendetta,".

* Congress spokesman Dwijendra Tripathi said that the claim of SP leader Narendra Bhati proved that "IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal was suspended at the behest of mining mafia" as he clarified, "Doubts, if any, on the reasons leading to Nagpal's suspension have been removed with the ruling party leader, who is enjoying minister's status, making claims in his public speech," as the ruling government appeared to be in a hurry to get rid of an honest officer as it did not follow the procedures or wait for the district magistrate's report which has found no role of the SDM in pulling down the mosque wall.

*Congress spokesman said the manner in which SP leaders Azam Khan and Naresh Agarwal were talking about punishing the district magistrate who had sent the report proved that only corrupt officials, mining mafia and criminal elements were safe under the present government and wondered, whether the government would take action against the mining mafia and senior officials in the chief minister's secretariat " who not only misled the chief minister but also motivated him" to act against Nagpal.

After * UPA Chairperson Sonia's "belated barb", had  put in dilemma to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who wants Samajwadi Party to help pass the "most important" ordinance on food security, but the Samajwadi Party, which offers crucial external support to his government, has said it will oppose it.

  

* The SP's Naresh Aggarwal said, "We will corner the government, will oppose them. And as Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) has said, we will also vote against the food bill in its present form."  The party's opposition has been exacerbated by Congress President Sonia Gandhi's letter to the Prime Minister asking for Durga Shakti Nagpal, the bureaucrat who has been suspended by the Samajwadi Party-led UP government, to be treated fairly.