DOLES WILL NOT REMOVE POVERTY, EMPOWERMENT WILL.
THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER C.P.JOSHI IN THE FORUM, IDEA EXCHANGE, (INDIAN EXPRESS, OCTOBER 31) STATES THAT " WE ARE ENHANCING LIVELIHOOD…NREGS IS BASICALLY NOT MEANT FOR ASSET CREATION". THAT MEANS THE SCHEME DOES NOT EVEN CREATE ANY ASSET FOR THE PEOPLE, LEAVE ALONE ANY EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR. IT IS JUST A DOLE.
OBVIOUSLY, HE OR HIS MINISTRY HAS NOT HEARD THE FAMOUS SAYING THAT 'IT IS BETTER TO TEACH FISHING RATHER THAN GIVE FISH TO THE POOR'. IF THE GOVERNMENT REALLY WANTS TO REMOVE POVERTY FROM THE COUNTRY, IT HAS TO EMPOWER THE POOR WITH SKILLS WHICH CAN GIVE THEM JOB AND THEREBY BREAD, BUTTER AND JAM.
THERE IS A WOEFUL LACK OF SKILLS LIKE THAT OF A PLUMBER OR A MASON WHICH A GROWING ECONOMY NEEDS. INSTEAD OF 100 DAYS OF WORK, THE POOR SHOULD BE GIVEN TRAINING IN SOME SKILL WHICH CAN GIVE THEM JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR VICINITY. OR, THEY CAN BUILD HOUSES FOR THE WORKERS AND CHECK DAMS FOR THE VILLAGE. DOLES MAY BRING IN VOTES, IT WILL NOT REMOVE POVERTY.
http://www.indianexpress.com/fullcoverage/the-idea-exchange/39/
November 3, 2010.
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THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER C.P.JOSHI IN THE FORUM, IDEA EXCHANGE, (INDIAN EXPRESS, OCTOBER 31) STATES THAT " WE ARE ENHANCING LIVELIHOOD…NREGS IS BASICALLY NOT MEANT FOR ASSET CREATION". THAT MEANS THE SCHEME DOES NOT EVEN CREATE ANY ASSET FOR THE PEOPLE, LEAVE ALONE ANY EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR. IT IS JUST A DOLE.
OBVIOUSLY, HE OR HIS MINISTRY HAS NOT HEARD THE FAMOUS SAYING THAT 'IT IS BETTER TO TEACH FISHING RATHER THAN GIVE FISH TO THE POOR'. IF THE GOVERNMENT REALLY WANTS TO REMOVE POVERTY FROM THE COUNTRY, IT HAS TO EMPOWER THE POOR WITH SKILLS WHICH CAN GIVE THEM JOB AND THEREBY BREAD, BUTTER AND JAM.
THERE IS A WOEFUL LACK OF SKILLS LIKE THAT OF A PLUMBER OR A MASON WHICH A GROWING ECONOMY NEEDS. INSTEAD OF 100 DAYS OF WORK, THE POOR SHOULD BE GIVEN TRAINING IN SOME SKILL WHICH CAN GIVE THEM JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR VICINITY. OR, THEY CAN BUILD HOUSES FOR THE WORKERS AND CHECK DAMS FOR THE VILLAGE. DOLES MAY BRING IN VOTES, IT WILL NOT REMOVE POVERTY.
http://www.indianexpress.com/fullcoverage/the-idea-exchange/39/
November 3, 2010.
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