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Emerging Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs)
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani It is a fact that more and more Indians are living in urban areas, mostly in Colony Welfare Associations, apartment buildings and Gated Communities. They are a hard-working middleclass forming self-governing micro-urban communities and manage themselves to increase their standard of living. They strive to be more and more productive and are maintaining a growth rate of our economy, year after year. The municipalities in which they live are receiving good revenue as property tax. They pay all kinds of direct and indirect ta…
Relations with Neighbouring States
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani People are separated by borders due to historical events, mostly by settlement of migrants, encroachments and annexations. There were, and there would be no 'natural' or ideal borders, and the people living within them are not the private property of the political state. The states have been formed historically and very often by separating people who live on the same sources of living like forests, rivers and sea-beds. People who have the same religion, language, race or tribe are separated for political reasons. A…
We the People of the Whole World
Dr. Rao VBJ Chelikani 1. Scourge of the World Wars: Soon after the scourge of two World Wars, the United Nations Organisation asserts the primacy of the people, wherever they are, and their aspirations for peace and development in global governance. Though the repenting states adopted the founding Charter, soon, the newly independent states started asserting their national and strategic interests and have not been very cooperative to prevent conflicts and to contribute for faster development. However, for the first time in human history, con…
Our External Relations need to be more Democratic
Dr VBJ Chelakani Executive Summary: Throughout history, foreign relations of a state have been primarily managed in the interests of the king and the royal families. Appointed Mantris and advisors have employed various diplomatic strategies, often at great expense, to advance the territorial ambitions, religious beliefs, and economic interests of the rulers. Later, the modern states have formalised the practice of appointing diplomats as professionals to negotiate and formulate foreign policies exclusively in the interest of the rulers. This…
Criminal Background: Analysis of Affidavits of Winning Candidates: ADR and National Election Watch
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 543 winning candidates in the Lok Sabha 2024 Elections. Results are as given below. I. Criminal Background: Winning candidates with Declared Criminal Cases Out of the 543 winning candidates analysed in Lok Sabha 2024, 251 (46%) winning candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 539 MPs analysed during Lok Sabha elections in 2019, 233(43%) MPs had declared criminal cases against themselves. Out of 542 MPs …
Celebrating Indians outside India
Arrival Days/Indian Survival Days Across the Caribbean and beyond, each May and June serve as an annual reminder of a complex historical chapter that began in the 19th century — this is not the only time of year Indian Arrival Days happen, but several are concentrated in the next month or so. This period marked the introduction of Indian indentured laborers to the Caribbean region under conditions that were often harsh and exploitative, while distinct from the brutalities of chattel slavery that it succeeded following abolition. These laborer…
Commitments To RWAs
Dr.Rao VBJ Chelikani Some brief commitments that the Resident Welfare Associations are asking the candidates and the political parties to make: 1. Urban citizens do not want free things but more opportunities to participate in governance, and particularly in Ward Committees; 2. Resident Welfare Associations in Apartment Buildings, Colonies and Gated Communities need a more appropriate, uniform and suitable legal recognition and registration; 3. All Public Expenditures of the Governments, by their departments, Boards, Corporations, Commissi…
Caste Consciousness Remains a Curse for the Emerging Indian Society
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani The other day, a regional political party member in a southern state solemnly announced, the Chief Minister sitting by his side, their candidates contesting for each constituency by name and his or her caste. In its neighbouring state, the ruling party announced acres of land for constructing buildings in the name of various castes, and to some others funds to promote their traditional professional activities. We also know that when the ministerial cabinet is formed by a ruling party, newspapers carefully analyse the ca…
National Election Watch: ADR Analysis
It's election season and time to take a fresh look at the assets, criminal background and educational qualifications of a few Parliamentarians. Association for Democratic Reforms, New Delhi carried out an analysis of the self-sworn affidavits of 23 re-elected MPs between 2004 to 2019 Lok Sabha Elections . Criminal Background : Re-elected MPs with criminal cases: Out of the 23 Re-elected MPs analyzed, 12 (52%) Re-elected MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves. Re-elected MPs with serious criminal c…
How to Increase the Polling Percentage in Urban Areas
Dr. Rao VBJ Chelikani Set up more Ward Committees, get local residents involved ( The following text is sent to the Central Manifesto Committee of the Indian National Congress Party, New Delhi on their request). Urban citizens are officially 45% of the country's population, if not more, and they are increasing day by day. All of them settle in apartment-buildings, colony welfare associations and gated communities. Most of the residents are all professionally very productive and are the main source of our GDP growth. They pay all kinds of…
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