The CWG has been termed by you as a success, surely, we have saved it from being a failure but I really doubt if it can be termed as a success so early. Surely the money to raise the standard of stadiums will be good for the country in long run but do you think that’s all the money has gone into?? According to the findings, this is what CWG officials have been upto: Treadmills on hire at Rs.9 lakh, air conditioners at Rs.4 lakh, toilet paper at Rs.3,757, umbrellas at Rs.6,000 per piece! From the exorbitant rates to Scheduled Caste funds being diverted for construction work, these Games have certainly been sullied by massive corruption. And if we take into account all this, the Govt. has achieved the same work in atleast 70% inflated cost. No points for guessing where the missing money landed. You talked about the negative coverage by the media, sure, I totally agree that media has been overcritical in some of the aspects but I really doubt whether the reports of tiles falling from ceiling of new stadiums and foot overbridge collapsing in less than a week of inauguration, can be dubbed as something media created. You talked about justice being delivered in 80% of the cases, however the statistics clearly show the opposite. Going by official figures, the subordinate judiciary across the country has a backlog of 26.4 million cases, while the high courts have an arrear of 3.8 million. The Supreme Court had crossed the mark of 50,000 pending cases as of long back. The actual figures may be more. In the words of a Supreme Court judge, it will take India more than 320 years to clear the current backlog. Can this be termed as success of judiciary??
You commented about the various employment schemes started by the Govt. , the fact that most of the farmers are still unemployed or seasonally employed, puts a big question mark on effectiveness of such schemes. In the case of female foeticide the statistics again don’t support your claim. The 2006 National Family Health Survey shows that prosperity does little to curb the evil as Punjab's overall sex ratio at birth (considered a more accurate indicator of female foeticide) was 776 against 793 in 2001. In urban areas, it goes further down to 761:1,000. The figures are equally dismal for Haryana and contradict the notion that female foeticide has declined over the years. I agree that India has recorded a whooping GDP growth which is commendable however it has little to do with the common man. The real issues concerning him are price rise and as it is, the inflation currently stands at an all time high of 11.5%. Lastly I would say that I fully support the good aspects of India but India still has a long way to go.
The above points question the very fundamentals of democracy and they surely don’t make me feel proud.
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