A Letter to Nation (Youth Club)

Hello to All,

I would like to take this opportunity to share our views As a Founder of Youth Club and a citizen of India with you all. Youth Club is working science 2006 for the betterment of Society especially for Youth.

This is the high time that we all should think and act on the present condition of our nation. It is very difficult to see our mother earth getting ruined by man made mistakes, which could have been avoided by our responsible positive acts. We keep on blaming politicians, government, their policies, officers and others but we do not see our own responsibility towards our nation. Ask yourself first

Am I good responsible awakened citizen of India?

Have I contributed directly or indirectly for the growth of Nation?

If we see current status of our country, it is really shocking, disturbing and disgusting to all of us. We see failure in all sectors and systems. One in every two children in India is malnourished (UNICEF); here nodal agencies are making disastrous policy proposals to Government. Food security and self-sufficiency totally depends on production, procurement and distribution, today these are all in a failure state. It is hard to believe that the rate of food grain production falling below the rate of population growth.

24% of global diseases are caused by environmental exposures.13 million people die in every year due to reasons that can be easily avoided (WHO). HIV is big threat to the whole world .In this we have topped in all over the world. Soft drink industry is a major threat to precious ground water resources which common people use for drinking and irrigation purposes.

If we see ancient civilization, they worked on growing the internal self of man so that he remains liberated from the surroundings and events with the purpose of lifting up the life values of man in best proper way; that too without intervening in the normal flow of nature.

Now in modernization age, our purpose has shifted to fulfill our endless desires .In due course we lost the life values and exploited the nature. Nature lost its balance. Communication of man and nature is cut off.

We are losing the protective layer of ozone .Important factor is considered here is A/C(Air Condition).which we use in our house for our comfort. It releases A.F.C.and other hazardous gases in atmosphere. The average temperature of the Whole world has been increased by around 5-6deg.C.in last few years. On one side we see increase in GNP and GDP rate; but on other side we see there is increase in death due to malnourishment and unavailability of food in our country.

This all is caused due to superficial, improper knowledge and lack of awareness in the desperate effort for winning in the competition with others. We have been constantly working to walk with western countries thinking that success lies by being equivalent to them. Our materialistic mind thinks that intervening into the nature lays the success of the human beings. We forgot; What India has originally inherent gifts from the god? If we work on our true nature, no one can stop the Indians from their success.

We all need a change from this to survive on this god made beautiful planet earth with pride of unique human existence on earth. We have become insensitive to ourselves, others and to surroundings.

Our actions should be properly directed for the betterment of world. We must discover the ways to overcome it. We strongly believe these problems occurred due to unhappiness and endless craving of individuals .This can be erased only by union of man with the nature’s consciousness   to that creator’s consciousness .Spiritual thinking will not solve it; but it requires spiritual actions by spiritual state of human being. The purpose of initiating this movement is bringing that change in all of us by our sincere and serious efforts. We founded Youth Club and Wanted to register our group as an NGO.

We ask all of you who can contribute urgently and come forward to join us. We feel that this work is integral part of our consciousness and be passed on to all, urgently. The Youth Club is currently actively working in Bihar (Lakhisarai Distt.) but very soon we are going to expand our Youth Club with your help in all over India and does various social activities with only purpose to bring transformation Youth Club has been founded to show a new way to the whole world by Indian awakened youths for the global peace.

Your feedback and suggestion appreciated!!

Thanks!

Apurv Gourav

(On Behalf of Youth Club)

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SC: Sale of helmets with bikes a must

NEW DELHI: Two-wheeler makers will now have to sell a helmet along with their bikes and scooters after the Supreme Court dismissed a plea by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) against such a step.

A bench comprising Justice G S Singhvi and Justice A K Ganguly dismissed the petition filed by the SIAM challenging an earlier order of the Delhi High Court.

The apex court said the manufacturers would have to give BSI certified helmets as “original equipment”.

On July 30, 2009, the HC made it mandatory for dealers to sell helmets along with new two-wheelers and said that the vehicle would not be registered by the authorities without it. SIAM contended that the HC order would restrict the people’s choice to buy their own helmet.

Sources:- Times of India

Govt. jobs made scandalous by corrupt recruitments

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is in the process of investigating major corruption scandals. Scams in recruitment for government jobs and institutionalized bribery in regulatory agencies are some of the areas that CBI is eyeing at.

The CBI has recently exposed a series of scams in AICTE (All-India Council of Technical Education), the Medical Council of India and most recently, the Railway Recruitment Board examinations. The state government insisting on state-level recruitment, cheating in professional examinations, and corruption in regulatory agencies are the main causes behind most of the major scandals. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is also in the process of unearthing corruption.

A person who gets a job by paying a bribe obviously becomes a corrupt official. Hence, stopping corruption at the recruitment stage can contribute a lot in the fight against corruption, according to a former director-general of the ACB. He added that the CBI is comparatively more independent than the ACB.

The ACB of the state needs to focus much more on state-level recruitment scams and the irregularities in regulatory agencies. But all too often its hands are tied by none other than the state government. By refusing to give permission for prosecution of top corrupt government employees, the state government itself plays a major role in tacitly supporting corruption. Therefore, ACB is now mostly restricted to investigating disproportionate assets cases and making surprise checks.

Five cases against public servants of AICTE have been registered by the CBI (Hyderabad Zone) for allowing the institutions to operate even when they don't have the mandatory infrastructure. In the investigation of the Medical Council of India, the CBI found that several medical colleges in the state indulged in irregularities in connivance with MCI chief Mr. Ketan Desai.

The latest case of corruption emanates from the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB). The CBI DIG, Mr V.V. Lakshminarayana, says that the modus operandi designed by the ADRM, A.K. Jagannadham, with the help of his agents and officials prevented meritorious and deserving aspirants from getting recruited. Most of the scams take place in single-level examination for any recruitment in a government job or admission into a professional educational institution.

According to the CBI DIG, Mr V.V. Lakshminarayana, the only criterion for selection in a written examination is the written exam and the scam lies in leaking question papers or manipulating results. The possibility of irregularities would be decreased if there are multi-level selection criteria like a written exam, interview etc.

Even the Army is not fgnify the root of corruption in our society, but also show how poor the quality of government services are.
Source:- Silicon India

World Environment Day 2010: Take a Pledge Today

You might remember that June 5 is the World Environment Day.World Environment Day, celebrated each June 5, is one of the ways in which the United Nations works to make the world's population aware of the environment and to encourage people and governments around the world to take actions that promote the common good by promoting a healthy environment.

Many Species. One Planet. One Future. is the theme of World Environment Day for 2010.


The year 2010 has been designated the International Year of Biodiversity by the U.N., with the theme “Biodiversity is Life - Biodiversity is Our Life”.

 I suggest that you should take a pledge to add your might to the growing concern about the environment and take small steps to improve the environment. Here are some very simple tips:


1. Switch off a light and see if you can still work comfortably. Most of the times we have too many lights on in our offices and home.

2. Take out from the plug, all battery chargers, mobile charges and like when they are not in use.

3. Switch off your car while you wait (at least if it will take a minute or longer) at the red lights.

4. Before throwing a paper, see if you can use the back of the paper to plan, make casual notes or write things to do. You will help save many trees over your lifetime.

5. Most of the times, the air conditioners can be set to a notch warmer setting after it has cooled the room.

6. The computers and other electronic devices can be turned off in the night or when you will not be using them for a long duration

There can be thousands of cool ideas that will help us avoid global warming and keep the earth green. You are welcome to add your tips below.

Education loan for the poor at 4 percent

Government is planning to provide education loans at four percent interest rate to help students from weaker sections of society to pursue higher studies. Discussions are on between the HRD Ministry and the Planning Commission on this innovative concept, which is seen as a significant initiative of the UPA government.

This loan will be provided by banks while a proposed funding corporation for higher education will re-finance the banks to help them compensate the loss. The mandate and functioning of the proposed National Higher Education Finance Corporation (NHEFC) are now being worked out. "It (education loan at four percent proposal) is at a preliminary stage. We have discussed this idea with the Planning Commission and it is supportive," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal told PTI.

The detailed modalities are being worked out for the scheme, including the weaker section criteria. The scheme will have another component of providing loans to students at the rate of seven percent, subject to a ceiling. There will a cap on loan amount in this category. There may another provision of extending loans at nine percent without a cap on the amount.
Weaker section means it should be on the basis of annual earning of a family and it should be restricted only to two members of a family.It will give great relief to the parents and students if the same Interest is charged for the exiting students who has taken loan. Reduction of interest rate should me given for single girl child.

Other Countries Education Loan Rate:- 

At times in the USA the student loans have been at 4% and frankly that's too high a percentage for students who come from poor backgrounds. Instead those loans should be interest free for those students who go into the teaching or medical field and with that should be the provizo they would be interest free if they worked maybe 3 or 4 years after graduation in teaching or nursing or doing other medical work in their own home town village. That's how we do it here and it works well because they will want to study and finish up so that they can help their own people.

 

India has least no. of corporate women leaders

Even though, whole world is celebrating 100th year of International Women's day, leading companies are failing to make the most of the talents of their female workforce.

According to the Corporate Gender Gap report brought out by the World Economic Forum (WEF) the U.S. led the way with the highest percentage of female employees (52 percent), while India had the lowest (23 percent). To tackle the problem, the WEF urged companies to do more to educate and utilise female talent.

Talking to BBC, Saadia Zahidi, Co-autor of the report said, "The findings of The Corporate Gender Gap Report are an alarm bell on International Women's Day that the corporate world is not doing enough to achieve gender equality. While a certain set of companies in Scandinavia, the US and the UK are indeed leaders in integrating women, the idea that most corporations have become gender-balanced or women-friendly is still a myth."

This report is based on a survey of 600 of the heads of Human Resources at the world's largest employers across 16 industries in 20 countries. The average number of women holding the CEO level position was a little less than five percent among the 600 companies surveyed. Finland (13 percent), Norway (12 percent), Turkey (12 percent), Italy (11 percent) and Brazil (11 percent) have the highest percentage of women CEOs in this sample. Most of the respondents blamed traditional and cultural practices for women being unable to move up the career ladder.

Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of WEF said, "Women account for one-half of the potential talent base throughout the world and therefore, over time, a nation's competitiveness depends significantly on whether and how it educates and utilises its female talent."
Source:- Silicon India

Higher Education System In INDIA

The present system of higher education does not serve the purpose for which it has been started. In general education itself has become so profitable a business that quality is lost in the increase of quantity of professional institutions with quota system and politicization adding fuel to the fire of spoil system, thereby increasing unemployment of graduates without quick relief to mitigate their sufferings in the job market of the country. So, the drawbacks of the higher education system underscore the need for reforms to make it worthwhile and beneficial to all concerned.Even we have Highly qualified degree or professional degree (MBA, PHD,Mphill, Engg, Doctor)still we are less employable ability.

Competition:

Next to China, India is the most populated country in the world. Naturally there is too much rush and competition in every field. So, rush to technical and higher education has increased as scope for arts and science has become lesser and lesser due to lack of reforms and up gradation in the Courses structure & materials according to the developments of the world. Also, qualification in higher education gives added advantage to face successfully competition in the job market.

Purpose of Education:

All round development of personality is the purpose of education. But the present day education is neither imparting true knowledge of life, world and helping one stand on one’s own leg nor improving the talent of a student by which one can achieve laurels in the field one is interested. So, combination of arts subjects & Computer Science and science and humanities or literature should be introduced so that such courses could be useful for the students to do jobs after recruitment in some companies which would reduce unnecessary rush to higher education.

Right Course of Action:

In India more than 250 Universities controlling somewhere 7000 - 10000 collages of various courses churning out millions of graduates seeking jobs in vain due to lack of employ ability, communication skill & entrepreneurship quality. In Tamil Nadu State of India alone (from 2000 to 2006) more than 600, 000 students are hunting for jobs without hope due to political rivalries and lack of investments in job generating manufacturing units and companies.And day by day the number of institutes or colleges are growing in all parts of India, In Maharashtra alone not less than 1000 institutes are present, but we can easily identified how many of Qualitative institutions are present.So Called Pune is very famous of "Oxford of East" This is one side of the picture.

On the other side, all want to become Engineers or Doctors or Computer specialists in IT or Software, which is beyond the reach of many and also, all cannot shine in such a line if not suited later on. So, to overcome disappointments in the working life clear appraisal of one’s Self is necessary before pursuing a course of action.
For that not specialization but general education covering all subjects (arts, science, literature, technology, agriculture and defense studies is very essential.

After education, tour to all the places in India and world as far as possible with the cooperation of government is necessary so that one can understand about people, culture, arts, literature, religions, technological developments and progress of human society in the world.
Basing this knowledge one should have a vision of one’s future life and work in the world and decide about the future course of action, i.e. whether to go for higher education or do job suitable to one.
Finally, based on knowledge only vision of the future life and work can be had; based on this vision only a broad ambition can be fixed for oneself; and based on this ambition only one can lead interesting life doing satisfying job to do remarkable achievements in some field in the world.

Free to opt Courses:-

 
In this modern world or competative age we are still opt traditional subjects like arts , science , etc. We need to choose other courses that will give us employability.Otherwise, the life of one will not be interesting but rather boring, monotonous and frustrating. This is mainly due to parental interference in the education of the children. Parental guidance is necessary but it should not interfere in the creativity or individuality of the students. Also, in spite of the obsolete type of education system, some are achieving wonderful things in Sports, Music, Dance, Painting, Science and Technology in the world! This is only due to the encouragement of the parents and some dedicated teachers in the educational institutions.

Higher Education:

Higher education is necessary for one to achieve excellence in the line one is best. But one should be selected for higher education on the basis of merit only. Further, fees for education in general should not be high; especially, the fees for higher studies should be within the reach of every class of people in the nation.
 

Quality Education:

In any nation education is the basic necessity for the Socio-Economic ddevelopment of the individuals and the society. In reality only 20% of the population is educated in India. Also, only 25% of the Universities are having world class education. So, improved standard of education as first priority should be offered to the majority by the govt. authorities with sincere political will. Also, privatization of higher education is absolutely necessary in a vast country like India as government alone is helpless to do so.
That is the way people’s quality of life can be improved and also, the nation can economically compete with the developed nations of the world. So, private educational institutions can give higher education to all irrespective of economic status of the students. As far as quality of education is concerned it should be under the control of a central institute such as All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the respective Universities concerned(UGC).

Finally, education should be for the flowering of personality but not for the suppression of creativity or natural skill. In the globalized world opportunities for the educated people are naturally ample in scope. As a result business process outsourcing (BPO) activities have increased competition in the world trade leading towards the production of quality goods and their easy availability everywhere in the world market. That is the way the world can be developed for peace, prosperity and progress by able and skilful men

World Class Education:

Indian government is not giving priority to the development of Standard in education. India should aspire for the international standard in education. To achieve that goal it should adopt uniform international syllabus in its educational institutions.

Many National Universities

like in the USA, UK, Australia, etc. allow studies in higher education for foreign students in their countries and through correspondence courses as well. In the same way India Universities of world class education can also offer courses of studies to foreign students taking advantage of the globalization process.

Some FACT (Education System):-

They simply see the private educational institutes as a source of revenue. Quality of teachers and infrastructure in these private college is very very poor. As a matter of fact, the teachers are not paid even their full salary. In any nation education is the basic necessity for the socio-economic development of the individuals and the society. In reality only 20% of the population is educated in India. Also, only 25% of the Universities are having world class education. So, improved standard of education as first priority should be offered to the majority by the govt. authorities with sincere political will. Also, privatization of higher education is absolutely necessary in a vast country like India as government alone is helpless to do so.

But for last some years, it is being observed that that education system in India has eroded a lot. Main reason for that is the privatisation of higher education in India. Now, technical indtitutes and medical institutes are merely another business venture for the promoters. They simply see the private educational institutes as a source of revenue. Quality of teachers and infrastructure in these private college is very very poor. As a matter of fact, the teachers are not paid even their full salary. Apart form that, the cost of education is also rising spirally. Now, the higher education has become a distant dream for the middle and lower middle income group. In fact, the education, whether primary or higher should be the responsibility of government.