Vision of "Peaceful India by 2047 AD" - Part 2

8. Self Defence

v      India will only have a self defence force as part of UN self defence force (As mentioned Earlier)

v      All men and women including disabled would have got basic(suitable) military training as part of National Cadet Corps

v      Women will get equal treatment with men and can also participate in the combat operation

v      Indian Self defence force would have a strong intelligence capability to sense any mischief by any adversary state

v      India along with all other countries will not have any weapon of mass destruction

9. External Relation

v      Ancient wisdom of “Vasudeva Kudumbakam”( "THE WHOLE EARTH IS OUR FAMILY".) , “Yathum oore Yavarum Kelir”(“ All the world is my world, All men are my kinsmen”)  etc will guide the foreign policy

v      India would not have an enemy, will only treat one as an enemy when it senses wrong intentions of other State or Non State actor through credible intelligence

v      India would have solved all outstanding boundary disputes with all its neighbours by mutually acceptable and respectable solution by negotiations considering both the historic and present realities

v      India will follow the age old time tested Panchasheel principle

v      India would have friendly relation with all responsible well meaning countries

v      India would play a responsible role in all global issues considering its share in human population in the Earth

v      India would exercise its votes(1.Proportionate to its population and 2.Membership vote which is common to all countries) in UN General Assembly, where in there would be no security council modelled of the mid 20^th century world

v      India would extend all possible help in ameliorating suffering of living beings in all part of the world

v      SAARC would have matured to have a free movement of people, money, goods, services and ideas, and India would extend all support for its success.

v      Asia would already have an Asian Union like European Union and India would extend all support for its success.

v      Non Resident Indians number will be minimal as they would get best of Education, Healthcare, Employment etc within India. India would have many outbound international tourists.

10. Infrastructure

v      Adequate well maintained disaster proof infrastructure will be available in all parts of the country

Housing

v      All families will have a house

          Drinking water

v      All houses will have safe and adequate drinking water

          Electricity

v      All houses will have Electricity

          Waste Disposal

v      All household waste(Solid, Liquid, Gaseous) would be treated within the premises by the family and the untreatable  will only be let out

v      Local Government will treat all waste let by the houses and industries(Based on the best available technology) before letting it into the environment

          Sanitation

v      All citizen will be educated on best sanitation practices and they will adhere to it strictly

v      Sanitation infrastructure like toilet, dustbin, drainage etc will be available to all households and institutions

v      All citizen will willingly take part in the sanitation work and will treat it as a necessary social action

          Road

v      All habitats will have standard roads

v      Congestion and incident of accident in all roads in India will be meagre as commuters will adhere to traffic rules without need of strict enforcement machinery

          Railway-Shipping-Aviation

v      All parts of the country will be linked and the best of service will be provided to all

v      Environmental consideration will be given high regard in choosing and managing the transportation means.

          Communication

v      All citizens will get affordable and best personal connectivity

Mass communication

v      Government and Civil society will responsibly monitor and restrain what is being broadcast

v      Public Broadcasting board will be representative and democratic and Public Broadcaster will have the prime position in the media world(As mentioned earlier)

v      Public Broadcaster will facilitate easy and affordable expression of creative or constructive thought/art for all citizen

11. Education

v      All citizen would have undergone compulsory education meaning that they will be able to comprehend at least half of the news in a national newspaper, not have any superstitious beliefs, can reason out why things are happening for them in that way etc.

v      All citizens would undergo compulsory free continuous (yearly) citizenship education. It would include

Ø      Basics philosophy and aspects of Indian Values, Culture and Constitution

Ø      Knowledge about the individual rights and obligation towards the country and the humanity

Ø      Knowledge of Constitutional law, Legal Acts, rules and social conventions

Ø      Proficiency in mother tongue, national language and one more Indian language from another language zone in India

Ø      Basic knowledge about recent developments in political, economic, social and scientific (including medical) field both from within India and in the world

Ø      Knowledge about what action should an individual needs to take to handle issues in political, economic and social arena will be taught

v      Education till secondary school will be compulsory and free

Ø      School level component of citizenship education

Ø      Value education with focus on Truth, Non Violence, Ethics, Humanism, Tolerance, etc

Ø      Education will imbibe objectivity, independent thinking, scientific temper and an enquiring attitude

Ø      Training in Constructive work, Basic Military training, First Aid, Disaster response, Swimming, Cycling, Two wheeler driving as part on Indian Students Voluntary Corps

Ø      Vocational and Entrepreneurship education

Ø      Basic knowledge about all culture(custom, food habits, dress, festivals, etc), religion, language etc of different parts of India

Ø      Attachment with rural craftsman and cultural artist(Music, Dance, Drama, Literature, etc) with support of SPIC MACAY(Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth)

Ø      Field exposure to both Rural and Urban life by Indian Students Voluntary Corps

v      All citizens will have easy access to Newspapers, Books, Magazine, Government Publications and other knowledge in Digital form through high speed internet via universal library service

v       All youth will get adequate and affordable higher education opportunity. Money or infrastructure will not be a constraint

v      School, College and University campuses will be free of raging, violence and ill addiction

v      India will be the University of the world as it used to be earlier

More to follow in the next blog... See Vision of "Peaceful India by 2047 AD" - Part 3