Role of youth in Indian politics
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''No one asks us any more if elephants walk the streets. Liberalization has changed all that and given India more exposure internationally.''Indian Youth and Indian Politics – is a topic which shows the two opposite sides of the same coin (India). Politicians and leaders do talk and roar on and about Indian Youth. Politicians never torched inside the hearts of Indian Youth and they blame them on every occasion jumping over the so-called ‘western culture’ issue. Counter reply to such muddy politicians is that they do not live in the current India but some old jungle civilization who are so much involved in corruption that their prime intension of coming into politics is corruption and nothing else.
Moreover, the young population of country can always have fresh ideas to discard a certain problem. it is true to a certain extent that with age comes experience, and that has been well established by the likes of our very own PM, Mr. Manmohan Singh, who has an excellent academic knowledge and experience to lead India, but also the likes of B School graduates like Sachin Pilot, Milind deora along with Rahul Gandhi, Omar Abdullah.let me not forget the organiser Mr Krishna Byre Gowda KPYCC President are also 1 among those adding life and a fresh set of ideas to the decision making bodies. they possess an immense untapped power which can definitely play a vital role in changing da whole scenario. Youth can definitely utilise dis power if wants 2 do so.
Now the most imp and major issue with youngsters joining politics is that its just a dream. it can only happen in movies like YUVA and RDB. We tend to choose safer and secure options like becoming an Engineer, or a doctor or do MBA... We wud think a million times before joining this so called pig fight named politics... Y? no one wants to clean the country by getting dirty.
The current notion about politics is that it is alternative job to retired dacoits, flop film-actors and bored housewives. Sitting in the corner and critisizing the contamination of corrupt leaders will not make and difference between us and those leaders. So to revive the current System it’s we the “Youth” who needs to step in the system and change it for better, So that our next generation do not have same-things to say in this kind of discussion.
The Lead India campaign stemmed from our belief .India is to overcome many hurdles that threaten to slow its journey to developed nation status. Citizens from all over the country were invited to use the Lead India programme as a springboard to public life.Applications flooded in with over 34,000 valid applications from all over India. Finally, after many highs and lows,Our own Rajendra Misra (Bangalore).
India's youth are already having an enormous impact: on the economy, on the media, and on the culture. Unlike previous generations, today's youth are not obsessed with the ins and outs of politics. They enjoy wearing saris and still admire Mahatma Gandhi. But they also like wearing blue jeans, drinking fizzy sodas, and watching MTV.
This generational shift in attitudes is all the more important because this group is growing so rapidly. Some 47% of India's current 1 billion population is under the age of 20, and teenagers among them number about 160 million. Already, they wield $2.8 billion worth of discretionary income, and their families spend an additional $3.7 billion on them every year. By 2015, Indians under 20 will make up 55% of the population--and wield proportionately higher spending power. ''This is the generation that is reclaiming India's future,'' says Gurcharan Das, a former chief executive of Procter & Gamble Co. ''This is India's 'found' generation.''
Bharat Uday Mission is one outfit of IITians who are planning to enter in politics at a certain point of time. Though I have not seen their latest activities, whatever they did was very systematic and giving boost for young ones to participate in politics.
Some 22 million belong to the urban middle class and are in a position to influence the economy dramatically as they grow older. In addition, massive computer literacy could do plenty for India's economy. National per capita income is currently $450 per year. But a 10% increase in computer literacy in a single year would push per capita income up to $650, according to Dewang Mehta of Nasscom .
The World Bank’s World Development Report, 2007. says
The percentage of youth (the 18-24 age group) ‘very’ interested in politics in India rose from around 35 per cent in 1990 to around 50 per cent in 2000.While interest levels are on the rise in China, India and Nigeria (grouped as low-income countries), they show a declining trend in Finland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom (high income countries).Participation levels also vary with age, with interest levels declining as age increases in the lower income countries. While 46.3 per cent of people in the 18-29 age group in India were interested in politics, the percentage declines to 40.5 per cent in the 65+ age group. It’s just the reverse in the higher income countries.In the United States, for example, 58.5 per cent of the 18-29 age group were interested in politics; the percentage increased to 83.5 per cent in the 65+ age group.
Youth should be given adequate representation in politics, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday, second day of his “Discovery of India” journey in Orissa.
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam exhorted the youth to take up politics as a career in large numbers. ``Political science should form part of the curriculum for all students with development politics as the focus. ``There are many more important tasks like making education accessible to every citizen, uplifting citizens below the poverty level through a focussed mission and accelerating agriculture reforms. In the same way, there can be a movement in the judiciary for time-bound clearance of pending cases in district courts and high courts within the next three years. Judiciary should ensure that the common citizen gets speedy justice.
police stations should be electronically connected and they [policemen] should be empowered with better quality of life, like proper housing, medical cover and children's education. He also called for proper representation of women in all decision-making institutions such as the Panchayat system.
``Ambience in 2020,'' -achieve 100 per cent literacy, near zero number of people below poverty line, tele-density of 75 per cent, quality power supply to all villages. In another 13 years, India would have a global presence in strategic sectors and contribute to world peace. ``To achieve these goals, a national movement for development is essential. In this movement, every citizen, every constituent of our democracy, has to participate.''
India’s finance minister P Chidambaram said “my vision is to get 85% of India into cities”.UPA government did not invent poverty nor can we say that pre 2004 this was a land of milk and honey and poverty has hit us only today. clearly things are getting better per capita incomes have risen,fewer children are out of school, drop out rates are decreasing, more jobs are being created. And so our policies are clearly pro growth and pro equity.
One of the most reasons for the rot is the fresh blood is not infused into politics.
Todays youth have become slaves of the technological revolution,as the only thing on their mind is lucrative career. Their non involvement in the nation building by being politically non active has brought in many corrupt elements into the political arena. This has deprived thousands of villagers to be the right part in the economic development of the country. So do you think there is any-other challenging job better than this? It is a challenge to us, and the youth should be prepared to face it, rather than ignoring it.
As Albert Einstein once said “not everything that can be counted counts,
and everything that counts cannot be counted.”
''No one asks us any more if elephants walk the streets. Liberalization has changed all that and given India more exposure internationally.''Indian Youth and Indian Politics – is a topic which shows the two opposite sides of the same coin (India). Politicians and leaders do talk and roar on and about Indian Youth. Politicians never torched inside the hearts of Indian Youth and they blame them on every occasion jumping over the so-called ‘western culture’ issue. Counter reply to such muddy politicians is that they do not live in the current India but some old jungle civilization who are so much involved in corruption that their prime intension of coming into politics is corruption and nothing else.
Moreover, the young population of country can always have fresh ideas to discard a certain problem. it is true to a certain extent that with age comes experience, and that has been well established by the likes of our very own PM, Mr. Manmohan Singh, who has an excellent academic knowledge and experience to lead India, but also the likes of B School graduates like Sachin Pilot, Milind deora along with Rahul Gandhi, Omar Abdullah.let me not forget the organiser Mr Krishna Byre Gowda KPYCC President are also 1 among those adding life and a fresh set of ideas to the decision making bodies. they possess an immense untapped power which can definitely play a vital role in changing da whole scenario. Youth can definitely utilise dis power if wants 2 do so.
Now the most imp and major issue with youngsters joining politics is that its just a dream. it can only happen in movies like YUVA and RDB. We tend to choose safer and secure options like becoming an Engineer, or a doctor or do MBA... We wud think a million times before joining this so called pig fight named politics... Y? no one wants to clean the country by getting dirty.
The current notion about politics is that it is alternative job to retired dacoits, flop film-actors and bored housewives. Sitting in the corner and critisizing the contamination of corrupt leaders will not make and difference between us and those leaders. So to revive the current System it’s we the “Youth” who needs to step in the system and change it for better, So that our next generation do not have same-things to say in this kind of discussion.
The Lead India campaign stemmed from our belief .India is to overcome many hurdles that threaten to slow its journey to developed nation status. Citizens from all over the country were invited to use the Lead India programme as a springboard to public life.Applications flooded in with over 34,000 valid applications from all over India. Finally, after many highs and lows,Our own Rajendra Misra (Bangalore).
India's youth are already having an enormous impact: on the economy, on the media, and on the culture. Unlike previous generations, today's youth are not obsessed with the ins and outs of politics. They enjoy wearing saris and still admire Mahatma Gandhi. But they also like wearing blue jeans, drinking fizzy sodas, and watching MTV.
This generational shift in attitudes is all the more important because this group is growing so rapidly. Some 47% of India's current 1 billion population is under the age of 20, and teenagers among them number about 160 million. Already, they wield $2.8 billion worth of discretionary income, and their families spend an additional $3.7 billion on them every year. By 2015, Indians under 20 will make up 55% of the population--and wield proportionately higher spending power. ''This is the generation that is reclaiming India's future,'' says Gurcharan Das, a former chief executive of Procter & Gamble Co. ''This is India's 'found' generation.''
Bharat Uday Mission is one outfit of IITians who are planning to enter in politics at a certain point of time. Though I have not seen their latest activities, whatever they did was very systematic and giving boost for young ones to participate in politics.
Some 22 million belong to the urban middle class and are in a position to influence the economy dramatically as they grow older. In addition, massive computer literacy could do plenty for India's economy. National per capita income is currently $450 per year. But a 10% increase in computer literacy in a single year would push per capita income up to $650, according to Dewang Mehta of Nasscom .
The World Bank’s World Development Report, 2007. says
The percentage of youth (the 18-24 age group) ‘very’ interested in politics in India rose from around 35 per cent in 1990 to around 50 per cent in 2000.While interest levels are on the rise in China, India and Nigeria (grouped as low-income countries), they show a declining trend in Finland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom (high income countries).Participation levels also vary with age, with interest levels declining as age increases in the lower income countries. While 46.3 per cent of people in the 18-29 age group in India were interested in politics, the percentage declines to 40.5 per cent in the 65+ age group. It’s just the reverse in the higher income countries.In the United States, for example, 58.5 per cent of the 18-29 age group were interested in politics; the percentage increased to 83.5 per cent in the 65+ age group.
Youth should be given adequate representation in politics, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday, second day of his “Discovery of India” journey in Orissa.
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam exhorted the youth to take up politics as a career in large numbers. ``Political science should form part of the curriculum for all students with development politics as the focus. ``There are many more important tasks like making education accessible to every citizen, uplifting citizens below the poverty level through a focussed mission and accelerating agriculture reforms. In the same way, there can be a movement in the judiciary for time-bound clearance of pending cases in district courts and high courts within the next three years. Judiciary should ensure that the common citizen gets speedy justice.
police stations should be electronically connected and they [policemen] should be empowered with better quality of life, like proper housing, medical cover and children's education. He also called for proper representation of women in all decision-making institutions such as the Panchayat system.
``Ambience in 2020,'' -achieve 100 per cent literacy, near zero number of people below poverty line, tele-density of 75 per cent, quality power supply to all villages. In another 13 years, India would have a global presence in strategic sectors and contribute to world peace. ``To achieve these goals, a national movement for development is essential. In this movement, every citizen, every constituent of our democracy, has to participate.''
India’s finance minister P Chidambaram said “my vision is to get 85% of India into cities”.UPA government did not invent poverty nor can we say that pre 2004 this was a land of milk and honey and poverty has hit us only today. clearly things are getting better per capita incomes have risen,fewer children are out of school, drop out rates are decreasing, more jobs are being created. And so our policies are clearly pro growth and pro equity.
One of the most reasons for the rot is the fresh blood is not infused into politics.
Todays youth have become slaves of the technological revolution,as the only thing on their mind is lucrative career. Their non involvement in the nation building by being politically non active has brought in many corrupt elements into the political arena. This has deprived thousands of villagers to be the right part in the economic development of the country. So do you think there is any-other challenging job better than this? It is a challenge to us, and the youth should be prepared to face it, rather than ignoring it.
As Albert Einstein once said “not everything that can be counted counts,
and everything that counts cannot be counted.”
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