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What went wrong? Important Lessons from the Assembly Election 2018

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What went wrong? Important Lessons from the Assembly Election 2018 By: Vijay Sardana Disclaimer: Views are personal Twitter : @vijaysardana Feel free to share I am fortunate that I travel a lot and get chance to interact with all sections of society across the cities and societies from small farmers to power centers  in global forums. Interaction gives a lot of insight about how and what they think and reason their-off. I wrote my learning  after every election . Let me continue to share the same. For your benefit, you may search the links of all of them on the same blog. Now, the biggest question is why BJP lost the election in all 5 states? Imagine a party which is power at center  with full majority, dominating both houses of parliament, managing almost 20 states managing RBI, CBI and ED, offices in every district of India, most important having a solid backing of largest cadre based network of RSS and most effective orator in the political system today,

Open Letter to Hon'ble Prime Minister for the Budget 2019-2020 for New India

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Open Letter to Hon'ble Prime Minister for the Budget 2019-2020 for New India The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India New Delhi Respected Sir, You are planning for New India by 2022, undersigned is sharing my thoughts for the same which can be initiated from the upcoming busy session. My proposals are to benefit farmers, students, local economy and employment. I am not proposing any subsidy allocation for the New India. 1.    For better health: India is short of 4 lakh doctors, control medical education fee so that more people can afford medical education and establish new medical college per One crore population or one in 5 districts to develop local talent for medical education and services. Please don't expect after paying heavy fees for education people will work in rural India. They have to also pay education loan as well. When institutes are greed, don't expect doctors to do charity. Control this greed by law. 2.    For Better Education: Hig

How to address Animal Welfare issues and its implications on Indian Poultry Sector?

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How to address Animal Welfare issues and its implications on Indian Poultry Sector? By: Vijay Sardana Animal welfare regarding poultry sector is becoming an issue of debate in the country and all stakeholders must understand animal welfare issues with respect to poultry sector in detail before they express their opinion on the subject in any forum. Animal welfare is a complex, multifaceted, international and domestic public policy issue with scientific, ethical, economic, legal, religious and cultural dimensions plus important trade policy implications. It is a responsibility that must be shared between governments, communities, the people who own, care for and use animals, civil society, educational institutions, veterinarians and scientists. Till be develop our own norms, we should study the various work done by OIE while working in animal welfare standards. At the international level, OIE is the reference body who is studying various parameters related to animal we

Uranium Contamination is the cause of cancer in Punjab, not pesticides.

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Medical Research / Investigations says, Uranium Contamination is the cause of cancer in Punjab, not pesticides. Why Facts are ignored and Myths are shared? By: Vijay Sardana As a consumer, I am always concerned why there is always much negative news about food and cancer in India that too from one region only. I started exploring the facts to understand the facts. It was very interesting to note that there is a systematic campaign to defame Indian agriculture and hurt the farmer's interest in the globally competitive industry and to defame Indian agri-input industry. Please keep in mind – no one is a saint in this world, not even 5 star NGOs. They also need funds to survive and to meet their expensive needs. People distort facts and go the extra- mile to fulfil their vested interest. NGOs are no exceptions, they are also manage by average human beings, not saints. Let me share some of the facts for you to evaluate the factual position: As early as 1995, Guru