Comments on: Join the Debate – Are smaller states good for India? http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/12/12/smaller-states/ Dedicated to "Bharat" and "Dharma" Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: B Shantanu http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/12/12/smaller-states/comment-page-1/#comment-220292 B Shantanu Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:46:13 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=5337#comment-220292 Adding this recent article...Can a reader please help by summarising key points? Any help gratefully appreciated...Thanks http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4640 P.S. Would normally have done this myself but am trying hard to cope with the huge backlog <a href="http://satyameva-jayate.org/2011/09/04/3-states-4-cities-20-hr-workdays/" rel="nofollow">from past few days of travelling</a> Adding this recent article…Can a reader please help by summarising key points? Any help gratefully appreciated…Thanks

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4640

P.S. Would normally have done this myself but am trying hard to cope with the huge backlog from past few days of travelling

]]> By: B Shantanu http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/12/12/smaller-states/comment-page-1/#comment-54342 B Shantanu Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:06:24 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=5337#comment-54342 Sravan: I will respond in a day or two. Thanks Sravan: I will respond in a day or two. Thanks

]]> By: sravan http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/12/12/smaller-states/comment-page-1/#comment-54310 sravan Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:42:33 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=5337#comment-54310 Shantanu I hope I did my best. Feedback is genuinely anticipated. I appreciate your interest and concerns. Shantanu
I hope I did my best. Feedback is genuinely anticipated. I appreciate your interest and concerns.

]]> By: sravan http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/12/12/smaller-states/comment-page-1/#comment-54309 sravan Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:41:35 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=5337#comment-54309 <i>5. If smaller states are a ploy to bring political governance closer to the populace, then shouldn’t empowerment of local self-government institutions provide a more permanent answer?</i> That is a bigger picture and certainly is required irrespective of the formation of new states. Even though empowerment and self governance are one of the key points in new state demands, they also are because of the political and economic domination of certain parts of the present states. So empowering local bodies is not just enough. Indeed empowering local government institutions is highly essential presently and in future to attain what Gandhi’s dream of “Grama Swaraj” it is necessary not to correlate this with the demands of separate states which are purely based on economic and social backwardness due to political neglect. 5. If smaller states are a ploy to bring political governance closer to the populace, then shouldn’t empowerment of local self-government institutions provide a more permanent answer?

That is a bigger picture and certainly is required irrespective of the formation of new states. Even though empowerment and self governance are one of the key points in new state demands, they also are because of the political and economic domination of certain parts of the present states. So empowering local bodies is not just enough.
Indeed empowering local government institutions is highly essential presently and in future to attain what Gandhi’s dream of “Grama Swaraj” it is necessary not to correlate this with the demands of separate states which are purely based on economic and social backwardness due to political neglect.

]]> By: sravan http://satyameva-jayate.org/2009/12/12/smaller-states/comment-page-1/#comment-54308 sravan Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:40:27 +0000 http://satyameva-jayate.org/?p=5337#comment-54308 <i>4. Isn’t the public dissatisfaction and discontentment in states — big or small — really about (lack of) governance, and has nothing to do with smaller or bigger states?</i> Exactly that is what I meant when I mentioned that “smaller” is a relative term. But not considering if the state is really smaller or bigger in relative terms,(unless it is too small and surrounded by a single state on all sides) most of the territories are actually not small in area and population. Territorial division and administatorial sharing provides better decentralization, political autonomy and managerial convenience. Trying to fix the governance with out territorial division would only cause secondary discontentment in other parts of the parent state because to equate the economic conditions the regional govt. and federal govt. has to focus their major resources on to these territories away from other parts. In all conditions it is in the best interest of all people, Union should concede to these demands. 4. Isn’t the public dissatisfaction and discontentment in states — big or small — really about (lack of) governance, and has nothing to do with smaller or bigger states?

Exactly that is what I meant when I mentioned that “smaller” is a relative term. But not considering if the state is really smaller or bigger in relative terms,(unless it is too small and surrounded by a single state on all sides) most of the territories are actually not small in area and population. Territorial division and administatorial sharing provides better decentralization, political autonomy and managerial convenience. Trying to fix the governance with out territorial division would only cause secondary discontentment in other parts of the parent state because to equate the economic conditions the regional govt. and federal govt. has to focus their major resources on to these territories away from other parts.
In all conditions it is in the best interest of all people, Union should concede to these demands.

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