Sachin Tendulkar Adopts Village, PM Narendra Modi Delighted

[Brahmos_2]

Sachin Tendulkar, sports icon and member of parliament, has decided to adopt a village and work on developing its infrastructure, a goal the Prime Minister asked all law-makers to embrace in his speech on Independence Day.

Mr Tendulkar, 41, shared this decision at a meeting today with the PM, who later tweeted, "I am delighted to know that the sporting legend will adopt a village under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana."

The PM had picked Mr Tendulkar, widely acknowledged as one of the world's greatest cricketers, as one of nine nominees to help propagate the Clean India campaign which was launched on October 2. Mr Modi had tagged nine people to lead by example in removing litter from public places.

Mr Tendulkar then swept a part of Mumbai with his friends last week and posted the video on twitter. Mr Modi complimented him tweeting, "Great work @sachin_rt! Your dedicated efforts are a very strong source of support & encouragement for Swachh Bharat Mission."

The PM has said that all lawmakers should adopt one village each by 2016, and another two by 2019, focusing on providing modern and better services and infrastructure. "We are nearly 800 MPs. If before 2019 we develop three villages each, we reach nearly 2,500 villages. If in the light of this scheme, the states also create a similar scheme for MLAs, then 6,000-7,000 more villages can be added," Mr Modi has said.

Mr Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2012 by the previous government; he was criticized earlier this year for his poor attendance. He has come to Parliament only for three days.

He was seen recently in uniform at the Indian Air Force day parade. In 2010, he was made an honorary Group Captain in the Air Force in recognition of his cricketing achievements.


Sachin Tendulkar Adopts Village, PM Narendra Modi Delighted

 

[trainer]

good for country. Sachin and Modi rocks....

 

[alpha q]

He is really a better human being than a better cricketer.

 

[harpoon]

Instead of spending our precious resources on villages, we should be investing in urbanization. In my view expect for the population needed to produce food grains and also those living in sensitive areas like border areas, they should be shifted to urban or semi urban areas.

 

[third eye]

Instead of spending our precious resources on villages, we should be investing in urbanization. In my view expect for the population needed to produce food grains and also those living in sensitive areas like border areas, they should be shifted to urban or semi urban areas.

You are contradicting yourself.

To produce food grains villages & rural areas need spending & development.

Why should those living in border areas be shifted ? Will that land lie fallow ? The best rice in N India is grown in RS Pura ( Jammu) which is bang on the border.

@ Subject. A good idea but it should not be just symbolism.

 

[harpoon]

You are contradicting yourself.

To produce food grains villages & rural areas need spending & development.

Why should those living in border areas be shifted ? Will that land lie fallow ? The best rice in N India is grown in RS Pura ( Jammu) which is bang on the border.

@ Subject. A good idea but it should not be just symbolism.

Actually I meant that those in border areas should not be shifted. We should be looking towards massive mechanization of the farms and the only the population needed to support that should stay back in villages. The rest should be encouraged to move to urban areas.

Urbanization is a world phenomenon. We cannot close our eyes and be oblivious to this fact. our cities need massive investment inorder to bear the strain that the population brings on the urban infrastructure.

 

[third eye]

Actually I meant that those in border areas should not be shifted. We should be looking towards massive mechanization of the farms and the only the population needed to support that should stay back in villages. The rest should be encouraged to move to urban areas.

Urbanization is a world phenomenon. We cannot close our eyes and be oblivious to this fact. our cities need massive investment in order to bear the strain that the population brings on the urban infrastructure.

Why would a man want to shift to urban areas & who will pay for the mechanization of farms ?

The land holding is so small that even a harvesting combine is not viable leave alone mechanization.

The nation should be looking at keeping those in villages there itself by developing them. Only those with skills may move to urban areas if they wish to.

 

[harpoon]

Why would a man want to shift to urban areas & who will pay for the mechanization of farms ?

The land holding is so small that even a harvesting combine is not viable leave alone mechanization.

The nation should be looking at keeping those in villages there itself by developing them. Only those with skills may move to urban areas if they wish to.

No nation including India cannot provide basic services effectively to their citizens if they are spread along large number of villages. Also urbanization brings about an attitude change among the people bcs of the interaction with large number of people. Things like Khap Panchayats survive on isolation.

 

[SpArK]

If all the extreme rich starts adopting 5 villages, we would having a giant leap in social and economic indicators.

Modi means business and may this scheme may spread like wild fire.

 

[SanjeevaniButi]

Actually I meant that those in border areas should not be shifted. We should be looking towards massive mechanization of the farms and the only the population needed to support that should stay back in villages. The rest should be encouraged to move to urban areas.

Urbanization is a world phenomenon. We cannot close our eyes and be oblivious to this fact. our cities need massive investment inorder to bear the strain that the population brings on the urban infrastructure.

Urbanization is good, but it should be an evolutionary process. Not by uprooting men from their land which is the source of their very identity.

Days of sanjay gandhi style forced sterilization are long gone.

No nation including India cannot provide basic services effectively to their citizens if they are spread along large number of villages. Also urbanization brings about an attitude change among the people bcs of the interaction with large number of people. Things like Khap Panchayats survive on isolation.

Urbanization does allow for efficiency in provide service, but at the cost of demolishing social community capital.

In an information age, we do not really need to be physically arond people to be interacting with them. Think pdf.

Finally Khap Panchayats have their own uses in society. First understand the nature of society before suggesting panaceas to help them. Otherwise the path to hell is paved with good intentions.