Role of technology in protecting democracy in India

Technology and democracy in India

Technology has become panacea for every problem of any arena. It can be medical, governance, management, industries, agriculture and many more. It has its active role in sustaining democracy too. It has helped in achieving the food productivity to sustain the over population. It is helping in management of great tasks.

Technology role in democracy

EVMs

Technology has simplified the process of election in India. We have seen ballot boxes. These are very prone to be lifted up or being thrown elsewhere to stop election process. There is great scope for rigging which is mockery of democracy. Ink spilling in boxes is routine task for anti democratic elements. After the advent of electronic voting machines these cases are reduced. Only Polling personnel can give permission by pressing ballot button situated on EVMs. This has drastically reduced the chances of rigging. This helped in fair play. It has helped in bringing out the aspirations of people. Only People elected will come into power. Might is right may not be possible when compared with previous days. They have helped in reduction of human errors while counting. This led to reduction of cases and recounting when compared. Time consuming counting process has come to an end. Results will soon be declared within a day with advent of EVMs with few people employed. Previously lots of people have to be engaged in counting process.

Apps

With the advent of newer technologies Election commission has also come up with new thoughts which can speed up democratic process. EC has enabled people to apply for franchise right through website. In over populated country like India, It is not easy to get things done. In this context EC had come up with idea of an application for smart phone users. With this every one can easily know whether their name is in voter list or it is removed. Every detail like voter serial no., location of polling station etc are provided through this app. This application surely increases the polling percentage.

Media

Election commission is taking help of media to propagate the value of vote. It is selecting celebrities to enhance the priority of people towards voting. It is giving advertisements and holding campaigns through print media etc. EC is using various media to update the rules and laws of election. It is creating awareness in public not only about voting but also for ousting illegal practices.

Arresting anti democratic elements

The advent of technology has helped in reducing the incidents of various anti democratic activities. It had become easy when compared to get proof to oust and discourage illicit activities. Such as cameras help in garnering the pictorial evidences to take action against miscreants.

Feedback systems

For any system feedback is necessary. Feedback improves a system. Just like that, it is helping in the corroboration of democracy through various technological equipments. Quick grievance redressal is possible through technology.

Way Ahead

Even it seems we have trodden long path, there is greater way ahead to achieve desired targets. There needs to be online voting system where one can sit home and vote. There needs to be great technological development to achieve this. In this tardy polling process, several sections who are educated could not participate in life giving process of democracy. Several IT people are not able to practice franchise as they are very far to their villages and constituencies. Online voting process can help in getting these votes too. But, we know this process has negative side too. Anyhow, technological updation can help to solve this problem too.

Top 10 social problems of India according to United States (Part 2)

Social problems are not getting proper solution to end them. as the time going several problems are vanishing. But new problems are being generated faster than extinguishing problems. This is part 2 of social problems of India according to United States.

6. Honour killings

These are another blot on the prestige of India. Daughters are thought to be robots as they have to listen to every word of parents in any issue including marriage. Those who do not listen properly and wed in other castes are being killed in the name of honour. In few states, Khap Panchayats play role in these honour killings. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are mostly affected. Honour killings constitute 10% of all killings. Such is the drastic situation prevailed in above stated states.

7. Corruption

Corruption has become necessary evil in India. Actually corruption is paid to make officials do what is not intended to do. But in India, corruption prevailed to make officers to do what they are intended to do. Here, bribes are given to expedite the necessary work. Every office is filled with bribe culture. As government employees are not getting enough salaries, they are used to this type of anti-law activities. As long as political corruption prevails, bureaucratic corruption will not be stopped. Political parties are not dealing with the roots of corruption. They are just pruning every time. This is not going to benefit Indians. There are recent scams 2g, Coalgate scam, commonwealth scan and many others.

8. Overburdened judiciary

Judiciary is not immune from problems generate out of greediness. It is inflicted with overburden. The system is maintaining age old practices. Still we can listen to the sounds of type writer in court premises. There should be steps to speed up the process. Digitalization is to be started. Every court should be unified through internet. The case details should be available to all. Vacancies are to be filled. There are more vacancies in the courts. Corruption is another blot on judiciary. Cases and their results vary according to name and fame. The judges are arrested in the case of Gali Janardhana Reddy are examples.

9. Naxalism

There are twin security problems to the country i.e. insurgency in borders and naxalism in central India. Insurgency is leading to kidnaps, rapes, murders and children as soldiers. Naxalism was spread in red corridor. Now and then, there are attacks on police and civilians. Naxalism was spread around mineral rich areas or forest areas. They are standing against the government wishes to stand for rural and tribal people. This is creating conflicting area. People are being displaced with the conflict between government and naxalites.

10. Abuse of rights

Power yielding sources are often abusing the rights of fellow beings. Fake encounters are carried out. Several police offers are charged with the cases of fake encounters. Ishrat Jahan case is considered to be fake which is creating ripples and calling for remedies. In India abuse of rights has become common factors as people do not participate in activities of government. There is great necessity for saving rights of civilians. Abuse of power is to be checked and balancing acts should be brought forward.

Top 10 social problems of India according to United States (Part 1)

This article deals with the India's social problems. These are existed in India for years. The reports of US clearly described the top ten social problems in India which is making life of people deplorable. The social problems existed in India are as follows

1. Religious hatred

India is known for its diversity. Several religions have their birth in India and have grown. As there are different religions, few sections want to gain ground and cause disturbances to peace prevailed. As per US reports, the communal hatred is leading to deaths and displacement of people in India. Specific reports are provided to that aspect. It has quoted Muzaffar Nagar violence caused due to communal disturbances. The Muzaffar Nagar violence started with eve teasing by a Muslim. This has led to upheaval. As a result, sixty five deaths have occurred.

2. Caste bias

Caste favoritism is known factor to every Indian. In a time or the other, in life time, one is debased due to casteism. Government sector is maintaining balance by providing reservations to uplift the social status of downtrodden by infusing economic advantage in them. But, even after independence we could not wipe out casteism as it being grown. Dalits are facing humiliations. They are facing atrocities. Cases are growing day by day. Dalit women are being sexually harassed. Children are made sit in last rows of classrooms. Even welfare programmes are not reaching them. Welfare programmes are provided to them at the mercy of upper caste people.

3. Situation of States

United States of America is very concern with the state Gujarat. If we see the past, it has not granted visa to its chief minister. The social problem existed here is communal clashes and the victims are Muslims. In 2002, communal clashes occurred in Gujarat. Till now, there is no justice. The commission is still carrying out its stint to give its report for years. The Nanavati Mehta commission has got its 21st time extension. Delay in justice is injustice.

4. Safety of girls

There are weird incidents those show the atrocities done on girls. Gang rape culture is growing enormously and cruelty is hissing all the time on girls. Delhi Nirbhaya incident has touched and pained all the hearts of Indians. Such situations are pathetic and raising the fingers of other countries to question us on these incidents. There are so many reasons for it. Complete overhauling of system is necessary. Even after Nirbhaya case, there are several incidents. This is alarming the society to take necessary steps.

5.  Domestic violence

The life woman is dependent on others at the every stage of life. She has been made a working woman in the kitchen. She is harassed for every reason. She has been beaten up for unnecessary things. She has become object of enjoyment and an object to divert the ire generated in working places. She is mostly harassed to bring dowry and gifts. This is rampant and families are being festered with problematic relations. Domestic violence act was put forth in 2005. But, this could not curtail the incidents of domestic violence. Most of the cases will not come to police stations as they are settled by elders.

If you are interested to know more about social problems of India, Top 10 Social problems of India Part 2.

Why is one dollar equal to sixty rupees or more?

Dollar is American currency which has become universally accepted currency. Even though there are competitors, there is no proper alternative to beat its supremacy. Everyone is after dollar to earn it as the earner is technically sixty times more than Indian earner. In detail, dollar earner gets more rupees than his counterpart who is working in India. Hence, most of the guys are after the dollar. The reason is evident. But why should Indian rupee be lesser than the dollar, why dollar and rupee cannot be of same value. These are the questions you might have encountered in your life. They might have gone to sub conscious area to find answers. This article is a solution to find the reasons behind dollar and rupee relation.

Reasons behind lesser rupee value

Balance of payments crisis

India has experienced the Balance of payments crisis in 1991. India has to reach to the World Bank and resort to lending. The conditions are imposed on India. Among these conditions, India has to lose the value of rupee. Actually rupee has not lost its value against dollar, but also against other currencies. Thus BoP crisis has its role in depreciation of rupee. The lesser rupee has its fall in 1990s. Why should India lessen its currency value? Our 80% of trade happens in dollars. We need dollars to buy anything from outside. If a country lessens its currency value, importers get encouraged. They get good profits. Dollars will flow to the country where exporters are greatly engaged in exporting. Thus a nation can have balance of payments. This is the reason India is to fall its currencies. The more detailed explanation is given for deliberate falling of rupee in next paragraph.

Throwing down the value purposefully (weak rupee policies)

Every country wants to export goods and services to be away from Balance of payment crisis. As well as one wants to be ahead of other country. This leads to promotion of exports and governments will make policies to encourage exporters. Few countries try backdoor promotions to gain a bit than other countries by letting their currency rates fall. For example, if an exporter by selling a good to United States, you assume that he gets $1. If currency is fifty rupees, exporter may not export the good to USA. But if it is sixty rupees or more, he can benefit by ten rupees. He supplies same good with same value. But currency changes bring him ten rupees profit even the good value is not changed. Even there are chances for appreciation of rupee, India may step behind to do so as it may lessen the profit margins and lead to dampen the spirit of exporters. So there is easy fall but very tough task to get appreciated. Here we can say everything has its good and bad. Even fall in rupee is beneficial for a section i.e. exporters. There are several examples for this type of deliberate falling in currencies. Few countries denounced China for inadvertently letting its currency fall down to benefit exporters.

Demand and supply

We all know the demand and supply behavior. The more the goods of certain type the lesser the demand and it leads to lesser value. If goods are few, demand is more and automatically increases the value of the goods. Just like this, there are currency markets. The currency markets play key role in deciding money value. If Indian currency is more available i.e. supply is more and those demands get it without any constraints as it is more. But if it is less and is asked by many i.e. demand is more. This makes currency get value. To understand this, we can take example of graduates in India. Let us assume, there are more Mathematics’ graduates and less English graduates. Who will get more salary? The Maths graduates or English graduates. If we can understand this, we can understand the nuances hidden in currency value. The English graduates are paid more when compared to Maths graduates as they are more than necessary. Then why the Indian currency is available to currency markets more than needed. The answer is simple. We import much than export.

Conclusion

It is clear from above that rupee has its fall deliberately as well as fatefully. We cannot affirm a currency rules forever. Rupee will raise its face depending on the performance of its individual citizens.
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