insensitiveness towards rapes in india

 

Increasing number of rape cases India and the occasional insensitive courts verdicts and statements by people in responsible positions make us wonder in which direction India is marching in the travel towards ending all types of violence against women. Rape is heinous crime and leaves a lifelong scar in the minds of women. Being a woman is not easy when you live in India, because, in India at every 20 minutes a girl is raped. Rape is a black spot in our country.

 The rapists do not differentiate between girl children to senior women. No place seems to be safe for women in India. Not only have the work places, tourist spots, traveling vehicles and  hostels ,even schools and colleges and places or worships and their own homes  have become the crime spots. Only in the current decade there is slow but steady progress in education, training and employment of women. Women are determined now to achieve higher social and economic status in life, so that gender injustice in the name religion, culture, tradition and patriarchal attitude would not continue and they would enjoy freedom to decide the course and goals of their lives.  Only recently , they enter high profile challenging jobs which involves late nights stay in offices , travels, transfers  and hostel stay etc., 

 But   the increasing rape cases and the insensitivity towards it would lead to family’s disapproval to women’s empowerment efforts. Then, India’s women empowerment process history would suffer a setback. Already  India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in the World as per the Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2021, becoming the third-worst performer in South Asia.01-Apr-2021

 

 

 

 

The chief justice's observation on law making process

 

The Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana echoes exactly the feeling of the concerned citizens of India, particularly the senior citizens who are in a position to compare the conduct of the parliamentary affairs noted for debates of high order and the regular presence of the PM and his/her cabinet colleagues answering questions in the past and the hurried passing of Bills without debates and without recommended amendments suggested by the opposition parties currently. The nation is also watching the empty benches, sleeping MPs and absence responsible Ministers to answer questions raised on vital provisions of the Bills. The result is, as the Chief Justice feels, laws are passed without clarity resulting in the laws enacted with loopholes .It is high time the MPs and the ministers ponder over the amount of tax payers money wasted on each day of adjournments and useless shouting competition resulting in no work on that day .If our parliament is going to be conducted in this manner, we cannot claim that, India is a functioning and vibrant democracy. Soon it would become banana republic. 

the white paper presented by the finance minister of Tamil nadu

 

The white paper presented by the Finance n minister of Tamil nadu conveyed effectively the enormous task faced by the present government in fiscal management due to the heavy burden of debt incurred by the previous government. Fiscal management is going to be tough for this government. It is because the government can do  this usually  by increasing taxes, reducing public spending, and cutting public-sector pay or job. All these measures would make the new government unpopular. People are already suffering under inflation induced by fuel prices and higher indirect taxes and loss of income due to Corona virus  . Hence. increasing transport charges, electricity charges etc., cannot be a wise move. Cutting down on subsidies would affect the welfare of the poor. But the free bees distribution should be rationalized. The government should concentrate more on “Extravagant expenditures”, incurred by the state. Centre has directed all its Ministries and Departments to cut ‘wasteful expenditure’ by at least 20 %. It can be followed  by the Tamil Nadu government also.  Attention is needed to cut down” excessive expenditures" i It refers to expenses incurred at an immoderate quantity and exorbitant price. Moreover, expenditure which was made in vain and would have been avoided should be given up totally .These measures are intended at promoting fiscal discipline, without restricting the operational efficiency of the Government.