Faith in doing ones duty to the maximum

When one drives a break from the past, it can and does ruffle the status quo-Ists. It changes equations. Breaks vested interests too. These individuals express their desperation and attempt to come in the way to make things unpleasant.
But if the doer views it as evidence of dislocation to the ‘self-centered’ interests,  it increases the resolve to keep up the effort. 
Friends..
Puducherry needs improved systems in place. It needs a shared vision. Which demands a holistic and comprehensive approach.
Day after day keep putting that in place. With integrity and hard work.
This is what we as public servants are here for.
Some of us are temporary here. Puducherry is forever.
Work for Puducherry....

Free Rice scheme made conditional to MLAs and officers cleaning up their villages.

I am very anguished at the slow pace of rural sanitation. 
Last two years I have not seen local representatives and concerned public officials determined to make rural Puducherry clean within a time frame. 
I am sorry this cannot go on.—
This was the 155 Morning Weekend Round Of Team RajNivas spanning over the last two years. 
Yet we have not transformed in proportion to the effort and energy that has gone into. 
In all our rural visits we have seen community leaders putting forth various demands on behalf of the people, but I have never seen any of them impatient at cleaning up the village in their constituency. Which is the cause of several diseases also in the village through contamination of water. 
In view of this attitude I hereby direct that distribution of free rice to the villagers shall be conditional to the certification of the village being open defecation free and free of strewn garbage and plastics by submitting a joint certificate given by the MLA and the Commune Commisioner to the Civil Supplies Commisioner. 
Till then the free rice supplies will be kept on hold and in safe storage. It shall be distributed to the beneficiaries on the village being certified clean.
The certification shall also be cross checked to ensure its veracity. 
All constituencies are given four weeks notice to clean up their respective areas to be entitled for the free rice. 
The notice period ends on May 31st. 
I am sure the community leaders including concerned public servants will take the lead in this transformation.
I also urge the NABARD to support only NGO who has inbuilt waste managment as integral part of its training programs.

Giving Puducherry a ten year vision plan.

Here are my opening remarks today at the Meeting of the State Planning Board on Annual Budget 2018-19.
- We have financially scrapped through last year and could pay our committed bills till the end of last financial year.
- However at the cost of certain essential areas like Civic amenities and rural care.
- We have areas of revenue generation where we could have generated additional resources. Hence we need to correct that this year.
- After presentation of the annual plan by the Secretary Planning and detailed deliberations by the Board and the Cabinet the budget cap of Rupees 7530 Crores was approved.
- In my concluding remarks I asked officers to flag policy and financial issues and place matters before the cabinet for timely resolutions.
- There are three key players to improve matters further.
- First the role of administration leadership.
- They must attend and build from what they have. And address internal managment issues like training, capacity building, rationalisation of work force, redressal of public grievance and field delivery.
- For the cabinet I said. They must meet more often and take calibrated risks to address policy and financial issues.
- They need to inform and communicate their respective constituencies of the role people can play in sanitation, safety, skill learning, sustainable agriculture and public health. This will save resources and enable more quality service to the people.
- I requested our two members of the Parliament to engage with Central Ministries in addressing UT issues which will reduce time pressure on Secretaries for frequent travels to Delhi. Thereby being away from Puducherry.
- I assured that in the coming Governor’s Conf in June I shall raise the following issues a) include UT in the 15 th Central Finance Commision
- b) Central Govt to bear pension expense as is in Delhi)
- C) 100 % Central finding of Centrally Sponsored Scheme as is the case with other UTs.
- D) Setting up of High Court Bench at Puducherry
- E) waiver of legacy loan of Rupees 7000 Crores by central government.
- F) Setting up of Family and CBI Court. In the end I requested the CM and tasked the CS to bring out a vision document for Puducherry and Karaikal for next ten years which specifies meeting of annual targets in areas of water, sanitation, public Health, skill development, agriculture, Tourism, renewable power, education, rita Development and all other priority sectors. With a road map for finances.
- By this the the Board passed the budget projection of 7530 Crores for the current financial year.
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Puducherry gift to rest of India. It breaks an historical nexus

When I called on PM. And PM Instructed all concerned to fully support. We thank our PM..

My Blog on the historical SC order which caps the fees which can be charged by the Deemed Universities.-------------------------------------------------------------------

The RajNivas Secretariat intervened last year when no one in our political and departmental administration in Puducherry was willing to protect the interest of hapless but aspirational students. 
It’s a time in history of the UT when RajNivas had to stand by itself. 
Needy Students and their parents were seen running from pillar to post. 
The Open House at RajNivas brought forth the evidence of apathy. 
This is when Team RajNivas stepped in and take the bulls by the horns. 
It faced a huge hostile, back 
lash. (Media reports of that period are replete of this) 
The RajNivas Secretariat brought in GOI in the accountability right Upto the PMO. We wrote and went personally and explained the need for intervention to crush the prevailing mafia once and for all times. 
The MCI too realised it had to step in and supported us. They exposed the lies which were being told. ( evidence exists of this too). 

Meanwhile these efforts led to stepping in of a missionary and well placed lawyer in Chennai, Mr VBR Menon who took up the cause probono. 

Secretary to LG had to file a separate affidavit to support students in view of divergent views of our own administration who decided to wait and watch and did not even file an affidavit. (As it happened in the Court) 
All this was closely observed by the Chief Bench of the Madras High Court and commented. 
An interim judicial order led to capping of the fees to be charged by Deemed Medical Universities and need for a committee to fix their fees. 

We were defended by our ASGs at minimum cost. 
While the Medical mafia was by a battery of expensive lawyers. 
This powerful lobby took the matter to SC for a stay against the order of the HC, using its money and muscle clout. 
They have failed. Justice has won. 
This order is a final nail in the coffin of historical exploitation of a nexus which existed in exploiting the meritorious poor for decades not only in Puducherry but around the country. 
Not to forget CBI cases are still pending which also got registered on the complaints of the hapless parents associations. 
6+ Officers stand mentioned by name in its FIR. One of them lost his promotion 
This order is a culmination of determined fight against inherited injustice and prevailing mafia then. 
It remains broken now. 
The SC order not only does justice to Puducherry but to all other States if they choose to apply. 
The current changes in officialdom in Chief and Medical secretariat supported the break from the past in SC finally. 

Puducherry has changed. 
And is changing more with change of officers. 
Play your roles to the fullest. Clean up the systems. 
Remember every obstacle is an opportunity. 
Trophies are not won by spectators. 
Best wishes. 

Girls security demands drastic sustained action

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Continued assaults on vulnerable girl child, abuse of powerful positions by perverse/starved men may not go away. India is 1.3 billion. We have a looming constituency of such like...
But what must go away and addressed is the causative-criminal behaviour of these potential criminals/and brutes who are overpowered by their lust..
We have to get to the root and branch. 
The root and branches are their homes.Their own Parents, family, communities and their teachers.
The root and branch is also the politico-criminal justice system visibly led by police and political reps at those vulnerable places. 
They are the real preventers and detectors. The real failure is here. 
Every home, family, school, educational institute, community leader, law enforcer has to repeatedly assert the message that women are for equal respect and not assault. 
We have come to a stage of demanding: 
Beti Bachao—Beta Samjhao. 
We have to recreate, create and renew this assertion perhaps for long time still to cleanse the past and the present till the mind sets change. 
And say 
Beti-Beta- ek Samman. 
Media too must also show responsible restraint from using the medium as a repeated biology class. 
It be best left to teachers to rationally explain in a science class room..

Invest not just spend. It’s public money.

We in Puducherry have revived two existing lakes, with another third in the process, without any external financial borrowing in the last few months. 

We just did it by collaborative pooling in. 
We cleaned its boundaries or BUNDH of open defecation, cow dung, liquor bottles strewn around.. 
Planted trees along the boundary, we returned pigs to their owners, stopped spewing sewerage water into it or throwing garbage into the water. We had solutions. They were not interconnected 
We stopped water drainage by checking water theft. 

And we used near by places to share street lights to begin with. The Tourism Dept brought in rowing and paddle boats, put up sign posts of timings for use of the lake. The local community set up kiosks to sell refreshments. 
We put up benches from brick and mortar with us in our godowns or rubble yards. 
We asked a local bank to offer CSR services for installing watch camera or offer a few security guards. 
And the neighbouring resident associations also came together to now maintain and oversee by using it as a locality place of recreation. 

Local schools, colleges offered NSS students who pitched in to maintain and keep vigil. 
The Member Parliament offered support for the Walk way by sharing some resources from his MP local area development fund. 

Had we not come together in this way we would have spent money. 
Instead we gave it our time and energy. And took responsibility for our own respective areas. 
This is a model of synergy and austerity we can consider. 
Let’s do so whereever possible. Save what we can. 

Spend where we must because time is precious. 
Without postponing Development. 
Let us invest in collaboration. 
All public money is earned money. 
Invest not spend.. 
Be austere and remain trustworthy...
Make it win win.

For making Puducherry Rich in Water.

“Stop running away from your problems because that only increases the distance from the solution. Make it right today, tomorrow is too late”....

Yesterday the GOP came together coopting all stake holders to address the serious problem of falling water table in Puducherry. 

It synergy worked. 

We have together infused life and pur in place a collaborative system implementation system for our WaterPolicy and made it even more inclusive. 
We together identified all visible impediments to its holistic execution and the role of social audit and its participation. 
Our Own DC with his CE shall internally review on a monthly basis the implementation and progress. 
The CS will closely oversee it as he declared while announcing the formation of this collaborative mechanism under the leadership of MR Anabarsu. 
The Honorable Ministers will fully strengthen the efforts of the officials in vexed issues of Water managment. 
Team RajNivas will continue its field checks and remain a link amongst all stake holders. 
And review progress in its monthly policy implementation reviews to promote coordination.
Specific suggestions which were put forward from Political leadership and citizenry as compiled by the rapporteur ( Sridhar) shall be circulated before the end of the day. 
Have a good day. 

Thank u all for this colossal event and for your presence and contributions. 
We are here to make Puducherry Rich in Water.

Leadership Nugget.

In Puducherry we need a constituency wise list of issues which are impacting the day to day life of people.
Such as Water, Sanitation, education, security, roads, food, skills, communications, health, environment etc.
People’s groups must be formed to work on these for collective help.
Each elected reps must be asked to focus on this by working together collaboratively with residents of his/her constituency.
The performance of the elected rep ought to me the measure of the extent of fulfilling these needs first.
Not other extraneous issues.
Time is precious. Why wait. Why not work together with what we have to begin with. 
A performance appraisal of the elected representative can be made as per the needs of each area.
If People of Puducherry have to served well we need to give them a reasonable quality of life by working together and pooling our resources by combined energy.
We need to focus on serving people with whatever we have. And then see how can we generate more from where?

Seniors cannot escape responsibility ...

Surprise inspection and visit to Puducherry coopt bank yesterday revealed yet again some of us in senior supervisory positions are not being effective in checking the decline in institutions under our watch, due to which these are either poorly performing or going sick. 

This is costly on financial health of Puducherry. Besides presenting a feeling of weak governance as a government. 

We as senior officers are expected to be fully aware of issues and ensure early intervention and correction. 
This is our role and responsibility. 
Extraneous interference can never be ruled out but it is the job of the senior leadership to be the buffer and block what is not in the interest of good health of the organisation being their responsibility. 
Protection of the what is right and prevent the wrong is our primary duty. 
Also regular visits to your places of responsibility by surprise and planned are essential to keep personnel on their toes. 
Also to be a provider of their training and other resource needs. 
Such surprise inspections are absolutely essential part of our supervisory roles. 
Observations from these inspections may have to get appended to annual appraisals to present a realistic performance for truthful assessment. 
This is for your information..
This message is also be conveyed formally. 
** A Vigilance enquiry on the state of affairs of the coop bank shall be underway both for accountability and lessons to be learnt.

Attended today the 6Th Edition Of ThinkEdu Conclave organised by the New Indian Express at Chennai.

Attended today the 6Th Edition Of ThinkEdu Conclave organised by the New Indian Express at Chennai.
The Honorable Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Mr Javadekar addressed the audience and shared a very comprehensive plan for better education at all levels in the immediate future—A change from the current ‘Aanna Khannaa and Jannaa ‘ ( coming, eating and going)..
Once the plans are implemented the country will see much better educated youth. The RTE will be amended to bring back the examination at fifth and eight grades. He also talked about autonomy and substantial support to educational institutions of credit. He said the direction of Honorable PM is ‘Sabko Shiksha-Achhi Shiksha’
( Quality Education for All).
I too was a panellist to speak at the Conclave.
I wish to share what I said as this is relevant for Puducherry as I see it today.
Here is what I said.
“Based on my school visits, while the GOI plans will have a gestation period, current students of class 10, 11 and 12 in Puducherry need a RESCUE plan.
Which means most of the students of rural Government and private schools may need to be assessed on their aspirational needs.
We need to link them with a vocational skill immediately after their class exams are over.
Their respective school principals can be asked to find out from the boys and girls the trade they will like to learn. Then a plan can be drawn to link them with nearby training facility. Of a polytechnic school or an industry to learn as interns or apprentices.
After the March exams our Schools could serve as Polytechnics for our Youth. Teachers could be oriented for it.
Also we must do a survey to know what happened to last year’s batch. How many went into higher education and how many got self  employed, or how many are still unemployed? And what are their preferred trades they will like to learn to be self employed.
We could also link them with MUDRA scheme for entrepreneurs bank loans.
I have already briefed Honble Minister for Education, Mr Kamlakanan and requested Secretary Education, Mr Anabarsu  to make a RESCUE PLAN.
The Secretary education has already been assured by GOI for need based Support in Skills Development.
For our this year’s passing our students.
We have to ensure our youth becomes employable. And thereafter too.

A mentoring note.

A mentoring note.

This is essential to know how do we career guide our boys and girls of Govt schools of standard nine above.
Immed the ones in 10-12. Class.
They have very high aspirations. And must be guided. If frustration is to be prevented.
It’s is the duty of all leadership levels political and education and administrative and social to have a combined plan to deal with this situation.
Early skill development linkages from 10 th and 9 the class is one the options. So that they have a skill to go to.
They earn and study further too. Be it open Universities or colleges. They must get guided.
We must not lose time.
Most of those we have interacted with are first generation learners in their families.
Hence it is the duty of the social and administration leaders to step in and have a proper linkage plan for this youth.
We need to be worried for them.
I will like to see a practical skills linked plan in place without delay.
We are not to lose any more time. It is their life at stake.  Kiran Bedi.

New Skill will growth in digital eco...

Which is why constant training is important to match people's needs.
And govt officials to be ahead of the curve.

Ask each employee to declare what is that one thing they will do better.
And what is that one thing they will upskill or learn anew. ( Self Help)
This way we will add 30 Thousand new skills and 30 Thousand improved responses.
This does not exclude Departmental training programs which u must organise alongside.
Let us do it this year. And make it a annual habit.

All departments. All units big or small.
Let the Secretaries and HODs lead this.
I propose to visit your respective departments during the month of Jan. As already shared in the annual wrap up meeting.

I shall ask this question from all I will meet.
Let the annual evaluation be based on the fulfilment of that commitment as well.
Kindly read and communicate this message to all ranks..Every one matters.
I repeat I WILL check if employees were informed of this suggestion.
Will do a feedback how many knew.

Which means as leaders you will meet and convey...
Will declare Dept wise after the visits, the quality and extent to which this message was communicated by you all. How many really understood the purpose and how did think  this through.
Thanks.

How RajNivas became a People Nivas in 2017..

Looking Back.

How did RajNivas become a People Nivas in the year 2017? A Sum Up...

Raj Nivas opened its closed 'silver iron gates' and engaged with all sections of society through out the year with young or old, rural or urban, local or outside, Indian or foreign, rich or marginalised, through various initiatives. Such as..

Once a month, on Saturday evenings, the sprawling front lawns of Raj Nivas were converted into an open-air theater where children, parents and teachers assembled to watch films. 

As part of this _*Raj Nivas Film Series,*_ 3439 Through 9 Films Screened based on by values of leadership, management, patriotism, character. 

 From Films to Raj Nivas *Lecture Series. Team RajNivas engaged with 1745 citizens on Thought Leadership through a series of interactive sessions by 9 eminent speakers from various fields. This series was launched with the K.R. Malkani Memorial Lecture.

The _*Visitors’ Hour*_ provided an opportunity for a guided tour through Raj Nivas and a meeting with Hon'ble Lt. Governor. Technology enabled an online registration on the website and 112 groups of 2012 visitors visited this heritage building. Pictures of visiting groups are posted on the RajNivas website. 

8450 persons over 26  *Celebrations* participated in Inter-Faith prayers, Iftar, Diwali, Christmas,etc. with the same spirit of harmony. 

The organic vegetable patch, *Vegetarian cuisine policy and Yoga Mornings_* on 21 Sundays at Raj Nivas spread a message of healthy practices.

The Durbar, Banquet, Lawn spaces of Raj Nivas hitherto formal Meeting–dining areas, are now  *Optimally Utilised* as  platforms for intellectual interactions with citizens across a spectrum- Public Officials, NGOs, Youth and Seniors. Trainings included sessions on Domestic Violence, Digital Transactions, etc.

To foster an exchange of information and ideas among individuals and groups that share common interest, Raj Nivas organised 23  *Networking* Sessions with 3952 citizens such as like minded philanthropists, business forums, etc.

 *Multi tasking of Resources* is now a regular feature in the Raj Nivas. Interns benefitted by this experiential learning platform as well as added strength to the various inititiatives of Team Raj Nivas. 

There is an emphasis on training and raising the capacities of human resources.

 *Transfer of every gift received collectively or individually by Team RajNivas be it / flowers/shawls/ Sweets/ books/ artefacts/ and more,received stand transferred to NGOs and Visitors. 

The *Raj Nivas Outreach* programme aimed  to collaborate resources towards Swachh initiatives, revitalization of water bodies as well as rural schools. Hundreds of NCC, NSS and others volunteers swarmed in for morning bike rallies. 

The *Inmate Reformation Programme at Central Prison, Kalapet focused on crime prevention through their reintegration by providing skills training through NGOs coopted through above visitations. 

Raj Nivas *supported*  Thimmanaicken Palayam in the Manaveli assembly constituency in Puducherry with a vision to empower the villagers to become self reliant. Since December 2016, 232 generated CSR activities have been carried out successfully.

On *The Way Ahead* is a synergy of  resources to support Rural Schools, Foster Youth Leadership and Revitalise Water Bodies .

Raj Nivas to Peoples' Nivas...is a journey  that has created Assured Accessibility, Experiences and Impact within parameters of security and financial prudence. 

Objective being that every citizen must feel a right to Its own..People Nivas/ for Justice as well as Celebrations-All ages all sections of society. 

Jai Hind. 

Look back on the way Raj Nivas dealt with public grievances..

A Look Back..

Analysis of grievances addressed by RajNivas in 2017. 

Team RajNivas addressed over 13,075 complaints this year. 

These came from all sources, such as Open House 5762, Email or Website 5692, by Whatsapp 1632, all hundreds of News Paper reports etc. 

Maximum complaints (2492) were concerning civic issues such as Sanitation,  Sewage, Garbage, Silt, Public Nuisance, Lack of Power, Street Lights, encroachments, dog, cattle, pig menace, need for trees pruning, pot holes, bad roads, and more. 

The next highest was in the category of Service Matters, such as issues of postings, transfers, promotions, pensions, delays in service matters, regularisation of temporary appointments, non filling of vacancies, back door employments etc. 

After this it was Dept of Education, such as concerning lack of teaching staff, school facilities, non availability of a principal or a head master etc. 

Many other complaints were of corruption, medical admissions, wastage in high mast lights, wrong tenders, faulty procedures, or wastage and delays in implementation of projects and neglect of built assets etc. 

On police front it was mostly of Rowdy extortions and threats,  land grabbing and frauds. 

Several other matters of nuisance by liquor shops, agricultural issues, road safety, family disputes, etc also came. 

Team RajNivas grievance redressal team comprised of Secretary to LG, private secretary, chief grievance officer, PRO and a family counsellor, Lok Adalat para Legals and myself. 

Daily Team RajNivas directly attended from 5Pm to 7 PM people coming on first come first serve basis in the Open House listening to their complaints. 

The poorest of the poor, men, women and even children came. They were served a cup of tea at RajNivas while they waited to be heard. 

For Karaikal , Mahe and Yanam, Team RajNivas conducts grievance hearing via a video conference every Friday 5-6 PM. 

All these sources have been an enormous source of information and insight to Team RajNivas. It enabled focus on people's needs by connecting them with the concerned officers, field checks and most of all check the run away corruption and irregularities where officers thought they may escape. 

Refusing to simply be a post office, the easy access to RajNivas made us receive considerable information from RTI activists based on authentic information. 

Places and targets of weekend rounds came from Open House and other sources mentioned. 

In all 128 Weekend rounds were conducted to directly see, resolve or highlight issues. In this Team RajNivas at times served despite opposition and even sabotage and hostility of the local leaders. 

But it did not stop the effort. Itstrengthened the resolve. Good news is some of the same persons are now inviting team RajNivas to visit their problem areas. 

The key Team RajNivas which worked relentlessly were, Dr Bascarane, Mr R Sridhar, Mrs Stella Marie The Counsellor, Protection officer from Social Welfare Dept. 

It is this which made RajNivas a People Nivas.

A look Back at the year going by in Puducherry

A Look Back. 

                       

The year 2017 in Puducherry for RajNivas was one of trials and tribulations.

Yet the Lt Governor's office went on perseveringly to address people's needs.  It did not weaken in its resolve. 

On the contrary it strengthened its determination to connect with the common man more. 

Every single day it made the effort to rise above and keep up and energise the effort to coopt and collaborate with all available resources from all directions across ranks and communities. 

Raj Nivas stood firm in ensuring people are served and financial managment remains under close watch. 

Corruption was the main target and any complaint, against whom so ever, if based on credible evidence, was dealt with firmly. Which is how irregularities in medical seats got brutally exposed and is now on its correction course for forever. Matter is before judicial system and will take its own course. Time will tell, as matters are under CBI investigation. 

RajNivas became a People Nivas during the year through various measures adopted. Such as regular Open House for all forms of grievances, field checks of issues pending for long time through 127 early morning weekend rounds, all year around. ( not a single weekend missed if not on tour) 

We dealt with every grievance through in-house Grievance redressal system, be it received by emails, whatsapp, or control rooms. All complaints were got addressed. RajNivas sought reports only where necessary. Most of the matters were dealt with by connecting the petitioner with the officer concerned with a request that the person be heard and matter decided on merits. In stubborn or complex cases file was asked for to examine and guide. 

Lok Adalat and female counsellor services for dealing with Crimes against women was a big support in grievance redressal. 

Eminent Visitors, Speakers and school children visited RajNivas in hundreds on different public occasions and events making it into a People Nivas

We now widely circulate and post information on RajNivas website about matters disposed off during the week for any one to know if there is any matter pending with LG's office. Or if decided, know the outcome thereof. 

This empowers people and checks spread of misinformation. 

The year ahead 2018, appears to be heading towards harmonious and more credible work due to change in bureaucratic leadership at the top. 

The 2018 plan is under formulation as each department prioritises and plans areas for attention. Once oncourse it shall run full steam. First such meeting is today. 

I now urge the people of Puducherry to take a few responsibilities on themselves to make Puducherry cleaner, healthier, safer, orderly and economically more productive. This will hasten all round progress. 

The RajNivas thanks all the people of Puducherry for the enormous support, trust, respect and love they extended to us all year round. 

We shall continue to do our utmost to make Puducherry an attractive UT in the country. This be a common resolve.

Wishing you all a prosperous new year. 

Jai Hind. 

I welcome this new team now.

Puducherry Administration is now blessed with two totally honest and professionally sound, IAS officers, namely Ashwini Kumar the Chief Secretary and Anbaras.
Orders have been issued for Anbaras who gets to over see PWD, Education, Agriculture and Personnel and even Fire Services.

One the Chief Secretary and the other now Development Commissioner.
Their approach to work is different from the past I have seen in the last 18 months.
They are both most respectful of rules and highly sensitive to people's grievances and needs.
They are officers who will live  by example rather than by orders.
Both have come with great reputation and work experience.
The kind of officers Puducherry needed in such sensitive position.

Puducherry is most fortunate in having them at this juncture when we are on the Smart City list and will receive substantial funds in this regards.
Hence keeping Puducherry corruption free, loss/diversion of funds and from irregular appointments etc etc.

I wish them both all the very best. May they succeed now in serving Puducherry. May they bring in good financial health, development and prosperity.
I have no doubt that they will expeditiously identify corrections needed in each department and forge a sense of urgency in improving matters all round in Puducherry for a better present and secure future.

I welcome this new team now.
And consider them as a blessing for Puducherry before the onset of festival season here. 

festival season and new year party revellers evade entertainment tax.

Information is flowing in that due to vested interests interference festival season and new year  party revellers evade entertainment tax. 
Which causes serious loss of revenue to municipalities so short of revenue.
This year people will be encouraged to report on a whatsapp no in media and names of info givers will be kept confidential of any evasion.
Tough action will be taken against evaders.
We are also deploying decoys from citizen groups/ volunteers to detect entertainment tax evasion this year.
Hence all are requested to follow the law.
Secretary LAD is requested to immediately gear up municipalities staff and squads to detect.
Police too will help.
Any interference from any vested interest will be made public..
Action LAD Sec, Director LAD and both MCs. Pl issue an enforcement order of if not issued already.
And share it on whatsapp.
Which officer is responsible for which area.
And in the end of season declare who collected how much.
Area responsibility be fixed.
And arrangements be made by name.
This enforcement shall be under the over oversight of Sec LAD. Take the help of any Dept which secr LAD may need including the police.    Kiran bedi.

We shall set the practice and seed the culture of close collaboration and accountability.

We must create a whole new work culture for implementing Smart city Project.
Anyone in this project must be sworn to integrity and love of service.
There be no overruns so that projects complete in time and not left half way due to shortage of funds caused by cost escalation.

People must be kept in the loop.
A transparent bulletin on progress of Smart City projects and work in hand be always available in the media and on our social networks for people to know what is happening. They must keep a watch. It's their property.

A people's network for Smart city watch must come together comprising of knowledgable NGOs and individuals who collaborate and regularly interact with the Government for the good of the people. (This project MUST be scam free) it must create independent audit systems open to public scrutiny.
Alongside urban improvement villages must be invested in by self governance by holding early panchayat elections for grass root democracy and development so  that Puducherry as a whole becomes Smart.

A UT Which is clean, safe, growth oriented and youth full of skills and involvement. By employment generation, internships and volunteerism.
The leadership which leads the projects must be a committed one.
With new leadership in bureaucracy this can be achieved.

Let Puducherry become an acclaimed Smart City amongst all in achieving this--by beginning right.
It has begun by winning the best Logo Award. Now we must move on to best implementation award.
The RajNivas will hold fortnightly reviews of the progress in Smart City every fortnight as a duty. It starts from New Year.
We shall set the practice and seed the culture of close collaboration and accountability..  Kiran Bedi.

The essential three bones for success

Applying it to Public services these three bones mean, as I believe..

A 'WishBone'

Means wishbone for the Purpose of the service as a priority not a a happening. 

All Other wishes follow.  

But key is never lost sight of. 

A 'BackBone'..

 means courage to serve and stand up to adversity and never deviate from the purpose of service as wished by the wishbone. Conflict and odds come from several directions. Internal, external as well unknown factors. 

The 'FunnyBone'..

is how one moves on with a positive attitude to move on regardless. In this, family, friends and personal Attitude plays a contributing role in keeping the funny bone to laugh off the twists and turns. 

Change is the law...

All three bones, 'wishbone' 'backbone' and  'funny bone' need to be kept intact.

Dependence to self reliance for New India.

In response to news items being reported in papers last few days. 
My reading for long term benefit of rural or urban poor in Puducherry is as follows. 
I pray they understand this. As it is for their long term good. 
I wish I knew Tamil to explain to them directly. 
But it is this which they need to understand most. For their long term benefit. 
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The biggest welfare scheme the people of Puducherry need is promotion and practice of 
'Self Reliance'.
This means gradually a shift from dependence on basic minimums, to being self-skilled and healthy to generate for themselves to be Self Reliant.
It's the duty of the government of the day to provide and link them with easy access to assured health services, skills development centres, micro credit for starting small entrepreneurship. 
This is abundantly available for rural and urban areas from NABARD and GOI Centrally Sponsored Schemes. These are currently being under utilised. 
Having an elected Panchayat as mandated by the Constitution and financially resourced is what Puducherry people need the most. (Panchayati Elections have been held for over a decade). 
They need to self govern their villages and localities. 
This is what people ought to demand of their political masters, but are not being made aware of unfortunately. 
This is what will empower them in the long run. And make them self reliant. 
Had I known how to speak in Tamil I would have explained to them their rights directly...I have no doubt they would have understood my concern for them.