Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth

Arthur Clough wrote this poem , more than 150 years ago

But it resonates with the Ministers and the Bureaucrats of the current NDA government

They seem to be saying :

"  Never give up , no matter what the odds and the obstructions . Never stop walking "

While speaking at the India Economic Summit , this " Never Say Die " attitude , was echoed by Shri Amitabh Kant { CEO , NITI Aayog } , when he said :

#  Small retailers must embrace technology and ecommerce alongside brick and mortar stores

#  E-Commerce cannot be stopped and is only going to grow stronger

#  Start ups can benefit from foreign direct investment inflows

#  Start ups do not need any protectionist policies and since the government has opened up almost every sector in

    the last two years, it cannot backtrack now

#  Indian Start ups have the ability to take on the Amazons of the World through their understanding of the Indian

    market

#  Technology will have to transform manufacturing from a dark , dirty and dangerous activity to something more

    glamorous . It may lead to some loss of jobs of a particular kind but we have to, therefore , invest in skilling

    people accordingly

#  Government has to spearhead change for India's transformation into a cashless society . By 2025, every person

    will become a walking ATM . Indians are moving to mobile payments, use of biometrics at a very fast pace

#  India cannot imitate its neighbor's policies but it must tap into the huge market potential of the country

For ordinary citizens of India ( rendered cynical over the past 60 years ) , these words are a proof that , finally we have in NDA , a government whose Ministers and Officers listen to their suggestions - and implement if found good

If you have any doubt , just glance through following list of my  E Mails  sent to them, over the past 2 years :

DESIGN   FOR  DEVELOPMENT

{  http://www.hemenparekh.in/2015/11/agenda-for-reforms_76.html#.V_h-B_l94ok  }

True , the terrible legacy of the past 60 years , so ingrained in the psyche of 32 lakh Government Employees ,

cannot be changed overnight

But , what so far looks like a gradual change , can be vastly accelerated if millions of citizens send in their

suggestions to the following Policy Makers , instead of holding demonstrations in the streets :

    narendramodi1234@gmail.com; 38ashokroad@gmail.com;ajaitley@del5.vsnl.net.in; jayant.sinha19@sansad.nic.in;piyush.goyal@gov.in;nitin.gadkari@nic.in; spprabhu1@rediffmail.com;bandaru@sansad.nic.in;smritizirani@nic.in;nsitharaman@nic.in; ravis@sansad.nic.in;sureshprabhu@irctc.co.in;prakash.j@sansad.nic.in;secy-ipp@nic.in; amitabh.kant@nic.in; shaktikanta.das@nic.in; rsecy@nic.in; adhia1981@gmail.com; ceo-niti@nic.in; atul-chaturvedi@nic.in; uma.bharati@sansad.nic.in; d.pradhan@sansad.nic.in; rprudy.office@gmail.com; rudypr@rediffmail.com; eam@mea.gov.in; mosvks@mea.gov.in; mvnaidu@sansad.nic.in; mnaqvi@sansad.nic.in; rao.inderjit@sansad.nic.in; mljoffice@gov.in; sadananda.gowda@sansad.nic.in; ministerminority@gov.in; najmah@sansad.nic.in; minister-ca@nic.in; ramvilas.paswan@sansad.nic.in; gandhim@sansad.nic.in; akumar-alpha@sansad.nic.in; jpnadda@sansad.nic.in; hm.moca@nic.in; geete@sansad.nic.in; simratbadal@yahoo.com; ns.tomar@nic.in; rmsingh@sansad.nic.in; tc.gehlot@sansad.nic.in; dr.harshvardhan@sansad.nic.in 

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08  Oct  2016

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