At the outset let me make one
thing clear here. I am not writing this from the prospective of an economist or
a political analyst. I am simply sharing my own experiences as a common man of
this country. The demonetization move made by the Prime Minister has brought
almost all the political rivals our country together and all of a sudden made
them to realize the hardships faced by the public. It is true that public are
put to face hardships and even the country has witnessed few unfortunate deaths
because of demonetization. At the same time we should not forget that many of
those deaths occurred due to inhuman acts of few organizations and individuals.
Govt. has given enough time to make deposits in bank accounts and private hospitals
and other essential service providers allowing people to die at the emergency
situation was fully unethical.
Many people accept
demonetization as a good measure but blame the Govt. for the poor preparedness.
The present move of demonetization is a war on black money and utmost secrecy
was required. Any hint leaked out to the corrupt officers would have
jeopardized the very basic intention of the act. We all know that today many
corrupt bureaucrats are guiding the politicians in corrupt practices. The
number of Vigilance Enquiries going on against senior officers in our country
will make it clear in what dangerous situation our country is. Just go through
an official report given by the Govt. of India in 2013.
“ As per
information provided by the CBI, 65 cases (RCs & PEs) are pending under
investigation/enquiries against 19 IAS, 01 IPS & 67 other Allied Central
services personnel as on 31.10.2013. Besides the above, 180 cases are pending
under trial against 154 IAS, 15 IPS & 102 other Allied Central services
personnel. 24 IAS, 07 IPS & 16 other Allied Central services personnel have
been convicted during the last three years i.e. 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013
(upto 31.10.2013). ”
Do you think the Govt. could
make a perfect plane to avoid inconveniences to the people when such type of
people runs the day to day affairs of the Govt.? The inconveniences and
hardships faced due to poor preparations of the Govt. were unavoidable as the
entire plane was kept within very few at the top level of the Govt.
People ask about nearly one
hundred deaths occurred due to demonetization. Why do we forget about thousands
and thousands of farmers committing suicides and at the same time the rulers of
the states constructing 1 lakh sq feet homes spending more than 38 crores and
undertaking foreign trips in charted flights? Should we forget about ministers responsible
to look after the famers were busy with looking after Cricket affairs when
thousands of farmers were committing suicide? Should we forget about the number
of poor people killed by the WB police while trying to acquire land for a
private concern during the Communist regime? The present WB Chief Minister is
too much worried about the inconveniences caused by the people standing in ATM
ques. Does she remember the number of Bandhs she called during her political
career and about the sufferings faced my lakhs and lakhs of long distance train
commuters because her bandh calls?
Let me now come to few issue
related to of black money and the common man. There are nearly 184 Private
medical colleges in India and each college has an average intake of 100 seats.
So there are nearly 18400 MBBS seats are at the desecration of the managements.
I personally know that the rate of one MBBS seat in a particular medical
college at Chennai is 80 lakhs and the minimum rate at many other colleges is
50 – 60 lakhs. Not single rupees of this capitation fee are accountable;
neither at the receiving end nor at the giving end. Do you think a person
spending such huge amount of money for his education will do social service
when he comes to practice? He will definitely recover the amount with interest
from the common man by prescribing Ultra Scan, Doppler Scan etc for common
headache and also performing unnecessary surgeries. The above is only about
Medical Colleges. You can think of the same about other types of higher
institutions as well.
Majority of the private
educational institutions, hospitals, business establishments etc in our country maintain multiple account
books and software’s. One for the customers and one for the Govt. Few years
back I visited a medical specialist in Chennai. He charged Rs.1000/-(one
thousand) as consultation fee’ but No receipts & No records. He sees nearly
30 to 60 patients in a day. Just calculate his unaccounted income. The worst
part in the above case is that those serving in the above organizations are
always underpaid and treated as slaves. Another issue in this aspect is private
institutions paying less than half of the amount to the employees they show as
salary to the Govt. The helpless employees simply obey their masters and sign
at the dotted lines. Now the employees can no more do it because they will have
to be accountable to the Govt once the entire money transactions comes under
scrutiny. How will an employee pay tax for the amount he doesn’t receive?
I am not saying that
demonetization will completely wipe out black money. But Our PM has made it
clear that basic idea behind the Govt.’s move is to bring the entire money flow
accountable. I am confident that digital money will solve many such issues. We
could feel the change in the life of people when that takes place. Govt. has
nothing against those earning legally and paying taxes honestly. So I don’t
think there is a need for the common man to get panic. We are enjoying the
fruits of sacrifices made by millions of patriotic people but unfortunately we
have become too much self-centered. We do not wish to think beyond our today’s
life. Let us be ready to do few sacrifices for the betterment of our future
generation.
