Modi's 10 Commandments & 100 Days Agenda

His government's priorities will be transparency in governance through e-auction. The specific areas of stress will be education, health, water, energy and roads.
Modi gave an assurance that the government would provide a people-oriented policy, infrastructure development, inter-ministerial harmony, remove economic concerns, and provide stability and sustainability in policies.
Deadline set
He set a 100-day deadline for Cabinet ministers to deliver on the immediate agenda.
"The PM has given guidelines to all ministers to have their own timetable on priorities in each ministry for the first 100 days," tweeted Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation

Energising economy figures on Modi's 10-point agenda-Business Standard

Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has outlined a 10-point vision for the council of ministers to follow, offering the a glimpse into his policy priorities, which include energising the economy, kick-starting infrastructure projects and reviving confidence in the bureaucracy.

Besides, the PM, in a Cabinet meeting, asked his ministers to prepare a 100-day agenda — a list of projects and programmes that could be rolled out in the short term. This was the second Cabinet meeting of the Modi government within four days of taking over.

After the Cabinet meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu confirmed that Modi had issued directives (10-point vision) to the ministers. Also, “he asked the ministers to set a timetable for the first 100 days.”

Till late evening, there was no official announcement on what constituted the 10-point vision. But, it is learnt that steering the economy out of morass, placing increased focus on infrastructure, lifting the bureaucracy from a state of policy paralysis and achieving transparency through online auction and tendering are among the steps drawn up in the 10-point plan. Details of how exactly the government planned to execute the vision were not known immediately.

While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) manifesto had listed many of these as priority areas, the PM is being seen as “walking the talk” by giving out a policy vision soon after taking charge.

On the economy, the PM wants concerns to be addressed quickly, sources said. He has also told his ministers to bring in reforms in both investments as well as infrastructure areas. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced on the first day itself that the government would aim to strike a balance between boosting economic growth (stuck at five per cent for the past few quarters) and containing inflation (at nine per cent in April). Signalling reform, Jaitley, holding additional charge of defence, has spelt out the government’s mind on increasing the FDI cap in defence beyond 26 per cent. In yet another measure to help investors, Telecom, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had made right noises by speaking out against retrospective taxation, something that has been hurting foreign companies such as Vodafone.

Economists are looking at the PM’s 10-point vision as a sign of things to come, especially in the upcoming Budget. Madan Sabnavis, chief economist of CARE Ratings, said, “A hint that we are getting is that the capital expenditure would be given a boost in the Budget. Almost Rs 1,00,000 crore of capital expenditure was pegged last year, but only around Rs 50,000 crore was spent.”

To improve the investment climate, implementation of projects (that were stuck) should be expedited and monitored, he said. In sync with industry demand, the PM is believed to have said that policy implementation should be in a time-bound manner.

On promoting e-auction in procurement of goods and services, a point in Modi’s vision statement, industry officials and experts applauded the step. “It’s a very good idea which will introduce transparency and might require from retooling in the functioning of the government,” said Rajat Kathuria, director and chief executive at the New Delhi based think-tank Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.

Among other points that the government is expected to work around include generating fresh and innovative ideas across ministries, changing the impression about bureaucracy, and bringing education, health, water, energy and roads to the centrestage.
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I propose to Modi Sarkar:

It is a matter of immense pleasure that our PM has extended his good wishes to successful students of CBSE board exams. I however like to request PM of India to order CBI inquiry into marking system prevalent in such exams. I doubt there is hidden scam. Examiners do not examine the copy seriously and put marks as per whims. It is not possible for a student to get 100 out of 100 marks in all subjects. It is not possible for students to get even 90 percent marks. 

It is known to all that students who do not possess enough knowledge also get more than 90 percent marks in CBSE or ICSE board exams whereas students of state boards are not in a position to get even 60 percent marks. This enable students of CBSE or ICSE board associated school student to get preferred admission in schools of higher education whereas students of government run schools and colleges are rejected. 

This discrimination is totally unjustified and I have no doubt that students of CBSE and ICSE exams are fraudulently and with malicious intention of teachers of these schools are give higher marks even though students are weak and do not deserve such higher marks. This discrimination and decade long scams must be stopped and teachers who sell the marks must be brought to task. 

Government should order checking of 100 copies of each district or each state by unbiased examiner of other government run schools and if it is proved that marks given to a student of CBSE or ICSE exam has got no linkage with what has been written by students in their copies, such examiner and .school teachers must be punished without delay in larger interest of standard of exams.

I hope Modi sarkar will look into ongoing fraud in recruitment and promotion processes in mostly all banks, departments associated with various ministries, PSUs, and all schools and colleges associated directly or indirectly with government, court, police stations etc. Candidates who pay bribe or who are linked with some higher bosses and top officials are getting recruitment even if he or she is weak and incompetent. Similarly officers and employees who are number one flatterers and bribe earners get quicker promotions in comparison to real performing employees and officers. 

CBSE XII result: Delhi fuels unprecedented rise in 95% plus club-DNA-31st May 2014

The pursuit of academic excellence has yielded handsome dividends. There has been an increase of 2000% in the number of students getting more than 95% in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class 12 examinations since 2008.

According to CBSE, the number was 384 in 2008 while it stands at 8971 this year.

This massive rise points to either the exam system getting friendlier to students or students whipping up formulae to crack the question papers. The quest for bagging 90% plus in 12th standard might in fact expedite the transition to grade system in vogue for 10th standard.

The number of students getting more than 95% has grown at an average rate of 76% (y-o-y) since 2008 in India. Delhi has been the leader with an average growth rate of 79% (y-o-y) since 2008.

The year on year growth also means greater pressure on select top colleges in various universities, especially Delhi University, where the cut offs would jump further on the healthy scorecard.

Following the trend of the last four years, the 95% category expanded again - adding 2,975 students nationwide this year. In Delhi - which has this year’s all-India topper Sarthak Aggarwal - who scored a massive 99.6 per cent, the highest ever - the number shot up to 2,423 from 1,523 last year – an increase of about 60 per cent.

Delhi in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively saw an increase in the number of students getting 95 per cent and above at an average rate of 400 students per year. But this time around the increase was more than 900 students over the last year.

More than 10,000 students in Delhi have scored over 90% in the results announced on Monday. Across the country, more than 44,676 students have scored in 90s in the Class XII results.

This year, 302549 students had appeared for the CBSE class 12the exam in Delhi out of which 297466 have passed the exam.

In Delhi this year, girls recorded a pass percentage of 88.52%, while boys have a pass percentage of 78.27%.

The difference between the pass percentage of girls and boys is 10.25%, which is the highest ever.

The overall pass percentage for 2014 at 82.66% has recorded a marginal increase of 0.56% over last year's 82.10%. Although the increase is only marginal, yet it is the highest. The highest pass percentage of 94.26% has come from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.

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