Vansh Chaudhary Writes

  Time and again, when a politician inaugurates any large project or a scheme for the citizen it catches all the local and national headlines and is often referred to as a “gift”. I object to such development works or schemes being called “gifts”. I find this term rather insulting. It sounds as if the government is doing something out of its kindness and we the poor citizen are helpless without this esteemed favor. Some media houses go to the extent of calling such schemes  Diwali bumper gift  or  mega gift . The government is neither a corporate to give us any bumper schemes nor a Me ssiah,  who is doing all these works out of his pocket. All these schemes and projects are borne out of the taxes paid by honest citizens of India. So I do not see any point in calling these gifts. Our representatives must provide us schemes; we merely vote them to power to hear their speeches.  In fact, the citizens bear the expense of these politicians. A handsome amount o...

 Uttar Pradesh state law commission has come up with a new draft proposing a new law which is no exception to political backlash and controversy. No matter what the law is, if it is drafted in the state of Uttar Pradesh, it will be an alarm for political discourse in the entire nation. This time the most populous state is preparing to reduce its fertility rate to control its increasing population. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for a thumping population of two hundred thirty million which, is equivalent to the combined population of Germany, the United Kingdom, and France. The government has released the first draft of the Uttar Pradesh Population Control Bill, which is open to public suggestions. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while unveiling the new population policy, made it clear that the government aims to bring down the birth rate from the present 2.7% to 2.1% by 2026 and 1.9% by 2030. The population control bill talks, in length, about the incentives for those who limit their...