Is caste-wise census and reservation the solution to address poverty and deprivation of marginalized sections of society?
Is it not high time a secular nation as enshrined in the constitution does away with all forms of religion/ caste divides and have only economic parameters as the guiding principles? Even after 62 years of independence why do we need to continue with caste divides?
Would not issue of a Photo Identity Smart Card with name, sex, religion, caste, place of birth / residence, photo, etc. be dangerous in a society that is seeped in regional, religious and caste bias like India. There have been umpteen instances of regional, religious and caste wars and killings.
Is there a better alternative to empower the poorest of the poor, the truly marginalized and ensure food security and healthy citizenry at all stages of life?
The Biometric Smart Card must be a Random Encrypted Unique Number Smart Card linked to the private data of individuals and organizations which should not be accessible to any one except by a court order for defaults. All transactions must be validated by the use of the Biometric Smart Card and made transparent to prevent fraud. Currency circulation must be slowly withdrawn by demonetizing currency in steps to prevent corruption and money laundering, thereby creating a level playing field, equality of opportunity on merit, creating healthy citizenry including good water, health, food, housing, sanitation, education, skill training, employment, social security for alleviating poverty, achieving UN MDGs and all round peace and prosperity.
I think, the true revolution can come only if we delete cast word from dictionary and develop a new system to help based on income and other resources, most of our politicians will never let it happen.
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