Some time back, before Reliance retail was launched, I had seen a panel discussion on TV which was part of some symposium organized by NDTV. One of the discussion points was what is the most critical need for the rural sector?
He was not the most articulate among the elite panelist nor did he speak in his best, Bigger Ambani said the immediate need is a strong distribution system whereby rural farmers have good and quick access to urban market. Though it was the simplest and shortest, but to me it was the most profound (maybe there could be some ulterior motive as Reliance Retail was on the anvil, and they planned to source directly from the rural farmer. Anyway that’s not the point)…
Disparity of wealth is one of the worst byproduct of capitalism and maybe it’s one of the most uttered social evil not only in India but also across the world. The mission of curbing this social evil to me is noble and should be in the top priority list in any government’s strategy anytime. In our entire 62 years of independence almost everyone tried to curb this evil through different form of redistribution of wealth vehicle, few of the latest being loan waiver, NREGs, et al. However, I haven’t heard or read any scheme or “yojna” which actually delivers…do you? Well, corruption is the easiest scapegoat year on year and it’ll be for years to come. If it’s going to continue for years to come then are we saying that we will never come out of this vice?
I have a lateral views on this.
There is a passage in the Bible: “Give a man a fish; he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime”…
