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ICT projects - Factors

 ICT( Information Communicaton and Technology) is used as bridging the gap between many disciplines. The inequalities in societies still existed in 21st century when the democratic process practiced. India which has its historical bag of wrongs, it still continue to be the most un-connected society to world. The ICT services brought some juistice in reducing the differences. But, due to very poor educational levels and political awerness these services are not used effectively. In technical sense these ICT projects do not meet the expectations/targets and some did it very well. According to stuy done by Heeks, 35% of the e-government projects were total failure. According to him the reasons for the failure of ICT projects was due to difference between the reality and design. They are  Information gap Processing gap Objectives gap Management system gap Values gap ICT in general include design studies, development studies and diffusion studies. These need a great number of

France can learn from Indian secular model

France is know as heart of revolution. In history of revolutions the contribution by french during 1789 is immense. The famous Liberty, Equality and Fraternity ideals came from such revolutions. These ideals also enriched the Indian constitution by taking prior position in Indian Preamble. India is very much indebted to the french contributions. The France can also learn from the experiments of Indian model of democracy for its benefit.                                             The New York Times post of Sylvie Kauffman regarding the Indian model of Secularism and French model of secularism analysied in perspective of Western lens. The text in the post has more Judgemental and Conclusions about India and less real experiences in India. Even she claims to have visited India few trips but it takes life times of experience to understand the model of Indian system and the ways it works. In country like India which is home to more than 176 millions of muslims have only 30 members j

Too little cash and Too much politics in UNESCO

The recent withdrawl of both America and Israel from UNESCO over allegation of "Anti Israel" stand. The facts and allegations are totally mixed up and led to political tussel between the UN and USA. The outcome of such event generally fall upon the inability of enforcement of UN and reputation of UNESCO as peace ambassador. Why too little money? UNESCO receives major part of its income from its assessed, mandatory membership contribution. The membership countries had to pay for regular budget. which were adopted by UNESCO General Conference on biannual basis. Through voluntary contributions of governmental and Non-governemntal bodies budget get supplemented.                                                                                  The 60% of UNESCO budget is covered by all member nations. USA alone provide 1/5th fund of the total budget every year. Since 2011, USA withheld it's funds. which had resulted in financial crisis of UNESCO. Israel also vows to UNESC

Principles of Federal Supremacy and Harmonious Construction

The 5 principles laid down by Supreme Court on the rule of harmonious construction in the landmark case of CIT Vs Hindustan Bulk Carriers. On case by case basis the courts with held the supremacy of the federal structure some time giving weight to center and sometime to state. The distribution of legislative power between the center and the states is the most important aspect of Indian federal structure.                                                                7th schedule of the constitution had made elaborate provisions for division of legislative powers through lists (List 1-Union, List 2-State, List 3-Concurrent list). Even though lists are clearly itemized, some overlapping nature of these lists will lead to conflicts.For Example: Animal Husbandry Vs Prevention of Cruelty against animals.                                               Federal Supremacy                                                    Art 246: -               Under this  hierarchy of li

Features of the Representation of the People Act,1950 and 1951

Indian electoral system is a cumbersome process, it is left to Chief  Election Commission (C.E.C) and State Election Commissions to perform the task for every 5 years. The entire process of electoral exercise rests on three pillars - Article 326 of the constitution, Representation of the People Act 1950 and Representation of the People Act 1951.                                Article 326  of the constitution provides that the election to the House of People and Legislative Assembly of States should be conducted on the basis of adult suffrage i.e citizens who are 18 years of age are entitled to vote. Constitution allows Parliament to make provisions in all matters relating to elections for parliament and state legislatures. PROVISIONS OF R.P.A 1950 :  It provides for the allocation of seats in the House of the people and in the legislative assemblies and in legislative councils. It provide provisions for delimitation of constituencies. It lays down the qualification of vote

Relations among US and India is like a Seesaw...No wins or loss

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India and United States of America are two strong engines of world economy and ambitious democracies with skilled power. The last decade has been a bonhomie between two heads of nation and reaped vibrant results out of it. There are deals made and some deals not so well turned out. The people to people contacts has grown very great due to job and cultural exchanges. The institutional exchanges between legislatures, professionals and think tanks gave productive picture for future benefits.  Although India being a largest democracy still new to the experiment of democracy. The USA being an early bird when it comes to experiment it is very far ahead and successful. Given civilization history India can offer a great assistance to new democracies and future civilizations. These civilization values and methods help the USA for its enrichment of ideas.                                                         The historic part of both nation mirrored little dark patches and some