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8226; I fully endorse Tavleen Singh8217;s views, 8216;8216;At last, the season of good governance?8217;8217; that eradication of corruption and good governance should be the key result areas for PM Manmohan Singh. It is sad that despite increase in our literacy rate to over 75 per cent and an effective media, criminals are still being elected as MPs and MLAs. On the other hand, many honest officers are sidelined. So, where does the buck stop? Corruption and criminalisation of politics are closely interlinked. It is the common man who has to fight corruption which has become so deep-rooted that it is nearly institutionalised. We can8217;t have a more upright man than Manmohan Singh as PM. He will do a great service to the nation if he can make eradication of corruption one of his main thrust areas.
Madhu R D Singh
8226; Tavleen8217;s hopes on the beginning of an era of good governance will probably remain wishful thinking. The bureaucracy in India is highly corrupt. No amount of administrative reforms will benefit the common man. Take the Finance Ministry8217;s directive to the I-T department to settle the refunds of senior citizens within four months of filing the tax returns. I am a senior citizen and my tax refunds for the last four years have been held up for no reason. Numerous reminders bring a constant response: 8216;8216;Your refund orders were ready long time back. Since you have not received them, they must have been held up in despatch. We will soon sort it out.8217;8217; Is there any hope?
Mohan Siroya
Mahesh Kapasi
8226; In his column, 8216;8216;The energy paradigm: Back to the future8217;8217;, N K Singh correctly assesses the need for moving away from conventional energy sources. But he doesn8217;t suggest what these new sources should be. While the article dwells on the problems, there are few solutions offered. One thing is clear though: the new sources of energy should be more economical and environment friendly. Hence the need to consider sources like solar energy, ocean energy, hydropower and wind energy. This means that the investment in research and development should be at least trebled.
Pranav Sachdeva
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