Leadership of CSR Media NCDC in SERVICE of AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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India’s 1st monthly Magazine on CSR MAY 2017 VOLUME-6 ISSUE-1 `100/- www.csrvision.in Promoting Responsibility for Sustainability 5 YEARS of Leadership of CSR Media NCDC IN SERVICE OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT National Cooperative Development Corporation is promoting various development programmes through Cooperatives for agricultural activities like production, processing, marketing, storage, export & import of agricultural produce, foodstuff and allied activities which broadly include:- · Ginning, Pressing & Spinning, Weaving & Garmenting · Sugar and other Agro-processing units · Support to Cooperatives for undertaking Consumer Business · All types of Industrial Cooperatives, Cottage & Village Industries, Handicrafts/ rural crafts etc. · Credit & Service Cooperatives Labour Cooperatives & Service Cooperatives: Water Conservation works & Irrigation in Rural Areas, Animal Care/Heath, Agricultural Insurance & Agriculture Credit, Rural Sanitation, Tourism, Hospitality & Transport/ Generation & Distribution of Power by New, Non-Conventional & Renewable Sources of Energy/ Rural Housing/ Hospital / Health Care & Education through Cooperatives etc. · Integrated Cooperative Development Projects in selected districts · Weaker Sections Fisheries, Dairy & Livestock, Poultry, Schedule Caste/ Tribe, Handloom, Coir, Jute, Sericulture, Hill area, Tobacco, Labour & Women Cooperatives · Assistance for Computerization Net NPA of NCDC are at zero and loan recovery position is above 99%. Assistance of `74,648 crore has so far been provided (upto 31/3/2017) for various cooperative development programmes by NCDC. NATIONAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (An ISO 9001:2015 Certified Organisation) 4, Siri Institutional Area, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 Phone: 26567475, 26567026, 26567202, 26567140 2 MAY 2017 Fax: 0091-011-26962370, 26516032 Website: www.ncdc.in NCDC IN SERVICE OF AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT From the Desk of National Cooperative Development Corporation is promoting various development programmes through Cooperatives for agricultural activities like production, processing, marketing, storage, export & import of agricultural produce, foodstuff and allied activities which broadly include:- Editor-in-Chief · Ginning, Pressing & Spinning, Weaving & Garmenting · Sugar and other Agro-processing units Dear Readers, leadership has exhibited no commitment and responsibility towards · Support to Cooperatives for undertaking Consumer Business for translating the Dream into reality. All actions reflect disrespect for · All types of Industrial Cooperatives, Cottage & Village Industries, Handicrafts/ rural crafts etc. Greetings for a Happy Mother’s Day !!! promises made. · Credit & Service Cooperatives Labour Cooperatives & Service Cooperatives: Water Conservation works But how could it happen? Someone with the qualification of Kejriwal (an & Irrigation in Rural Areas, Animal Care/Heath, Agricultural Insurance & Agriculture Credit, Rural Sanitation, The news about Kejriwal Government’s two top ministers Satyendra Jain, IIT Graduate), former member of elite IRS (Indian Revenue Services), Tourism, Hospitality & Transport/ Generation & Distribution of Power by New, Non-Conventional & Renewable the Health Minister and Manish Sisodiya, the Deputy CM being involved who acted as the backbone of the famous “Anna Movement “which Sources of Energy/ Rural Housing/ Hospital / Health Care & Education through Cooperatives etc. in corrupt practices, in gross violation of rules shocks Indians within and was started for controlling corruption, started AAP for providing clean · in selected districts Integrated Cooperative Development Projects outside India, who had dreamt of an evolution of alternative politics and politics and transparent governance, ended up inducting bunch of crooks · Weaker Sections Fisheries, Dairy & Livestock, Poultry, Schedule Caste/ Tribe, Handloom, Coir, Jute, clean & transparent governance committed to the common man. The as ministers, who ended up in jail, his Deputy CM and most prominent Sericulture, Hill area, Tobacco, Labour & Women Cooperatives “hope”, the “dream” of clean politics, transparent government had to face Minister, Jain under CBI scanner. The trend of down fall of AAP and fast · Assistance for Computerization a dark reality; dominated by greed for power like any other established reduction in goodwill of AAP was visible to all, except political party. Before honouring the electoral promises made to the Delhi AAP. It kept on taking shelter under Central Government Net NPA of NCDC are at zero and loan recovery position is above 99%. Assistance of `74,648 crore voters AAP focussed on winning Assembly Elections in Punjab and Goa. opposition, AVM manipulation etc. has so far been provided (upto 31/3/2017) for various cooperative development programmes by NCDC. It looks obvious that Kejriwal failed to handle success and hunger for The consequences of the present situation is erosion power took over his head. He forgot that he had promised Delhi Voters, of public confidence on qualified leaders like Arvind transparent and corruption -free governance, clean polity, free Wi-Fi in Kejriwal. Public had lost respect for an average buses, subsidised power, subsidised water etc, which are nowhere politician, who is not highly qualified. But huge hope to be seen. Against all these, what we see is regular attack on Prime generated by Kejriwal among Indians all-over the April 2017 Minister, including calling him “Lunatic”, who has already established world, making lot of highly place youth leaving their Cover his credentials all over the world. The fight with the LG over distribution respective careers to join AAP to a “change” happen on of power – not following the established norm under the Constitution, the ground. They all are disillusioned as well as the public. They will have spending huge government funds for promoting AAP and Kejriwal, in difficulty in accepting a new leader with good credentials like Kejriwal Delhi and even outside Delhi, for which there seems to be no justification, again, which is not good for future of politics in India. I keep saying departure of founding members like Yogendra Yadav & Prasant Bhushan, “ZERO is a better figure than minus”. If one cannot improve a situation, it about 12 Ministers of AAP cabinet going to jail, asking for proof of is criminal to damage the situation. Surgical Strike etc reflected a gross departure from established norms of The AAP experiment has damaged severely the confidence of public leadership. on Qualified Politicians, thus damaging the fragile relationship Finally, the news that Former health secretary Tarun Seem is under CBI between the voter and the public, which the foundation of democratic scanner for alleged irregularities in hiring three private security firms process. Leadership, as a role is founded on the premise of “Ethics and for seven government hospitals in the city.The CBI has conducted raids Responsibility; ethical in conduct and responsible in all actions”. at six places, including Seem’s residence and his office at the Delhi In case of Kejriwal, he could exhibit neither responsibility, nor ethics as a secretariat, in connection with the said scam. The investigative agency leader. claims the ‘fraud’ cost the exchequer Rs 10.5 crore. A case has been We can only hope, this experiment will remain as a “LIGHT HOUSE”, registered against Seem, a 1992-batch IRS officer, and the three firms - which other aspiring leaders should avoid as ships avoid the light house. Knightwatch, Innovision and SIS India - that were contracted to provide Kejriwal and other aspiring politicians need find the following quote by security. CBI is also probing into allegations of corruption against Delhi Lao Tzu, 604-531 B. C., Founder of Taoism, Tao Te Ching, relevant. “If deputy CM Manish Sisodia and his colleague, health minister Satyendar you fail to honor your people, They will fail to honor you” Jain, a move which can only aggravate the future of Aam Aadmi Party This May 2017 issue is our fifth Anniversary issue marking the successful (AAP). completion of five year of publication. To share with our readers my CBI’s preliminary enquiry against Sisodia, arguably Kejriwal’s most reflection on the journey of five years has been presented in a form of trusted associate, concerns alleged irregularities in a contract to private an article titled ‘Reflection on a Pioneering Journey’ which you may find firm Perfect Relations for a social media campaign, `Talk to AK’. interesting along with cover story detailing five year of passionate journey Conceived along the lines of PM’s `Mann Ki Baat’, it aimed at enabling packed with hard work and dealing with resistance to change. Kejriwal interact with people through social media. Happy Reading. Be responsible and promote responsibility around you. The agency also launched investigation on allegedly irregular Please write to me your opinion and suggestions. You may also log on to appointment of Jain’s daughter Saumya as advisor in the state health www.csrvision.in, our portal which is loaded with plethora of information. department, without following prescribed rules. Both the probes were NATIONAL COOPERATIVE initiated on the reference of former lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung, who, after vigilance inquiry, had found “irregularities” and “nepotism” in these DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION matters. Prof. Ranjan Mohapatra (An ISO 9001:2015 Certified Organisation) For better comprehension, one needs to analyse all the above facts 4, Siri Institutional