Ignoring merit in employment violate constitution
The selections to public employment should be on the basis of merits. Ignoring would be in violation of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. It has become the habit for the authorities selecting undeserved candidates according to their whims and fancies and through political clout.
Educated youths are saying that to get a government job bribing and influence is inevitable. Past there was serious allegation levelled against the government by its own MLAs. Obtaining a government job by paying bribes and using political clout is thought to be ubiquitous. Adopting malicious practice in the recruitment process of various departments should not be a norm. Even today the youths of Goan has a wrong perception, that the government jobs are ‘for sale’.
Merit selection aims to choose the best person for the job, resulting in a quality workforce. All appointments should be rooted through GPSC/SSC. It is in public interest that the process of selection and appointment should be transparent to make it fool-proof from the corrupt mechanisms. In these days of statutory transparency, public authority should give reasons why a candidate was not selected.
KG.Vilop, Chorao
Support toddy tappers
Kudos to Shweta Gaonkar showing the young future generation how one can revive the toddy tappers occupation. Usually this was done by men only but with the new mechanical coconut climbing equipment young women can now venture in this field and create her own business and employment.
With Government support more people can take up this occupation. My suggestion to the Govt. and the agriculture Minister give these new workers the status of render? most of the new generation capitalise on their forefathers who once worked as render using the status to venture into politics, job reservation and education admission and have ignored the traditional occupation without even climbing the coconut tree?
Gregory E Dsouza, Siolim
A gesture to emulate
The true meaning of civilization and humility, not just comes from acquiring multiple academic degrees but rather in doing simple things in a big & quiet way. And this is what Japanese Football fans showed at the ongoing World Cup in Qatar.
There is a saying in India, ‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness’. The English too believe this but it seems the Japanese have understood this better than we. The spontaneous gesture of the Japanese fans of cleaning the stands after the match between their home team and Germany in Qatar at the ongoing FIFA Football world cup, tells a lot about their culture. The culture to keep things available to others the same good way they were received.
This is a part of a greater social responsibility and awareness, which can only be developed over years of practice and dedication. Japanese schools, at the primary level, have no janitors to clean up the classrooms. The cleaning is done by the students themselves at the end of the school day. This way students know that the more they dirty the classroom – they are the ones who would labour to clean
it up, for the next day. Continuous grooming of young minds this way, at the lower levels of the school is how we get disciplined, responsible & committed citizens.
If only in our country, we improve the Education System to suit grooming of young minds into responsible and proud citizens – citizens who would believe that social responsibility and civic sense comes first, rather than acquiring academic degrees and creating qualified
morons. Looking forward, let’s try to imbibe cultural values into our system, so that we develop a sense of pride towards our own countrymen and country first, through our individual actions rather than just words and making the world stand up and take notice.
If we begin grooming the young minds, then surely we will be able to reap the benefits of responsible adult citizens in a couple of decades.
Scarlette Fernandes, Fatorda
Why advertise in Hindi about tenders
In the local newspapers we can come across advertisements only in Hindi that pertain to jobs, technical bids, tenders and notices. There are advertisements in which both Hindi and English are used in translation while some advertisements are in Hinglish! Sometimes even the Reserve Bank of India uses only Hindi for its notices and this makes it difficult for non-Hindi knowers to understand as to what it is all about. Hindi is one of the official languages in India like 21 others.
Hence, the advertisements need to be in English and the language/s of the State, else the local people could miss out on jobs, bids, important notifications, etc. Newspapers in Goa should carry the aforementioned contents in English and in the official languages i.e., Konkani and Marathi for the benefit of the people.
Sridhar D’Iyer, Caranzalem
Reforestation
needed badly
As per studies since last decade about five million hectares of trees have been cut down every year in our country. This has contributed to extreme niche loss and a drop in large quantum of biodiversity. Every species, including the human species, directly relies on these trees to survive. The trees have given us everything and we’ve continued to leave their homes destitute.
We’ve to carry out a reforestation to combat the challenge of climate change and the rapid-fire decline of biodiversity.
This kind of action will restore the trees in the country, especially those that have been particular targets of deforestation in recent years.
Government should take initiative to plant further trees.
Vijaykumar H K, Raichur
Treating corruption
Almost five per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of developing countries is drowned by the menace of corruption. The developed nations, too, are reeling under the onslaught of corrupt ways of their people and institutions.
Education, health, economics, justice and rule of law are, but a few, spheres of nations that have crumbled by the weight of corruption, and governmental corruption is extremely harmful to people’s growth as healthy and prosperous citizens.
As American author John Steinbeck said it is not just power that corrupts, but the fear of losing the power that corrodes the corrupt. Fight against corruption has to be a part of culture. People that elect corrupt politicians are not victims but they are actually accomplices in the crime. Actually it is all about unchallenged privileges that give raise to moral and intellectual dishonesty, both lead to bankruptcy of a different kind.
Since people’s indifference is the most fertile ground for financial manipulation an individual has to lead from the front in the eradication of corruption. While bribe taking is a chronic problem, offering bribe is not considered so. It in itself is a statement because as there are ready bribe givers so there are many bribe receivers. The revolution has to come from within.
Youth has a large role in acting as a catalyst of change because it is an age where the mind is generally free of corrupt ideas. The exuberance of youth, and fresh youthful ideas, can create an intensity that is required to further any anti–corruption movement. They know ” corruption is a disease and transparency is its treatment”.
Ganapathi Bhat, Akola
