अग्निपथ

There is a growing chorus in the society for conscription. Conscription would instill discipline and develop the personality of youth. Government cannot afford conscription. 

The pension in Armed forces is substantial. Every year the pension bill is ballooning and it eats into defence budget. It is necessary to have substantial pension for those jawans who have given their 17 - 20 yrs of prime youth for the nation. A jawan gets pension as he completes his stipulated 17 - 20 yrs of service. As he is in his late thirties, he along with pension takes up a second career to assist his family. The pension is for next 30 plus years and after him his wife / daughter gets the pension. 

With a change in policy, government can bring down the pension bill, make average age of the defence forces lesser and thereby infuse more energy and still give an opportunity to the youth to start a new career outside when they are young. This midpath would usher benefits to  the government, the defence forces and to the youth. When the youth comes out of Agnipath scheme, they would have 10 - 12 lakhs as bounty, a good personality with some softskills learnt as agniveers and a touch of discipline. With this capital they can make themselves employable. They would also get a preference in CAPF and other central paramilitary forces. The 25 % retention is a good carrot for them to get motivated and prove themselves. So the youth should start preparing for next 90 days to be Agniveers instead of getting swayed by the opportunist opposition parties and indulging in protests.  

The defence forces have their own think tanks and any policy is after deliberations at all levels. They have there own checks and balances and so nobody should think that it is a throttled decision. 

The youth of the country prepare and join the tour of duty  -  Agnipath.

समाजात सगळ्यांनी सैनिकी शिक्षण घेतले पाहिजे व सैन्यसेवा सक्तीची केली पाहिजे असे कित्येक लोकांना वाटते. अशाने जागरूकता येईल, शिस्त वाढेल व त्याच बरोबर तरुणांच्या व्यक्तिमत्त्वाचा विकास होण्याची शक्यता आहेच. पण लोकांना जरी वाटले तरी ते शक्य होणारे नाही कारण सरकारी तिजोरीत सगळ्यांना पगार देण्याइतके पैसेच नाहीत.

सरकारी सैन्यात पेन्शन खूप आहे व त्याचा खर्च इतका मोठा व दरवर्षी वाढत जाणारा आहे की सरकारला तो झेपणारा नाही. एक जवान २० वर्षानंतर पेन्शन घ्यायला लागतो (तेव्हा त्याचे वय साधारण ३६ ते ४० असते) तेव्हा पासून तो पुढची किमान ३० वर्ष पेन्शन घेतो त्याच्या नंतर त्याच्या मागे त्याची पत्नी किंवा मुलगी पेन्शन घेते. तो ३६ - ४० वर्षाचा असल्याने व सैन्यातल्या शिस्तीच्या सवयीने पेन्शन बरोबर दुसरी नोकरी पकडून चार पैसे कमावतो व घराला हातभार लावतो. सैन्यात केलेल्या १७ - ते २० वर्षाच्या सेवेबद्दल पेन्शन मिळालीच पाहिजे. 

आपल्या सेनेतल्या जवानांचे सरासरी वय कमी होऊन त्याच बरोबर सरकारचे पेन्शन बिल कमी होण्यास साध्य असे दूरगामी धोरण अमलात आणले तर दोघांचाही फायदा होऊ शकतो. त्याच बरोबर जवानांना बाहेर जाऊन दुसरा उद्योग धंदा किंवा नोकरी पण करता येईल. अग्निपथातून बाहेर पडते समयी तरुणांचे वय २२ ते २८ असणार आहे त्याच बरोबर हातात १० - १२ लाखाचा निधीही. परत २५ टक्के सैन्यात भरती होण्याच्या गाजराच्या आशेवर ते सैन्यात असताना काम पण चांगले करतील, पुढे केंद्रीय सैन्यबळात भरती होण्यास प्राधान्य पण मिळेल व काही जणांना तर १० - १२ लाखाच्या भांडवलावर स्टारटअप सुद्धा करता येईल. तेव्हा उगाच तोडफोड करून विरुद्ध पक्षाच्या लोकांनी ठरवून व लोकांना चिथवून अग्नीपथ योजने विरुद्ध निषेध करण्यापेक्षा ह्या योजनेचा तरुणांनी लाभ घ्यावा व येत्या ९० दिवसात भरती होण्यासाठी तयारी करावी. 

मराठी पत्रकार (सगळे नाही, पण बहू) जे अर्ध्या हळकुंडाने पिवळे होऊन स्वतःला पत्रकार समजतात व एका कोणत्यातरी पक्षाची री ओढत बसतात किंवा रक्षासंदर्भातला कोर्स करून सुद्धा फुसक्या राजकीय घडामोडींवर चार वाक्य लिहितात त्यांनी उगाच ताशेने झाडण्यापेक्षा ह्या योजनेचा अभ्यास करून लेख लिहिवावेत. उगाच मोदी आवडत नाहीत फक्त ह्याच कारणास्तव अग्निपथाचा निषेध न करता त्याचे फायदे काय आहेत, तरुणांना कसे भरती होता येईल हे लिहावे. अशा लिहिण्याला म्हणतात जबाबदार लेखणी. 

तरुणांनो उठा अग्नीवीर व्हा उगाच कोणाच्या चिथवण्यावर जाळपोळ व निषेध करून काही मिळणार नाही - आपल्या देशाला ह्याच पासून तर वाचवायचे आहे. अग्निपथावर अग्नीवीर बना व स्वतःचा जठराग्नी शमवा देशाचे भले करा.

CHAPTER 16 - START A BETTER LIFE – LESSON 3 – (PART I) – DUTY DOER’S NON DOING OR DESIRELESS ACTION!

Commentary – Every action elicits reaction. There are many types of actions which we undertake during our course of life. They are grouped as under -  

Unavoidable Action – This covers base of Maslow’s Hierarchy Pyramid starting with basic needs of physiological nature like food, water, sleep and safety needs like safety and security.

Desireful Action – These actions are performed in order to gain something. These are middle part of Maslow’s pyramid covering psychological needs of belongingness like relationships, relations and esteem needs like name, fame.

Desireless Action – At the crest of pyramid are the actions performed after self-actualization. These desireless actions are carried out for the good of the maximum.

Every cause has an effect. Every action leads to a reaction. Even if action is by self, its reactions may come from inside (body and mind) and from outside (by others). The reactions or effects gives us peace, joy or sorrow. Unavoidable actions result in effects of joy or pain. Desireful actions give happy moments on suitable outcomes and unhappy moments on adverse outcome. Even though there is an effect or reaction after a desireless action, the performer is insulated from any kind of suffering.

For the discussion when the word ‘action’ is used, it means avoidable, desireful and desireless action. Where specific action is intended there it is specified.

Desireless action or duty doer’s non doing (desireless action) results from doing work or duties with a balanced mind, resulting in righteous actions for the universal good of beings and non-beings....... keep reading!!!!!!

FIRST INDIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - 1857

Years ago, our freedom fighters fought first unified war against the oppressive British regime. They were successful in pushing back the British Army everywhere and this day 165 years ago Delhi area was declared free of British Army.

Aided by martyrdom of Mangal Pandey, Rani Laxmi bai, Tatya Tope and others Bahadur Shah Jaffar, got reinstated as the head of free India albeit for six days when he was again out powered by Britishers. The first war of independence was unsuccessful. Britishers declared it as a mutiny, a local revolt due to a trivial event of bullets wrapping paper laced with cow/pig tallow.  

It was Veer Savarkar who rewrote the history in right perspective in the first decade of last century and gave the real purport to the freedom fighters actions and termed it as the First Indian War of Independence. In fact, due to his efforts, memories of fighters Rani Laxmi bai, Tatya Tope and Mangal Pandey were rekindled amongst Indians and these freedom fighters became pivot points during the freedom struggle. First Indian War of Independence and Bankim Chandra’s Vande Mataram written in 1870s instilled confidence in the erstwhile freedom movement. The proletariat came to understand that, to achieve freedom, mere petitions and prayers would not suffice but would require direct action.

This day every year should be celebrated in memory of First Indian War of Independence.