Press Release
Youth Meet Demands joint session of Legislatures to debate adverse
impact of UID Number Scheme
Concerns Expressed about Environmental and Governance Crisis
19/6/2011Patna- Following deliberations on the Statement of Concern
issued by eminent citizens led by Justice V R Krishna Iyer, the three
day youth meet in the capital demanded joint session of Legislatures
to debate the ramifications of the UID Number Scheme and its
inter-linkages with other programs and proposed legislations. It
emerged that the scheme has been adopted in the state without taking
the legislatures and the citizens into confidence regarding its
possible impact on civil liberties and natural resources.
The youth meet expressed grave concern regarding proposed Interlinking
of Rivers project in the state which entails mutilation and diversion
of rivers unmindful of its ecological consequences.
Sachchidanand Sinha, a socialist thinker, spoke on Religion and
Culture. He said religion comes out from Culture. So the domain of
religion is too small to accommodate culture. There are tools like
science and religion, through which culture could be understood.
Arshad Ajmal also contributed to this debate.
Prabhakar Sinha, President of national People’s Union for Civil
Liberties (PUCL) sought state funding of political parties for
fighting elections in place of the current practice of funding by
companies to deal with corruption and governance.
The Youth Meet called for the abandonment of the MP Local Area
Development (MPLAD) Scheme which took birth during a corruption
tainted government at centre. It criticised central government’s
allocation of Rs 5 crore for MPLAD Scheme before the upcoming Monsoon
Session of the Parliament amidst series of rampant scandals and scams.
It appreciated the state government’s scrapping of MLA Local Area
Development Scheme.
PP Verma and Santosha Jha spoke over technology and humanity. PP Verma
spoke over alternative technology whereas Santosh Jha spoke over goat
farming and village economy.
Gopal Krishna, a well known environmentalist sought a plan to make our
cities car free. He underlined the need for pursuing policies by
keeping river basin approach in mind. The situation of waste
management in cities requires decentralized approach and not the waste
to energy approach being adopted.
The three day Youth Meet at Sewa Kendra, Kurji, Patna from 17th to
19th June, 2011 concluded today. Nearly 75 youths from across the
state participated in the meet to prepare action plan on those issues
which matters youth much. The topics were Religion and culture,
Corruption and Governance, Technology and humanity and Environment.
SAMAR is reaching out to youths from the districts and states to
prepare action plan for above mentioned issues.
For Details: contact Zaheeb: 09308193114
Jitendra: 8987130820
Azmi, Samar:
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