Nemmadi Project Karnataka

Nemmadi is an E-governance Project to deliver Government Services to the citizens at the Village level i.e creating Virtual Offices of Government at Village Level.

Its an Initiative by Govt of Karnataka with Public private partnership, by creating a network of Telecenters at Village, hobli level. It will deliver Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Consumer (B2C) services.

Objectives :

Efficient and smart virtual offices of state government in all the villages.

Provide copies of land records and other citizencentric services of the revenue department in a convenient and efficient manner through village Telecenters across rural Karnataka.

Operations to cover all other G2C services of  all the  departments.

Enhance the accountability, transparency and responsiveness of the government to citizen’s needs.

Provide government departments and agencies means of efficient and cost effective methods of service delivery to citizens.

Manage the delivery of services through PPP model.

Enable government departments and agencies to focus on their core functions and responsibilities by freeing them from the routine operations like issuing of certificates, land records, collection of utility bills of citizens and thereby enhancing the overall productivity of the administrative machinery.

What are the services Covered?

Some of the G2C services like Land records,caste, income, residence, birth and death certificates

B2C services like Utility payments of Private companies...ESCOM bill payments, etc. to name a few.

Benefits:

Single Window System which covers all the Govt services to citizens.

No need for written application to be submited for any service.

Service Charges to be Uniform and minimal say 15Rs.

Plans to cover all the taluks and Villages so that Citizens can avail services at doorstep.

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Women's Reservation Bill:

Women's Reservation Bill the 108th Constitutional Amendment Bill is a Pending bill in Parliament. 

What the bill Proposes?

Reserving 33% of total seats for women in the Lower house of the parliament i.e Loksabha and in all the State Legislative assemblies.

Current Status:

It was passed by Upper house i.e Rajyasabha in 2010, Loksabha is yet to Vote and then after approval it will come to effect.
Women's Reservation bill has come a long way from 1996 till date but still is holding the fate of many pending bills. 

Earlier Developments in Women's reservation:

1/3rd of seats reserved for women in Panchayat and Municipal bodies through 73rd and 74th amendments.
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Note:

Several reasons have been given by Various Govt's till date that the bill could not be passed because lack of political consensus.
Women's reservation bill is the only bill which could not become an act even after a clear parliamentary majority for it. 
There are several Examples of bills becoming law despite severe opposition to them in parliament like POTA Act to name.

Its only Lack of Political will in the floor of the house, though every party says in public  that its in favor of the bill......

Few political parties oppose the bill in its present form on the ground that it will benefit only the Upper class women...

Though this is partially true, there are always chances for changing the provisions of any law, so this can also be modified, Based on practical conditions,..

Some Argue that only influential will avail its benefits.

Initially we might see that women with family background of political class can make use of the law...
but over a period of time with greater awareness definitely all class women will make better usage of the provisions

Eg: Though we have a Dynasty politics model in most states and at Central govt level... Not every body has great political background Eg: Mamata Banerjee 

Some practical solutions suggested by experts is that at the party level woman could get reservation,
But the closer observation in any set of conditions can be said that every condition has Negative as well as Positive results, better way out is to Pass the bill first Then modify it based on Real time experiences.

Learning from failure is Much better than doing nothing...

Even in the most Advanced countries like United States Women representation in Legislatures is just 17%, even in Japan representation is not encouraging. 
But in countries like Mozambique with lot of civil wars and unrest women constitute about 30%.

Looking at the International examples it can be said that Economic progress scientific advancement can not always provide Political Empowerment for women.....

Such laws Encourage women to be the active participants in the Law making process and in all dimensions of national Stage...

Source: The Hindu news paper and Internet.

KPSC KAS 2011 Mains Exam date and time table Announced

KPSC to conduct Karnataka administrative services Gazetted probationers mains exams from December 15  2012 to Jan 6th 2013.Time table for the list of subjects is published in KPSC official site.Kindly check it at www.kpsc.kar.nic.in under timetable tab.
All the best for those who are going to write the exam, prepare well.

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