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  Projects for jobs creation: role of Bureaucracy (in context of Bharat & in particular the UT of J&K) Lalit K Kaul This is an attempt to analyze why generally there is an inordinate delay in the completion of projects and also does it imply any change in the work ethos if claims are made for early/in time completion of the same. Lastly, specific case of the UT of J&K is discussed, in regard to development plans as envisaged by the present NDA government. There is a good old saying: Man proposes and God disposes. In our democratic country this saying is easily replaceable by: Planners propose and Bureaucrats dispose. Bureaucratic machinery has a large inertia leading to delays in the completion of the proposed projects causing heavy cost and time overrun; the only way to ensure timely completion of projects is to grease the machinery and the only lubricant that conforms to the standards of greasing is hard currency.   Be it cash or cashless transactions the g...

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  Jammu and Kashmir can’t be governed on Sectarian/Communal basis Lalit K Kaul This is an attempt to understand the fabric of J&K society and how possibly different societies might have evolved to graduate from being disjoint tribal groups to kingdoms and then on to Nation States. What has been ailing J&K society is also explained, as per author’s perception and how possibly the State needs to be governed is also suggested. Ethnic Diversity: Ethnic diversity (plurality) seem to stem from the historical fact that every region had multiple tribal (aboriginals) groups separated from each other and distributed over vast stretches of available forest lands. Each such group independent of the other developed their own means of interacting with Mother Nature (that surrounded them) based on their ever growing understanding and knowledge of the forests around them. This interaction between Man and Nature is the essence of the Culture that is also manifest in human to human ...