Polls: Phase 3 campaign ended. It is now Phase 4, 5, and 6. Massive gatherings for the leaders. YouTube speeches with millions following for all the star leaders. Will they turn into votes for their parties? Will the slogans win them seats?
We have formal associations in millions in India. Some functional, some so-so and some non-functional. 17 lakh companies, 3 lakh limited liability partnerships, 8 lakh cooperative societies, with 30 Crore members. There are 30 different sectors a la: agriculture, agro-processing, sugar, sericulture, dairy, fisheries, livestock, poultry, jute, crafts, handlooms, labour, transport, tourism, education, consumer, credit, urban credit, housing, miscellaneous, multi-purpose, women welfare, social welfare, tribal, dalit, cultural, etc. There are registered firms, informal/unregistered shops, and enterprises. Self-Help Groups. All of these are for businesses and services. Then, we have societies, clubs, sports associations, Non-Government Organizations, Self-Help community collectives, etc. Together, the associations/enterprises exceed population.
We have to move fast on seeding Natural Farming inside and outside the country. 150 Million farm families, 150+ Million hectares in India. Can we do this in the next 20+ years of Amrt kaal? From the current 2% to 100%, or say 80% farm families, farmworker families; and 1% to 80% land. Only viral efforts would get us there. Will the large-scale NF seeders go into 150 agro-climatic zones across the country and do the trick? 1 village each, 1 cluster each or 1 block each. 1-2 champion best practitioners in each of the seeding villages. 150*2*5*2=3000 of them. And they working for 5 years each, 200-250 days a year. 5-6 Crore INR a zone, or a 1000 Crore INR seeding budget in the country. Will State Rural Livelihoods Missions hold the same? Will the upscaling funds flow through them for scaling from seeding? NMNF Budgets, NRLM funds raised. Will the budgets go up? PM PRANAM – does it give funds for NF? Will the philanthropists step up funding? Flexi, evolving budget-based funding. Will the media rise? Will the research entities rise? Will the researchers, top-class, demonstrate evidence? Will the schools rise? Will the curriculums change? Will the states and the nation make policies in favour of NF? Can we make models in various farming situations? Can we nurture modellers to become champion nurturers? Can we have local enterprises offering fairshare to the producers?
Migrate, or not to migrate? Push, Pull. Isn’t migration in our blood, DNA? When are we going to have a visa-regime for free movement of any citizen of this planet? We had this situation earlier. In the last 200 years, these regimes have come to restrict mobility. Shouldn’t we do the opposite? Foreign remittances are a critical source of income for many families, villages, areas, and countries. Do we really need a passport? If yes, can’t it be given on birth, rather than as a separate document for travel, and applied specifically? Do we need so many identity cards and registrations – PAN, Aadhaar, Voter, etc.? Can’t they be one? Doesn’t this planet belong to all people? Why do some have more rights? Can they take more responsibilities? Can we have global inclusion, can we see migration, cross-border migration, as a reality, and real opportunity?
If we stay long at a place, aren’t the vested interests accumulating for us, with us? Can we change work, team, place, portfolio, and organization? Can we take long-offs? Can we have robust systems of performance, management, and leadership? Can we identify and stop paying the non-existent, non-working people? Can we see and stop traceable fake results, fake bills? Can we persist with hope, faith, promise, love, and coexistence?
Yes, we can. If we coexist, flowing together hand-in-hand in N? In the flow of N. In parivrajakayoga for 7L.
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