Energy Security

We are energy secure when all the citizen gets sufficient energy to fulfill their needs at an effective price with prescribed confidence level considering shocks and disruption which can be reasonably expected. Excess to cheap energy to every citizen has become essential to modern economy.

For four decades, energy security is a global issue. According to international energy agency, world energy outlook, india takes over china as largest source of consumption growth and is the leading demand center for every major element of every major element of the world energy mix. There will be 60 % increase in energy consumption of countries like India. China and Middle-East.
Energy security becomes a pertinent issue for country like India, China and Middle East.

Energy security is defined by encompassing three critical dimensions-

1.  Meeting India energy need to sustain annual economic growth of 8 to 9 % through 2035
2.  Meeting life long energy needs of all citizen to meet their social needs.
3. To ensure sustainable development of energy and use.

Energy security entails a complex set of coordinated initiative. It need energy strategies and policies to align in making specific choices for country in charting low carbon and energy secure growth.

Energy security remains an interplay between demand and supply scenarios. Most of the countries of the world will face huge crisis for their energy needs.

Demand and consumption in India 
 India is the fourth largest consumer in India after China, Russia and USA.It accounts for more than 4.6 % of total energy consumption.Coal is the mainstay for Indian energy needs. After that next big share is taken by hydrocarbons. India energy needs will increase in future depend upon how much energy needs will escalate.
India energy conservation capacity is a total of 25 %. Several energy initiative are taken by Government of India-

•  Super Energy efficient program

Massive economic growth and urbanization in India is needed to ensure sustained energy demand. The Government of India Integrated Energy Policy projects that india will need to increase its primary energy supply by four times its current level and electricity generation by upto six times its current level. Managing energy demand will be an essential step in closing the gap between energy demand and supply. The SEEP program initiates with a pilot phase of introducing approximately 5 million Super Efficient ceiling fans over four year project cycle. The objective of SEEP  to introduce technological innovation in appliance market to reduce energy consumption, by unlocking the potential of private sector finance. This project will provide manufacturers per fan incentives and indirect conserve energy.

• Smart Grid Initiative

Smart Grid technology brings out efficiency and sustainability in meeting the growing electricity demand with reliability and best of the quality. It enables real time monitoring and control of power system. Smart Grid will act as a backbone infrastructure to enable new business models like smart city, electric vehicles, smart communities apart from more resilient and efficient energy system and tariff structures.

• National Mission for enhanced energy efficiency

NEEE is a part of the National action plan for climate change. It encompasses four new initiative -

•  To enhance cost effectiveness of improvement in energy efficiency in energy intensive industries and facilities through certification of energy savings
•  To accelerate the shift to energy efficient appliances in sectors through measures to make product more affordable.
•  To make programs to carter the financial needs of the sectors.

 To developing fiscal instrument for promoting energy efficient instrument.

 Challenges related to energy security-

• Increased dependence on import of oil and gas resources.

Current annual growth rate for India is 8% and to sustain or increase CAGR  till 2040 more and more energy resources are needed. Self sufficiency in energy helps the country to expand its economic activity. Self sufficient in energy resources make china to fuel its economic programs better than India. High import energy dependence amounts to high vulnerable and compromised energy security of nation.It also makes growth rate depended on external factors like oil prices.

•  Limted coal reserves

Coal reserves are scanty in India. Country is facing huge challenges due to diminish coal supply both domestic and imported. 34% of  sedimentary area is unexplored in India. Though India has huge potential for coal reserves but it is still unexplored. 

• Nuclear Energy in Fukushima Scenarios

 Nuclear energy provides desirable alternative for India energy needs. It provide massive and clean energy with low carbon emission.But accident in Japan in Fukushima raise doubt in mind of people regarding nuclear plants.

Pleasant suprise

Today, I had a mild breakfast in the morning and then I went to office in hurry as I was already late. I reached office on time at 10.05 am. Phew!! Boss was standing just a step away from the main door. Just looking at his face, one can make out he was angry. He told me you are five late??..I told him that no sir I was not!! knowingly that I was late. He told me that I should take care of these things from next time and he also blabbered few things which I failed to remember and some  I do nt want to share..hehehe..

Then with god grace, he moved to his cabin in front of desktop. I don’t know what the dell he do on that desktop. sitting for hours and doing nothing. After that I started my day with saying hi to member of the office but that didn’t work and had couple of fight with member to finish my day. With total dejection, I lock my cabin on move out of the office in the evening. Everyone is looking tired, slothfully walking out of the office and very important to mention frustrated!!!.

Finally I reached home by catching the old municipal transport bus. I got a wonderful surprise, mom was their at the home. She lives in Mathura with my father, but frequently visit delhi to see me, whether I am good or bad..hehehe..

She had cooked for me, such pleasant surprise . After  so long I got the opportunity to have dinner from my motherhand. He has cooked for me my favourite hulva , rathia, matta panner and poories. I was tried after doing work in office, so these things looked more than blessing to me. I know she has  put an effort  for me. I apprevate her for her effort. We had dinner together. 

देश सेवा का विचार

आज बहुत काम है. कल भी काम था, सिर की साथ था. काम चल रहा है. काम भी हो रहा है. ये प्रोग्राम पूरा हो जाए तो मुझे खुशी होगी. काफ़ी समय हो गया. चार साल से एक ही चीज़ टेयै कर रहा हू. सिर के साथ बोर सा होने लगा हू. मगर अभी खुशी खुशी काम फिनिश करना है. सिर्फ़ प्रोग्राम पूरा करने के लिये.आब जाना है. जल्दी जल्दी जाना है. लगता है!, मेरी जिंदगी का मकसद  अलग है.
आज लगा देश की सेवा करनी है. देश के लिए कुछ करना है. विचारो मे देश की सेवा का भाव, फीली बार देखा. अछा लगा!,फ्रीडम फाइट मे, मिट ने का मोका हमको नही मिला. पर किया! अभी भी देश मे जान देने का होसला है.
देश की सेवा हे जीवन का मकसद है.

Food Security

Food security is very important for a developed nation. It literally means everyone in the country is having access to food. Food security has three dimensions availability, accessibility and affordability. It is very important for every citizen of the country to have availability to food. It means that country should produce food grains which sufficient to stomach of the people. India has an agrarian economy. Majority of the population involves directly or indirectly in agriculture. 80% of Indian population works in agriculture sector but it contributes only 15 % of GDP while 75 % of contribution comes from service sector. Right now, India is major producer of wheat and rice. This was not the case in 1940’s and 1970’s. During British era,country economy has suffered a lot. In 1940’s in Bengal, there was famine in which around 30 lakhs people died due to starvation. At that time, production of rice was reasonable in the country but due to lack of transport facilities and negligence from British side leads to death of so many people. In 1970’s, when Lal Bahadur Shastri was the prime minister, India was struggling with its food sufficiency. Lal Bahadur Shastri emphasised on adopting new way of agricultural practices. There was a paradigm shift in policies from govt part which result in green revolution. After Green Revolution, farmers were using High yielding seeds, modern fertilizers and insecticides which increase the yield the wheat and rice. After that many revolution took place in India, one of revolution took place tin Anand district of Gujarat called White Revolution which made India self-sufficient in milk production.

But merely, producing food grains is not important for country storing them is equally important. Generally, FCI buy food grains from farmer on its least support price which is decided by govt of India before farmers sow their crop. These food grains are then stored in food grannies  for any emergency situation like famine etc. Govt also has distribution system in place for those who cannot able to buy food grains ie living below poverty line. Govtalso give them food grains on subsidies prices called issue price. This distribution took place on ration shop present in every part of country. Ration cards are issues for poor people so they can afford food grains at very low price. AAY (antyodaya scheme) a scheme for poorest of the poor provide wheat (3 rupee per KG) and rice (2 rupee per KG). Annapurna Scheme provides subsidies food grains to elder people. But still we can see many place people are dying of starvation and hunger. Reason for hunger and starvation is problem associated with public distribution system like storage problem of food grain, hoarding of food grains and black marketing.

vichar- rail yatra

भारत को एक दूसरे से जोड़ने का काम हमारी भारतीय रेल करती है. प्रति दिन भारतीय रेल से क्रोरे की संखिया मे लोग एक सथन से दूसेरे सथन पर जाते है. भारतीय आर्थिक विकास मे भारतीय रेल का महत्पूर्ण रोल रहा है. भारतीय रेल २४ अवर्स हमारी सेवा मे लगी रहती है.कई बार बचपन मे मैने रेल मे सफ़र किया है और आनंद भी लिया है. यह बात २००२ की है. जब मे यू .एस से देल्ही आया था  देल्ही मे मुझे अपने मित्र की शादी अटेंड  करनी थी. मैने एक दिन देल्ही मे आराम किया और अगले दिन नयी देल्ही रलीवेय स्टेशन से रेल ले ली. रेल मे चाड ते हे. मैं दंग रहे गया. रेल मे काफ़ी भीड़ थी. पर मुझे कोई परेशानी न्ही हुई. मैने एक खाली सीट  ले ली थी.

मे आराम से उस पर बैठ गया. रेल मे भीड़ थी पर लोग खुश थे. वो एक दूसरे से बात कर रहे थे. वो एक दूसरे से अपनी परिवारिक परेशन और अपनी खुशी साझा कर रहे थे.मैने यह देख कर खुश था की वो एक दूसरे ना जानते हुए भी तोड़ से समय मे मिल गये थे. इस बात से पता चलता है की आदमी एक सोशियल इंसान था और उसको एक दूसरे से बात करना पसंद है.

Poverty as key challenge

In our daily life, we come across people who we think are poor . They could be landless labours in village or people living in around us in overcrowded urban area living in the slums. It could our housemaid, driver, gardener, sweeper etc. The list is endless which made us realise that we are surrounded by poverty around us. In fact in India around 3 crores people living under poverty line. Poverty is one of key challenges India is facing today.Generally poverty is related to following issues like - unemployment, landlessness, size of family illiteracy , poor health, child  labour and helplessness.

Unemployment is directly related to poverty. Unemployment is when person is unemployed or active seeking for work.There are various type of unemployment. Some of them are seasonal and some is hidden unemployment. In seasonal unemployment person is unemployed for  a season. It is common in rural areas. In rural areas, many farmers are landless. They usually work on farmers having large farms which give them seasonal employment for their living during cultivation period.

There are four factors of production - land , labour, physical capital and human capital. Among these four factors of production human capital is most important. most developed countries invest on their human capital. they emphasis on providing their citizen skills and knowledge which can be a contributor in national income. The major problem with poor people is that they are uneducated. They do not have skills and knowledge which them to break the shackles of poverty. For example if the labour is uneducated and poor. he will  not have enough resource to educate their children which make their children uneducated and poor in future. Whereas educated people knows the importance of education very much.They give much importance to education. They believe giving education to children is an investment for bright future of their children and country.

Economist find poverty based  person occupation and their asserts.In pre independence, Dada Bhai Naoroji first time discuss poverty and poverty line. he gave a rough formulae to calculate poverty line. After independence, many planning commission and committee define poverty and poverty line. Indra Gandhi also gave the slogan in seventy garibi hatao. But we have failed in eradicating poverty till now and still it is a menace.In India, poverty live not only in rural area but it is present largely in urban area. Poverty in urban India is more as compare to rural India. In ninety, rural poverty has decreased but urban poverty has increased. The reason for this is shift is migration of people from rural area to urban area and increase in population.

The problem of poverty is not associated with India only. it is a global problem.About one fifth of the global population is poor. Many latin american countries and african countries are facing the problem of poverty. Namibia has largest number of poor than other countries of the world.International agencies has set up the global poverty line of 1 dollar per day. in India, if a person is earning less than 37 rupee in rural area and 47 rupee in urban area that it is considered as poor.The condition is improving slowly with various step taken by Govt of India. Various schemes are formulated to eradicate in this decade.

 

First Day

हमारे जीवन मे अनेक घटनाए होती है जो बड़े हो कर भी हमको याद रहेती है और हम को प्रसन करती है. ऐसी ही घटना मे आपके साथ बटाने जा रहा हू. वो जून का महीना था सुबह सुबह मैं तयियर हो कर आपनी मा के साथ, हाथ मे पानी की बोतल लिए और पीठ पर किताब का बसता लिया जा रहा . मा खुश थी की मेरा बेटा आपने जीवन के एक नये चरण मे प्रवेश करने जा रहा है. हम दोनो घर से कुछ दूर जाकर  बस स्टॅंड के पास रुक गये. मा ने मुझसे बोला  बस! हम लोग को यही आना था, यही से हे मोटर मिलेगी. फिर थोड़ी देर बाद एक लाल मोटर हम को आती देखी. वह मोटर ह्मारे सामने आकर खड़ी हो गयइ. मेरी मा ने मुझे देखा जैसे बोल रही हो की बेटा तुम्हारा घर मे कखेलने का टाइम ख़तम हो गया है. अब! पढ़ी करने की बारी है. मेरी आखो मे भी स्कूल जाने की पीड़ा देखी जा सकती थी. मेरी आखो से जैसे आवाज़ निकल रही हो मा मे अभी छोटा हू. मैं तुम से दोर न्ही जा सकता मुझे आपने  पास ही रहने दो. पर ऐसा क्च न्ही हुआ मा ने मुझको बस मे चड़ा दिया. बस मे मुझे एक बड़ा सा आदमी दिखा. उस आदमी ने मुझ ज़ोर से आपने पास सीट पर दल दिया. वह आदमी बस का सहायक था. उसका काम बस मे बाचो का ध्यान रखना था. थोड़ी हे देर मे, मैं सभी बाचो के साथ गुल मिल ग्यंएरि जीवन मे जैसे कोई न्यी शक्ति आ गयइ थी और मैं उड़ान भरने को रेडी था.