There was big outrage on Twitter and other social networking sites on the Rs.4,800/= spent by the Union government on advertisements since 2014 of its achievements. This outrage is misplaced. People make a big noise on non-issues but remain silent on much bigger issues.
The policies of the government are regular institutional violence and a huge waste of public money. The Indian state is no more a benevolent state. It is benevolent only to vote banks like Muslims, Christians, SCs, STs, OBCs etc. All the resources are reserved for them. There all the wishes are fulfilled. Statues can be amended for them, loans and scholarships can be awarded to them without any merit, etc., etc. Others are just numbers.
Our money was taken from us as taxes is showered on them. This is an institutional violence let loose by all the governments. Very recently, the Parliament turned down a ruling of the highest court of the land, only to appease SCs and STs, a big vote bank. With this amendment, non-SCs and STs can be arrested on a simple complaint, means all their human rights are in the hands of SCs and STs. This is the most draconian type of state violence.
On Kashmir, the government spent thousands and thousands of crores of the taxpayers' money, only to appease the rioters and separatists. Similarly, the governments spent thousands of crores on minority institutions like AMU, Jamia, Presidency University etc. but they do not give lawful and proper representation to Hindus, SCs, STs, and OBCs. On foreign infiltrators like Rohingya Muslims, Bangladesh infiltrators etc. the government spent thousands of crores of taxpayers' money. It is also the huge criminal waste of public money.
Citizens go with great hope to the courts but courts take decades and decades in deciding the cases. Indian courts have maximum vacations and holidays and most of the time lawyers are on strike. Dates and adjournments are the most regular feature of courts. Litigants have to suffer for decades and decades. They have no remedy but to bear this institutional violence.
In India, there are around 2.5 million NGOs and the governments give them grants and donations very liberally. It is a well-known fact that NGOs do nothing and all the work is done only in files only. However, they intrude on the lives of the citizens very violently. This is a big criminal waste of money but the government institutions are very kind to them and the poor citizens have to live with this institutional violence.
India has the maximum number of students in the world. There are around 25 crores students in primary and secondary education and 12 crores in higher education. Nevertheless, more than 75% are non-serious students but the government has to spend a huge amount of money on these non-serious students. No Detention System, CBCS, moderation, standardization, percentile system, positive discrimination, reservation, internal and continuous assessment etc. are some sick methods which are introduced in the names of reforms to promote these non-serious students. There is a huge waste of public money on education. If examinations, evaluation and admissions are conducted without any cheating, pass percentage cannot cross the 20% mark.
Every year millions of government employees, PSU employees, bank employees, teachers, doctors, etc. are transferred every year without any logic and thousands of crores of public money is spent on this transfer industry. Ironically, the transfer industry is the most corrupt industry in the country. Not only this, this draconian transfer system breaks and divides families; create immense tension and disruption in the lives of the victim. But people live with this institutional violence. Families are devastated and ruined by this transfer system. This is the most brutal institutional violence. Women must be posted near their family. Breaking a family is the most inhuman state violence.
Regardless of any individual ideology or affiliations, the above-mentioned facts are uncontestable. It is a plain reality that our government has been inflicting scars on the individuals with institutional violence. Now people have surrendered and accepted this institutional violence. Institutional violence is at every step. Instead of wasting money and resources on this violence, the state should do some other positive, useful and welfare things.
The state should spend money on health, villages, farmers, agriculture and better infrastructure. It is a naked point that our political masters are driven by greed, votes and power. They need votes to win, voters need freebies, and again this is an institutional violence. The purpose of this article is not to support or oppose any ideologies, groups or government but highlighting the wrong or misplaced priorities and actions. The cost involves the money of not only rich industrialists, but also of the middle class and poor.
Nobody can justify the institutional violence.
