President lays stress on developmental politics

    New Delhi: Greeting fellow citizens on the eve of 57th Republic Day, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today said that there were two critical needs ahead of the country- "One is about the national mission and its progress. The second is to protect our progress and further sustain the earning capacity of individuals and people". Emphasising the importance of developmental politics, the President urged all parties to work with zeal to uplift the 260 million people living below poverty line and remove the illiteracy and unemployment. He stressed on the need to promote ethical values in all walks of life, which will enable creation of synergy between establishments for realising the dream of "seeing the smiles on the billion faces".

    Underlining the importance of developmental politics, Kalam said that in politics there are two dimensions, one is the political politics and the other is the developmental politics. "Political politics is required during the election process. Immediately after the election all parties must converge on developmental politics with a common mission. Translating this into action, all parties have to work with zeal to uplift the 260 million people living below poverty line and remove the illiteracy and unemployment," the President said. "I would like to visualize a situation in which the political parties perform in the environment of developmental politics in our country, competing with each other, in putting forth their focused developmental vision through their manifesto," he added. Referring to the Biblical story of the "Lost Sheep", Kalam urged teachers, leaders, administrators, judiciary and law enforcement agencies and the media to take appropriate actions to help the marginalised persons. Stressing the importance of inculcating discipline among citizens, the President highlighted the necessity of providing compulsory NCC training for a minimum period of 18 months to all youth of the country either during the senior secondary stage and or during graduation in all educational institutions, both Government and private.

    Asserting that scientists, technologists and health care specialists have a special role to play in strengthening the development process, Kalam outlined five important national missions for them in this regard. "For the scientists and technologists of the nation, I have five immediate national missions. (a) Increasing the Solar Photo Voltaic Cell efficiency from 14 per cent to 45 per cent using nano technology; (b) Research in proteomics to identify the disease causing mechanism and to develop new methods to treat diseases, (c) Earthquake forecasting using multiple parameter pre-cursors such as pre-shock conditions and electromagnetic phenomena, prior to the final rupture, (d) Building a validated mathematical model for predicting the quantum of rain for a particular cloud conditions in a particular region in a prescribed time using the new type of Polarimetric radar and (e) Developing the products in the healthcare, electronics and materials to meet the national requirements using the convergence of nano, bio and info technologies," he said.

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