New Member Induction Program

Program Owner: National Organization Development Team

Politics in India• Vote Bank – caste based, divisive• Dynastic, nepotism• Corruption, greed• Centralized power in few hands

The politics of today

• India’s freedom movement was primarily anti-colonial but with a vision of economic progress & a secular, democratic, republican, and civil libertarian political structure

• Gandhi, Ambedkar, Tilak et. al

Politics of the Past

• A liberal democratic polity• Clean, competent public spirited

people being attracted to politics• Proportional representation of

elections. • Highly empowered local

governments, citizen's charters• Strong anti-corruption and

accountability mechanisms. • Focus on education healthcare,

skills and jobs, opportunities available to every child irrespective of birth

• Rule of law prevails

Future

Where is Young India?40% < 25 YEARS

1st & 2nd Lok Sabha

30%

MPs< 40

16th Lok Sabha

13% MPs

<

40

Why is 40% of our population represented by<15% ?

Issues for Youth In India

CORRUPTION

QUALITY EDUCATION

Gender (in)Equality Healthcare

#1: Unemployment

After region, caste is the single biggest determinant of access to quality jobs in India !

Roughly >1 crore youth in job market to be added every year. Agriculture GDP share is only 14% & is declining consistently, though>50% of population depends

on it

The Loksatta Answer

Government Incentives

Producers of public goods &

services.LOCAL

Entrepreneurship

Demand generation of

skilled workforce

In situ growth of small towns to cities, reduce migrations for

lack of opportunity

• Skilling Credit System• For employed & unemployed workforce• E.g. For each year of work person earns Rs X credit exchanged for

skill upgradation course/programme

Continued Education and Skilling System

• Run by municipalities• Improved local estimation of demand, technical skills

Decentralisation of ITI & Vocational Training

Schools

India Ranked 73/74 Countries PISA for students aged 15.

#2: Quality Education57 million primary aged children out of school

49% children will never enter school25% children will drop out before finishing primary school

Half the schools have no working toilets1 in 5 schools have no drinking water

In 2020, 220 million kids will pass school

150 million will opt for Work not Higher Education

1 child competes with 41 others for a teacher’s attentions

Learning outcomes post RTE in 2010

The Loksatta Answer• There shall be no public schools with

20-30 students or 1-2 teachers instead, consolidate schools by transport facilities.

• Move from funding schools to Funding Students. Choice to parents via public and private competition. Establish a system of providing education credit that will pay for every higher level of schooling.

• Invest in teacher training programmes.• Introduce vocational learning/skill

development in the last two years of schooling (9/10th or 11/12th standards).

RTE isn’t an answer to learning outcomes and quality.

•Focus on learning outcomes: National Testing Board in the lines of PISA & ASER•Fund students NOT schools•Invest in teacher training

#3: Corruption

Is corruption the price we pay for democracy ?

1. No fear of punishment 2. India promotes 100 corrupt people to the national level and 50 corrupt people to the state level each year !3. Deal with the government by bribing else get harassed4. Slow & inefficient judiciary. Over 3 crore cases pending.

The Loksatta Answer• A Lokpal and a Lokayukta are

mandatory. Enforce district level ombudsmen to address corruption faced by citizens. Confiscate property of the corrupt!

• Implementation and effective execution of law guaranteeing service delivery with penalties for delays.

• A minimum of 5000 courts to ensure time-bound justice for petty crimes and unclogging higher courts.

Increased Transparency1. Right to Information to empower

citizens to monitor the functioning of public bodies.

2. Right to Service legislation to reduce corruption among government officials and to increase transparency and public accountability.

Only 1% of GDP is spent as public health expenditure - one of the

lowest in the world.

Public expenditure share is only 30% of the total expenditure, rest

is out of pocket spend.

#4: Healthcare

1. Hospitalized Indians spent 58% of annual expenditure to cover expenses

2. At least 25% of hospitalised Indians fall below poverty line, due to the expenses

3. Only 1/3rd of the children are protected against common preventable diseases

The Loksatta Answer• Free universal healthcare, in the lines of UK

involving public and private players at standardised costs

• Immunization coverage to all• Catastrophic health insurance for all;

premiums paid by the state• Elder care:

– Establish a system of eldercare credit that is earned by a person for every year worked

– Credits cashed in for healthcare in old age• Create a cleaner and safer environment

– Incentivise non-polluting activities– Discourage polluting activities (penalties,

punishment)– Ensure clean air, water, and land– Build better roads and transport

infrastructure– Improve road safety systems

Accessible.Free.

High Quality.

Healthcare for ALL

About Loksatta Party• Party established in 2006 by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan to embrace politics and create opportunity for the

participation of the brightest minds in India in politics.• Loksatta is national party with units in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil

Nadu and Telengana.• LSP has the clout and reputation across the partisan political mainstream as being neutral and sensible

and has the ears of key decision makers in the government and the opposition.• Loksatta with its capacity for content & substance derived from the collective intelligence of professions

in politics (Lok Satta leaders include IAS officer, bureaucrats, Corporate Executives, technologists, public policy experts, urban governance experts, political scientists, lawyers, economists and bankers etc.) provides the ability to devise robust policy on behalf of the government.

• Our key achievements can be found at http://www.loksatta.org/lspachievements some highlights are – Pioneering & presenting the Lokpal Bill & Lokayukta Act in 2009– Fighting for candidate disclosures (1999-2003) so candidates for legislative offices disclose criminal

and financial antecedents– Achieving 80GG deductions for political party contributions to bring in clean money for politics– Drafted, championed RTI act(1997-2005)– Championing decentralization to ensure power, funds to local wards

Why LSP ?Traditional Politics in India: • 1300+ political parties in India. No party is

in sync with peoples aspirations• Power has become an end in itself and

parties have become personal fiefdoms• Run from illegitimate and illegal funds. No

transparency in Accounting• Leaders cannot rise based on merits due

to lack of Internal Democracy • Priority : Individual first, Party Next and

Nation last• No ideology , in power does the same

thing that it opposed when in opposition

The LSP Difference:• A Liberal Party upholding individual liberty

in all spheres of life : social and economic• Committed to fulfill potential of all citizens

and eliminate avoidable sufferings• Transparent funding: One of the few

parties to submit audited accounts to election commission consistently

• Internal Democracy: The Founder President gave way for a National or State President based on democratic means. Party does not belong to an individual but to its members

• Nation First , Party Next, Individual Last• Politics as means to public problem

solving

Key DifferentiatorsHow LSP is Different From AAP ?• Commonalities:

– Transparent Funding and Accounting – No vote-buying or liquor distribution– Personally clean leaders without

corruption• Uniqueness of LSP over AAP:

– No short term populism that hurts nation in long term

– Clarity in policies and vision– Liberal, rational and scientific policies – No vote bank policies and practices – No Magic Wands - Host of Institutions

and Practices– Thrust on Competition and Free Market

“We have great responsibilities ahead of us, greater challenges, and above all, the greatest zest to see things change, to act against injustice, to rebel against the wrong, to see things differently.

Leaving behind status quo.Lets make people understand that they cannot ignore

us, because we change things. We will push the human race forward.We need to be crazy enough to think that we can

change the world, change ourselves first.Because the people who are crazy enough, are the

ones who do it. We need to take the lead and make this happen, and

not let this be another piece of writing. Youth once gone will never come back. Think, act,

do”.

Are you READY ?

Why you should join us now?• If you are considering working for government in the future• If you agree that we must clean our politics to make India a developed nation• If you want to spend some time, full time/part time during holidays or

otherwise working with some of the best minds in politics • Opportunities to contribute to the party aligned with your area of interest

– Software development : Mobile and web application development– Graphic Design: Posters, videos– Photography– Citizen journalism– Media research and content writing– Social media and social media marketing

• Internship applications now being accepted in Hyderabad, Bangalore– http://www.loksatta.org/internship

How you can start helping?• Enrol 5 of your friends/family as members• Follow us on Social Media – Spread the word • Know your constituency team and participate

in the local activities • Consider joining one of the functional teams –

see next slides

Which team best suits you?Your Interests Functional TeamContent WritingJournalismMedia ExposurePosters, Slogans DesignVideos Creation, EditingSocial Media MarketingWeb/Mobile App Development

Communications

Political Strategy, Policy Design, ReformsPolitical Program DesignProgram Management – coordinating with different disciplines of people

Strategy, Program Development and Monitoring

Members Engagement People ManagementMembers Induction and leadership trainingData Management

Organisation Development

Which team best suits you - contdYour Interests Functional TeamInnovative Fund Raising ProgramsIndividual, Celebrity and Corporate Sponsorships/Endorsements

Finance

Political ActivismPolicy and ReformsStudent of Law

Legal

Political ActivismGround CampaigningPeople Connect

Constituency Activities Team

APPENDIX

12% girls between 12-14 years are engaged in

child labor

22% girls 6-24 years have no education

#5: Women’s Empowerment

The Loksatta Answer• Alternate Women Representation Bill for

truly representing 50% of India’s population.

• Youth at the front of gender equality– Women pledge to work at colleges– Men pledge to take no dowries– Gender sensitisation, awareness of rights– Eliminate discrimination via love marriages

• Economic growth of women and policy reform/implementation– Equal opportunities at land and property ownership– Reduction in pay gap/ equal pay for equal work

• Incentivise families to provide equal opportunity & quality education the girl child, adjust cost structures at schools.– 10% more girls in school increases the country’s

GDP by 3– Eliminate any barriers to educating young girls

#6: Women’s SafetyRape Conviction Rates in India

The Loksatta Answer• Time bound justice to offences against

women via Local Courts with summary trial.

• Trial of Rape offences by Special Court and and trial completion by 2 months

• Allocation and use of Nirbhaya Fund for victims to hire lawyers of their choice

• Separate Women section staffed by women police in all Police Station, to handle crimes against women

• Gender Sensitization – Via censorship of scenes and themes that

legitimize use of force against women in media

– From class 9th onwards with participatory courses on human relations and gender sensitization

Zero tolerance for crimes against

women.