All the states declare gallantry awards to soldiers /
policemen from their states, including some who have lost their lives in the
service of the nation. They do it for their sportspersons too. Similarly The
Centre & States declare compensations for victims of Riots, Accidents,
Natural Calamities etc. The Centre too does the same. Nothing wrong in it. The biggest problem is
that the states forget to implement the same.
I feel these awards and honors compensations should be under
the umbrella of Ministry of HRD. The respective ministry like The Ministry of
Defense for armed forces & Ministry Sports for sports persons , should take
stock of all such declarations done by various states and give it to the
Ministry of HRD to follow up with the respective states, for a defined period
of say one year after the case is brought to their notice. Since the
compensations are part of a welfare activity, it should directly be dealt with
by the HRD Ministry.
On Expiry of the one year, if the respective states fail to
honor their commitments, The HRD Ministry should put up the case to the PMO and
scale it up to the PM. The PM then should then give directives to The HRD
Minister to honor the commitment and direct the Finance Minister to deduct
double the amount equal to the commitment, from the respective states' over all
yearly budgetary allocation. In case if the centre is the defaulter, then the
money should be accounted for in the name of unaccounted expenses, in the
budget.
The recipients should not be made to run from pillar to
post. They are not beggars, for god sake !!
The same logic should also be applied to all who are victims of riots,
accidents, or any calamities etc. Going one step further, It would be really
great if there is uniformity in policy for declaring such awards /
compensations. This policy again should be reviewed every five years or so and
shall not remain sacrosanct for eternity.
Then only we will be doing justice to all.
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