November 2018 – Mayank Gandhi

Citizen App – VIA 70, First-time-in-India

November 29, 2018 by deepak in Political

VIA 70 App (Vile Parle, Irla, Andheri MCGM ward no. 70) A unique, first-time-in-the-country tool for govt-citizen interface prepared by UPL Ltd and Shroff Family and social activist Mayank Gandhi with the support of the elected representative of ward 70 of MCGM, Mrs Sunita Mehta. Preamble: Decentralization: The 73rd amendment (1991) for decentralization of power in […]

Transforming rural India through large-scale horticulture

November 16, 2018 by deepak in Political

My endeavor is to transform rural India by creating a replicable model using technology and new techniques. The drought this year in Marathawada has thrown in an intense challenge to put in place sustainable and long-term solutions. These solutions should be able increase income by ten times in the next five years and insulate farmers […]

The sericulture option

November 13, 2018 by deepak in Political

GLOBAL PARLI Our farmers have been traditionally growing cotton and soybeans. Those are low earning crops and generally revenue per acre has been around 20 to 40k per year/acre. We are encouraging farmers to diversify their lands into other options. Last year, we have started working on converting some of the farmers towards Sericulture (silk […]

Velankar case with Hinduja

November 12, 2018 by deepak in Political

Nation First Shashikant Velankar, age 58 lives in the fishermen chawls of Mahim and he had kidney stones in both kidneys. Somehow or the other, he managed to gather Rs 3 lakhs from his relatives and friends and got himself treated in Hinduja Hospital for removal of stone from the right side kidney. Now, all […]

Statue Saga continues (last episode) – English and Hindi

November 6, 2018 by deepak in Political

The statue saga continues (final episode): While I understand the value of inspiring the nation by putting up a statue of Sardar as a symbol of unity. While I understand BJP’s political move to abrogate Sardar’s legacy and put him on a pedestal vis-a-vis the Nehru dynasty. While I understand all those that talk about […]

Transforming poor talukas – using fruit tree plantations (English / Marathi)

November 5, 2018 by deepak in Political

We are planning to grow 10 lakh trees in Parli (106 villages) to find permanent solution to the periodic droughts. The plan presently is as follows: 1. Go and meet experts, make field visits and finalise the ratio of each fruit trees (out of the planned 10 lakhs) in the next two weeks. 2.As per […]

Sardar Statue- a monumental idea

November 2, 2018 by deepak in Political

I am not from BJP and in spite of that, I think the idea of a Sardar Patel statue is a monumental idea. 1. A monument stands for an idea and in this country ravaged by caste, religion and regional differences all pulling for their own benefit – Sardar Patel, who united 562 princely states […]

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Month: November 2018