New Delhi, 10 Dec (PTI): The politics of so-called freebies for which society sees a \u201cmad race\u201d distort expenditure priorities, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on December 10 and asserted that the need is to \u201cempower not pockets but human minds\u201d.<\/p>\n
In his address at a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) event marking Human Rights Day at Bharat Mandapam, he also said that no part of the globe is so \u201cblossoming, prospering with human rights as our country\u201d.<\/p>\n
The occasion marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.<\/p>\n
U.N. Resident Coordinator in India Shombi Sharp also was present on the dais. Sharp, in his address, read out a message from U.N. Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres.<\/p>\n
Mr. Dhankhar, the chief guest at the event, said \u201cA coincidence, this [75th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights] just follows our \u2018Amrit Kaal\u2019, and our \u2018Amrit Kaal\u2019 has become our \u2018Gaurav Kaal\u2019 \u2014 primarily due to the blossoming of human rights and values.\u201d \u201cWe had an occasion to get a message from the (U.N.) Secretary-General. It would have been been appropriate and worthwhile to take note of the massive, revolutionary, affirmative changes that are taking place in Bharat, home to one-sixth of humanity, on promotion of human rights,\u201d Mr. Dhankhar said.<\/p>\n
No part of the globe is so blossoming, prospering with human rights as India, he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd why not? Our civilisational ethos, constitutional framework reflect our deep commitment to respecting, safeguarding and nurturing human rights. It is in our DNA,\u201d the Vice-President said.<\/p>\n
He also emphasised that human rights are spinally strengthened when there is \u201chuman empowerment in sharp contradiction to fiscal patronage\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmpowerment of pockets by fiscal grant only increases dependence. The politics of so-called freebies for which we see a mad race distort expenditure priorities. Freebies, as per economic giants, undercut the basic framework of macroeconomic stability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
There needs to be a \u201chealthy national debate\u201d on how expensive this fiscal patronage is for the economy, life quality and social cohesion in the long run, the Vice-President added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will greatly appreciate if the National Human Rights Commission… catalysing a debate, coming out with a paper that can be extremely informative, motivational and inspirational for people at large, and those who are in seats of governance can be enlightened that we need to empower not pockets but human minds, human resource,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Dhankhar also said that \u201cno one is above the law, be you ever so high, the law is always above you, is the new norm in the country. A peak paradigm shift\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a time when some thought they were above the law, there was a time when some thought they were beyond the reach of the law. Now, all high and mighty, you may be just anyone, you are accountable to law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is happening,\u201d Mr. Dhankhar said and added that it is an \u201cinalienable facet of promoting human rights\u201d.<\/p>\n
Transparency and accountable governance \u2014 a new norm \u2014 is a gamechanger for promoting human rights, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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