Manohar Parrikar: The original 'Aam Aadmi Neta.
"I want our jawans to have the best of equipment and facilities," he once told me, "Officers can manage but who will speak up for the jawans?"
The PM had tasked him with an important job, and like a dyed in the wool disciplined
"I want our jawans to have the best of equipment and facilities," he once told me, "Officers can manage but who will speak up for the jawans?"
The PM had tasked him with an important job, and like a dyed in the wool disciplined
RSS worker, he would abide by the leadership's decision. For Parikkar, the defence ministry posed a challenge and an opportunity - the challenge of cutting through the bureaucratic stranglehold over defence deals and an opportunity of restoring the faith of the armed forces
in the state. - Rajdeep Sardesai
The nexus between middlemen, arms agents and DM's officials has been broken, Defence Minister Parrikar said on Friday and termed it as one of the “biggest achievement” of the NDA government.
Remembering #ManoharParrikar on his Punya Smaran.
The nexus between middlemen, arms agents and DM's officials has been broken, Defence Minister Parrikar said on Friday and termed it as one of the “biggest achievement” of the NDA government.
Remembering #ManoharParrikar on his Punya Smaran.
Manohar was once on a scooter when a car being driven by a police officer's son banged into him. As the young man got out and flashed his connections, Parikkar just lifted his helmet and smiled: "Yes, I know who you are but I am also your CM!"
Manohar Parrikar was a man of many
Manohar Parrikar was a man of many
firsts: the first IITian to become the CM of a state; the first Goan to become a cabinet-rank minister at the centre and a national leader of stature, and also the first CM of a state to continue in office for over a year despite being diagnosed with terminal-stage cancer.
Parrikar, who was fondly called ‘Manu’ by his classmates in IIT Bombay, showed his inclination and knack for solving administrative problems early in his college days, when he is said to have significantly improved the quality of hostel food as Mess Secretary.
After graduating
After graduating
from IIT, Parrikar started his life as a businessman in Goa, running, amongst other businesses, a hydraulics component manufacturing factory in Sancoale Industrial Estate and being a dedicated RSS swayamsevak, almost single-handedly building the organisation’s network in the
coastal state.
As the chief executive of the state, the workaholic Parrikar was credited with bringing several populist and social schemes, such as the Ladli Laxmi Scheme, which helped women avail Rs. 1 lakh to meet wedding expenses, the Griha Aadhar Scheme under which
As the chief executive of the state, the workaholic Parrikar was credited with bringing several populist and social schemes, such as the Ladli Laxmi Scheme, which helped women avail Rs. 1 lakh to meet wedding expenses, the Griha Aadhar Scheme under which
housewives in the state would get Rs. 1,000 each month to offset rising inflation and gas price expenses and the Cyberage Scheme under which every Class IX student in the state was given a personal computer at a nominal cost of Rs. 1,000.
These schemes were later emulated in
These schemes were later emulated in
some form by various other state govts, with PM Modi crediting Parrikar for his innovative schemes, which inspired similar welfare measures when he was the Gujarat CM.
When Parrikar took over as Defence Minister, he said that he had inherited the ministry with “fear psychosis
When Parrikar took over as Defence Minister, he said that he had inherited the ministry with “fear psychosis
and frozen mindset” in the department where no one was ready to take any decision and changing that system was a challenge.
Apart from these initiatives in Goa, Parrikar has also said to have resolved the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue, streamlined and sped up defence
Apart from these initiatives in Goa, Parrikar has also said to have resolved the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue, streamlined and sped up defence
procurement procedures and planned the surgical strike on Pakistan during his short tenure as Defence Minister.
By this time, Parrikar was terminally ill and a person who regularly swims in the ocean of deceit and corruption accused #ManoharParrikar was lying.
By this time, Parrikar was terminally ill and a person who regularly swims in the ocean of deceit and corruption accused #ManoharParrikar was lying.
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