Statement : Without the active cooperation between the proprietor and the employees of the mill, it cannot remain a profitable concern for long.
Courses of Action :
I. The mill should be closed down.
II. The workers should be asked to cooperate with the owners.
III. The owners should be asked to cooperate with the employees.
Statement : The air and rail services have been severely disrupted due to thick fog in the northern part of the country.
Courses of Action :
I. The rail and air services should be temporarily suspended in the region.
II. People should be advised to make their travel plan keeping in mind the probable disruption resulting in delay or cancellation of services.
III. The government should immediately install modern machines which will enable it to guide the rail and air services even if the thick fog develops.
Statement : There are more than 200 villages in the hill area of Uttar Pradesh which are severely damaged due to cyclone and it causes an extra burden of Rs 200 crore on State Government for relief and rehabilitation work.
Courses of Action :
I. People of hill area should be shifted to other safer places.
II. State Government should ask more financial support from Central Government.
III. Government should levy relief tax to the corporate sector to ease the additional burden.
Statement : Any further increase in the pollution level in the city by way of industrial effluents and automobile exhaustions would pose a severe threat to the inhabitants.
Courses of Action :
I. All the factories in the city should immediately be closed down.
II. The automobiles should not be allowed to ply on the road for more than four hours a day.
III. The Government should restrict the issue of fresh licences to factories and automobiles.
Statement : Lack of coordination between the University, its colleges and various authorities has resulted in students ousted from one college seeking migration to another.
Courses of Action :
I. If a student is ousted from a college, the information should be sent to all the other colleges of the University
II. The admissions to all the colleges of the University should be handled by the University directly.
III. A separate section should be made for taking strict action against students indulging in anti-social activities.
Statement : Over 27,000 bonded labourers identified and freed are still awaiting rehabilitation.
Courses of Action :
I. More cases of bonded labourers should be identified.
II. Till the proper rehabilitation facilities are available, the bonded labourers should not be freed.
III. The impediments in the way of speedy and proper rehabilitation of bonded labourers should be removed.
Statement : Number of dropouts from the municipal schools has significantly increased after withdrawal of mid-day meal scheme.
Courses of Action :
I. The government should reconsider its decision of withdrawal of midday meal scheme.
II. The government should close down some of the municipal schools.
III. The government should carry out a detailed study to find out the reasons for school dropouts.
Statement : There has been unprecedented increase in the prices of essential commodities during the past few days due to the strike call given by the transporters association.
Courses of Action :
I. The transporters' association should be ordered by the government to immediately withdraw strike call or else they will face severe consequences.
II. The government should immediately make alternative arrangements to ensure adequate supply of essential commodities in the market.
III. The government should immediately declare the strike illegal and put all those responsible for the strike behind the bars.
Statement : A large number of students studying in municipal schools could not pass the Xth Std. Board examination causing frustration among the students and their parents.
Courses of Action :
I. The municipal authority should immediately review the position and initiate measures to improve the situation.
II. The municipal authority should immediately fill up the teachers' vacancies in the municipal schools.
III. The municipal authority should close down some of their schools and concentrate their attention on remaining schools to improve the conditions.
Statement : Incessant rain for the past several days has posed the problem of overflowing and flood as the river bed is full of silt and mud.
Courses of Action :
I. The people residing near the river should be shifted to a safe place.
II. The people should be made aware about the imminent danger over radio/television.
III. The silt and mud from the river bed should be cleared immediately after the receding of the water level.
Statement : Some strains of mosquito have become resistant to chloroquine - the widely used medicine for malaria patients.
Courses of Action :
I. Selling of chloroquine should be stopped.
II. Researchers should develop a new medicine for patients affected by such mosquitoes.
III. All the patients suffering from malaria should be checked for identification of causal mosquito.
Statement : Many private sector banks have reduced interest rate on housing loans in comparison to public sector banks.
Courses of Action :
I. The case should be raised before the regulatory authority for investigation by the public sector banks as they cannot follow such reduction.
II. Public sector banks must adopt such policy to remain in competition.
III. The public sector banks should advertise their special feature repeatedly so that they do not lose their future customers.
Statement : The Deputy Mayor of city Z has proposed to install a plant of mineral water and to supply citizen's mineral water bottles at Rs. 6 per litre as against Rs. 10 per litre being sold by local private companies.
Courses of Action :
I. The local private companies of city Z will have to close their operation.
II. The Corporation of city Z will have to provide for losses in this project in its budget.
III. The tap water schemes of city Z will have to be stopped.
Statement : The meteorological department has issued a notification forecasting less rainfall during next year's monsoon.
Courses of Action :
I. The government should immediately set up a water authority for proper management of water resources.
II. The water supply authorities should be asked to implement reduction in regular water supply to tackle the situation.
III. The farmers should be advised to cultivate alternate crops which require less water during the coming months.
Statement : There was a spurt in criminal activities in the city during the recent festival season.
Courses of Action :
I. The police should immediately investigate into the causes of this increase.
II. In future the police should take adequate precaution to avoid recurrence of such situation during festival.
III. The known criminals should be arrested before any such season.
Statement : A large number of students who have passed their XII Std. terminal examination in the country could not get admission to colleges as the number of seats available are grossly inadequate.
Courses of Action :
I. The evaluation system of XII Std. terminal examination should be made more tough so that fewer students pass the examination.
II. The Government should encourage the private sector to open new colleges by providing them land at cheaper rate.
III. The rich people should be asked to send their wards to foreign countries for higher studies enabling the needy students to get admission in colleges within the country.
Statement : It has been reported by one of the TV channels that the answer papers of Board examination of one State are evaluated by students studying in the same standard with the help of model answers as instructed by the examiners.
Courses of Action :
I. All such examiners should be immediately suspended from their official positions.
II. All such papers evaluated by the students should be immediately confiscated and got evaluated by qualified teachers.
III. The Board should explore possibilities even though they are remote, of getting the answer papers of this examination evaluated by computerised machines.
Statement : The condition of all the major roads in the city has deteriorated due to incessant rain during the last two months.
Courses of Action :
I. The city civic authority should deploy additional traffic staff to regulate the vehicular movement.
II. The city civic authority should immediately make arrangements for repairs of the damaged roads.
III. Motorists should be alerted at various places by putting up sign boards about the bad patches of the roads to enable them to plan their journey accordingly.
Statement : There have been quite a few incidents of highway robbery on the super expressway between cities A and B during recent months.
Courses of Action :
I. The local administration should immediately set up police tickets along the expressway to prevent robbery.
II. The local administration should immediately close down the expressway till the robbers are apprehended.
III. More and more people should be given training on how to tackle with the robbers.
Statement : The Institute has fixed for the investors a validity period of one year for transfer forms for some of its listed schemes.
Courses of Action :
I. The Institute should consult investors before fixing the duration of validity period.
II. The investors should be duly informed about the validity period.
III. List of schemes covered under this validity period should be communicated.
