What if I Become India’s Prime Minister? A Vision for a Safer, More Prosperous India
Hello friends! What would have happened if I was the Prime Minister of the country? I have criticised the government on different issues in many videos. Wherever I felt that something was wrong, I have raised questions. But one question also arises that, if I was in the government’s place, what would I do?
Look, for now, I don’t have any such desire to get into politics. But if we truly want to make our country a better place, then it is necessary to talk about this question in detail. Because in order to fulfil our dreams, it is necessary to dream first. How should our country be? What should be done about it? Let’s find out in today’s special video.
I, Dhruv Rathee, do swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law, without fear or favour, affection, or ill-will.
The Foundation of Prosperity: Peace and Security for All
When we talk about making our country into a heaven, an English word can be used to describe it: Prosperity. And when we talk about Prosperity, there’s an English phrase, Peace and Prosperity. Because prosperity cannot be achieved without peace. Peace refers to safety as well. They are like the foundation of any country.
It can have many different aspects. For example, Border security. If any other country goes to war against our country, or tries to infiltrate our borders, then our defence forces should fight back and ensure our safety.
The second is safety from terrrist attacks. In 2001, we saw a terrr attack on the Parliament. In 2008, the Mumbai terrr attack, the Gurdaspur terrr attack in 2015, the Pulwama attack in 2019, the Jaipur-Mumbai Express terrr attack in 2023, and recently, we saw the Reasi terrr attack, where 9 people lost their lives. In the last few days, we saw terrr attacks in Doda and Kathua as well, where many people lost their lives. Last year, in the month of August, the Home Ministry released a statement in Rajya Sabha. In the last 5 years, 761 terrrist attacks have been seen in J&K, which resulted in 174 de@ths. We need safety from all forms of terr*rism.
Third is riots, clashes in the name of religion or ethnicity. Like the 2020 Delhi riots. In 2022, the then Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, said that according to the NCRB data, between 2017 and 2021, more than 2,900 cases of communal and religious rioting were registered in the country. In February, the governor of Manipur said that more than 219 people have been k!lled, more than 10,000 FIRs have been registered, and more than 60,000 people have been displaced in their own country. We need safety from religious riots and ethnic clashes.
Fourth is l¥nchings. Sometimes in the name of religion, sometimes due to rumours spread on WhatsApp. We saw Kasganj violence where Chandan Gupta was k!lled. We saw l¥nchings of Pehlu Khan, Tabrez Ansari, and Akhlaq. Apart from these communal l¥nchings, there were many such l¥nchings caused by rumours circulating on WhatsApp, of a child kidnapper or an organ harvester. Based on such rumours, mobs have k!lled people. Whether it was the Palgarh l¥nching where two sadhus and their drivers were k!lled, or the l¥nching of software engineer Mohammad Azam in Karnataka. We need safety from l¥nching.
Fifth is crime. Do you know that according to NCRB data, in the year 2022, 28,522 mu₹der cases were registered across the country? This means that, on average, every day there are around 78 mu₹der cases. But mu₹der is not the only crime. We see cases of hit and run and road rage. Like the case of Pune Porsche, an over-speeding car ran over two people. Look at the January report of Deccan Herald. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 67,387 hit and run cases were seen in India. Out of these, in 30,486 cases, someone lost their life. Think about it, every year, 30,000 people are k!lled in the country just because of cars, just because of rash driving.
Sixth is accidents. There are many other types of accidents too. Look at the headline of the report by Dainik Bhaskar a few weeks ago. “No investigation, no audit. In the large buildings across the country, in 2.5 years, 1,177 people d!ed.”
Look at this 2021 report of the Times of India, at least 2 people d!e every day in India due to open pits and manholes. According to NCRB data, 5,393 people d!ed in total between 2015 and 2020 by falling into pits.
Then there are railway accidents. Sometimes trains derail, and sometimes they collide. Last year, we saw the most horrific train accident where almost 300 people lost their lives. According to the data, in the last 60 years, the number of railway accidents has been decreasing, which is a good thing. But given the rapid improvement of technology, we should have seen almost zero railway accidents today.
And forget about train accidents, do you know how many people lose their lives every year while crossing railway tracks? In January 2024, the Government Railway Police provided this data. A total of 2,590 people lost their lives on the Mumbai Suburban Railway tracks in the year 2023. So, if we were to talk about the Mumbai local trains only, on average, 7 people are k!lled every day under trains or while crossing the railway lines.
The Value of Every Life: Equality and Justice for All
Sometimes people walking on the road d!e by falling into pits, sometimes a car runs over them, sometimes they d!e while crossing the railway tracks, and sometimes bridges fall apart. In 2022, we saw the Morbi Bridge Collapse in Gujarat where 135 people lost their lives. Sometimes an illegally installed hoarding collapses and people d!e because of it, like in Mumbai, when we saw 16 people d!e. The dimensions of this hoarding were 120 by 120 feet, which was much more than the permissible dimension of 40×40 feet. And sometimes they d!e because of bad medicines. In 2019, 12 children d!ed because, allegedly, they had consumed toxic cough syrup in Jammu.
Think about it, friends, why is the price of a common man’s life so cheap? If I were the Prime Minister, I would do my best to change this perception. The price of a common man’s life should be the same as mine, same as the Prime Minister of India’s.
Our country won independence in 1947, our Constitution was implemented in 1950, but today in 2024, there are many people whose minds are filled with the same colonialism and feudalism. It’s difficult for these people to comprehend how the price of the life of a poor labourer be the same as that of the Prime Minister of India or a billionaire.
But, think about it, whether you are a Prime Minister or a billionaire, or a poor labourer or an average middle-class person, everyone is equally special for their family, right? And this is what happens in the eyes of our Constitution. Article 14 of our Constitution guarantees Right to Equality, according to which, everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. And, secondly, every person living in our country will get equal protection under the law.
As the Prime Minister, I will ensure that this is implemented in letter and in spirit. Safety and security should be for everyone, because every life is precious.
The Path to a Safer India: Diagnosing the Problem, Taking Action, and Implementing Solutions
Here, you will ask me about the solutions to these issues. Till now, I have been listing the problems only. But, the truth is, friends, that this is the first step to the solution, diagnosing the problem. When you are sick and go to the doctor to cure the disease, what does the doctor do first? He tries to identify what’s wrong with you, he gives you the diagnosis of your problem. Because, until you know the disease, there is no use prescribing any medicine. In 99% of cases, randomly prescribing medicines will not solve the problem. This is applicable to your life as well.
Whatever challenges you are facing in your life, the first step to overcome them is to identify them. What is the problem exactly, and what is its root cause? Only after you know these will you know which solution will work the best for you.
Like, if you’re not able to focus on your studies or work, or if you spend the entire day scrolling on the phone. If you feel stressed or depressed. The root cause of all these problems can be poor time management.
I used to suffer due to these problems too, but then I built a proper system to deal with them. A system which I have explained in my Time Management and Productivity course. This system is the secret because of which, for the last several years, I have been able to maintain this level of consistency. Regularly, week after week, making videos with the same efficiency, whether I am at home or travelling the world. Along with productivity, it helps maximize my happiness levels. I have explained this in detail in this course. After completing the assignments, as you can see in the reviews, many people have seen a real transformation in their life.
If you are one of those people who don’t get time for social life, hobbies, and health, or you’re a victim of procrastination, then this course is for you.
The Importance of a Strong Media and Protecting Whistleblowers
The biggest complaint about this course was that this course was available only in English. So, I have good news for you. In August 2024, the Hindi version of this course will be released. Those who have already purchased this course, or will buy it after watching this video, the Hindi version will be completely free for you. You can freely access it on Dhruv Rathee Academy after August. You can go check it out.
And now, let’s get back to the topic. After this, the second step is to accept the problem. And then comes the third step, to take action to solve the problem, taking the right action, giving the right medicine.
In most cases, most politicians ignore the first two steps. Their speeches are full of fluff. “Children are the future of the country.” “Respect women.” “The people are the source of power.” They make such statements, but they will never diagnose the problem. They will never talk about the problems. And they will never accept the problem.
Many politicians in the government know only how to sweep the problems under the carpet. To ensure that the crime rate of their state is not very high, that if a journalist exposes a crime, then they make sure that the journalist is jailed.
In a previous video, I talked about Ankita Bhandari’s mu₹der case, where the police imprisoned the Hindi newspaper, Jago Uttarakhand’s editor, Ashutosh Negi, after a hasty arrest because he was reporting on this case very closely.
Because of all these things, the National Family Health Survey, which is a government survey, has repeatedly, over the years, shown us that crime against women is under-reported on a large scale in many states. The police don’t even file an FIR. The people who talk about these problems are threatened, called pessimistic, sometimes anti-national, sometimes foreign-funded, and this dog whistling begins at the top.
But if I were the Prime Minister, then I will tell people to speak up, to raise their voice. I will tell the media to raise their voices, to report on the safety issues across the country. These incidents of crime, the cases where people d!e by falling into pits. Sometimes they d!e under falling bridges, sometimes they d!e due to adulterated medicines, report everything without being afraid. Because I will protect you. Because I know that the first step to solving these problems is to diagnose them.
A Vision for a Safer India: From Police Reforms to Ending Corruption
And, do you know, friends, once a leader has diagnosed a problem, and has accepted it, then it is not so difficult to find a solution.
For example, if a local police station refuses to file an FIR, then there should be a facility for people, as per which the complainant can go to the SP’s office and file an FIR there. Along with that, there should be a departmental inquiry as to why the police officer did not register an FIR in that police station. What do you think of this simple solution? Does it sound impractical? It is not impractical. It has already been done in our country. The Rajasthan government took this decision in 2019.
If the intention of the leader at the top is clear, then such solutions can be implemented very easily.
When we talk about ensuring safety and security, there are two categories of such solutions:
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Preventive Solutions: That is, we take such steps because of which the problem stops existing. Stop the problem before it happens.
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Punitive Solutions: If the problem does exist, then fight against it and punish the people who cause the problem, so that the rest of the people are discouraged and don’t do the same thing again.
Let’s see an example. Let’s with cross-border security. What can be the Preventive Solution here? Having an effective foreign policy. Building good relations with the neighbouring countries. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee famously said, “We can choose our friends but not our neighbours.” So, my government will try its best to build good relations with all the neighbouring countries so that we don’t see any border clashes.
But, if this fails for any reason, then our country should be ready to counter any attack. Whatever things the Indian Armed Forces needs should be given to them. Guns, machine guns, rifles, ammunition, bullets, bullet-proof jackets, protective headgear, camouflage uniforms, night vision goggles, bomb disposal robots, naval ships, torpedoes, submarines, fighter aircraft, helicopters, radar. Not only should these be available, but they need to be readily available.
If it is necessary to buy these from other countries, that’s fine. But, we should also try to internally manufacture these. Technology should be outsourced from other countries and the products should be manufactured in our country. Along with that, the money allocated for defence research should be increased. The research and development budget will increase. Regular inspections should be done so that no soldier d!es due to any malfunctioning aeroplane or helicopter.
The next preventive solution is to make the mental health of our soldiers a priority. This is a topic that is rarely discussed. In 2022, the Minister of State for Defence, Ajay Bhatt, told the Rajya Sabha that in the last 5 years, 819 personnel of our armed forces have d!ed from su!cide. I will try to bring this number down to zero. And this will be done by engaging mental health practitioners. I will hire 1,800 mental health practitioners.
You may ask why I am using this exact number of 1,800. There is a simple reason behind this. There are around 1.2 million active personnel in our Indian Army. The World Health Organization recommends that every 10,000 to 20,000 people in a country should have one mental health practitioner. But, because the military setting is more intensive, the US Army in America has maintained a ratio of 700 to 1. For every 700 soldiers, they have one behavioural specialist. So, by extending this ratio, for our 1.2 million personnel, there will be 1,800 mental health practitioners. Some of them will be clinical psychiatrists, some behavioural health specialists, and some licensed clinical social workers.
By doing this, not only will we save the lives of thousands of soldiers and encourage the Indian Armed Forces, but will also create 1,800 new government jobs for mental health practitioners. After the success of this trial run, we will extend this scheme to paramilitary forces, intelligence agencies, and all police officers across the country.
More jobs will be created, more mental health practitioners and doctors will be needed. And for this, there is no shortage of supply. As you can see, for any college seat, there’re so many students trying to clear the entrance exam. We need a lot of demand, but there is no shortage of supply. It just needs to be connected. This means a lot of money needs to be spent on the educational infrastructure.
Investing in Education, Ending Corruption, and Creating a Just Society
So, as soon as I become the Prime Minister, one of the first steps will be to increase the education budget by 3 to 4 times. You will ask, where will this money come from? Some money will come by increasing the corporate tax. Look at this news. The government has reduced the corporate tax in the last few years, resulting in a loss of ₹1 trillion to the government. This ₹1 trillion can be earned extra if the government raises the corporate tax to the same level it used to be in 2017-18.
Apart from this, some money will come from the reallocation of the budget. For building highways, our government spends almost ₹2 trillion. Whereas, look at this article. According to the NFHS survey, only 8% of Indian families have cars. 50% of people in our country still use cycles, bikes, or scooters. So why is so much money spent to benefit only 8% of the population? It’ll be better to invest this money in education.
Anyway, building such big highways, and car-based infrastructure in our cities, I am strongly against it. And I have explained this in this video. Watch this for details.
We need to make cities for humans, not for cars. This will reduce pollution, the cities will be greener, and effects of the rising temperatures will be decreased. I have talked about the Urban heat island effect in the Heatwave video.
The remaining money will come from ending corruption at all levels. And in terms of safety and security, there shouldn’t be even 1% corruption. Because this is the reason why illegal hoardings are erected. And when they fall, people d!e. Corruption is the reason why adulterated medicines are passed through safety checks, cancer-causing chemicals are found in spice mixes, because the person ensuring food safety takes bribes.
There are three main reasons behind corruption:
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The top-down approach: When you bribe a police officer or a government official, ask him why does he ask for bribes. He will answer that he has to pay some money to his superiors. Their superiors get a cut of the bribe. And if you ask the higher-up official, he will say that he has to pay his superiors too. There’s an entire chain of corruption. This chain leads straight to the Chief Minister or the Prime Minister. In every country, the real root of corruption is the PM of the country or the CM of the state. If one has to break this chain, it can only be broken from above, only when the intentions of the leader at the top are pure.
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Overworked and underpaid officers: You will find many articles online about how police officers are overworked in our country. They are made to work for 12 hours straight, but they are not paid properly. Many reports have come out which show that police are seriously understaffed and overburdened in many states. The solution is simple: double the number of police personnel.
If we talk about courts and judges, it’s the same situation there. They are overburdened. Former Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur nearly cried while talking about being overburdened in his speech.
“Speeches have been made in the past, in conferences and seminars, debates in Parliament, but I think nothing really appears to be moving.”
The solution remains the same, increasing the number of judges and courts.
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Greed: A person in power being greedy. And this is the least significant reason in my opinion. If we find a solution to the first two reasons, it will be easy to solve the third. Strict laws and harsh punishment, so that no one thinks of doing this.
If we talk about the police, we need police reforms too. When a case comes in the media spotlight, and there’s a lot of outrage, everyone raises the same demand, that the case should be transferred to the CBI. Because people have a perception that state police cannot investigate properly in any important case. But think about it, if a case does not get media spotlight and is not transferred to the CBI, then does it not require proper investigation? What about those cases? That is why it is important that every state has a CBI-type organization that investigates and solves the case, and which is trained accordingly.
State-level investigating agencies will be set up, and the investigating officer of each case will be from this branch.
Tackling Misogyny, Ending Weapon Violence, and Building a Better India
Now, think about it, friends, how will taking these right steps help our country? All the police officers and government officials in the country will get good salary, good mental health care, medical insurance, life insurance, and family benefits. A strictly 8-hour limit will be set for everyone. No one will be allowed to work more than 8 hours a day. There will be sufficient police force to manage high workload. All vacancies will be filled. Corruption will end. Every work will be carried out by honesty and integrity. Because of this, every citizen will respect the police, they will feel gratitude towards them, and the police will address every citizen as Sir or Ma’am, they will be instructed to do so, no matter how rich or poor the person is.
Imagine, if the police system itself has such a rule, that every police officer, while talking to any citizen, will address them as Sir or Ma’am. Their mindset will change automatically.
Talking about crimes like s€xual harassment, there too, people’s mindset and attitude will need to change, which is the main root cause. Some people’s mindset considers a woman as an inferior sub-human, they see women as objects. I have talked about this in many videos, like this video on the film Animal. I am not saying that I will ban films like Animal, problematic songs by Honey Singh and Badshah, because I believe in freedom of expression. But as the Prime Minister, I will request singers and Bollywood actors to remove misogyny from their films and songs, remove objectification of women, and I will promote good content as the PM.
Another way to change this mindset will be to introduce gender sensitization classes in schools. From childhood, children should be taught the right mindset so that when they grow up, leading to the society being flooded with the right mindset.
In the video on Weapons Lobby, I discussed how countries like Australia and Serbia ended the presence of illegal weapons by creating an Amnesty Period. They told their citizens to hand over all their illegal weapons to the government, but doing so during this time period would mean that no action will be taken against them. Within a month, more than 1 million illegal weapons were collected in Serbia. I will do the same in India to end the possession of illegal weapons.
By implementing all these preventive and punitive solutions, we will create an India that is not only safe and secure for every Indian, but also for every foreigner. You may find these solutions impractical, but none of these solutions have not been tried-and-tested before.
The Power of a Vision: From Singapore to a Prosperous India
In the Singapore video, I told you how Singapore was in a terrible state in the 1960s. Poverty was everywhere you looked. There were rampant ethnic clashes. But look at this list of the Global Peace Index 2024, Singapore is at number 5.
If Singapore can rise this high, then we can take India to rank 1 on this list, the world’s most peaceful and prosperous country. Our country. The Republic of India.
What do you think about my dream, friends? This was the starting point of this video. It is not possible to talk about all the issues in one video. So, in this video, I focused on safety and security only.
But, if you liked this video by Prime Minister Dhruv Rathee, then let me know in the comments below if you want to see more videos like this. Unemployment, inflation, poverty, wealth inequality, loneliness, pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, and tackling such issues. I can make an entire series on this.
If you are interested, do let me know in the comments below.
For now, if you liked this video, do watch the Singapore video by clicking here, in which I have explained how Singapore went from a developing country to being a developed country. How did it become the number one country in Asia? Click here to watch it.
Thank you very much!
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