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Globalisation has both positive and negative impacts
GLOBALISATION HAS both negative as well as positive impact on the local self governments. Increase in the urban population has increased the responsibilities of the local self governments as compared to pre-urbanisation period. The local self governments have limited powers as the State government marks its presence everywhere. These were the words of former vice-chancellor of Kumaon University and present member of the Uttaranchal Finance Commission, Prof BK Joshi.
“GLOBALISATION HAS both negative as well as positive impact on the local self governments. Increase in the urban population has increased the responsibilities of the local self governments as compared to pre-urbanisation period. The local self governments have limited powers as the State government marks its presence everywhere.”
These were the words of former vice-chancellor of Kumaon University and present member of the Uttaranchal Finance Commission, Prof BK Joshi. He was delivering the inaugural lecture at the two-day national seminar on ‘Urban self-government in India in the Era of Globalisation’. The seminar was organised by department of Political Science, Allahabad University (AU) at the Senate Hall on Thursday. Eminent political scientist and AU Vice-Chancellor Prof RG Harshe presided over the seminar while Mayor of Allahabad Dr KP Srivastava was the guest of honour.
According to Prof Joshi globalisation has boosted the IT enabled services and BPOs. Thus, the requirements for such industries like communication system, infrastructure etc., have also been developed. This is the positive aspect of globalisation while the lower sections of the society get no benefit is the negative factor.
The development of shopping malls and multiplexes increase the density of the area as these attract public resulting in problems like parking, traffic jams etc.
Therefore the equity affect of the globalisation on the local self government needs to be assessed to ensure equal development of the society.
Guest of honour on the occasion was city mayor, Dr KP Srivastava, who outlined the practical problems and working of the local self government. He demanded that the 74th Constitutional Amendment should be made compulsory for the States and grants from Centre should be given directly to the local self governments.
The local governments should be empowered for recruitment and disbursement of salaries to the employees.
Prof Harshe expressed his views on the local self government and suggested that they should follow the working of the self governed local self governments of cities like Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Earlier, organising secretary DR HK Sharma of AU Political Science department welcomed the guests while co-ordinator Prof MP Dube, who is head of the political science department delivered the introductory speech. Prof Krishna Gupta proposed the vote of thanks.
Several teachers including Prof RKM Tripathi, Prof PD Sharma, Prof Jamuna Prasad, many research scholars and students were also present.
