Essay Test – December 24

anytime:)

Raghav

I will improve my presentation skills. thanks for the review. Keep writing and reviewing 🙂

ForumIAS

Good!

ForumIAS

Great!

ForumIAS

Well tried.

ForumIAS

Agree.

Try one more time!

Thanks Boss!! Thanks for being a good teacher and pointing out my improvement areas….This is my 2nd essay and will try to write better essay next weekend….thanks a lot 🙂

the green bird

dont forget to give my golden plate back 😛 haha

devmitra sen

Superb..all takeaways..lack of trust is mentioned though in the answer..We had a lengthy discussion also ..so next essay will do better inflow..

thanks captain..yeah there were lack of examples in this essay even i felt same…howver i wrote 1265 words so i think enough for 125 marks…i had a look on 2 essays..one was ok…others was centring around India which should not have been the case ideally..but i learnt many points from both essays…thank you for feedback

santanesque

Good essay….Dist x and y , then historical like tugloque ….Could have included ways to improve effective implementation…

santanesque

Thank u sir…Will work on it

santanesque

U r right….Working on it

the green bird

haha the capital part (you know meso well 😛 )!! yeah sure lady!! 😀

Harmayani

Thank you Devmitra.. will try to work upon the missing part definitely..:)

the green bird

Devaaa!! lovely 😀 It was so tough to crticize this wonderful piece of writing 😛 but as you say you love my criticism so specially for you – fresh hot criticism served on a golden plate 😛

-the content is comprehensive and beautiful
-covered all the dimensions (loved the monuments point)
-loved the way you modified the introduction, see it helps the reader to recreate the scene
– closing line iswonderful
Now the things you can work on
-the opening story is fab but the introduction of the essay could be better. It was a little short. Try adding 1 or 2 lines more and the result will be fab
– lack of flow : you have to keep the reader engaged till you conclude and leave him wanting for more and this could be achieved only if there is great flow in the essay (remember the examiner is already tired reading 100s of essay before evaluating yours, keeping engaged is the key)
– you could have mentioned about the chaos created by the ineffective legislation, people do not take laws seriously, results in lack of trust of general public on the enforcement agencies, wastage of resources etc etc

Rest lady you giving me tough time nowadays to criticize 😛 Cheers !!

devmitra sen

What an opening..:)lovely..!The structure is good..but as this is an essay you will have to be comprehensive and a lil expansive in expression :)..So many laws if well remebered should be ideally roped with their enforcement issues with examples as to how the efficiency of implementation was reduced simultaneously.Otherwise..just like your answers ..your presentation and technical contents are exemplery..Keep writing so and developing..:)

devmitra sen

You know it..more concrete substance 🙂 and a targeted answer..:) demanded from you..
Your structure and flow of thoughts is unmatcheable but content will add command to your opinions.So..keep writing as much you can..LOOKING AHEAD FORMORE

devmitra sen

Hi..:)
Intro needs a lil refinement..its good..but intro has to raise a nerve in the reader..a sense of fascination to read further..structuring is a high necessity..it impresses the reader as to your flow of thoughts..And do have a cross check on content..I commented @arnavidevnath:disqus on it..have a look at what i intend to convey..
Otherwise,this answer is a fact that you have goodvocab/ideas/presentation flow and all you need is to structure them..in your answers as well..Looking ahead for moresuch enlightening pieces ofread 🙂

devmitra sen

Hi 🙂
Your intro is very diffferent..very likeable 🙂
The content I think must be targeted towards how education in learning can impact life when we employ practicality to learning..which means bring the world outside in classes and teaching that helps to adapt to life better..you have showed importance of education from a journey of ancient to modern era..but the missing part is connect teachin/edu to life..to edupowerment..But this is my interpretation of the topic..do have a cross check..because you write so well and with so many points that you must channelise your work towards hitting on spot..earning all the very deserved brownie points..:)
Waiting for your answers as well 🙂

devmitra sen

Hi 🙂
Good Intro..contents needs metioning more of acts/legislations..say something and back up with evidence like you did in NDRF case..!A proper structure would add more meaning to your already well thought points…Write answers as well:)..Waiting for more 🙂

devmitra sen

A STRONG LEGISLATION REQUIRES AN EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT
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Its 5:00 am and this little village in Rajasthan is all filled with noise and group songs. Lali is dressed in red today,with a heavily embroidered saree and dull gold jewellery adorning her lacklustre face.She has hardly understood all that has been planned for her in the next few hours and is only calm to find her favourite doll in her takeaway luggage.After a few hours she will be married off to her groom who is a minor himself.
This is a prevalent phenomenon in Rajasthan and many other states with simultaneous existence of counter- laws like Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 and Child Marriage Prohibition Act 2006 that enforces fine and imprisonment.This example is to draw the attention towards several social evils that are prevailing despite firm legislations due to an ineffective enforcement of the same.
STARK CASES OF LEGISLATIONS DEMANDING DUE ENFORCEMENT
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Social Dimensions
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A dearth of laws for the unborn babies,children,women,migrants,prisoners,disabled and the elderly have been discuused,agreed,constructed or amended.Yet with the myriad of legislations,we are yet to achieve the basic security of women in even urban areas,a right to dignified living for the disabled,migrants and elderly that is achieved in true sense and spirit and the absolute security of the right to life of the unborn babies through PNDT Act.
We have several legislations like Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 2016,RTE Act 2009 to ensure free and “compulsory”education for children within 6-14 years,Anti trafficking Act,Domestic Violence Act 2005,Anti-Dowry Act,Act against Sexual Harrasment at Work Place,RPWD Act(Amended)for disabled that has also ensured increased areas of disability including blood related diseases and acid attacks with increased state attention,Maintainance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007and many more.
Even with such many laws we still find the socially vulnerable in the garb of dire situations.The elderly’s are mostly shifted to creeky old age homes,the physically disabled hardly get even access to basic facilities like education(SDR 2016 mentions 45% disabled being illiterate)or healthcare and rarely do we find custodial tortures decreasing in intensity owing to legislative regulations like Crpc1973,Indian Police Act or Indian Penal code 1860.
Environmental Dimensions
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With a nodal body like NGT and several environmental legislations,Delhi this year still turned out to be dangerously grieved by pollution related smog that affected the normal functioning of the city ,so much so that schools and offices were shut down for a couple of days.Wildlife Protection Act 1972 has undeniably restored the biodiversity to an agreeable extent ,yet the optimum execution of the legislation is still a question mark.The eco-crime of illegal trade has increased count of poaching in Kaziranga for one horned Rhino,red sanders poaching,bear bile,turtle shells,shahtoosh for the fur and many more.Open burning of biomass is still practiced in several areas though it attracts a fine.Several old diesel vehicles are still on a run in the most urban cities and taxes and water/air(prevention and control )Act are yet to receive due dividends and optimized result.
Economical Dimension
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Tax compliance though we have an array of tax related legislations is shadowed by wilful financial evasions and effectiveness of such decisions become an obscurity.Even with a black money and money laundering act at hand,several offenders yet go scott free and stash tax abroad or in house without stringent punishment being meted out to them.
Information and Technological Dimension
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Several acts with respect to cyber security like Cyber security Act,Cyber policy and ITact(Amended) are passed but the implementation of the same dilutes their essence of action.Yet today the internet content and critical information is vulnerable and continuous cyber attacks are on the rise.Banking ,e-commerce and government websites remain prime targets and inefficient handling of cyber laws provide scope for further deterrance.RTI Act2005 though functional in letter is yet to find its absolute spirit when we see the delay in providing information and sometimes even refutal for the same.
Untouched Cornerstones
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Areas demanding empathetic attention like those pertaining to the Forest Rights Act 2006 where the native forest dwellers lose forest Rights and access to due forest resources that remain a single point of livelihood for them, due to biased and inefficient implementation machinery are a consistent cause of concern.SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act will show its true colour when the oppressed classes are provided an enabling atmosphere of true growth and potential of these backward classes.
Ancient Monument Preservaton Act 1904 remains a mainstay from the time of Lord Curzon,yet the dillapidated state of Indian monuments is a testimony to the poor implementation of the act.Humayuns Tomb,Golconda fort and Konark are reminders of the same.
WHAT IS THE ISSUE
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A centralised approach towards working and a sense of accountability remains a missing conjecture.Furthermore several laws on similar issues make it difficult towards inter operability and long term functionality.For example,Cyber Security Act and IT Act( amended ) cover cybercrime but the convergent operationalibility becomes a hurdle.Multi nodal administration with no clear role guidelines as in the case of urban planning in hazardous zones make the areas low equipped to deal with vagaries of nature like cyclones .Collusion and corruption disrupt the otherwise effective processes like not many villages that have been adopted as sansad villages or are supported under MPLADS scheme find themselves on the vision of turning a model village though the guidelines are well set up.Subsidies fail to reach the target beneficiaries but names of high holding influential people find a place in BPL list ,though allegedly termed a “mistake”.A cold attitude to deal with offenders or towards not meeting deadlines has been another challenge towards the already fragile administrative system.A sense of missing appreciation and trust between the rural targets and semi urban executive officials is a source of loss in faith of public towards administration and hence creates a delay and inefficiency towards legislations.
ADDRESSING THE LINGERING CHALLENGE
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A sense of freedom towards working,incentivizing innovation in project execution,development of a spirit of competition by awarding performers,encouraging transparency and improving people to people connect would act as a sustainable stimulant in the direction.Taking to task the offenders and non performers is equally necessary through respective authorities.A shift from multi modal authority system to a single point of execution can serve the dilemma in positive along with a zero tolerance policy towards corruption and selfinterest over people’s interest.

It is imperative to have effective implementation of novel objectives meted out through the legislations to maintain an amiable and coordinated national atmosphere.When channelised effectively,the legislations that are targeted to beneficiares will reap social benefits and the idea of India being a “welfare state” would turn an absolute reality,thus enforcing in true spirit the ideals of our Constitution makers.

jayakrishna

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ForumIAS

Great quote!

ForumIAS

Agree 🙂

ForumIAS

Agree.

cherry

hey mynak how are u man,its me rohith,read your essay its good,gathered good points with good timing…,i will post mine by today i wrote but waiting for my frnd to upload photos

SSS

fine…looking forward for ur answer next week

Rhythm 2017

so much thanks @Raashi , points duly noted
I will definitely try to improve

Raashi

Hi rhythm.. thanks for yesterday’s review and motivation and im sorry for late review..

My observation of your essay:
1. Start can be improved.. starting should be impressive enough to make the reader feel like reading (i cannot review more than 5-6 essay continuously, its draining.. our examiners will have to review more.. so 1st impression matters)
2. Take this Sat essay writing exercise as an opportunity to learn few quotes too and try to use it.. it gives an example of well read person
3. If you can be little creative, then be one by stories or anything innovative
4. I think ‘weird’ is slang word.. if not then im sorry.. if yes, then avoid using such words in formal writings
5. Writing should be little mature.. idk how to explain it.. e.g. u have used sentences like ‘it is like….’ which we use in day to day conversation should be avoided
6. Try not to be repetitive e.g. oxygen example which was very good but repeated twice

I find scope of improvement.. and hope we will do that soon 🙂

Raashi

Well written but i find scope of improvement.. transitions can be better.. u can be a little elaborative in examples

Sorry for late review

Captain America

Content is good.. But you might want to elaborate a little more.. 125 marks you are writing for..
Liked the way you interconnect each paragraph.. The village example was good.. but you need to add some more examples to prove your point.. Have a look at other essay on the same topic.. Keep learning.. 🙂 KWAR.. 🙂

Captain America

Thanks for such detailed review.. I appreciate.. 🙂

mayank

i read yours….ur essay was having good information…i too liked ur essay…

jacob

ForumIAS pls review sir, my first essay……pls

mayank

thnks aspirant…

mayank

thanks batman…..

Raghav

sure bhai.I shall review regularly 🙂

thanks bhai..i am the believer of same philosophy..i learn like this only…critical peer review would help in long run..so i request you to be critical wrt my essay..will help me…i hope you would help me with your regular reviews on my essays…i would review yours for sure whenever you write

Captain it was a well written piece… i have following observations wrt your essay:
1.by talking about India in intro itself you narrowed down the scope of your essay..topic is general one..so could talk generally…imp when problem of effective implementation is not limited to India…could talk about simply abt strong legislation and effective implementation
2.in income tax laws u got the right chord i think…rather than bringing Bihar alcohol immediately u could talk about its “strong legislation’ proving to be ineffective..how there were many laws,there were raids,how it impacted life of common man and economy and how govt came up with new new ideas…demonetisation being one of them..this would have presented a strong case i think(just food for thought here)
3.Bihar example is repetitive presenting same ideas…examiner would catch u easily..atrocities point was good
4.parliamentarians breaking laws was good
5.can use connectors to make jumps segue
6.conclusion with citizens and lawmakers was brilliant..could avoid last line however
please review mine

Raghav

I acknowledge your genuine suggestions and believe that critical peer review is valuable for collaborative learning. I shall work upon your suggestions and try to improve my presentation skills.thanks for the review. keep writing and reviewing 🙂

Raghav

It is true that I should have spent some more effort in presentation and will take care hereupon.thanks for the review. keep writing and reviewing 🙂

1.apt use of quote in the beginning
2.this is essay so if possible please avoid writing in points…also essay needs analysis more than the presentation of facts
3.in the section where you say criminals know their rights than wrongs..u need to prove than how corruption and nepotism etc are taken by him as his rights..mere mention is not making point clear as per me…also link it with your head that how it is an obstruction by state
4.there is an overlap of obstacles by state and individuals..so could use them
5.take one or two case of effective/ineffective implementation and show how were they successful/failed..same goes for later part
6.conclusion-tell the reader how would you change mindset,how bureaucratic honesty can be brought etc.
you got good content..u only need to work upon ur presentation part i think..sorry if i was over critical
thank you

the green bird

Hi! IMO You started the essay directly. The opening line was fab but the introduction could be better. Regarding content – it is good and comprehensive but the way you have presented it looked more like preparation of an essay than an essay. Views are personal.

the green bird

🙂 thank you

the green bird

🙂 Sure I will

Raghav

Good essay with nice quote. Keep writing and reviewing 🙂 Please review mine if possible

Raghav

NIce and comprehensive essay. Keep writing and reviewing 🙂

thank you bhai..will review yours..give me sometime

Raghav

Good attempt. I liked the conclusion. Keep writing and reviewing 🙂

Raghav

NIce essay.Your essay covers several dimensions.Keep writing and reviewing 🙂

Raghav

Wide use of examples makes your essay unique. Good one. Keep writing and reviewing 🙂

Raghav

Good use of quotes. Keep writing and reviewing 🙂

Raghav

Nice essay with brilliant introduction and examples. Keep writing and reviewing 🙂

EDUCATION IS NOT PREPARATION FOR LIFE;IT IS LIFE ITSELF
According to Shakespeare, life is a stage where we come, perform our part and leave it. In that stage we want to give our best so that we can survive for long as well as we can leave an imprint upon others. To meet the objective of survival for long, we try to educate ourselves. This education means that we try to learn the things, absorb them, have experience about good and bad moments and whenever such moments come again we want to be prepared so that our adaptation does not become problematic.
But shall this give an impression that before learning things and having experience we are not educated? Answer is no because the moment we take birth, our education starts. Here it may be argued that it is foolish to make a statement that an infant who has taken birth today only is getting educated. However, it is to be noted that the moment an infant takes birth, he cries. He is given warmth and comfort of mother. Result is that it becomes quiet and the lesson he learns is that if I cry then I can get attention of my mother and he repeats the process later for many years. So yes even an infant can learn.
When an infant grows to a kid he is made to learn some etiquettes and he is made aware of his social relationships. This process of learning is life itself as his world now revolves around his family and friends and he is playing his part. After initial learning he is put into school.
Perhaps it is school and college education for which reference of preparation for life is given. It is believed that it would help us in learning letters, understand the language, society and culture; bring us out of our comfort zone, would help us in earning our livelihood in coming times and develop our rational power.
We would learn letters and commit mistakes. Our teacher would correct us. We would learn language as teacher would teach us and probability is that we may meet people of different language who also help in learning language. Similarly we would learn about society and culture through our textbooks and our assimilation with other people. After learning and understanding things, we would give our entrance exams and interview. Here our education would come handy in our selection. And we would be settled hereafter with decent salary. Then we would make an entry to grahsthahram in subsequent period of time and would live happily hereafter.
The fancy tale ends, so is our education if this theory of education is to be believed as we have prepared ourselves for life. But, many arguments may be propounded here to bring home the point that this is neither education nor preparation for life but simply a part/phase of life where we are learning and having education to make our lives better.
Firstly, This theory invalidates that the knowledge of letters which we received at home is not education. So the role played by family in imparting such education is ignored here. Further, those who are unlettered are not educated and hence they are not preparing themselves for life. But we see that many of illiterate people even without knowledge of letters are able to survive and even sometimes make better choices than lettered ones. Example to be quoted here is of many village sarpanches. It is true that education level at village is less than towns in India. But work of many village sarpanches in building infrastructure of road, schools and canals etc, launching cooperative societies and organizing gram panchayats to solve a matter is laudable. They are better than those municipal corporation members who never pay attention to slums, garbage dumping, and environment and when asked to do so simply rebuke the common man as they are more educated. Perhaps former are living life through education and experience than latter here.
Secondly, in terms of learning language this theory of education says that one can’t learn language without going to school. It is partially true to the extent that people may not learn sophisticated language but they are learning other languages. They are learning language of communication, language of sympathy and empathy, and language of assimilation. Perhaps this learning is livelier than the language being taught at schools and colleges with no practical exposure. Same argument goes for learning culture and about society. People learn better in practise than in theory.
Thirdly, theory of school education says that education prepares us for life by bringing us out of our comfort zone. This means that those who never see the doors of schools/colleges are living in comfort zone which is not true at all. Consider the example of an uneducated rickshaw puller of Delhi here. He came out of his comfort zone when he left his home to earn livelihood. He got exposure when he had to face hardships in purchasing rickshaw, then paying back borrowed money and then making choices between having meal in the evening or saving money to send to the family. Perhaps he was never in comfort zone but he learnt from experiences and hence is living better life than preparing for life.
Fourthly, this theory of education believes that people who have not gone to school can’t earn their livelihood. This again can be refuted. Indian literacy rate is currently 74%.So does this mean that those 26% are not earning their livelihood and they are not preparing themselves for their lives? Answer is no as they are surviving even today and learning to earn. That is life for them.
Lastly this education theory says that it develops our rational power. But philosophers have always said that what distinguishes human beings from other creatures is rationality. So those who don’t go school/college cant be said to be irrational and indecisive. Sachin Tendulkar was a class 10th dropout but on field he was always heavy upon his sophisticated and learned counterparts, be it Indian or foreigner. His records clear the picture that he was a better decision maker than others. Einstein was yet another school dropout who proved that he was more educated than others even in scientific knowledge.
So education is not only about school/college education. It is preparation for life neither. It starts with the moment we open our eyes in this world and ends only when we close our eyes. Every moment, every phase, and everything gives us education if we want to learn. If we want to learn then an ant can teach us that to reach our destination we need to work hard and face failures many times. If we want to learn then a beggar at railway station can teach us that we should not waste our food as there are many who does not get it and sleep hungry.
Thus, education which we receive at schools/college is undeniably important as it helps us learn quickly and make quick and calculative decisions even in the face of adversity. It helps in developing our emotional intelligence and Intelligence quotient. It helps us in being ethical and moral even to irrational creatures. It helps us in integrating in global village and have more economic opportunities but it is not preparation for life. If thought in Shakespeare’s way then it is simply playing out our character in a better way with better experiences and to make indelible imprint. But cycle of education starts the moment we enter the stage in which there comes a period where we have play the role of a school/college going kid. Even after coming out we use that education in adapting and learning more till we are at our death bed. So,education ends only when we leave the stage.

Raghav

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Raghav

“Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
As Leo Tolstoy says the real battle of governance begins only with effective implementation of laws

PROBLEM OF CONTEMPORARY INDIA
The problems that Contemporary India is facing is that we have laws for tackling everyday common issues and social issues affecting the society. Right from petty issues such as traffic violations to serious offences like terrorism and tax evasion, we have laws for everything. However India lags far behind in implement of such laws.
“We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.”
– William Howard Taft
In accordance to the words of the the then US President William Howard Taft, the process of tackling any social problem of the nation ends abruptly with the process of merely making legislations failing to focus on the next crucial step of effective implementation.
NEED FOR STRONG ENFORCEMENT
With ineffective implementation of existing legislations, social issues such as corruption, women safety, accidents due to traffic violations, domestic violence etc. have remain unsolved. This in turn brings in the need for effective enforcement of laws. An effective implementation of laws could result in the removal of social evils, reduction of crimes and the creation of a harmonious and just society. The strength of a tree lies in its roots. Similarly the strength of a law lies in its effective implementation.

HINDRANCES TO EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATIONS IN INDIA
Hindrances to effective enforcement can be grouped under two categories- by the State and by the individuals
i) Obstacles via loopholes of State system
“The trouble with the laws these days is that criminals know their rights better than their wrongs.”
– Anonymous
As the above saying goes, the following loopholes in the State system have been exploited leading to ineffective enforcement of laws
• Corruption
• Bending rules according to rich and poor
• Delayed/weak punishments
• Compulsion by superiors
• Nepotism/Favoritism
• Conflict of Interest
• Abuse of power by politicians and bureaucrats
ii) Obstacles by Individuals
• Disrespect to rules
• Failure of compliance with laws
TESTIMONIALS FOR EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATIONS
The following laws have seen the effective enforcement leading to large scale benefits to the society. With these laws, social evils such as child marriage, unemployment, sexual harassment, corruption, prevalence of non performing assets etc. have been curbed to some extent
• Right to Information Act
• National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
• Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
• Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
• Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
• The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
• Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act
TESTIMONIALS FOR INEFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATIONS
• Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008
• Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act
• Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
• Biological Diversity Act, 2002
• Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
• Prevention of Corruption Act
• Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
• The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
• Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
• Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
• Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013
• Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011
• Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015

AN INDEPTH ANALYSIS ON REASONS FOR INEFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF
LEGISLATIONS
The reasons for ineffective implementation be analysed by considering a few illustrations
Prevention of Corruption Act
The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was enacted to combat corruption in government agencies and public sector businesses in India and the reasons for ineffective implementation are Poor conviction rates,Delay in the disposal of cases and prolonged departmental proceedings
The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
The Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was enacted to prevent atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The reasons for ineffective implementation include social bias in the society, lack of awareness of rights among people, failure to provide rehabilitation
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 was enacted to protect women from Domestic Violence. Underreporting of cases, social mindset of people, abuse of power,bureaucratic corruption, vague statutes have made it ineffective
Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013
The Lokpal Act, is an anti-corruption act and the reasons of inefficiency include failure of States to establish lokayuktas, limited power of lokpal etc
Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008
Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 was enacted for establishment of Gram Nyayalayas or village courts for speedy and easy access to justice system in the rural areas of India. However, the Act has not been enforced properly, with only few functional Gram Nyayalayas in the country against a target of 5000 such courts. The major reasons behind the non-enforcement includes financial constraints, reluctance of lawyers, police and other government officials
Consumer Protection Act
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was enacted to protect the interests of consumers in India. The reasons for ineffective implementation are delayed court proceedings, lack of awareness of consumer rights, failure in reporting of cases, reduced empowerment of consumer courts etc.
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 is a statute related to food safety and regulation in India and it suffers from lacunae such as financial constraints, corruption, under reporting of cases
SUGGESTIONS FOR EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT
• Change in mindset of people to comply with laws
• Bureaucratic honesty
• Strict enforcement of legislations by enforcement agencies
• Empowering of enforcement agencies
• Quick disposal of cases by judiciary

Law is nothing unless it si implemented by effective enforcement. Hence effective enforcement is the need of the hour to ensure strong legislations in India

anurag trivedi