Reducing the VIP Culture in India - Inputs on Solutions

Dear Friends:

Below are Key Issues and Root Causes as identified by you relating to VIP Culture in India.

Please take the time to review them and identify what solutions can be implemented to reduce this culture in India.

We know that this will be a tough subject to get fast Government action on. However, we must make our submission to the PMO and associated ministries. Even, a few small actions by the Government on this front will lead to increased citizen satisfaction.

Please provide your inputs by End of Day Wednesday, Oct 8th.

Thanks for your participation!
Rajendra Pratap Gupta

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VIP Culture in India – Issues

1. VIPs are given special preference at religious places for darshan
2. A common practice by the elected representatives is that the roads and public parks around their residence becomes their personal properties to the extent that they lock the public park denying access by children to play in them
3. VIPs have separate entrances at events whereas the general public has to wait in long lines
4. When VIPs travel, the entire road where ever they go is kept free without any signals. This results in traffic jam and common people getting late for their personal work or official work
5. People take advantage of their VIP contacts to get their work done in all fields
6. Even a distant relative of a Panchayat member feels he/she is a VIP
7. VIPs travel and have a good time using taxpayers money
8. The drivers and associates of VIPs misbehave with others and expect favours like they are VIPs too
9. VIPs go for medical treatment abroad when the best hospitals are very much here
10. VIPs and their family members don’t pay toll tax
11. Family members accompany them on foreign tours
12. A big security contingent moves around with the VIPs on taxpayer’s money
13. Cars with red/blue beacons cause trouble to others
14. VIPs have reserved seats in Railways whereas a common man suffers
15. VIPs don’t turn up at the airport on time and force the airlines to delay flights


VIP culture in India – Root Causes

1. VIP is a status symbol for people in India
2. In India, a lot many works can get easier if you are/you know a VIP
3. VIP culture is an age old tradition to separate the rich and the famous from the common public
4. It is believed that the time of the VIPs is more precious that a non-VIP
5. No government crackdown on illegal red/blue beacons
6. Businesses fear future Governmental hurdles if favors are not passed on to VIPs
7. VIPs misuse the advantages offered to them by the Government
8. There is a big racket of selling VIP quota tickets running, cuts from which are passed on to the VIPs as well
9. It has more become a mentality of the Indians
10. A lot of privileges are given to the VIPs by the government just to satisfy their ego and status
11. VIPs don’t have anything to fear as police and law both are in their pockets more  

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The VIP Culture....... this has been going on for a long time, particularly in India. We were under foreign rule and the feeling of being inferior to Whites existed / exists. See the reaction of a Security Guard , for example - seeing a white skin, his body language changes and he may give a salute, even though the white is a criminal . This attitude has to change. Secondly, each appointment has certain privileges eg Principal of a School, Boss at every level, Police etc. If the privileges are given its OK, the problem arises when they demand and over do it. Even at home, the father, elder bother etc . Hence the attitude change has to be from home itself. On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Rajendra Pratap Gupta < support@localcirclesmail.com> wrote: > more  
Just remove red beacon cars and bunglaw and servent allotment. Vip culture will be 50% gone. more  
VIP's drivers and their subordinates misbehave at the toll for demanding a toll fee. They beat up the toll ticket issuing person and damaged the computer, machines and other assets on the booth. Poor toll guy had to just take all non-sense. Immediate action to be taken based on cctv footages. more  
Leaders should learn to be good servants to be true leaders. If they expect special attention and treatment by breaking their own made laws they would not have any moral right to ask common people to follow their rules. So special treatment of any sort should be abolished and all are to be treated with respect and human dignity for what they are and like some one mentioned No body including Prime Minister or President is a VIP they are just doing their jobs for the good of nation. Same thought applies to celebrities as well they should live up to their image and behave appropriately when they are in public places and not long for special focus and attention. Especially religious places like Tirupati there is a lot of VIP culture and ill treatment of devotees least concern towards issues can be notices very poor behavior from priests,staff,security,officers every one more  
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