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Sr. No.	Type	Title	User Name	Answer
1	Against	Indian election has nothing to do with good governance today.	Ekta Chandra	A warm regards to everyone present here, I Ekta Chandra, student of NBR Engineering College. I strongly disagree with Mr. Jha. I am too fond of Indian politics and I feel that after an election, people form their government in a democracy. This is the best possible system that can lead to good governance. These terms are interlinked as one leads to the other. On the other hand, frequent elections also impact governance. Hence, Indian elections have everything to do with governance today.
2	For	Indian election has nothing to do with good governance today.	Samir Jha	Hello, one and all, I am Samir Jha. I have followed Indian politics because my dad has a very good interest in politics. Being a youth of our nation, I am aware that our future is somehow interconnected with Indian politics. Yes, a good politician may not necessarily lead to a wave of good governance! In other words, Indian elections are all about talking and fake promises. But when it comes to real action, it is the governing bodies or the ministries and departments under them, with task forces and permanent Government employees, who need to work and get things done.
3	Against	Beauty or Brain - who can rule the world?	Rajiv Kohli	Hey, I am Rajiv Kohli. I disagree with Ms. Ray, the brain is ultimate. Beauty would fade away with time, but the brain is eternal and it gets polished and shines more with time and increasing age. - Beauty can glow only if the person has good luck. Conversely, the brain can mold and shape the fortune and win the hearts.
4	For	Beauty or Brain - who can rule the world?	Nargis Ray	A lovely regards to one and all present here, I am Nargis Ray from JSMV Institute of Management. It is a very hot and interesting topic to discuss and by understanding the reach of the topic I would like to start in the favor of beauty. I would share a couple of thoughts that displays at the current era, beauty is ruling out the brain. - Let us start with the saying “True beauty lies in the eyes of its beholder”. The beauty which holds the eyes of the one who perceives rules the entire globe with its attraction. - Beauty paves a faster way to success with its charm and charisma.
5	Against	Position of sports in India	Sanchit Joshi	Hey, I am Sanchit Joshi. I want to disclose the story of Indians concerning sports. When we think of the word ‘sports’ we construe it as a past-time, a means of leisure and a key to fitness, but do we think of it as a career? It is estimated that out of ten people only one aspires to take up sports as a career. When asked why the apparent answer we get is “there is no scope“. When we dig deeper, we get to know that people consider sports as an activity that is limited to school and nobody goes beyond that to think of it as a means of earning one's daily bread. Parents refrain from encouraging their children from opting for sports as a career and teachers also lay more emphasis on studies. Sports do not command the same amount of respect as studies. Indeed, education tends to be the highest priority for the average Indian household instead of extra-curricular activities such as sports.
6	For	Position of sports in India	Tara Puri	Happy afternoon to everyone, I would like to initiate this topic as lots of female athletes are rising the name of our nation with winning lots of medals. Dutee Chand and Hima Das are the most recent examples that highlighted every news channel. Sports have been one of the most loved activities in India. Almost everyone indulges in some form of sports from hockey, cricket, football, badminton, tennis to golf, swimming and archery. Gone are the days when different sports were mainly played for recreational purpose or to satisfy the fitness demands. The India of today plays with a competitive frame of mind. People have changed with time and opportunities available. Today, parents encourage their children to play games and earn name and fame for themselves.
7	Against	Smart work vs Hard work	Urvashi Modi	Hey, its Urvashi Modi over here. I would like to speak something that is totally against Mr. Dilip's spoke. I want to add a few points to show disagreement: 1. Through hard work, we gain knowledge and experience. This will help us to do smart work, which means we can then analyze shortcuts to do the same amount of work. 2. We cannot teach hard work to smart working persons if they are not willing to work hard.
8	For	Smart work vs Hard work	Dilip Arya	Hello one and all present here, I would love to start this topic, because I truly love doing smart work rather than hard work. There are lots of reasons for choosing smart work instead of hard work. I would like to list a few of it: 1. Smart work is intellectual. Hence it improves our innovative and creative thinking skills. Smart work improves productivity. 2. Hard work consumes a lot of time and effort.
9	Against	Will Automation and Artificial Intelligence reduce or increase Jobs?	Shivani Singh	Hello everyone, I am Shivani Singh. I disagree with Ms. Maya Saxena, as 1. Humans got away during the era of computers because there were a lot of new scopes. Now that has reduced as societies in developed countries have already reached a certain stage of prosperity. 2. The population is also far greater now, so adjusting that many aspirational people to these newer jobs, will be an even greater challenge.
10	Against	Are women better leaders than men?	Parth Deshpande	Hey, I am Parth Deshpande. I am not criticizing women by any means but still, there are many questions in my curious mind. I do not understand the basis of Pooja’s remark. Only 23 or 24 of the fortune 500 companies have women at the helm. If women were that good, I think that the invisible hand of the economy would prevail and the entire market would move in a profitable trajectory.
11	For	Are women better leaders than men?	Pooja Rao	Hello one and all present here, wish you all a happy afternoon. Being a woman I would love to initiate this lovely topic. There are many live examples where women were not allowed but now they have stepped and also rocking at the topmost position. The only reason this question is part of the discussion is, still the world has the same question in their mind. I want to put a light on your minds by adding a few more sentences: I will give you just three-pointers which will be more than enough to justify that women are better leaders. Women are glib speakers. They have brilliant communication skills. They are patient and help improve the work environment and are not desperately looking at the resulting chart. Last, women are morally stronger and hence promote better work ethics as model leaders.
12	For	Will Automation and Artificial Intelligence reduce or increase Jobs?	Maya Saxena	Hello everyone, I am Maya Saxena from SPIMS, I don't have any link with the automation and artificial intelligence but I would like to start this topic based on rapidly growing technology of the world, as everyone like to update their cellphones after a particular period, it had never reduced the employment opportunities rather I feel it has increased the employment opportunities. I would like to add one more point on this: A lot was made about impending job losses when computers first made their foray. It was predicted that the computer would do the job of many people, and thus render people unemployed. This didn’t happen much, though there was a transition period, as we see take place now. Instead, computers unlocked a whole new set of employment opportunities.
13	Against	Statue of Unity - Symbol of Pride or Wastage of Public Money?	Gayatri Goswami	A warm regards to all my lovely friends present in the room, I Gayatri Goswami being focussed on the Indian economy partially agree with Ms. Lavanya Batra. I want to keep the concern of the increase in the rates of commodities with some more incidents at that period and also still now. With all your due respect I want to put some light on the common issues that the Indian economy is facing: 1. The human impact has also been hard. Many tribal people were evicted from their land, to build the Statue of Unity. These people’s rehabilitation efforts are not yet clear. 2. There is an enormous cost to this project which could have been used elsewhere. Large parts of the country are reeling under climate-change-induced disasters, the funds diverted there would have been of far greater use to all. Health, sanitation, environment, education, and safety could be various other areas to invest in.
14	For	Statue of Unity - Symbol of Pride or Wastage of Public Money?	Lavanya Batra	Hey guys a lovely afternoon to one and all present here, I would like to start this conversation as I am a big fan of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as he was in many ways responsible for the creation of modern India, as we know the country. This statue restores his place in the pantheon of greats. I want to clarify with a few points that indicate "Statue of Unity- Symbol of Pride"- 1. At that instinct of time, in India, it was everywhere that most of our workers are unemployed but under the construction of the most epic monument, a lot of employment was generated during the building of this monument, especially among skilled construction workers, stonemasons, and architects. 2. The construction of this monument has been strategically placed to also ensure a better distribution of wealth. The Statue of Unity could have been constructed in any of the commercial hubs, but it was done in the Narmada district, one of the most backward ones in Gujarat. As a result, now the returns from this mega-project will over time trickle down to the hinterland.
15	Against	Demonetization: Discuss its Success & failures	Lopamudra Mehta	Hello everyone, I am Lopamudra Mehta and as we all heard to Mr. Karun Chabra, I am partly agree with him because there is the black money being abandoned were stories that merely emerged in the first few days, but then died out as people found loopholes. A lot of these stories got overhyped on WhatsApp and other social media, rather than any real news outlets. There are some more points I would like to add to the failure of Demonetization: 1. There was much loss to business and economy especially the unorganized sector, where a substantial proportion of Indians work in. Not all the previously held ‘black money’ was illegal, in the sense that no illegal occupations were being run. It was simply being concealed, but now thousands of small businesses had to either shut shop or lay off employees by the dozens or more. 2. It is true that digitization got a boost, but it was private foreign VC funded entities that made the biggest gains. The best example is of course Paytm. Only belatedly did the government launch its own such initiatives to counter the rise of the private VC-driven ones.
16	For	Demonetization: Discuss its Success & failures	Karun Chabra	Here its Karun Chabra, I being a citizen of India and a totally against corruption wants to put forth some views that I realized after the demonetization. I found it a very interesting step, as our honorable PM Mr. Narendra Modi promised that he will remove all the black money, as no initiative had been took before by anyone in Indian history, he took an enormous step to remove black money from the pockets of stashers. Here are a few points that also helped the Indian economy: 1. This move helped wipe out lakhs of crores of black money out of the system. Several cases emerged of people abandoning their hard cash. 2. Most importantly digitization got a massive boost with this move. As people were forced out of their comfort zones, they started using mobile apps and digital wallets, while card payments became more common.
17	Against	Cashless Economy – Is India ready for it?	Tushar Kaur	A kind regards to one and all present here, Though I agree with Jayanti Mani it seems to me that: 1. While indeed there has been a substantial official increase in the number of account holders, there is still much needed to be done to educate the people about how to use their accounts. Merely possessing an account is of little use if there is no support at the grassroots level to the people who have rarely even seen a bank. 2. There is a general air of distrust towards banks in certain quarters, as evidenced through the case of large banks charging penalties from the poorest of account holders, for not maintaining minimum account balance.
18	For	Cashless Economy – Is India ready for it?	Jayanti Mani	Wishing you all a very happy afternoon from Jayanti Mani, I am very glad to be part of such a topic which is going to be a future part of our country and have also stepped in our country for the betterment of humanity. I would like to add a few more points in favor of the cashless economy: 1. There has been a massive expansion of the formal banking imprint over the last few years, especially due to the efforts of the Jan Dhan Yojana, which is a central government initiative. The number of bank account holders has doubled during this period as per official figures. 2. The cashless economy will also be good for the social aspects of the economy. Women will also now get their payments in their bank accounts, thus reducing their dependency on men of the family, who usually control the household expenses.
19	Against	Will reduced Goods & Services Tax (GST) help the Indian economy in growing faster?	Falguni Chauhan	Hello everyone, I am Falguni Chauhan and With due respect, I would only partly agree to the points of Mr. Sanjay, there are many points where he was not able to have a look. He had only covered at his core, but I would like to put a flash on some real facts that would get affected by the reduced rate of GST. Here are few: 1. This will lead to reduced collections in the government coffers, thus directly affecting many welfare schemes. 2. Lower government revenue collection could also mean greater challenges in paying off government employees, especially at a time when several government-owned firms such as BSNL are struggling.
20	For	Will reduced Goods & Services Tax (GST) help the Indian economy in growing faster?	Sanjay Iyer	A kind regards to all from Sanjan Iyer, as being a business school student want to put forward my point supporting the reduced rate of GST. I want to add a few points that justify the reduced rate of GST will help the economy to grow faster. Following are some points in support of a reduction in the rates of GST: 1. Reduced rates should increase spending on the same. Due to the spread-out nature of the goods and services whose taxes are to be cut, the said increased spending will be cyclical. 2. Many reductions have been aimed at the flagging automotive sector, thus an honest attempt to revive the fortunes.
21	Against	Is it still too early for India to have bullet trains?	Harini Goel	Hi everyone, its Harini Goel speaking in against of Bullet Train to be introduced in India. Several points make me feel that the Indian economy is not yet ready for this project. Please allow me to highlight a few of it: With all the due respect to the nation and with no intention to show lower to the Indian economy, but still, some points make me worried about the economy of the mother India. 1. The costs to the overall economy also do not justify. While the interest rates are low, this amount needs to be repaid in US Dollars fifteen years hence. If one counts the inflation level and the periodic weakening of the India rupee versus the US Dollar, the costs will spiral up immensely. 2. The costs to the individuals will also be high, making it unviable. A lot of passengers may instead choose simply to fly. The authorities would have been better advised to improve the airline services through schemes such as UDAN (Udey desh ka Aam Nagarik).
22	For	Is it still too early for India to have bullet trains?	Girish Burman	Hey guys, here its Girish Burman, and I am speaking in support of Bullet Train concept to be part of Indian Railways. Here are a few points that made me feel so: 1. High-speed connectivity: India is a vast country and the need to travel faster has become a necessity. Apart from diverting passengers from road and air, Bullet train generates a new class of passengers as well. 2. Employment: The bullet train project is expected to create 4,000 direct job opportunities, along with 20,000 indirect jobs. 20,000 construction workers will also be employed during the setup period of Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train.
23	Against	Examination- has it killed education?	Mridul Ahluwalia	Hey friends, as I see there are many things to say in oppose to examination, I too felt it while preparing and writing the exams, but as of now, I realized that whatever we are today, the examination is one of the most important reasons for being successful. The examination has many positive points, it is just on your notice. What I have noticed, it has helped us to remember every key feature of something on whatever field we are, it had also helped us to classify what is useful and what is not, this is what we used to do while we prepare on the last day or a day before the exam, it had also made us sense the importance of time and time management. There are many more things to be added, I can conclude that it is all about individuals perception at the particular instinct of time.
24	For	Examination- has it killed education?	Bhaskar Patel	According to me, not an examination but the examination system is killing the education. 1. Parents are pressuring there children to compete with others which creates stress, pressure on students. 2. Most of the school, colleges do not take an interest in the practical exam they fulfill the minimum requirements of the practical exam. And give more pressure on the theoretical exam which gives negative feedbacks about the practical exam to the student. 3. Every student has some special character or talent but they are judged by the same parameter. 4. Marks are getting more value in companies than practical knowledge which brings low confidence in fresher. 5. You can take the example of the IIT exam there are a total of 10k seats but for that, around 1.5m students give the exam. If you see the ratio of the student then out of 100 only 0.6 students get selected. So what about the others? It is in our hands to change this system.