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The ideological framework of conservatism to achieve national renaissance, which thus the Centre proposes to research, articulate and propagate in an intellectually challenging way, has the following markers:
(a) The state is to be minimalist in regulatory interventions in social and economic matters, maximalist in the maintenance of law & order, in opposing terrorism, and optimalist in providing the quality of life needs, while being politically accountable to the people in a democracy.
(b) A social ethos based on the concepts of trusteeship of wealth, philanthropy and voluntary group action is encouraged by religious sanction for the better distribution of income and for minimizing economic contradictions and deprivation.
(c) The key goal of the state is to empower the individual through a modern education that blends the essential concepts of spiritual commitment with material pursuits to enable the individual to be self-reliant and yet have strong character.
(d) The individual is to be persuaded by the state by incentives and not by coercion. Hence, the state will make no promise to the people without specifying the sacrifices to be made.
(e) India can make rapid economic progress to become a developed country only through a globally competitive economy that requires assured access to the markets and technological innovations of the United States and its allies. This has concomitant political obligations that must be accepted as essential for national renaissance.
(f) Such rapid progress would require a national security strategy for securing a peaceful environment which necessitates strong security ties with India’s neighbours and with such of those countries with which India has no intrinsic clash of interests.
(g) At present, Indians in general and especially the Hindus who constitute over 80 percent of the nation, have loyalty to the family but are apathetic to the community where they live. The Indian does not easily acknowledge the accomplishment of other Indians. He respects intellectual endeavour but not dignity of labour, and is more concerned with form of behaviour than content of his commitment.
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