Statement: The Government has decided not to provide financial support to voluntary organisations from next Five Year Plan and has communicated that all such organisations should raise funds to meet their financial needs.

Courses of Action:

1. Voluntary organisations should collaborate with foreign agencies.
2. They should explore other sources of financial support.

Statement: Orissa and Andhra Pradesh have agreed in principle to set up a joint control board for better control, management and productivity of several inter-state multipurpose projects.

Courses of Action:

1. Other neighbouring states should set up such control boards.
2. The proposed control board should not be allowed to function as such joint boards are always ineffective.

Statement: The Indian electronic component industry venturing into the West European markets faces tough competition from the Japanese.

Courses of Action:

1. India should search for other international markets for its products.
2. India should improve the quality of the electronic components to compete with the Japanese in capturing these markets.

Statement: The Central Bureau of Investigation receives the complaint of an officer taking bribe to do the duty he is supposed to.

Courses of Action:

1. CBI should try to catch the officer red-handed and then take a strict action against him.
2. CBI should wait for some more complaints about the officer to be sure about the matter.

Statement: The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.

Courses of Action:

1. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
2. System of education should be made more flexible.