Rajiv Dixit
Rajiv Dixit was an Indian social activist. He established social movements in order to spread awareness on topics of Indian national interest through the Swadeshi movement, Azadi Bachao Andolan, and various other works. He served as the National Secretary of Bharat Swabhiman Andolan.
Early life
Rajiv Dixit was born in Aligarh. Dixit received an M.Tech degree and had worked as a scientist for a brief period.
Movements
He believed in Swadeshi. He initiated movements like the Swadeshi Movement and Azadi Bachao Andolan (Save Freedom Movement) and became their spokesperson. He addressed a rally of over 50,000 people under the leadership of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch in New Delhi.
He demanded decentralization of taxation system, saying that the current system is the core reason for the corruption in bureaucracy. He said that 80% of taxes is being used to pay the politicians and bureaucrats and just 20% for development purposes for the people. He compared the current budget system of the Indian government to the earlier British budget system in India, presenting statistics to show that they are the same.
