(14 January, 2003) His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi inaugurated 2003 as "The Year of Ideal Government" during a grand global celebration that was broadcast live via satellite and Internet webcast on 12 January. And Maharishi announced as his target for the New Year the establishment in India of several large groups of Vedic Pandits reciting the Vedas to create indomitable harmony throughout the world, ending the long legacy of conflict and problems and creating a new world order of affluence and peace.

"From one place on earth these groups will radiate Higher Intelligence which will disallow any negativity to sprout anywhere in the world and will promote positive, evolutionary trends and tendencies for all mankind," Maharishi said.

Maharishi’s global inauguration of the new year was held at the Capital of the Global Country of World Peace in Meru, Holland. The celebration came on the third day of a six-day series of conferences, being held from 10 to 15 January, to inaugurate His Majesty Raja Raam’s "Master Plan to Create Prevention-Oriented, Problem-Free Administration."

During the inauguration yesterday His Majesty Raja Raam issued his "Royal Decree Number 12: Invitation to Every Government to Create Prevention-Oriented, Problem-Free Administration."

The Royal Decree proclaimed the readiness of the Global Country of World Peace, through its Master Plan, to provide every government with the scientifically validated knowledge and technologies to prevent all problems, and invited governments to contract with the Global Country of World Peace to create a prevention-oriented, problem-free administration. The Decree outlined the World Peace Project, which will involve training, adequately housing, and permanently employing groups of peace-creating experts, and made it clear that the financial obligations of the project can be fulfilled without any financial pressure to the government. His Majesty Raja Raam said he is ready to start as soon any government signs a contract with the Global Country of World Peace.

During his inaugural address, Maharishi said that establishing the groups of Vedic Pandits in India is the climax of nearly 50 years of his worldwide movement to bring enlightenment to every individual and peace to the world through his Vedic technologies of consciousness.

Maharishi said that the recitation of the Vedas by Vedic Pandits in India is the most effective way to create permanent world peace because the recitation will enliven the supreme intelligence of Total Natural Law – the Veda – which administers the infinite diversity of the universe with perfect order, and which is eternally humming in every grain of creation. "Vedic recitation by large groups of Vedic Pandits will permeate with evenness and harmony all the innumerable diverse trends and tendencies of the six billion people on earth – and create harmony and coherence in the family of nations."

Maharishi added that establishing as many groups as possible in India will be the focus of this new year, and will take place under the able guidance of His Majesty Raja Raam and his 40 Cabinet Ministers. "We have great hope that this year will be the year of real achievement for the supreme goal of all mankind – Raam Raj – a new golden age of affluence and peace," Maharishi said.

The inauguration of His Majesty Raja Raam’s Master Plan celebrates the tenth anniversary of his scientific discovery that human physiology is the expression of consciousness. His discovery reveals that every individual has cosmic creative potential, which can be enlivened through the Consciousness-based programmes offered to governments by the Global Country of World Peace.

During yesterday’s inauguration, His Majesty Raja Raam’s Cabinet Ministers presented these programmes, which are now ready for implementation in all areas of society, to create prevention-oriented, problem-free administration. The programmes include Maharishi’s Vedic Approach to Health to prevent disease and promote perfect health; Consciousness-Based Education to develop total brain functioning and promote enlightenment; the Global Development Currency of the Global Country of World Peace – the Raam – to alleviate global poverty and promote a balanced world economy; Maharishi’s Invincible Defence Strategy to create coherent national consciousness and prevent the birth of an enemy; Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture to produce healthy, abundant food; and Maharishi Vedic Architecture to reconstruct the world in harmony with Natural Law.

Maharishi Universities of World Peace are now being established in every country to educate future leaders in Maharishi’s Supreme Political Science – the complete scientific knowledge and technologies to engage Higher Intelligence to prevent all problems and create permanent world peace. The universities will also serve as centres of coherence where groups of peace-creating experts will promote coherent national and world consciousness. Several large groups of 8,000 experts are now being established in India, and several more groups of 8,000 experts will be established across the globe. In addition, 3,000 Peace Palaces are being built in the world’s largest 3,000 cities, including 51 cities in the UK. Each Peace Palace will serve as a Maharishi College of World Peace and the home to a group of 100 to 200 experts.

"Maharishi has blessed the world with the complete knowledge of Total Natural Law," His Majesty Raja Raam said. "The Divine light of Maharishi’s knowledge is eliminating the dark patches of ignorance that shadow the world today, and will illumine mankind for thousands of years to come. We offer Maharishi and the Vedic tradition of India our infinite gratitude for this supreme gift of Heaven on Earth."