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"BJP’s progress report"
Posted by: manish on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 11:15 AM
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Nirmala Sitharaman in the Asian Age writes: "It is fairly well known that the per capita income of Muslims in Gujarat is the highest in the country, and access to education for minorities in Gujarat is better again compared to any other state in the country.?
On the three reported critical measures — growth, employment and minority welfare —BJP-ruled states have shown their performance. Good governance and not appeasement brings benefits. Benefits for all." Read More.
Interestingly, when the BJP ruled states are providing good governance while being on right of the center, why the central leadership tends to be on the left of the center.
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"Party Ministry"
Posted by: manish on Thursday, September 02, 2010 - 03:20 AM
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The India Express writes: "absentee railway minister deployed two companies of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) for her security during her August 9 rally at Lalgarh. If that is evidence of her readiness to treat the railways as her personal fiefdom, it was not her only offence. The RPF deployment at Lalgarh was made without informing the Union home ministry and the West Bengal police — the latter being officially responsible for her security and maintenance of order at the venue, the former being responsible for clearing any deployment of Central paramilitary personnel." Read More.
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When will our so called leader loose their mai-baap mindset
Posted by: manish on Monday, August 30, 2010 - 10:50 PM
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The Indian Express has a interview transcript with the Congress Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr. Hooda, who when asked about land acquisition in Haryana for urban development purpose has this to say: "kya unhi ke naam likha hua hai ki wohi zameen ke saath rahenge? (Why should farmers always remain farmers?). They should also be given opportunities. They should also be treated as other citizens are treated.".
On a cursory reading nothing seems wrong with what the CM is saying, but if you think about it it reeks of the same old mai-baap attitude that has held our country back for decades. What is this attitude about "they should be rehabilitated"? Who will rehabilitate them? When will these leaders come out this mai-baap attitude and learn that it is they who are the employee of people and not other way around. Now, it is well known that the land from farmers was acquired on pittance by the government (for e.g. Rs 20,000 per acre) and then given to the developers who made killing in the market. Instead of engaging in verbal jugglery the CM should look into the successful model in other states which resulted in fair deal for everyone. Magarpatta City is a great example of farmer-developer partnership via which for each acre that was invested in the project a farmer earns close to 16-18 lakh per year. Other than public infrastructure why should government be in the business of land acquisition?
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Pay raise for lawmakers
Posted by: manish on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 03:50 AM
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Our lawmakers recently gave themselves hefty pay raises. This was after long debates and virtually trade union kind of behavior from some of the MP's. We have a weird system where law makers can choose to give raise to themselves. Opposed to this employees across the board get raises either based on experience or performance. The Indian Express argues for bringing degree of separation for such pay raises. Now, it is the tax payers who is paying the law makers, why not tax payers get to decide on the pay raise issue? With current technology it is feasible to do so. Tax payers from each constituency get to decide on whether or not their law maker deserves a raise. This way the law maker would also be forced to make a case in front of his constituents and also solve the problem of absentee MP's.
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Loan Waiver for proselytization!!
Posted by: manish on Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 11:33 PM
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The Hindu reports the Communist Government of Kerala has waived the loans christian converts. Moreover, this is touted as big achievement. What is going on here? By doing doing this isn't the state actively promoting proselytization? Why is tax payer's money is being used for this purpose? I guess all this is reaching absurd height now.
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More massive plans on its way
Posted by: manish on Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 11:12 PM
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The Times of India reports that the Congress led UPA government plans to have a watchdog headed by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, an extra constitutional figure, to push for 'inclusive' (what ever that means) agenda. Watchdog would be filled with bleeding heart socialists who would push for food security, communal harmony, and education. In simpler terms it translates to more wasteful spending of the taxpayers money by the government.
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A city with rural-urban partnership
Posted by: manish on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 10:32 PM
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IsherJudgeAhluwalia in the Indian Express writes about Magarpatta City in Pune. This development was conceived by farmers who owned the land on which this urban area located. A development company was formed and each farmer was give a share in the company based on his land contribution. The result is an acre pooled by a farmer currently generates between Rs 15-1 lakh of dividend per annum. This indeed is a great case of inclusive development. However, few things that jump out in the article which should be a learning point for such future projects are: first, the project started in 1987, and was build around in 2002. Its a very long time. Second, the quote in the article "Mahesh Zagade, municipal commissioner, Pune was happy that the township imposes no burden on the [Pune Municipal] corporation and rather contributes to the revenue by paying taxes and other charges levied by the Pune Municipal Corporation." The City has a council with 105 elected representatives, but the council is there to only highlight residents concerns. Shouldn't the city be formally incorporated and council be recognized as its governing body with a Mayor elected.?
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Effective legislature
Posted by: manish on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 11:15 AM
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Bibek Debroy in the Indian Express writes: "both executive and legislature have been mentioned in the Constitution and the latter is supposed to act as an effective check on excesses of the former. There are too many blemishes on this "check" function, some created by the executive itself. As the Constitution has changed, so should parliamentary practices and procedures" Read More
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Is the job of a Chief Minister to ensure that his party wins Lok Sabha seats?
Posted by: amitsethi on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 01:18 AM
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Is the job of a Chief Minister to ensure that his party wins Lok Sabha seats? Where does that misplaced priority leave time for his duty towards the state as the Chief Minister? What about his record as the Chief Minister, whether he is good in that role and what he has accomplished for the state.
BJP asking for resignation of Khanduri for its poor performance in Lok Sabha polls for seats in Uttrakhand is another example of how centralized authority in our political parties can compromise local aspirations. We need to decentralize power so that local leaders can help take care of local issues and problems. Otherwise, people will keep blaming center (whether central government or party high command) for all the problems of local areas, and perhaps rightly so. Look at all the dissent in many of our states for neglect by central government and party high commands.
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