INDIAN DOOM:FOOD SECURITY BILL

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INDIAN DOOM:FOOD SECURITY BILL

It seems that the 'unprogressive' united progressive alliance aka UPA has finally managed to fulfill its primary goal it set out in 2004 after coming to power-making india a socialist economy,a consumption led economy rather than a manufacturing oriented economy and destroying completely the 'indian growth story' along with potential of millions of its young people.Recent reports indicate that rupee has crossed 64 against the dollar,sensex has tanked below 18000 and what does UPA care about?Food security bill of all the things!!As if NREGA was not enough UPA wants to completely shatter indian economy for years to come.People may say i am over-reacting but the effects of this bill will be felt for years to come and will push india years back.Now lets briefly discuss whats wrong

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1)When UPA came to power,india was growing at good rate,although not 8-9% but still the fundamentals of economy were good,moreover people hoped for better future.But in the last 10 years government has only been successful or has tried to pass only civil nuclear bill with the USA.It bothered with nothing else except maybe 2g scam,coal scam,commonwealth games scam and whatnot.Arguably,govt was too focussed on these scams to pass any meaningful bill.

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2)NREGA:Congress passed national rural employment gurantee act in its first 5 years of power with the sole aim of grabbing votes(congress wallahs will differ) and they did get votes and came back to power.Now this bill provides employment to a person for at least 100 days of a year and pays a bare minimum wage.Specifics are not a point,the thing is this scheme has been a massive failure on the ground(as if we hoped any better).Agricultural workers have started enrolling for nrega,pushing cost of farming fairly high,contractors are enrolling fictitious workers and pocketing the profits and the scheme is virtually unimplementable in maoist affected states.Due to all these reasons our subsidy bill has increased manyfold without any meaningful contribution to society.

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3)MANUFACTURING:It saddens me to say that according to stats indian manufacturing accounted for 24 % of the world in 1857,just about 100 years later it had fallen to 3 odd%.But the real shock is that even after 66 years since we virtually manufacture nothing meaningful.Mind you,there is ample difference between manufacturing and assembling as latter is a forte of indian economy,not the former.Forger about high end stuff,we can't even manufacture a 50 cc engine for sunny or luna.All the cars manufactured in india have foreign engine except maybe nano(if you wanna call a 625 odd cc 2 cylinder engine a true car engine).We can't make a single computer chip.Forget about the high end computer chips manufactured by intel and arm we can atleast try with smartphones?From the defence to auto to pharma sector we manufacture nothing worthwhile,heck india succeded in making war grade steel only in 2013,we were importing that from si
ngapore and russia before!!

4)FOOD SECURITY:As if already the condition wasn't bad enough we are gonna pass this act pretty soon and i see no one in the media seriously objecting to this useless crap law simply by the magnitude of its ambition.The bill hopes to provide 67% of the population(you heard right),ie roughly 80 crore people with highly subsidized foodgrains costing us atleast rs 1 lakh 20 thousand crore per year minimum although the actual cost will be at least double of that.I mean am i the only one shivering at the idea of this bill.

5)FUTURE:I don't wanna sound pessimistic but policies such as these are gonna paralyze the country totally,its only a matter of time before we feel the pinch.What about building more medical colleges,nore engineering colleges,building roads and power plants?What about spending money on r and d.We have to answer all thes questions before implementing laws like food security.

6)WHY STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT ARE WRONG:First of all i must clarify that i am no analyst or economist but i have shared my views with many people(bankers etc) and they seem to agree.The only reform(if we can call it that!) that this govt headed by a supposedely brilliant prime-minister and finance minister has done is increasing the interest rates to bring in the inflation.Now this has flopped,as we can all see from the soaring prices(remember onions).The reason for this failure is pretty simple-BLACK MONEY.Now because the majority of money in india is circulating currency and not the e-money(debit card,credit card or accounted money),,,the reforms at bank level like mentioned above has no effect as this unaccounted money was never part of the system in the first place!!.

7)WAY FORWARD:The only path is privatization of our inefficient and moribund public sector units so that we can end govt control over industry bringing down red tape and nepotism.This move will take power away from 'socialist' politicians to scuttle every progressive move and help save this nation.And last but not the least this UPA govt needs to go simply because it has put economy in dumps and is giving out doles like a foolish king.

By the way although we want UPA out in 2014 elections but our PM has different ideas.See for yourself

secularism-communalism vs governance

                                            GODHRA RIOTS VS DELHI RIOTS

It has been a while when i last wrote on this blog.Nevertheless,the situation in the country demands that i write something to vent my frustration.First of all i must clarify that i am writing this as a common man who knows problems faced by people like him and am not aligned to any group.
                                                                                   Anyone who follows indian politics closely would have noticed a recent pattern of congress vs bjp fight on secularism and communalism.I am sure you all would have followed the Narendra Modi 'I AM A HINDU NATIONALIST REMARK' from the reuters interview and the congress barb attacks following his 'PUPPY' remarks.If not then pls type on google for getting information.
 The motive of writing this has come from utter frustration on seeing where our country is headed on these hard times.The PM has already spoken(ya he has finally!) that the growth this year would be 6% or below.RBI has already hung its boots regarding its inability to bring down inflation and the falling value of rupee.Our exports are down,manufacturing sector has come to naught,petrol and diesel prices are rising every fortnight and all the government talks about is secularism!All it can think is how to portray Modi as a villain,a communal person whose only aim is to kill or subjugate the muslims.And to top it all the spokesmen of congress,,,,,,,legendary thick skined Mr digvijay singh is busy proclaiming Osama bin laden as 'OSAMAJI',,Bathla house encounter as 'controversial' and the recent bodh gaya blasts as a conspiracy of the bjp.

Now yesterday i was thinking about all the 'secular' parties anger about modi regarding godhra,so i decided to open the wikipedia page of godhra riots.Now if you open the page you will ge t the following facts

1)started on feb 27 2002
2)hindus dead-254
3)muslims dead-790
4)most importantly the whole riot followed after 59 kar-sevaks were burned alive in coach s-6 of sabarmati express when they were returning from ayodhya after kar seva.

Please compare the above data with 1984 anti sikh riots
1)dead>8000(3000 in delhi alone)
2)all sikhs,mostly

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Now whatever your allegiance may be,whether congress,bjp or anyone pls answer my questions

1)How come congress that killed 3000 people right in the middle of delhi claim to be secular??
2)If yes,then are muslim lives more precious than the muslim ones??
3)What is the definition of genocide?
4)Can gujrat riots be called as state sponsored genocide when 254 hindus were also killed alongside muslims?Compare it with sikh riots
5)The most important question i pose is this-Why did the riots start?

The above assumptions would help you realize how futile the secularism-communalism debate is.1984 sikh riots did not stop sikhs from voting for congress,niether 2002 should stop muslims from voting for bjp.We must realize that we are living in a multi-religious society and things flare up now and then.But it dosen't mean that we keep on living in the past.We have to look forward and right now our priority should be governance rather than debate on secularism or communalism.

*In this article i donot endorse the riots.I merely state the facts and pose viable questions to help people find out the solution to move forward.I am an atheist and don't believe in any religion and am a firm believer that religion needs to be seperated from politics.
^The comments attributed to Mr digvijay singh is in the public domain and is not my creation.
@The figures have been taken from wikipedia and may vary from official figures
;; the cartoon is from twocircles.net

jan lokpal bill

Well,the massive response generated by anna hazare campaign has forced me back from the self imposed exile from facebook.Contrary to most people,i would be focussing on what is 'RIGHT' and what is 'REALISTIC'.Mind u,we are not living in the gandhi age.We ought to be practical and stress on the things that could be achieved rather that run amok after barely teneble stuff.

                                                          First of all let me make my own stance clear.I am totally against this congress govt and i have been since for the past 2 years or so,way before ppl came to know about 2g scam and stuff.I believe its a party run by ppl who have no zeal for the betterment of this nation,they are simply reaping the benefits of a particular surname......u ppl know what.Added upon that a puppet prime minister,sorry a mute puppet i meant.For anyone who follows politics closely would agree with me here that prime minister fails to instill confidence in general public.I am not saying bjp ppl are great saints,but atleast we had in atal bihari vajpayee a man whose thunderous oratorship captured the nation's imagination,it gave ppl some hope(maybe false,but still).

Now lets start with lokpal bill.First of all the motive of the bill is very clear,it aims to end corruption at all the levels.No one can dispute that if rightly implemented(which i recon isn't possible),this can seriously dent corruption.I mean not only ppl but even politicians would be scared of indulging in immoral behaviour(i mean corruption,not other 'immoral 'deeds,lol).This bill as a result could be called a very idealistic one,just like a hindi film hero fighting the villain.Anyone who has studied physics will remember carnot engine that has efficiency of 100 %.But are all these things practically possible???The answer is resounding No.

REASONS:
1)Bill has to be ultimately passed by the parliament only,if u hear anna camp's demand.All they say is that their draft should be kept alongside the official govt. draft.They DON'T demand their bill to be passed against parliament.So do u really think MP's will accept anything that makes them poorer(yes,u heard me)..by huge margins by putting parliament under lokpal.How will lalu commit fodder scam,how would a raja earn money??So this is practically impossible.

2)I am sure everyone would be happy to hear the opposition out,,,some may even be moved by their statements.But ppl don't forget opposition supports anna on more or less only one issue that is including pm under the lokpal.And by the way BJP,considering they win the nexy election ould be coming to power after 9 odd years and am pretty sure most of them would be ready for their 'pound of flesh'.Do u think they will let anything come in their way?laughable

3)The third bone of contention is juditiary.As the govt has already announced that it would make a seperate judicial commission,there is very little chance of it coming under purview.But i am of the opinion that it should be under lokpal as the last two of the chief justices of supreme court,justice yk sabharwal and justice balakrishnan have been alleged to have committed some wrongdoing.

RESULT and PREDICTION

I think that after careful consideration the govt will eventually agree to:

1)bring all the govt employees(i mean all) under the lokpal although i doubt they will include IAS officers.
2)appointment of lokpal will be free of govt. control.This govt law vests the entire power of appointment of lokpal member to the govt which in itself is self defeating
3)lokpal will have only the investigating powers,,,no punishment powers
4)ppl who complain against the corrupt would be protected
5)CBI will be OUT of lokpal purview contrary to what anna wants,but govt simply won't agree on this,take my word for that

Now after all this thinking i truly believe that anna should negotiate with govt over the issues mentioned above but i doubt much will come out of it as don't forget it is not me or u who has to pass the bill.It is the parliament and u know what??IT IS FULL OF POLITICIANS.LOL

The Lost Punjab

Modern day Punjab could be summed up by the song of band karmaasa.I know the name isn't very promising but its worth a try.The lads have done a fantastic job highlighting the shortcomings of our society and is a welcome change from the 'average' punjabi singer feeding nonsense to the public.With lines like ''mittran nu shauk hathyaran da or'' rambo rambo u are dealing with commandos'',what are these people trying to portray????What type of commandos are we,as we fail to clear even the basic military drills,,,we don't fulfill the physical standards to join army or the police!!!Its all true,u can search on the net and know yourself.
                                                                                                                                          It used to be said that songs are a reflection of the society and it was true to a level with people like gurdas mann singing songs reflecting the mood of the public.But now,even as the debt of punjab keeps on escalating with every passing year and the tax collection goes down spirally thanks to the bad policies of the govt. we,the people of punjab seems to be in some sort of false hope.Hope that even after using drugs like a normal food item we are somehow superior,that we can never go down.The reality is something else.The reality is that today punjab is being run by the labour from UP and Bihar.The same group of people whom we consider 'bhaiyyas' are making rapid progress on the account of their hard work and commitment.And where has the famed punjabi farmer gone??????U go to any farm and u will see bhaiyyas doing all the work.
                                                          I am deeply hurt on seeing this systematic deterioration of a state that was once the model of excellence,that used to form 10 percent of indian army,,,,people who were known for their hard work and honesty(remember the sardar truck driver in old hindi movies).The fact is that money has made us blind and callous.We no longer strive for excellence,our youth is drowning in the sea of drugs,,,,we are getting corrupt day by day.................our society is so much divided by the formation of new deras that i would need a new wikipedia page to categorize them.So why behave that we are superior,,,why have that false punjabi pride,,,,,why look at the achievements of the past when we have no strength to repeat those feats???????

The sad feeling

I think all of us should atleast listen to the pink floyd song TIME,,which in my opinion is one of the greatest songs ever written.This song has a unique quality,it tends to get better with time,just like alcohal.You tend to agree with the songwriter every time u listen to it.The only drawback being that it has a certain unpleasant,hard feeling and u cannot escape it.
          It has been almost 3 months since i got the license to treat patients,since i officially passed(against my expectations though!)and i can already feel my life coming apart slowly and systematically.The hostel life is gone,all the friends are far away,weather is bad and there seems to be no end to the books i am supposed to read for the pg entrance.Life,i must say had never been so dry,not atleast in the past 5 years at manipal,and slowly but surely i can't agree more with pink floyd song.The joy of standing at the coffee shop looking at girls,hoping 'something' might happen,,,discussing the politics like u have a stake in the government.....listening to the music in khokhar's room seems like a fairytale now.There is no one like billu to cheer you up,tell you about some new deal,and discuss some mundane and impossible(seemingly) business venture.I remember dave,always happy nomatter what the occassion,no matter what the circumstances......immune to the feelings of outside world.
          I miss cries of joy at passing exams, the fear and agony associated with the university exams.Everyone behaved like a close knit family,actually even better than a family sometimes.Compare the times now,the world seems like a vast ocean and i am like a fool trying to cross it on a canopy,all by myself.
                                                                                                                  The most difficult part of leaving ur college and coming home is the fact that u are more or less changed,accustomed to the 'kings' life of hostel(of course u don't realize that then!!!pity)....and if u happen to go to a place like manipal ur thinking undergoes a damatic change,for good or bad i don't know.But u feel the diff. while talking to ur old friends and for that matter to ur brother or sister too.Yes i know its just a phase just like going to the hostel for the first time was.Even that time was tough but only after a few days we were behaving like we were the bonafide citizens of manipal!!!.So would this time too,onlt thing required is the patience to endure.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYiahoYfPGk

systemic degardation in college years........

THE VERDICT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

By the time i write this most of the people,courtesy news channels already know about the so called 'history' of the disputed site and everyone knows the verdict delivered by the allahabad high court.Now from my limited experience of talking to people regarding this i have found almost all the hindus jovial and terming the verdict as a 'judicial recognition' of their age old claim.Muslims on the other hand,mostly what i heard on television are summarily disappointed with this judgement and some of them say thy have lost faith in jamuriyat(democracy) itself.
These sentiments apart lets discuss what this judgement actually means and what implications it would achieve.Before that let me clarify,as was done by all the three judges(even su khan) that1) ayodhya was the birth place of lord ram and it was a place of worship used by hindus for thousands of years.
2)that a mosque never existed before 1528 when it was ordered to be build by babar on the disputed site.Now according to the SU KHAN the mosque was built on the 'ruins' of a temple,but the other two justices ruled that babar demolished the mandir to pave way for the construction of mosque.
3)No party,niether hindus,muslims or the nirmohi akhaara could produce the title of land in their favour.......as a result if we go strictly by legal basis all three have no claim on the land.

But this is not a simple legal matter.It is a matter that has the potential to snowball into a major issue overnight so the judges had to tread very carefully,had to pacify everyone.There is no doubt that this is not a purely legal verdict,its a verdict aimed at reconcilliation,aimed at communal harmony.......and a very decent step for moving forward.Imagine had the court ruled against hindus????Irrespective of what u say.riots were surely on line and had it gone totally against muslims???They would have got one more chance to hit out at indian democracy,so the middle path comes into existence.Personally i feel this is the best judgement judges could have given and should be implemented in letter and spirit.But both the aggrieved parties have already decided to approach the apex court so all this was actually a waste.

On the question of right or wrong,as a person who does not belong to either of these faiths i just want to raise two points that should be considered-
1)Lord rama was born here and he needs no approval from the court so for people to ask proof of his existence is silly,just foolish.Numerous holy books,upanishads,puraans have laid to rest this question.Babar came and must have destroyed the temple at that time.It was the standard practice of all the muslim rulers who invaded india to demolish temples,loot their gold and if possible build mosques in their place to propogate islam,nothing wrong considering the old times and ignorant people.Don't we remember mohammad ghauri and ghazni and the great marauder ahmad shah abdali who demolished golden temple in amritsar and filled the sanctum sanctorum(holy pond) with blood.But those were old times,times of anarchy and uncertainty.
2)The second thing is destruction of mosque itself on 6 th december 1992.How much may i know that what babar did was wrong i cannot support this barbaric act of destroying a mosque in full public view under the watchful eyes of bjp.Yes they scored brownie points with voters after that and became a national party overnight starting off as a 'crumbling' regional party having no forseeable future.That needs to be condemned and this particular verdict dosen't absolve advani and others of the crimes they have committed,no way,lest u may hear a similar noise one day people claiming that even that mosque was built on a mandir as we know many would have been(times have changed).This can't go on.Okay,whatever happened in 1992 should be dismissed in strongest possible words and acts like these should never be allowed to polarize our people again

And as a last message i would like to appeal to all communities to accept this verdict as this is the only chance to make way for unity of this country.All the three judges(except justice sharma.......who favoured the hindus completely)......have been extremely cautious and calculating in delivering this verdict and i give them a big thums up.        JAI HIND