Troubled Galaxy Destroyed Dreams: Chapter 281
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| Classes were not being conducted in the school due to the security operations going on in the region. The locals had locked down the school to protest. The police opened at least fourteen classrooms. |
Locals say the two women, aged 17 and 22, were abducted, raped and killed by security forces.
Earlier this week, hundreds of Kashmiris took to the streets to protest the killing of a 20-year-old man, who they said was killed by security forces after they arrested him.
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Mind you, we are fighting against Zionist imperialist fascist Global Order, not against any specific Ideology. Hence, I do not deal with Nations within political Borders and treat every problem Geo politically as well as Economically!
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Infosys Technologies, the country's No. 2 outsourcer, reported a better-than-expected 17 percent rise in June quarter profit and marginally raised full-year forecast but
warned the business environment was still challenging.
However, a poor start to monsoon rains, crucial for India's domestic demand-led economy, and lingering concern about a world recovery weighed.
The 30-share BSE index fell 1.84 percent, or 253.24 points, to 13,504.22, its lowest close after the ruling coalition won re-election in mid-May and triggered a strong rally.
"I have been expecting a fall but not to this extent," said Ambareesh Baliga, vice president, Karvy Stock Broking. "Some foreign funds were selling."
Twenty-four index components ended down in choppy trade as a pullback of more than 1 percent at one stage triggered heavy profit-taking in the last half hour.
"The immediate reason for the fall is a sell-off by some hedge funds due to redemption pressures from their investors. The biggest worry for the market, apart from the monsoons, is the global economic crisis," said R.K. Gupta, managing director, Taurus Mutual Fund.
Government will roll back the Rs 4 a litre hike in petrol prices and Rs 2 a litre increase in diesel rates if international crude oil prices stabilise between USD 50 and 60 a barrel, Oil Minister Murli Deora said.
It is nothing but EYE Washing. Oil blocks and Gas Reserves have been gifted away. Oil India as well as ONGC are hot favourites for DISINVESTMENT to meet the budget target of ELEVEN Thousand Corore in Disinvestment!
You see, Mamata declared to end OUT Sourcing for Eating and Drinks in Railway and at the same time she got the PP Planning, schemes and Blue Print passed without whatsoever Resistance. She plans All Party Meeting for RLY Network in REMOTE areas which would rather strengthen INDIA INC plan to disinvest Railway at large scale as Land bank Proposal or PUBLIC Private Joint Venture for Infrastructure have been passed with Parliamentary consent.
The Disinvestment LOGIC never quotes OIL Economy and defence Expenditure, most responsible for balance of payment crisis and Foreign Borrowing. Defence sector already being DIVESTED and random FDI, FII allowed, how may we hope national security and sovereignity ENSURED? In the same way how may we defend on Military Option and zero Tolerance knowing all CIA and Mossad activities in INTERNAL security!
Reliance Industries' eastern offshore KG-D6 gas fields at peak production will help the nation save $8.3 billion annually or 0.7 per cent of the GDP, investment banker Morgan Stanley said.
"Assuming 80 million cubic meters per day of gas supplies for a year as a whole, India could save $8.3 billion annually," Moran Stanley said in a research note on RIL for its clients.
RIL, which is currently producing 31-32 mmcmd, is likely to touch 80 mmcmd in next six months. This peak output could replace close to 26 million tons of crude oil, which is as much as ONGC produces domestically, or about 17 per cent of current demand in India, the report said.
"We estimate 20 mmcmd of gas would go to the fertilizer industry and most of the rest to the power industry. This implies that as much as 13 million tons or 50 per cent of the country's fertilizer production, and about 12,500 MW of power, or 8-9 per cent of overall power produced in the country, can run on RIL's gas."
RIL stated gas production from KG-D6 fields on April 2 and has signed contracts with 15 fertilizer plants to sell close to 15 mmcmd gas. Additionally, it has contracted over 25 mmcmd to 19 power plants and 3.3 mmcmd to steel plants.
Morgan Stanley report stated that 5 mmcmd more gas could go to fertilizer plants and identified power plants that can take more of KG-D6 gas.
Morgan Stanley prescribed that gas allocation to power plants be made at 90 per cent Plant Load Factor (PLF) or capacity, rather than current scheme of allocation to the 19 power plants at 70 per cent PLF.
State-run NTPC's power plants at Faridabad, Anta, Dadri, Kawas and Gandhar were among the plants which have a fuel deficit that KG-D6 can bridge. Besides, state power plants and private generation units that either buy expensive liquid fuel or imported LNG can also switch to cheaper KG-D6 gas that is priced at USD 4.20 per million British thermal unit.
Morgan Stanley said there was a lot of uncertainty around the litigation between RIL and Anil Ambani Group firm RNRL which is claiming 35 per cent of the peak output at USD 2.34 per mmBtu price. NTPC is also seeking 12 mmcmd at the same price which is 44 per cent lower than Government set rates.
The report highlighted four different possible scenarios.
"Our base case is based on USD 4.2 per mmBtu price for all the D6 gas to customers other than NTPC and RNRL, who would get the gas at a lower price when their power plants are ready to consume the gas. We believe the green field ventures of both RNRL and NTPC are at least three years away, and until then RIL should be able to earn USD 4.2 per mmBtu on its entire gas production." .
Returning to topic, twenty five percent for Defence and security, Twenty percent to bail out the Killer Money Machine from so called RECESSION and another twenty percent for Sixth Pay commission! What remains in the TEN Lac Corore Budget for Socialist Flagship Programme, making up JOB Loss, streamlining the Production system and food security and right to education bills, let us see!
Telegraph report opens our eyes how the national revenue is DIGESTED to MOBILISE the forces to EXTEND Rural Retail doors and windows killing the nationalities, identities, aboriginal indigenous and minority people! It is as SIMPLE as this!
They created a HAVOC issue with Mayawati stetues! I personally do never support Mayawati`s Greed for Power, her Casteology and social engineering as it is nowhere is associated with either the AMBDEKAR Ideology or the legacy of Indigenous aboriginal Social movemnets in History!
India's Supreme Court has declined to stop the building of statues of the politician Mayawati and her allies.
The court said it could not intervene unless there was evidence of misuse of public money on the part of the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state.
While every thing is named after Gandhi and nehru family in the country and the Manusmriti Hegemony, Media and Intelligentsia endorse the Draconian Process, why Mayawati is SINGLED out!
Now,India Thursday said the rapid enhancement in the defence capabilities of China as well as its hobnobbing with Pakistan and other countries in South Asia have "military implications" for India.
When asked whether the improvement in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data, released on Friday, indicates that the worst is over for industry, Mr. Ahluwalia said, "We do believe that the worst is over. (But) there is difference between the worst being over and getting back to robust growth.
"The real question is that how rapidly we resume growth ...," he said.
About capital goods and non-durable goods showing negative growth in May, he said, "I have not seen the entire data. But broadly we should see that the IIP has shown some improvement."
"We have been saying that we expect the economy to turn around. This turnaround is not a surprise to me," he said.
About the monsoon he said, "There is a recovery of the monsoon as looks like the case right now. Compared to one week ago there has been progress in the monsoon so much, a larger part of the country has been covered."
"It is still true that in the North-West, the monsoon cumulatively remains deficient ... We have to wait for the whole month (July) to be over (and) then I think, the present concern will be greatly reduced."
"It's (China's) military assistance and cooperation with Pakistan and other countries in our neighbourhood as well as the possibilities of enhancing connectivity with Pakistan through the territory of Jammu and Kashmir, illegally occupied by China and Pakistan, and with other countries, will also have direct military implication for India," the report said.
"Consequently, China's defence modernisation needs to be monitored carefully in the foreseeable future for the implications that it can have on the security defence of India," it added.
The two neighbours fought a brief but bloody war in 1962.
"India has also taken note of double digit growth in China's defence expenditure over the previous 20 years, which has led to significant modernisation of its defence forces both in terms of quality and quantity," the report said.
"China's stated objectives in their white paper of developing strategic missiles and space based assets and of rapidly enhancing its blue water navy to conduct operations in distant water as well as the systematic upgrading of infrastructure, reconnaissance and surveillance, quick response and operational capabilities in border areas will have an affect on overall military environment in the neighbourhood of India," said the report.
In recent times there have been efforts to give a new impetus to India-China bilateral relations, including military ties. Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta paid a maiden visit to China earlier this year. The Indian Navy also participated in Beijing's international fleet review.
This was preceded by the visit of the Indian Air Force chief to China and the maiden performance by the Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) in China.
On future relations with China, the report said: "India will engage China to seek greater transparency and openness in its defence policy and posture while taking all necessary measures to protect the national security, territory, territorial integrity and sovereignty of India."
The new goal was a $5 billion increase for an initiative that marks a shift in the global fight against hunger.
The leaders meeting in Italy said they wanted to focus less on sending food to the poor and more on helping small farmers in developing countries produce more and better crops.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi, the host of the meeting of the Group of Eight and other nations, said that leaders decided to raise the initial goal from $15 billion during talks held with African leaders in the morning. Washington was expected to commit $3 billion, and Paris $2 billion, delegates said, but it was not immediately clear if there were solid commitments for the remaining amount.
The United Nations welcomed the new strategy as an overdue shift away from a focus on delivering emergency food aid. Anti-poverty groups, however, said the funding was insufficient, and they have criticized developed countries for failing to make good on past pledges.
The G-8 talks were expanded to include emerging economies and, on Friday, African nations.
The initiative calls for helping the private agricultural sector and small farmers, particularly around harvest time, and puts emphasis on aid to families and women. It says that any improvement in agricultural production should be coupled with measures to help countries to adjust to changing conditions caused by global warming.
``We will aim at substantially increasing aid to agriculture and food security,'' the 27 nations said. They said the money would be dedicated to a ``coordinated, comprehensive strategy focused on sustainable agriculture development, while keeping a strong commitment to ensure adequate emergency food aid assistance,''
Angola said it greatly appreciated the new commitments, saying they represented ``very significant steps.''
``Rebuilding the infrastructure and constructing new infrastructure in Africa will create wealth that will contribute to reducing poverty that unfortunately still exists in the country,'' said the southern African nation's ambassador to Italy, Manuel Pedro Pacavira.
In a separate statement, leaders said it was important to increase access to water and sanitation and the G-8 promised to assist African countries in doing so.
Food security, or ensuring adequate access to food, has jumped to the fore of the political agenda recently. High prices last year led to food riots in some countries.
While food aid will still be necessary to prevent people from starving, the new approach puts emphasis on a longer-term aim.
Increasing small farmers' productivity would have long-term impact on world hunger, regional trade and eventually help curb immigration toward Europe and other rich nations, delegates and experts said.
``It's a total shift, a welcome and encouraging one,'' said Jacques Diouf, the chief of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.
``You solve the problem of hunger by giving the necessary tools to farmers who are in these poor countries so they can produce food,'' Mr. Diouf told the AP.
L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - World leaders signalled the demise of the Group of Eight wealthy nation club on Friday, saying only a forum that included the major developing economies could legitimately take important global decisions.
The G8 is made up of wealthy northern hemisphere countries, but problems such as global warming and the economic crisis have revealed its limitations.
"One thing that is absolutely true is that for us to think we can somehow deal with some of these global challenges in the absence of major powers like China, India and Brazil seems to be wrongheaded," U.S. President Barack Obama told reporters.
The G8, made up of the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Russia and Canada, has increasingly embraced other countries in recent years.
During its annual summit in central Italy this week it met with the leaders of China, India, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Egypt, spontaneously forming the so-called G14.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he thought this new grouping would become the dominant international talking shop.
"As far as I am concerned the G14 is the format that in the future will have the best possibility to take the most important decisions on the world economy, and not just that," he said.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy also backed the G14, which represents roughly 80 percent of the global economy.
TIMELINE - The rise of multinational IT in India
REUTERS - Multinational companies have been setting up information technology operations in India for more than 20 years. Following are some highlights of the move:
1988
-- Intel starts its Indian operations by setting up a sales office in Bangalore.
1989
-- Hewlett-Packard begins R&D work in India.
1993
-- Oracle, one of the first multinationals to set up an Indian back-office operation, launches a wholly owned subsidiary in India to develop its software programs.
1994
-- Oracle opens India Development Center in Bangalore. Continued...
126 instances of police firing in three years in West Bengal
Kolkata: There were 126 instances of police firing in West Bengal between 2006 and 2008, while 129 political activists died in clashes during the same period, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Thursday.
Replying to the discussion on the home department's budget in the state assembly, Bhattacharjee said 80 workers and leaders of his party Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) died in political violence during the three years, while the number of casualties of main opposition Trinamool Congress and Congress was 12 and 15, respectively.
Twenty two activists and leaders of other political outfits also died in clashes in the 2006-2008 time frame.
While there were 35 incidents of police firing in 2006, the number shot up to 50 in 2007. There were 41 cases of police firing in 2008, he said.
The chief minister said families of 13 of the 14 persons who died in police firing March 14, 2007 in Nandigram in East Midnapore district have been given compensation.
Source: Indo-Asian News Service
Hooch Tragedy: Death toll climbs to 86, bootleggers detained
Ahmedabad: The death toll in the hooch tragedy rose to 86 with another 38 persons falling victims in more areas in the City today as the police launched a crackdown arresting over 450 bootleggers and sealing scores of illicit liquor dens across Gujarat.
Angry people took to streets damaging municipal buses and stoning police personnel as the Narendra Modi government faced intense criticism over one of the worst hooch tragedies in the state which is a dry state.
The fatalities could go up further after the tragedy unfolded on Tuesday since some of those hospitalised after consuming the spurious brew are in a serious condition, police said.
"The death toll due to consumption of spurious liquor has risen to 86," police control room officials said. Over 100 people are under treatment in various hospitals.
People from different parts of the city like Odhav, Amraiwadi, Raipur, Rakhial and Raipur continued to be admitted to hospitals.
The mounting deaths sparked public anger as protests were held in different parts of the city and the state against the inaction of police and government on illegal liquor dens.
Residents in Odhav area came out on streets, damaged municipal buses, pelted stone on police and burnt the effigies of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Minister of State of Home Amit Shah.
The police in a coordinated crackdown on illegal liquor dens across the state arrested more than 450 bootleggers.
The hooch tragedy rocked the state Assembly for the second day today with the opposition Congress voicing strong protests.
Source: PTI
Tech Mahindra gets 43% stake in Satyam
Mumbai: Mahindra Satyam, formerly Satyam Computer Services, Friday said it has allotted 198.6 million shares to Venturebay Consultants, a Tech Mahindra arm.
After this allotment, Tech Mahindra will hold about 43 percent in the company.
The transfer of shares was done after Venturebay paid Mahindra Satyam Rs.1,152 crore (Rs.11.52 billion or $230 million), according to the agreement governing the takeover of the scam-tainted firm by Tech Mahindra, the IT arm of the Mahindra and Mahindra group.
Tech Mahindra had Monday said its open offer to acquire a further 20 percent in Satyam had resulted in it getting only 0.1 percent. It had stated it would subscribe for additional shares through a second preferential allotment.
Source: Indo-Asian News Service
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ROME - President Barack Obama said Friday the world apparently has averted economic collapse but a "full recovery is still a ways off."
Obama, speaking at the end of the Group of Eight summit of major economic powers shortly before meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, said world leaders had taken significant measures to address economic, environmental and global security issues.
"Reckless actions by a few have fueled a recession that spans the globe," Obama said of the meltdown that began in the United States with a tumble in housing prices and drastic slowing of business lending. The downturn now threatens superpowers and emerging nations alike.
Obama urged national leaders to unite behind a global recovery plan that includes stricter financial regulation and sustained stimulus spending.
"The only way forward is through shared and persistent effort to combat threats to our peace, our peace, our prosperity and our common humanity wherever they may exist. None of this will be easy," Obama told a news conference at the end of the Group of Eight summit of major economic powers.
On other issues he said:
- World leaders will reevaluate their posture toward Iran at a meeting in Pittsburgh in September of the world's 20 major industrial and developing economies. He cited "the appalling events of Iran's presidential election" and said the world would "take stock of Iran's progress" and watch its behavior.
- That his top legislative priority — health care overhaul — had encountered rocky going in Congress during his overseas trip, with opposition building among both Republicans and economically conservative Democrats. Asked if that timetable was "do or die," Obama responded: "I never believe anything is do or die. But I want to get it done by the August recess."
- Rising food prices mean millions more are falling into desperate poverty "and right now, at this defining moment, we face a choice. We can either shape our future or let events shape it for us." (Leaders at Friday's meetings also committed themselves to a $20 billion initiative to help farmers in poor countries boost production.)
- The U.S. and Russia must show they're "fulfilling their commitments" to lead global efforts to curb the spread. If the two superpowers show they can limit or eliminate these weapons, it would strengthen their moral authority to speak to other potential nuclear nations such as North Korea and Iran.
- He supports a streamlining of summits — the G-8, G-20 and NATO — and attending fewer of those meetings. He said the United Nations is in need of reform, but international summits fill a gap left by a U.N. structure that doesn't leverage its power as effectively as it could.
'Frank' talks with pope expected
After the press conference, Obama sat down with the pope at the Vatican for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.
Shaking hands with the pope, Obama said it was "a great honor" to meet him.
They then sat at the pontiff's desk and exchanged pleasantries before reporters and photographers were ushered out of the ornate room.
Obama met first Friday with Cardinal Tarciso Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state.
Some Catholic activists and American bishops have been outspoken in their criticism of Obama, even as polls have shown he received a majority of Catholic votes.
Obama's election presented a challenge for the Vatican after eight years of common ground with President George W. Bush in opposing abortion, an issue that drew them together despite the Vatican's opposition to the war in Iraq.
But the Vatican has been openly interested in Obama's views and scheduled an unusual afternoon meeting to accommodate the American president at the end of his stay in Italy for a G-8 summit meeting in the earthquake-stricken city of L'Aquila and just before he leaves for Ghana.
Benedict broke Vatican protocol the day after Obama was elected by sending a personal note of congratulations rather than waiting and sending the usual brief telegram on Inauguration Day.
Huge welcome expected in Ghana
In Ghana, officials expect a tumultuous reception for Obama, whose father was from Kenya. Because the first family arrives rather late Friday night, the main ceremony in Accra will occur Saturday, before he departs for Washington after a weeklong trip that started in Russia.
It will involve drumming groups and Ghanians "putting their best foot forward in terms of the cultural richness of an incredibly diverse country," White House adviser Michelle Gavin told reporters Thursday. To help accommodate the many who cannot attend, U.S. and Ghanian officials have scheduled "watch parties," radio broadcasts and video coverage in theaters, parks and other places.
"I do not believe that there is a way in which we could ever fulfill or assuage the desires of those in Ghana or on the continent on one stop," said Gibbs.
Obama chose Ghana, Gavin said, "because it's such an admirable example of strong, democratic governance, vibrant civil society." There's much to admire, she said, and to hold up as "a counter to what one often hears about Africa."
On Saturday, Obama will meet with Ghana's president, John Atta Mills, and address the nation's parliament.
| At Rs 10 lakh a day, Lalgarh meter ticks | |
| ANINDYA SENGUPTA AND NISHIT DHOLABHAI | |
July 9: Bengal is running up a bill of at least Rs 10 lakh a day to keep security forces on their feet in Lalgarh, a burden the cash-strapped state possibly could have avoided had it not given a free run to the Maoists for seven months. If the security forces remain in Lalgarh at least till the end of this month as the state government wants them to, the amount will touch nearly Rs 5 crore. This is more than double the Rs 2.4 crore the state pays as salary to its entire police force, barring IPS officers, a month. By this evening — 22 days since the Lalgarh operation was launched — the state's liability stood between Rs 2.35 crore and Rs 2.43 crore, according to estimates given by officials (see chart). The bill covers only daily expenses and does not include the cost of armaments and equipment used in the operation. "Please do not underestimate the Maoist threat and I urge the entire House to sink political differences on it,'' chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee told the Assembly today. ( ) The chief minister did not make any reference to the monetary cost. But the meter had started ticking the moment the forces set foot in Lalgarh after prolonged inaction left the state government with little option but to approach the Centre. A senior official in Writers' Buildings said 50 companies of state police and central forces were "on their feet" in Lalgarh, Ramgarh, Pirakata, Binpur and Sarenga and, in the 22 days since the operation began, the state has already run up a bill in the vicinity of Rs 2.5 crore. The 50 companies include 17 of the CRPF and the BSF and 24 state police forces. Nine companies of central forces had already been patrolling West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia since last year after Maoists exploded a bomb on the chief minister's route in Salboni. One company has around 100 personnel and, the officials said, the expenses needed to maintain each was at least Rs 25,000 every day, which works out to an "average" of Rs 12.5 lakh. "The cost covers the daily expenses incurred by the forces for food and logistic support," a senior home department official said. "The central paramilitary and state contingents are likely to stay there for at least a month and the cost may be nearly Rs 4 crore by the time the operation completes a month," the official in the Bengal secretariat added. The state government will save a few lakhs on account of a daily allowance that is paid by the forces the personnel are attached to. The allowance varies between Rs 55 and Rs 70. For the 2,600 central paramilitary personnel, the amount comes to anything between Rs 1.43 lakh and Rs 1.82 lakh. The state government does not have to pay this amount. Asked about the costs, a senior home official said money had to be spent for "area domination" in Lalgarh. A source in the central home ministry said the movement of a battalion from one place to another costs anything between Rs 18 lakh and Rs 25 lakh. The expenses increase if a battalion is airlifted. This cost, too, the source added, has to be borne by the state that has requisitioned the battalion. Bengal inspector-general (law and order) Raj Kanojia said the state's primary responsibility was to make infrastructure arrangements for smooth movement of troops. "For that, whatever money is required will have to be spent but the amount will certainly be big." The bill would have been higher had the cost of weapons and devices been factored in. Much of the money spent on weapons now comes from police modernisation funds. Central funds are given to fight the Maoist insurgency. But Kanojia said: "We should not confuse the two. The Lalgarh problem is a law-and-order one and funds spent on that by the state or the Union government will have nothing to do with the Centre's yearly grants." |
| Mamata, the business mitra | |||
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New Delhi, July 9: Mamata Banerjee has tapped industry for advice to tone up the railways, perhaps taking the most sure-footed stride yet to smooth the sharp edges acquired during the Nandigram-Singur campaign. She asked Amit Mitra, secretary-general of industry body Ficci, to head a panel that will draw up business plans for the railways' public-private partnership (PPP) projects, including an industrial corridor alongside a vaunted freight corridor. Mamata said she believed that business experts were needed to create a blueprint for her PPP plans of bringing the railways and industry together. Mamata's mercurial mood is well known and it is anybody's guess if she will stick to the track laid out today. But few disagree that she could have picked a better choice than Mitra, who leads an organisation that counts as members 2,000 business houses. Mitra's disarming demeanour and the skills that pulled Ficci out of a slumber 15 years ago when he took over should come in handy on his new assignment. Mitra, a Presidency College graduate and a doctorate in economics from Duke University in the US, has served on or headed many government panels. He has been on the government's advisory committee on the World Trade Organisation, the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council and the Planning Commission's expert group on equitable development. Mamata earned praise from Mitra today. "It's remarkable how she has been able to integrate the visions of a tech-savvy CEO with that of a political leader who has the interests of the common man (at heart). She has announced a vision of what she wants. We will now have to create a road map," the Ficci secretary-general said. The panel headed by Mitra will include some railway board officials, experts from the world of high finance, technocrats and "vision people". It will draw up a blueprint for PPPs to set up and run world-class railway stations, hotels, medical colleges, a railway complex at Halishahar, mega logistics parks, cold chains and the industrial corridor on railway land. The railways may take on board foreign expertise and consultancy on the corridor project. The Rs 43,000-crore dedicated freight corridor from Ludhiana will run to Dankuni via Delhi and eventually to ports in Bengal and Orissa. "It will create a stretch of immense development in heartland India and churn out lakhs of jobs for technically skilled manpower," a railway board member said. Continuing her makeover bid in Parliament, the Trinamul Congress chief, while replying to the debate on the railway budget, struck a placatory note and took care not to strike back at critics. Mamata qualified every potentially offensive statement with the proviso that she was not criticising anyone. As for allegations that her budget is biased towards Bengal, she was silent except for saying new trains would connect several states and cities. "Don't I like Dehra Dun or Nainital in Uttarakhand, Ranchi, Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat?" she asked, adding: "The expectation level is too high." Her stance may have been aimed at obtaining Opposition support to pass the demand for grants in her budget, but sources close to her indicated she also wanted to maintain cordial relations. Mamata referred in a soft tone to BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar as "my BJP brothers" while replying to their criticism of her budget. The railways, through Railtel ---- a corporation Mamata had set up in her previous stint as railway minister ---- has about 30,000km of optical fibre cable running along its tracks. It now plans to expand this to another 40,000km of network. Mamata has already named Sam Pitroda, widely credited with India's communications revolution, as head of an expert committee to build the fibre-optic network and lease it to telecom operators. Mamata said she would not look to earn surplus and would rather spend the earnings on passengers. She immediately looked at predecessor Lalu Prasad ---- credited with turning the railways profitable ----- to clarify: "Laluji, yeh mein aap ko criticise nahi kar rahi hoon (I'm not criticising you)." She said her promised white paper would not target Lalu Prasad. "Just like parents prepare for their child's education well before he has to be admitted to school, I want to use the white paper to prepare a blueprint for 2020," she said. With inputs from Jayanta Roy Chowdhury, R. Suryamurthy and Charu Sudan Kasturi |
| Cut to size, rich lend an ear to others | ||
| SANKARSHAN THAKUR | ||
L'Aquila, July 9: A new superscript lies clearly embossed on the fine-print of the joint G8-G5 declaration that emerged at L'Aquila today — the economic downturn has brought home the message to the developed world that it can't move without paying heed to the concerns of the developing. Emerging economies led by the G5 extracted near-sweeping commitments from rich nations on rejecting economic protectionism and propping of trade barriers. Tagged to the anti-protectionism pledge is a guarantee on "balanced conclusion" to the logjammed Doha WTO talks by 2010, which will be interpreted by many as a quid pro quo concession by developing nations, especially India. But if developed nations can be held to their promise against resorting to protectionism, working to a deadline on the Doha round of talks may not mean yielding much. "We reaffirm our commitment to maintain and promote open markets and reject all protectionist measures in trade and investment," the L'Aquila declaration said. In a clear response to calls made by G5 leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Brazilian President Luiz Lula, ahead of today's outreach meeting, the declaration added: "We will cooperate to ensure that the global economy resumes growth along a balanced, equitable and sustainable path for the benefit of all, especially the most vulnerable…. The economic and financial crisis has clearly reinforced the need for enhanced international and multilateral co-operation… it is important to ensure that developing economies, in particular low income countries, are able to cope with the effects of the crisis." The absence of specific commonality between the rich and developing nations on climate change — the other big-ticket issue at the summit — rings loud through the declaration, but the happy news for emerging capitals probably is that they have not been arm-twisted into making any commitments on lowering green house gas (GHG) emission volumes in the absence of the developed world accepting its "historical responsibility" of agreeing to much larger cuts in its huge emission volumes. Climate change negotiations remain bogged down in both sides fixing greater onus on the other to fix global warming. The summit document, consequently, escaped specifics and sent out a general message to confirm a joint "political will for reaching a comprehensive, fair, effective, agreed outcome" at the Copenhagen Conference in December. In what indicates another, if only symbolic, concession to the developing world, though, the document did recognise that climate change "severely affects developing countries and is become a major threat to their ability to achieve internationally agreed development goals". The declaration is also positive, though unspecific, on the developing countries' demand that in order to help them neutralise the impact of climate change, the developed world should help with the funding and transfer of low carbon technologies. "We will encourage and facilitate the development, dissemination and mutually agreed transfer of clean, low-carbon technologies reducing emissions and increasing energy efficiency," the declaration said. Developing world negotiators warned, though, that this is no firm commitment on funding and transfer of environment-friendly technology, an issue that will have to be hammered out at various international fora as the clock ticks away to the December summit at Copenhagen. Developing nations have been arguing that climate change is essentially a result of accumulated carbon puffed out by industrialised nations over several decades and that it is their responsibility in the main to clear the air and help the developing world take the battle against climate change ahead. "We have to work essentially on the polluter-pays principle," said Shyam Saran, the Prime Minister's special envoy on climate change. "To that extent, it is not only the developed world's responsibility to achieve sharp and significant reduction in emission levels, at least 40 per cent by 2020, but also to transfer green technology to the developing world and ensure that there are predictable and stable financial resources available to poorer and emerging nations for fighting global warming." Saran remained hopeful that the two sides will be able to reach an agreement at the Copenhagen conference, saying: "This is not our or their problem alone, this is a global challenge all of us might fight. Our only point is those who are responsible and those who are better placed to provide instruments to fight climate change should own their historical responsibility." |
| The crisis of governance - Poverty need not be at the root of Maoist mobilisation | ||
| K.P.S. GILL | ||
The crisis of the Maoist insurgency — in West Bengal as in other parts of the country — is a crisis of governance. Vast areas in India have simply fallen into an administrative black hole, forgotten by rulers as a matter of policy or a permanent lapse of attention. At Midnapore, I found that most government officers were unwilling to speak frankly, because they think it may be taken as a criticism of the government, either at the state or central level. Nevertheless, many were willing to concede that Midnapore was more impoverished than other areas of Bengal, and that it is also among the districts worst affected by Maoist activity. Nevertheless, I would strongly advise against establishing any easy correlation between poverty and Maoist mobilisation. Indeed, the current and polarised political debate regarding the most impoverished districts in the country — whether these lie in Bengal or Orissa or Uttar Pradesh — is completely futile. The reality is that a high measure of poverty exists across much of rural India, and rural distress has been substantially exacerbated in many areas over the past decade and a half of "liberalisation". The Maoists, consequently, have a sufficient recruitment pool everywhere. That the absolute poor constitute 20 per cent or 60 per cent of a district's population is an acute issue for administrations to address. But even 20 per cent offers adequate opportunities for Maoist mobilisation. Absolute poverty, moreover, is not the only issue at stake — inequalities, relative poverty, perceived deprivation, injustice, the absence of security and of benefits from developmental programmes, the stresses and disjunctions of the developmental process itself, political antipathies and administrative anomalies — each element in this complex cocktail of possible grievances feeds into Maoist mobilisation. If one takes a quick review of the 57 "worst-affected" districts in the country, spread across nine states (Bihar, 16; Jharkhand, 14; Chhattisgarh, 7; Orissa, 8; Andhra Pradesh, 4; West Bengal, 4; Maharashtra, 2; Karnataka, 1; Uttar Pradesh, 1), we can see many that are not "tribal-dominated" or exceptionally poor. Indeed, as in the case of the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, which had come to be severely affected before 2005, we find that some of the most prosperous regions of a state can fall into the Maoist trap. A look at the longer list of 195 affected districts across the country — including both the "moderately" and "marginally" affected categories — shows that some of the most dynamic and thriving areas are now being developed as theatres of Maoist conflict, and these include parts of affluent Haryana and Punjab, among others. Neither are urban centres exempt. Indeed, the Maoists have an elaborate strategy for their "work in urban areas". For instance, at least 16 police station jurisdictions in the national capital, Delhi, have already been identified as "prone to Maoist infiltration". The crucial point is that we must not fall into the trap of habitual or politically correct thinking, and ignore the emerging realities of the ground. Certainly, while driving through the Midnapore countryside, I saw much evidence of visible poverty — but it was surely not of the type and intensity I have seen in other areas of the country, and particularly in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Chhattisgarh. On the other hand, there was little evidence of rural affluence comparable to what can be seen in Punjab or Haryana. The power situation in Midnapore was certainly better than many district headquarters elsewhere. Clearly, this is not enough. The Marxists are still boasting about their great achievements in land reforms, and these have benefited many. But the era of land reforms has run its course. What is needed now is a leap of imagination, a transition to a new phase of development and administration that can bring quantifiable gains to large marginalised populations. Regrettably, such a "leap of imagination" does not seem forthcoming in any state government, or among the economic policy planners at the Centre; even the best among these cannot think beyond the dole. "Governance" is not only about "big issues" like poverty, land reforms, growth, etc. It is about reaching basic services on a quotidian basis to the entire mass of a state's citizens. State agencies are failing to develop meaningful intelligence in areas where the Maoist threat is palpable. Intelligence is not only about security and Naxalite activities. It must be like a mantle, covering all administrative activities, and developmental and social profiles. Local administrations routinely bluff about their performance, and in most states there is no surviving apparatus to verify claims. Occasional Peronistic tours by ministers and senior officials cannot be the basis for any realistic assessment. Regrettably, every government and every political party in India has failed to develop an intelligence apparatus of the requisite quality or magnitude. The Maoist strategy of protracted war acknowledges, without hesitation, how powerful the Indian state is — but is not deterred by this fact. This, indeed, is the essence of protracted warfare. The weaker side recognises the enduring strengths of the adversary, and seeks systematically to wear these away through a slow process of attrition. In this, it targets and exploits the structural weaknesses that exist in the state. It is only by covering these gaps with effective administration and comprehensive security that we can create a barrier against further Maoist consolidation. |
| Land hurdle before Mamata - 3000 acres needed to fulfil minister's power plant promise in Adra | |
| SANJAY MANDAL | |
July 4: Land, the plank on which Mamata Banerjee rode to power in Delhi, will pose a hurdle when the railways set out to implement her promise in the budget of a 1,000MW power plant in Purulia. The railways will sign a memorandum of understanding with NTPC under which it will provide land for the company to set up the plant and run it. The power generated will be used by the railways. According to NTPC officials, setting up a 1,000MW power plant would require 2,500-3,000 acres. "Land will also be needed for a residential complex, a hospital and other facilities for the NTPC employees. An ash pond would also be required at the plant site," a senior NTPC official said. The railways will conduct a feasibility study and identify a plot on which the power plant can come up. A railway official said there was enough land available with the railways in Adra division of Purulia. But there is a problem — the plots are small and scattered. The railways would need at least two big plots, around 1,500 acres each, for the plant and the residential complex. "It is not necessary to have the plant and residential complex on one plot. Power plants and residential complexes for employees may be located in different areas," the railway official added. Railway officials have been told by Mamata that land must not be acquired. "The minister has told officials to ensure that there is no acquisition of land for the project. Even if acquisition is done, it should not be agricultural land," the railway official said. When Nitish Kumar was the railway minister in 2002, a similar power project was sanctioned for Nabinagar in Bihar's Aurangabad district. For that project, too, NTPC was told to set up the plant. But seven years have passed and the project is yet to take off. "The final clearance has come and work will start soon," an NTPC official said. The railways will first conduct a feasibility study in Adra. This will be followed by a rapid environment impact assessment, to be done by the railways and NTPC. The railways will also have to sign an agreement with Coal India for the supply of coal for the plant. "A plant will take 32-35 months to complete after getting the final clearance. It is difficult to say when the Adra plant will finally come up," an NTPC official said. Adra residents said land prices would go up in the area once the construction of the plant begins. Land prices in Adra and its surrounding areas vary between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1.5 lakh a bigha. Once the project starts, it could go up to Rs 80,000-Rs 2.5 lakh. "We want industry to come up here and are ready to give land," said Nandalal Tudu, a farmer from Kumardihi, near Adra. The other job creating projects that Mamata announced in the budget yesterday are likely to take off smoothly. In Delhi, railway officials said the coach factory in Kanchrapara-Halishahar, in North 24-Parganas, would come up in two years. "A global tender will be floated in two to three months and the target for completion is two years," an official said. The factory would come up on 500-600 acres between Halishahar and Naihati. "Initially, 20 to 25 coaches will roll out from there. Later, the capacity will be increased," he said. The mid-life overhauling plant for train coaches will come up on 150 acres at Naopara in Dum Dum, also in North 24-Parganas. The average life of a coach is 25 to 30 years. However, rain, moisture and other wear and tear require coaches to be overhauled after 10-12 years. At Dankuni, two projects are slated to roll. One unit would manufacture diesel locomotive ancillaries, another would make ancillary parts for high horsepower engines. At Majherhat in South 24-Parganas, the railways will manufacture wagon-loading trolleys. |
| Caution on rebels & law - Sink differences on Maoists: Buddha |
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| Calcutta, July 9: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said political parties should not "underestimate" the Maoists' threat to the state but urged caution on the application of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act against suspected rebels as it has some "dangerous" sections. During a debate on the home department's budget in the Assembly, the chief minister said: "These Maoists do not believe in democracy as we do. Please do not underestimate that threat and I urge the entire House to sink political differences on it.'' Bhattacharjee also reminded the Congress and Trinamul Congress that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said the Maoists were the "biggest threat" to internal security. When Opposition leader Partha Chatterjee complained that innocents were being arrested in the name of containing the Maoists, Bhattacharjee shot back saying that all 39 people arrested during the Lalgarh security operation were booked under the Indian Penal Code, not the central act. "Some sections of the central act banning Maoists are dangerous (marattak) in nature," he said. "We shall not use the central act indiscriminately. This is why I have not authorised police stations to use the act against those arrested in the Maoist-infested districts. The decision on implementing the central act will be taken at the highest administrative level. Without the home secretary's permission the act cannot be used." When the CPI (Maoist) was brought under the purview of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Bhattacharjee supported the Centre's step. "The central act banning the CPI (Maoist) will be applicable to all states across the nation, so Bengal cannot be an exception," he said last month. The Left allies, however, opposed the ban as well as the arrest of Maoist spokesperson Gour Chakraborty under the law. On June 28, two youths arrested in Bankura were also charged under the central law by the police. But the government dropped the charges against Kanchan Murmu and Gopinath Murmu and charged them under the IPC. "So far, only Maoist spokesperson Gour Chakraborty has been arrested under the act," a home department official said. Bomb in Bankura Police today recovered an improvised explosive device from Bikrampur, 3km from Sarenga police station, in Bankura. Local residents noticed wires snaking into a paddy field. The device contained about 4kg of explosives. The police suspect it was planted last night. |
| Buzz on KLO chief arrest |
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| July 9: Senior BSF officers today said they have "heard" that KLO leader Jiban Singh had been arrested in Bangladesh, but refused to confirm it. Singh, the self-styled commander of the outfit, had been picked by the Bangladesh Rifles and the country's police intelligence from a hotel in Rajshahi district this morning, the border force said. Sources in the BSF's intelligence branch in north Bengal said Singh, about 45 years old, had checked into a hotel as Mohammad Ismail in Samtahar in Rajshahi. The deputy inspector-general of the BSF's Malda range, Prabhat Singh Tomar, said he was not sure about the news. "I heard from somewhere that Jiban Singh has been arrested in Bangladesh, but there is no confirmation," he said. "We have heard about the arrest, but no senior BDR officer is willing to go on record," said a reporter of a Bangladesh daily from Dhaka. Malda superintendent of police Satyajit Banerjee said: "It is a matter for Dhaka to inform Delhi as protocol demands, not for me to know." Medha plea Calcutta High Court has asked the West Midnapore district magistrate to inform in 15 days why police did not let Medha Patkar visit Lalgarh. |
Global effort on terror needed: G8
;Press Trust of India
L'AQUILA (Italy), 9 JULY: Describing terrorism as one of the greatest challenges to global peace and security, leaders of the elite G-8 club today denounced the scourge in all its forms and manifestations regardless of motivation and said that militancy-infested Pakistan and Afghanistan remained a top priority for them.
The G-8 Declaration on Counter-Terrorism, adopted after a summit of leaders, including US President Barack Obama, in this mountain town, said terrorism continued to represent one of the greatest challenges to international peace, stability and security.
"We reiterate, in the strongest terms, our firm condemnation of this phenomenon in all its forms and manifestations. All acts of terrorism ~ by whomever committed ~ are criminal, inhumane and unjustifiable, regardless of motivation, especially when they indiscriminately target and injure civilians," it said.
In particular, the G-8 declaration said suicide bombings and recruiting of the young or disadvantaged to carry out such acts as well as abductions and the taking of hostages were repugnant practices. "We remain convinced that terrorism can be effectively defeated only through multifaceted, collective and coordinated efforts particularly in the fields of information-sharing and capacity-building -- which shall include both short-term provisions and long-term policies," the leaders of the world's eight most industrialised countries said.
In this respect, the declaration said, a central role must be accorded to the universal consensus on counter- terrorism.
In their resolution on 'Political Issues', the highly developed countries said Afghanistan and Pakistan remained a top priority for them as both were presented with grave challenges to their security and stability, driven in large measure by the threat from violent extremists and terrorists.
They noted the threat was sustained by narcotics trafficking, poverty and uneven economic development.
"We reaffirm our commitment to promoting stability and development in both countries and the wider region, also by strengthening their capacity to counter terrorism, illicit trafficking and crime," the declaration said.
The declaration welcomed strengthened regional cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan which the leaders felt was a pre-requisite for success in both countries and was an essential pillar of the international strategy for stability in Afghanistan. The G-8 leaders said they stood with Pakistan in its fight against terrorists and violent extremists.
The declaration on Non-Proliferation said universalisation and reinforcement of the non-proliferation regime remains an urgent priority. "We call upon all states still not party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention to accede without delay," it said.
Landlosers stall DVC plant work
; Statesman News Service
KOLKATA, 9 JULY: The construction of a thermal power plant of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) at Raghunathpur in Purulia district came to a halt today after people whose land holdings were taken over for the project put up resistance against engineers and workers at the site.
Reliance Infrastructure is carrying out the construction and installation work there.
The proposed plant, with a power generation capacity of 1,200 MW, is coming up on 981 acres of land.
The land losers today gheraoed the engineers of Reliance Infrastructure and refused to allow them to enter the site, demanding that they should be given jobs.
The engineers and staff who tried to pacify the mob were threatened and chased away. Although police arrived at the site they remained mute spectators as locals shouted slogans and warned the engineers and other staff against joining work till their demands were settled.
The land losers were demanding that they should be inducted as casual workers.
Senior officials of Reliance Infrastructure fear that costly equipment kept at the site might be damaged, as locals have taken over the area.
The officials also said it would be difficult for them to work on the project unless peace was restored in the area.
CM accused of lying
KOLKATA, 9 JULY: The Opposition today accused the chief minister of making an "untrue" statement on the attack on MLA, Mr Abu Taher Khan at Noida yesterday. Mr Partha Chatterjee, Leader of the Opposition, Dr Manas Bhunia, CLP leader alleged that the chief minister did not specify the political affiliations of the assailants. They alleged that the attack has been masterminded by the CPI-M but the chief minister is allegedly to shield the CPI-M activists.
When Dr Bhunia was criticising the chief minister, who is also the home minister for deterioration of law and order in the state, Congress member, Mr Manoj Bhattacharjee threw papers on the floor of the House and the RSP members started protesting against the ransacking of their party office after the attack on Mr Abu Taher Khan.
However, the Speaker, Mr HA Halim did not allow the RSP members to speak and snubbed Mr Bhattacharjee for behaviour. The chief minister in his statement stated that the Congress activists have assaulted Mr Sukdeb Kundu, GP pradhan. The cops rescued him and admitted him to the hospital with head injury. Police arrested three persons in this connection of Mr Taher assault and seven in the previous case. ;SNS
Foreign NGO to work for mother & child care in state
;Statesman News Service
BHUBANESWAR, 9 July: 'Concern Worldwide', an international Non-Governmental Organisation, has started a multi country initiative on Innovative Implementation Solutions (IIS) for maternal, new born and child health to overcome the various key implementation challenges. In India, this would be piloted in the state of Orissa to complement the existing health system initiatives and in partnership with Unicef.
The Innovative Implementation Solutions would take a very new approach in seeking many unique, bold and creative ideas from a broad range of people and translating their ideas into genuine models of innovation.
In this regard, Mr Connell Foley, director of strategy, advocacy and learning from Concern Worldwide met health minister, Mr Prasanna Acharya along with the Concern India Country director and programme manager to apprise on the maternal, newborn and child health initiative.
Mr Acharya welcomed the IIS initiative and mentioned that Orissa has made improvements in reduction of Infant Mortality Rate and Maternal Mortality Rate.
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Pranab's Budget disappoints many
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's Budget 2009 came as a huge disappointment to those who expected major announcements. The Budget affirmed the Government's commitment to social welfare programmes, but it lacked long term stimulus for the economy battered by global economic recession. Markets reacted sharply to the Budget, concerned over the whopping revenue deficit and lack of measures to boost FDI and hold fuel price line. Budget was seen as a letdown for the corporate sector. Even the raised exemption limit of Rs.10,000 in personal income tax is hardly any relief for the salaried class given the high prices in the markets.
The Finance Minister came under fire from experts for failing to initiate bold measures to boost economic revival, especially since the economy is on a comeback trail. They were hardly enthused by Pranab's explanation that he has taken the calculated risk of high fiscal deficit to help stimulate growth and that he would strive hard to bring it down to 4 per cent in the next two fiscals.
Budget 2009 was a far cry from the three previous Budgets presented by Pranab which are remembered for his initiatives to bail the Indira Gandhi government out of the controversy generated by the IMF loan draw by her government and for his proposals to attract investments from NRIs. One reason why Pranab's Budget lacked major initiatives could be that he hardly had sufficient time to work on the Budget since he was suddenly thrust on the Finance Minister's chair by swift developments caused by Mumbai terror attacks and the subsequent shifting of the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram to the Home Ministry.
Mayawati statue spree to continue | |
India's Supreme Court has declined to stop the building of statues of the politician Mayawati and her allies. The court said it could not intervene unless there was evidence of misuse of public money on the part of the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state. Ms Mayawati, a low-caste Dalit - formerly "untouchable" - is an icon for India's 160m low-caste Hindus. She is accused of self-glorification by her critics. But she accuses her opponents of conspiring against her. Legal experts say that Friday's decision is a major relief for Ms Mayawati's plans to continue major building works. She is building several statues of herself, her political mentors and elephants- the symbol of her party. 'No interference' The man, lawyer Ravi Kant, who initially filed a petition in the Supreme Court a fortnight ago accusing Ms Mayawati of wasting public money and space to build vast statues asked the court to halt the statue building. But the judge declined the request saying that the matter would be heard four weeks from the day the original petition was filed. "If a democratically elected government decides to do something without misappropriating public money, there is little the courts can do," Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan said. "If the cabinet has approved a project, we think the court should not interfere," the court said, refusing to interfere in the ongoing work for installation of the statues. Uttar Pradesh is one of India's most deprived states, with a high crime rate and poor health services. Ms Mayawati's spending on statues and memorials has been described as "shameful" by India's Home Minister P Chidambaram. In May she unveiled 15 new memorials, including two of herself. Statues of political leaders are generally put up posthumously, but Ms Mayawati says that belief is outdated. | |
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