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'I don't know what the Maoists want but I can mediate'

TNN, Mar 14, 2010, 12.59am IST

Much of Mahasweta Devi 's writings are inspired by the tribals of Bengal and Bihar. Her work offers valuable documentation of these marginalized communities. The 84-year-old writer, who has won many awards, including the Magsaysay and the Jnanpith, is well-known for her strong opposition to the government's anti-Maoist operations. She tells Jayanta Gupta that she doesn't know the Maoists, but that as a writer with a social conscience, she is willing to mediate on the people's behalf.

What went wrong in rural Bengal in order for outfits like the Maoists to gain a foothold?
After what happened in the 70s, we welcomed the Left Front government in 1977. We expected them to deliver but they have not even done the bare minimum for the people. Even after so many years, a major part of rural Bengal does not have access to electricity or good roads. It only got worse and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the last straw. Projects like the ICDS and Right to Food were complete failures.

Add to this the state-sponsored violence. There can be nothing more cruel that what took place in Nandigram. The victims told me how men who used to call them didi (elder sister), boudi (elder sister-in-law) and masi (aunt) took liberties at the behest of a certain political party. The police refused to register FIRs, leave alone arrest the criminals.

In West Midnapore, it was not only the tribals who were victims of torture. Everybody who is below the poverty line (BPL) has suffered — including Muslims and backward classes. The government handed over land in Salboni to the Jindal Group and received crores. How much of this was utilized for local development? There is a big scam in West Bengal regarding the distribution of ration cards. BPL families receive "above poverty line" cards while affluent ones hold BPL ones. After all this, does the government expect people to support them?

You have seen the Tebhaga and Naxal movements of the 70s. The present violence seems unending. Why?
That is for the state and Central governments to answer. CRPF should never have been sent here. It is one thing to restore law and order and curb violence. How does one explain incidents like the one in which security forces defecated in wells in Lalgarh where there is a severe drinking water crisis? The present round of violence started after the government turned down a small request from the locals.

After the police entered villages and tortured women, the tribals asked senior officers to apologize. But would the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government 'stoop so low' as to apologize to women who have been wronged?

People's Committee against Police Atrocities leader Lalmohan Tudu was murdered by CRPF in cold blood. Those who were present said that he was shot four times along the spine. The government refused to hand over his body. It is time for the Congress-led government at the Centre to go. Home minister P Chidambaram sent CRPF to torture people.

You were labelled as someone who aided Maoists. How do you react to this?
I have nothing to do with the Maoists. In fact, I don't even know what they seek. I am also not a great supporter of the Trinamul Congress as is being portrayed by a certain section. What I want is change for my people. If the people want change, it will have to be allowed. I do not hold a brief for anyone.

However, I shall continue to raise my voice whenever people are tortured. I tried to do my best for denotified tribes like Sabars and Lodhas. The Sabars would have rice only once a month. I was present during such an occasion. They served rice on sal leaves with salt and chilli powder. I was foolish enough to ask what I should have the rice with. One of them told me: "Pet er bhook diye mekhe kheye ne, Ma (Mix it with the hunger in your stomach)." Nothing has changed for the tribals since that day.

You are against a military solution. The government is not ready for talks. How can this violence end?
Operation Greenhunt has to stop. I am against violence of any kind, whether perpetrated by CPM, Trinamul Congress, the government or Maoists. I strongly condemn the brutal killing of Eastern Frontier Rifles personnel at Silda just as I oppose the murder of Tudu. Every life is precious. If the government wants a solution, it should try and achieve transparency at the panchayat level. That is the only way that trust can be built up.

As a writer and social activist, would you like to be part of the mediation process, if the government agrees to talk with the Maoists?
I reiterate that I do not know the Maoists. Neither would I want to favour the government in any discussion that takes place. However, should the people want, I shall mediate on their behalf.
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India – Nandigram: Punish the guilty, Pay compensation to victims now!

13 March, 2010

On the third anniversary of the horrific police firing in Nandigram, which occurred on 14 March 2007, we strongly condemn the failure of various state institutions to do justice to the victims and survivors of this violent attack on a peaceful mass movement.

Till date not a single police official, government bureaucrat or CPI (M) politician involved in the wanton massacre of peasants resisting forcible takeover of their land has been prosecuted. At least 14 people were killed in the incident and hundreds injured. Several independent inquiries and tribunals found that more than a dozen women had been sexually assaulted or raped. It is a matter of deep shame for Indian democracy that the men who were responsible for the barbaric violence – including persons in uniform and out of it – continue to roam with impunity.

The Calcutta High Court's direction to the CBI to inquire into the violence in Nandigram on 14 March and to prosecute those responsible has not been carried out under various pretexts. These include litigation in the Supreme Court against this order, launched by the West Bengal government. That no clear judgment has been pronounced on this important issue till now only serves to lower the credibility of our judicial institutions. In light of the aftermath of the anti-Sikh carnage of 1984, we fear that as time goes on, evidence will be lost and witnesses intimidated. After some years, lip service will be paid to judicial procedure and the criminals will go scot-free. Such a sabotage of justice has happened before in West Bengal.

Compensation of Rs 5 lakhs has been paid to relatives of those who died on 14 March. But the Calcutta High Court order of 16 November 2007, directing compensation of Rs 2 lakhs to the women who were raped and Rs. 1 lakh each to the injured has not been implemented till date. That the West Bengal government has blocked the payment of this compensation to ordinary people grievously wronged by its own actions manifests a partisan spirit devoid of the most basic requirements of humanity.
 
There are also disturbing indications that the culture of violence and authoritarian control exercised by the CPI (M) in the past continues under the current domination of the Nandigram area by the Trinamool Congress. This would indicate a failure to learn any lessons from the past and prevent the building of a new political tradition that benefits the ordinary people instead of power-hungry political organisations. 

On this sad anniversary we urge the citizens of India, and indeed the entire world, to continue to demand justice for the men and women of Nandigram and bring to book all those police officials and political cadre responsible for the atrocities of 14 March 2007.
 
Sumit Sarkar, New Delhi
Tanika Sarkar, New Delhi
Dilip Simeon, New Delhi
Aseem Srivastava, New Delhi
Amita Baviskar, New Delhi
Amit Sengupta, New Delhi
Nandini Sundar, New Delhi
Satya Sivaraman, New Delhi
Harsh Dhobal, New Delhi
Rabin Chakravarty, Kolkata
Santanu Chacraverti, Kolkata
Kavita Panjabi, Kolkata
Sanjay Mitra, Kolkata
Sumit Sinha, Kolkata

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Mamata to visit Nandigram to observe March 14 anniversary

March 14th, 2008 - 12:26 am ICT by admin -
Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will visit Nandigram Friday to observe the first anniversary of the March 14 police firing which killed 14 people and injured over 100. "We will visit Nandigram March 14 and salute all brave villagers who fought a great battle against land acquisition and died in police firing.

"We would gather near the Tekhali Bridge where the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) hooligans and the police opened fire targeting the unarmed villagers who were protesting against acquisition," Banerjee said here at a press conference jointly organised with the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI).

"We would bring the soil of the battlefield in Nandigram where villagers embraced death. Our party along with the SUCI has also organised a rally Friday afternoon in Kolkata to remember all the martyrs," she said.

Trinamool has forged an alliance with SUCI, a communist outfit not part of the Left Front government.

She said the coalition was formed to fight CPI-M in the coming local body polls.

"We would jointly build a movement against the CPI-M in West Bengal. The TMC-SUCI coalition would maintain a safe distance from both the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the coming days," Banerjee said.

Violence in West Bengal's Nandigram since January 2007 has claimed 35 lives so far while several were injured and many women raped.

The region flared up over proposed land acquisition for a special economic zone (SEZ), including a chemical hub, a plan that was scrapped by the state government later in the face of stiff resistance.

The police firing took place while the people tried to prevent entry of cops to retake control of the areas cut off by villagers over proposed land acquisition for an industrial complex.

• Nandigram longs for peace after Lok Sabha polls - May 24, 2009
• Mamata asks regional parties not to team up with CPI-M - Mar 12, 2009
• Trinamool wins Nandigram; Congress, Left win one seat each (Lead) - Jan 09, 2009
• Violence rocks Nandigram on poll day, two injured (Lead) - May 07, 2009
• Nandigram in focus in West Bengal by-polls - Dec 30, 2008
• Polling begins in West Bengal - May 13, 2009
• Mamata asks regional parties across India to forsake CPI (M) - Mar 12, 2009
• Trinamool, administration on collision course in Khejuri - Jun 13, 2009
• Mamata to begin fresh protests against CPI-M - Oct 25, 2008
• Mamata alleges CPI-M sponsored violence in West Bengal - May 07, 2009
• 'No one can divide Left Front on Singur, Nandigram issue' - Apr 27, 2009
• Anti-acquisition activists demonstrate in Nandigram - Aug 11, 2008
• Congress, Trinamool seal pact, Mamata announces 27 candidates (Lead) - Mar 12, 2009
• Shutdown in Nandigram after Trinamool leader shot dead - Sep 23, 2009
• CPI (M), Trinmool supporters clash in Nandigram - May 09, 2009

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Nandigram
Nandigram Location of Nandigram in West Bengal and India
Coordinates	22°01′N 87°59′E / 22.01°N 87.99°E / 22.01; 87.99
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District(s)	Purba Medinipur
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 6 m (20 ft)

Nandigram is a rural area in Purba Medinipur district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located about 70 km south-west of Kolkata, on the south bank of the Haldi River, opposite the industrial city of Haldia. The area falls under the Haldia Development Authority.^[1]

In 2007 the West Bengal government decided to allow Salim Group to set up a chemical hub at Nandigram under the special economic zone policy ^[2]. This led to resistance by the villagers resulting in clashes with the police that left 14 villagers dead, and accusations of police brutality.

Ms Firoza Bibi of All India Trinamool Congress is the newly elected Member of Legislative Assembly from Nandigram Assembly Constituency, by-elections for which were held on Jan 05, 2009.^[3]

Contents [hide] 1 History 2 People of Nandigram 3 Politics 4 Conflict over proposed chemical hub 5 Health 6 Transport 7 Education 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit] History

[edit] People of Nandigram

Although this part of Bengal has not been actively highlighted in Indian History during British period, the area had been a part of active politics from the British era. With the help of the people of Nandigram, "Tamluk" was freed from the British by Ajoy Mukherjee, Sushil Kumar Dhara, Satish Chandra Samanta and their friends for a few days (which is the only part of modern India to be freed twice), before India gained de facto freedom in 1947.

In post Independent India, Nandigram had been a centre of learning and played a major part in the development of Haldia, a satellite town of Calcutta (Kolkata). Fresh vegetables, Rice and fish are being supplied to Haldia from Nandigram. Like Haldia, Nandigram has a natural strategic geographic location for business and farming. The Ganga (Bhagirathi) and Haldi (downstream of Kanshabati) cover the edges of Nandigram, and thereby the land is fertiled by both the rivers.

Although 60% of the area has a Muslim population, but this area has never been in the clutches of Hindu-Muslim riot. The Nandigram town is dominated by brahmins (the Tewaris, Mukherjees, Pandas).

[edit] Politics

Nandigram was a red fort (Lal durgo : Fort/stronghold of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))) for the last 35 years and the current MP Laxman Seth rely this area as one of his most positive vote bank, until recent uprising caused due to Land take-over by the state govt for proposed SEZ.

In the by-election to Nandigram assembly constituency held on January 5, 2009, Ms Firoza Bibi of All India Trinamool Congress has been declared elected by the District Magistrate C D Lama on January 9, 2009.^[4] Ms Firoza Bibi defeated CPI nominee Paramananda Bharati of Communist Party of India in a multi-cornered contest, where more than 80% of the eligible votes were polled. Ms Firoza Bibi, mother of Indadul, who died in the police firing on Mar 14, 2007, polled 93,022 votes, while Mr Paramananda Bharati cornered 53,473 votes.^[5][6]

Ms Firoza Bibi, who won by a margin of over 39,500 votes over her nearest rival from Communist Party of India (CPI), dedicated her win to those killed in nearly a year-long fight allegedly with Communist Party of India (Marxist) cadres over the land issue. Ms Firoza Bibi is an activist of Trinamool Congress-led Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee that forced the West Bengal government to shelve its plan to acquire farmland for industrial purpose in 2008.^[7]

The by-election was necessitated after the incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly Mr Illias Mahammad Shekh of CPI had to resign following a sting operation exposing his corrupt deals.^[8] Earlier, he had won the State Elections of 2006 as well as of 2001.

In 1991 and in 1987, Shaktiprasad Pal of CPI had won this seat. CPI candidate Bhupal Panda was MLA from this constituency in 1982. Prabir Jana of Janata Party had won this seat in 1977.^[9]

Nandigram assembly constituency is part of Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency).^[10]

[edit] Conflict over proposed chemical hub

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Ramsey Clark, the former Attorney General of United States visited Nandigram in November 2007 and expressed his solidarity to the poor peasants of the area who were tortured by the CPI(M)^[11],^[12]

The controversy over the state government plan to build a chemical hub in Nandigram led opposition parties to organise against the acquisition of land. The Trinamool Congress, Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI), Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Indian National Congress cooperated to establish the Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee (BUPC, 'Committee against Land Evictions'). A large number of erstwhile supporters of the ruling CPI(M) party also joined them. The apparent aim of the BUPC was to protect the farmers' lands. However the top leadership of the ruling party, determined to ride roughshod over all opposition, painted the agitation as one against industrialisation. The official propaganda carried by pro-government media talked of jobs for the large number of unemployed youths of the state of West Bengal and made claims of a boost to development in the area. According to the version propagated by the party, the region would have become an industrial belt and would have attracted further investments and jobs to the state. The main opposition party, the TMC, maintains however that they are opposed not to industrialization per se but poorly planned projects carried out with inhuman methods.

The situation came to a head when the MP from nearby Haldia took a pro-active role in the project. The Haldia Development Authority under him issued a notice for land acquisition. Several supporters of both the CPI(M) and the BUPC were violently attacked by opponents with their houses vandalised. Both sides amassed huge quatities of arms and several clashes resulted in incidents allegedly of arson, murder and rape. However, the BUPC got the upper hand owing to its commanding greater public support and allegedly supported by Maoists, did not allow police and CPI(M) cadre to enter for over 3 months by digging up roads.

When the ruling party sought to reestablish its previous domination, it mobilised the administration in the name of removing blockades and restoring "normalcy". On the night of March 14, 2007, the party's cadre allegedly bolstered by hired hardened criminals from the state and outside, conducted a joint operation with the state police. They unleashed a reign of terror, killing at least 14 people (the officially admitted number, very likely a gross underestimate), maiming many more and allegedly committing numerous infanticides and rapes. There were allegations of removal of evidence in the form of dead bodies and injured persons.

Several writers, artists, poets and academicians took a strong position against the police firing which in turn brought significant international attention.

However, there has been some division among the intelligentsia in Bengal. While Mahasweta Devi,Aparna Sen, Saonli Mitra, Suvaprasanna, Joy Goswami, Kabir Suman, Bratya Basu along with noted envioronment activist Medha Patkar condemned the government; Soumitra Chatterjee , Nirendranath Chakraborty,Tarun Majumdar defended the Chief Minister on development issue. Just after the bloodbath of Nandigram on 14 March, pro-government intellectuals have spoken in favour of the Chief Minister which includes the novelists Buddhadeb Guha and Debesh Roy, the litterateur Amitava Chaudhuri, the poet Mallika Sengupta, the actors Dilip Roy, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, and Usha Ganguly, the singers Amar Pal, Shuvendu Maiti, Utpalendu Chaudhuri, and Indranil Sen, the sarod exponent Buddhadev Dasgupta, the historian Aniruddha Roy, the football luminary P K Banerjee, the noted architect Sailapati Guha, the scientist Saroj Ghosh, and the poet Nirendranath Chakraborti who presided over a gathering at Science City Auditorium, kolkata.^[13]. However, noted Leftist intellectuals such as Sumit & Tanika Sarkar, Praful Bidwai & Sankha Ghosh refused to buy the argument in favour of development & remained critical of the government.

As a direct aftermath of the West Bengal government's Special Economic Zone policy, in the panchayat elections of May 2008, CPI(M) and its left front allies were defeated in Nandigram and adjoining areas by the Trinamool Congress-SUCI alliance^[14]. The Trinamool Congress-SUCI alliance and the Congress wrested the Zilla Parishads from the CPI-M in three districts of the 16 districts of West Bengal out of the hands of CPI(M) after about 30 years.

See also: Nandigram violence

[edit] Health

In March 2001, Nandigram II Block of Medinipur District claimed to have achieved full toilet coverage in the entire block.^[15]

[edit] Transport

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There is no rail connection directly to Nandigram, and road ways are ill-developed. Buses, jitney trekkers and van rickshaws are the primary public vehicles inside the villages.

Nearest Railway station - Mograjpur connected from Digha - Tamluk. Nearest busy bus stop - Chandipur (Math). 5-7 direct busses are available from Howrah station while other direct busses ply from Digha, Haldia, Geonkhali, Mecheda. Tekkers at half an hour interval are available from (Math) Chandipur.

Nandigram is connected by ferry with Haldia (which has been currently irregularised by Hadia Municipality). This ferry service is an important mode of transport for farmers and small traders of Nandigram, who uses this service to reach Haldia market for selling their commodities. Haldia Municipality runs this ferry service.^[16]

Within the village, houses are not very close to each other so one has to walk for many a mile as van rikshaws are incapable of travelling on the small mud roads (aal path).

[edit] Education

The area has a college - Nandigram College affiliated to Vidyasagar University, and there are several schools namely - Nandigram BMT Siksha Niketan, Nandigram Girls' High School, Asadtala Banamali Sikshaniketan, Ryapara Girls' High School, Khodam Bari Higher Secondary School, Hanschara High School, Muradpur Sikshaniketan.

[edit] See also

• Accumulation by dispossession
• Primitive accumulation of capital
• Common land

[edit] References

1. ^ Haldia Development Authority
2. ^ The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage Story on Nandigram
3. ^ "Trinamool wins Nandigram bypoll". Press Trust of India. http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/$all/AD22A5319D87B6FE65257539002CDF15. 
4. ^ "Trinamool Congress wins Nandigram". Doordarshan News, India. http://www.ddinews.gov.in/National/National+-+Headlines/Trinamool+Congress.htm. 
5. ^ "Trinamool's Firoza Bibi wins Nandigram by-election". CNN IBN, India. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/trinamools-firoza-bibi-wins-nandigram-byelection/82316-3.html. 
6. ^ "Trinamool Congress snatches Nandigram from Left by huge margin". Andhravilas, India. http://www.andhravilas.com/Newsdetail.asp?id=239968. 
7. ^ "State By-Elections 2009 - Trinamool Congress wins Nandigram bypoll". The Hindu. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/000200901091322.htm. 
8. ^ "CPI MLA from Nandigram resigns over bribery charge". The Indian Express. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/cpi-mla-from-nandigram-resigns-over-bribery-charge/359842/. 
9. ^ "State Elections 2006 - Partywise Comparison for 206-Nandigram Constituency of West Bengal". Election Commission of India. http://eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S25/partycomp206.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 
10. ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_Dist_PC_AC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-02. 
11. ^ "Nandigram says 'No!' to Dow's chemical hub"
12. ^ Nandigram people's struggle "heroic" : Clark
13. ^ http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0429/04292007_bengal-2.htm
14. ^ http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=1&id=231689&usrsess=1 Cracks in Red Citadel
15. ^ The Hindu 11 May 2003
16. ^ Subhendu Ray and Kanchan Chakraborty (2007-05-07). "Without the ferry, Nandigram remains cut off". Indian Express. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=235262. Retrieved 2008-10-27. 

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• Left Articles on Nandigram
• Nandigram Documentary by Medical Service Centre
• Nandigram Gets Solace from Buddhadeb
• Frontline story on Rural Resistance, October 2006
• Nandigram Another good archive at Counterviews
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Wakeup to Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill

by SYED ALI MUJTABA SYED    March 12, 2010

At a time when the government of India is churning out one bill after another to place it before the Parliament for approval, there seems little interest in "Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill" that is going to be tabled in the Parliament in a few days of time.

The bill if allowed to be passed without any discussion may have far reaching consequence on the issue of getting compensation in case of a nuclear disaster in the country.

The bill lets U.S. corporations off the hook for any nuclear accidents caused on the Indian soil. They have to pay a meager amount of compensation to the victims in case of such accidents, whereas Indian taxpayers may have to cough off crores of rupees for the nuclear clean up and to compensate its people.

It appears that the US corporations want to reap profits without any responsibility and the government of India is too keen to placate them and thus shying away from any public debate on this issue.

The bill channels all liability stemming from a nuclear accident to the operator of the plant. Even though the maximum liability for an incident is fixed at Rs. 2,385 crore, the liability of the operator, whether public or private, is capped at Rs. 500 crore.

The draft law will enable the country to accede to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, without which the United States says its companies will not be able to sell nuclear equipment to India.

The Union Finance and Environment Ministries had strong objections to approving this controversial bill. Their objections related to the impact of the law on safety standards and on providing adequate compensation in the event of a nuclear accident.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests in its comments drew attention to the law's failure to specify the amount of compensation for death or damage due to an accident. It said nuclear damage to human and animal life and the environment were long-term and needed a thorough understanding of the subject, "especially as the Act is for final compensation and not for interim relief."

The Ministry pointed out that the law did not specify which agency or entity was eligible to file a claim for compensation for damage to the environment. It further said; in the absence of the Health Ministry batting for its concerns, the 10-year limit for filing of claims was too low "since the nuclear damage involves changes in DNAs resulting in mutagenic and teratogenic changes, which take a long time to manifest."

Finally the Ministry of Environment and Forest observed that more scientific guidelines were needed to ensure the competent claims authority was able to review these kinds of damage and award compensation "which is just."

Similar views were expressed by the Finance Ministry that focused its criticism on the central tenet of the law and said the need to limit the liability of private companies involved in the nuclear business to Rs. 500 crore is very low. It noted that the difference between Rs 500 crore and the maximum liability of Rs. 2,385 crore would have to be made good by the government. The Ministry questioned the Department of Atomic Energy's rationale that the risk of accidents was low and that unlimited liability would hinder the growth of the nuclear industry in the country.

The Finance Ministry in its submission to the cabinet further said limiting the liability in an arbitrary way could "expose the government to substantial liabilities for the failings of the private sector management in such installations."

However, the Union Cabinet has overrode the strong objections from both the ministries and understood to have approved the draft bill as it is for ratification in the Parliament.

If the bill is passed without constraints on liabilities, the situation becomes graver. India has many nuclear plants and there are obvious risks of accidents taking place there. The cost of clearing up a nuclear disaster could be enormous, far more than being experienced during the Bhopal Gas tragedy in 1984.

The bill it is supposedly trying to set a compensatory amount that's much lower than the one set for the Bhopal gas tragedy.  This is atrocious because even after 25 years, the survivors of the Bhopal gas leak are still fighting for justice and the companies involved are evading the liability.

There seems to be a conspiracy of silence both from the media and the political parties on this issue. As far as Indian media is concerned, baring few English publications, there is absolutely no reportage on this issue in the vernacular press. Public opinion is hardly being made about the damage this bill may cause if it's passed in its present form.

There can be two reasons for it; either there is lack of understanding of the subject among the media practitioners or the media outlets are asked to maintain silence on this subject similarly on the lines of "paid news" where the news is published in lieu of cash.

As far as political parties are concerned, all appears to be preoccupied with the passing and not passing of the women reservation bill. They really don't have time nor will nor inclination to go into the intricacies of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill.

One can understand the lack of interest of certain political partiers as they are unable to understand the nitty-gritty's of this high end human rights issue. However, the most surprising is the stand of the left parties that are conspicuously silent on this issue. This looks stranger given their strong opposition to Indo- US civil nuclear deal.  The apathy of the political parties towards Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage bill shows how much they are committed to the human issues even though they profess to champion it day in and day out. 

In this context, the job to put across the point the perils of the bill is left for the non governmental organizations and civil societies. A sufficient public opinion has to be created so that sufficient amendments could be made to the bill to safeguard the victims of nuclear disaster.

The lead in this direction has been taken by the environmentalists who have launched a petition campaign that says "India must hold a public consultation before changing the liability rules for any nuclear accidents caused by U.S. corporations."

If anyone like to join this campaign can petition online following this link; http://www.greenpeace.org/india/stop-the-vote/

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Syed Ali Mujaba is a working journalist based in Chennai. He can be contacted at syedalimujtaba@yahoo.com

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Kill the nuclear liability Bill

Low accident liability and legal immunity mean reactor builders will have perverse incentives for malpractices

Brahma Chellaney

The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill is an unparalleled piece of legislation: It aims to make foreign builders of nuclear reactors in India immune from legal action, however culpable they may be for a catastrophic accident. And it caps their liability at a ridiculously low Rs500 crore ($109 million) despite the billions of dollars in profit they are set to make. Yet, the government set the parliamentary process for the Bill's consideration in motion under unusual circumstances—it circulated it to members on 8 March when Parliament was in turmoil over the women's reservation issue.

Two issues stand out about the liability Bill. For one, it is an anti-market measure: It constitutes a generous Indian state subsidy to foreign firms. By seeking to shield foreign reactor builders from the weight of the financial consequences of severe accidents, the Bill shifts the main burden for accident liability from the foreign supplier to the Indian taxpayer.

Illustration: Jayachandran / Mint

For another, it weakens nuclear safety. After all, to grant foreign reactor builders legal immunity upfront and to turn their legal liability for an accident into mere compensation pegged at a pittance is hardly a way to advance nuclear safety.

Broadly, the anti-market features of the government's proposed import of nuclear power reactors are manifold. First, the Bill seeks to help foreign firms cut their costs of doing business in India by requiring them to take accident liability insurance for a mere $109 million. Second, the government is merrily procuring land for foreign reactor builders. It has designated nuclear parks for foreign-origin reactors, reserving separate sites exclusively for US, French and Russian firms.

Three, reactor deals will be signed government-to-government without open bidding and transparency, just the way India has entered into contracts for US arms worth billions of dollars in recent years. Four, foreign firms are being freed from the task of producing electricity at marketable rates. The government will run the reactors through the state operator, subsidizing the high-priced electricity generated. And five, foreign suppliers will bask under legal immunity.

The liability Bill essentially is intended to help out the two US reactor exporting firms, Westinghouse and General Electric (GE) which, unlike their state-owned French and Russian competitors, are in the private sector. With India committed to importing at least 10,000MW of nuclear power generating capacity from the US, Washington has been zealously prodding New Delhi to enact the liability law. But in bending backwards to create a friendly business environment for US firms, the government is making the Indian taxpayer assume the principal financial burden in the event of a major accident.

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October 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Highly dissatisfied with the third draft of the HIV/AIDS bill which the law ministry has proposed, nearly 200 people, including those living with HIV, staged a protest outside the ministry office in the capital Wednesday. According to the protesters, many of whom have come from as far as Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata to take part in the protest, 38 key provisions necessary to safeguard the rights of HIV positive people have been deleted inthe draft.

Petition against Kerry-Lugar Bill filed in SHC

October 3rd, 2009 LAHORE - A petition challenging the Kerry-Lugar Bill has been filed in Sindh High Court pleading that the bill as it seemed serious threat for sovereignty and constitution of Pakistan. The plaintiff, Advocate Sohail Hameed, on Friday submitted that the US Kerry-Lugar Bill is against the self-respect of the country, and if the bill is granted tothe government of Pakistan, it would weaken the constitution of the country.

Finally, India's HIV patients can hope against discrimination

September 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's law ministry is soon expected to clear the draft of a bill that aims to prevent discrimination against HIV patients in a country that has one of the highest number of people afflicted with the disease. But activists and health officials say this has come after many delays and hiccups.

Govt. to re-introduce Judges Asset Declaration Bill in Winter Session

September 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A comprehensive Bill making it mandatory for the Judges of Supreme Court and the High Courts to declare their assets on regular basis will be introduced in the winter session ofParliament. According to official sources, the Judges Declaration of Assets and Liability Bill 2009 is being redrafted after the maiden attempt to introduce it in the Budget Session failed following protests by the Opposition parties in theParliament.

Utah attorney general's office says it's not in talks over foreign nuclear waste deal

September 4th, 2009 Official: Utah not considering nuclear waste dealSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah attorney general's office said Friday it is not in negotiations with EnergySolutions Inc. to drop the state's objections to importing foreignnuclear waste for disposal here.

Pakistani court reimposes restrictions on nuclear scientist

September 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court Wednesday suspended an earlier ruling that had lifted security restrictions on nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, media reports said. On Friday, a single-judge bench of the Lahore High Court orderedthe government to remove any curbs on the movement of Khan, who had publicly admitted that he shared nuclear secrets with Iran, North Korea and Libya but then retracted his statement.

Chief justice of India's office to monitor judges' assets

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The chief justice of India's office is the public authority to assess the assets of judges, the Delhi High Court ruled Wednesday.

Pakistan court again puts curbs on movement of disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan

September 2nd, 2009 Pakistan court again puts curbs on nuke scientistLAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani court on Wednesday suspended an earlier order lifting restrictions on the movement of nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, who is alleged to have spread nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya. Deputy Attorney General Mohammed Amir Rehman said a two-member panel of the Lahore High Court issued the interim ruling following an appeal from the Pakistan government.

http://blog.taragana.com/law/2009/12/21/indias-nuclear-liability-bill-discriminatory-greenpeace-19084/

Govt to introduce controversial Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill!

Big names involved in Nandigram Insurrections have achieved so More than Personal Mileage. It is all over a Cake Walk once again on the Post Modern Highway of Brahaminical Manusmriti Apartheid Enslavement and bondage, sustenance of Brahaminical Rule once again, as named CHANGE by accommodated Intelligentsia and Civil Society purely Brahamin.

 Co Opted in Power, may be the Realistic Achievement of those Big names and celebrates involved in Nandigram and Singur and Lalgarh Insurrections but the Enslaved masses have got nothing but super Hyped Projects declared and misleading Budget Provision to maintain Cash Liquidity for the Escalation of Free Market democracy as the Deprived are those who have been EXCLUDED and Segregated for last Six decades since the Brahamin Bania Raj took over from the British Imperialists to invent themselves in a mature Situation of Nuclear Disaster.

 Woman`s Bill to empower the Shudra Woman in accordance to Manusmriti, has been kept in Freeze reserved for the Next Elections after due Celebration involving Rajya sabha MARSHALL Law, Now it is the Turn of Nuclear Damage Liability Law to be enacted on topmost priority just to Replicate Bhopal Gas Tragedy and Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster.

 The people of Midnapur are Destined to face NAYACAHAR Chemical Hub as well as Haripur Nuclear Plant as Mamata eyes on Next election in Bengal to capture Writers Building and she has to get Endorsement of her Dream Assurances never to be accomplished with softening stance on Everything involving life and death of our people. She is agreeing with Operation Godavari and opposing Operation Green Hunt which targets Lalgarh.She has Tears for Lalgarh because the Bengali Tribals are her targeted Vote bank but she is not concerned a little bit about THIRTY Million SC Tamil and Bengali Refugees stranded in Dandakarnaya despite wearing Matua Tag. She opposes Disinvestment and seeks Private capital on PPP pattern to generate Resources for Railways, the TMC Headquarters for which she Enrolled the Bengali Brahamin Intelligentsia as well as Civil society Icons on railway Pay Roll and calls it her Social Commitment to be achieved with Commercialisation. She opts for Zindal and Reliance ejecting out Tata Motors and poses Industry Friendly. She has to tame her own MP Kabir Suman who tunes the Music Aboriginal. She has no objection against Land Acquisition elsewhere. She has nothing to say against intense Muslim Hatred  campaign launched on the name of War against Terror. She has no stance against Chidambaram` Corporate war and pulls him to dislodge the Marxist Brahamins , her kith in Kin just for the sake of Change.

It is happening since 14th March, 2007 dated for Nandigram Genocide! Now, the Change supporter do celebrate the anniversary of yet another Massacre as last time they celebrated Marichjhanpi Genocide day having remained SILENT for Three decades and Never demanded Prosecution of Genocide masters as yet!

Industrial production grows 16.7 percent in January! The Finance Minister of Government of India  Incs Builder Promoter Realty LPG Mafia said the Budget proposals raising excise duty by two per cent will have some impact on inflation as it is not detachable from the overall economy.


India's industrial production rose 16.7 percent in January from 1 percent a year earlier, buoyed by continued growth of the manufacturing sector and a low base effect, official data showed Friday.The output was a better-than-expected 16.8 percent in December 2009. In January 2009, the figure stood at just 1 percent.

Ruling Hegemony Power keystone and Economic Ethnic Cleansing Master, the Brahamin Pranab  said the excise duty were reduced from the peak 14 per cent to 8 per cent in tranches last year to give industry a six per cent concessions as part of stimulus measures.And what a Human Posture!Be humane to taxpayers, says Pranab! The Taxpayers are not certainly the Peasnats opting for Mass Suicide or those EXCLUDED Communities of Aboriginal Indigenous Black Untouchables selected to be Ejected out in Monopolistic aggression or to be killed En masses in Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Disaster. None of the Protected Taxpayers belong to any of the Insurrections of the Population stranded din Cross Fire amidst unprecedented Agrarian Crisis thanks to Economic Reforms and Strategic Realignment in US Israel Lead to Escalate Global Hindutva Zionism Super Duper Alliance Satanic!

Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill as it was "discriminatory' and would let foreign suppliers go scot-free.The Government will introduce in coming parliament session the controversial Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill which has raised serious questions over the plans to give access to foreign nuclear companies, particularly those of the United States, without any effort to put them in dock in case of any nuclear accident. The bill will reopen the debate over the nuclear deal and the compensation regime as it is being introduced at the 25th anniversary year of Bhopal Gas Tragedy.
 
The Bill is seen by its critics as a sell out to the US as it transfers liability on non-operators (the foreign companies) to the operators (the Nuclear Power Corporation). The recent US-India agreement ended a 34-year US moratorium on nuclear trade announced following Inida's first nuclear test in 1974. The deal opens up business opportunity for the US and other foreign companies to sell nuclear technology and equipment to India. India has already selected two sites for the US companies and they can eventually build nuclear power reactors which would result in contracts for companies such as GE-Hitachi and Westinghouse Electric Co.
 
The US companies are expecting Indian Government to limit liability of private nuclear companies in case of nuclear accidents. The critics of the Bill say that the legislation would lead to "privatization of profit and socialisation of risk." An accident in a nuclear plant could take place because of faulty design or substandard equipment and many argue that the supplier also should be held liable. The department of atomic energy (DAE) will move the Bill in both Houses of Parliament.

The union cabinet had passed the text of the draft bill last month, which will cap the liability of the operator at Rs.300 crore, while the maximum amount of liability for each nuclear incident has been fixed at about Rs.2,208 crore. The government would have to pay the rest of the compensation if damages were calculated at over Rs.300 crore.

The proposed legislation is expected to be submitted to parliament next session.

"It is morally reprehensible for the government to draft such a bill even though the risks from nuclear energy are real, inherent, long-lasting and cannot be capped," said Greenpeace Nuclear campaigner Karuna Raina in a press release issued here.

She noted that while the US allows for legal claims from suppliers, the proposed law would not give the same right here in India.

"The US has economic channelling of liability which ensures that one can initiate civil law suits against every party, from the supplier to the operator. In India, however, they are pushing for legal channelling of liability which helps private American suppliers go scot free," said Raina.

The passage of the civil nuclear liability bill would be one of the last steps in implementing the US-India bilateral agreement in civil nuclear cooperation. American companies have fallen behind their Russian and French counterparts in brokering contracts for India's nuclear power industry, as the private companies require a liability regulatory framework in place.

India's nuclear power industry is run by the state-run Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited, with the the supply and technical help from Russian and French state companies, like Rosatom and Areva.

A long-standing critic of nuclear power, Greenpeace has already started a campaign against the bill by commissioning an opinion from former attorney general Soli Sorabjee.

Sorabjee came out strongly against the draft legislation, contending that "any such move will be in defiance of Supreme Court judgments and will be contrary to the interest of people of India and their fundamental rights under Article 21 of the Constitution."

Similarly, former Supreme Court judge Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer echoed Sorabjee's remarks: "Capping nuclear liability is a violation of fundamental rights and should be opposed."

"... (Mukherjee) has asked Indian Revenue Service officials to consider tax payers as important stakeholders in nation building and to administer taxes with a human approach," an official statement said on Thursday.

The Finance Minister was addressing the 63rd batch of IRS trainees last evening, it said.

"Mukherjee pointed out that the shift in policy whereby taxpayers are not seen as adversaries has resulted in a significant growth in tax collection during the past decade," the statement said.

He asked the trainee officers to imbibe the approach in their daily working.

Direct taxes collection has increased by 10 times during the past decade. Mukherjee also pointed out that the share of direct taxes is now more than 55 per cent.

He reminded the officials that it was due to increased tax buoyancy and collection efforts of Revenue departments that the government was able to waive off the loans to farmers amounting to Rs 71,000 crore.

Likewise, five per cent customs duty on crude oil was cut to nil in June 2008 when the global rates peaked to over 127 dollars a barrel as a prelude to the stimulus package to the industry. Mukherjee said he has merely restored the duty upon recovery in the economy.

"That time, I cut excise duty to give a relief," he said while debunking charges that "aam admi" was ignored in the Budget.

"I did not opt for any shortsighted or short-term policy ... tax reforms are urgently required," he said while asking the Opposition whether the need of tax reforms was not felt by them.

On the proposed Goods and Service Tax, Mukherjee said he wanted the rates to be reduced, but base to be broadened with limited exemptions so that taxes on both goods and services remain at the same level.

"We have conveyed to the states to bridge the existing gap so that 28 states can arrive at consensus on excise and service tax," he said emphasising that there is need for revolutionary changes in indirect tax structure.


The index of industrial production (IIP), which measures the country's factory output, stood at 9.6 percent in the first 10 months (April-January 2009-10) this fiscal, against 3.3 percent in the same period of 2009, data released by the Central Statistical Organisation showed.

The December industrial output was revised up to 17.6 percent from 16.8 percent record growth.

Manufacturing, which has around 80 percent weight in the index, was up 17.9 percent in January, from 1 percent a year earlier. Mining generation grew 14.6 percent from 0.7 percent in the same period last year. Power output went up 5.6 percent in the period under review.

The consumer durables sector expanded 31.6 percent, the data showed.

"The strong figures in industrial production for January 2010 has been primarily contributed by manufacturing sectors. Capital goods and consumer durables led the higher growth trajectory of industrial output," said Chandrajit Banerjee, director general of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) said the mining sector's growth of 14.6 percent in January showed that manufacturing activities were growing robustly.

"The derived demand for metal from the manufacturing sector must have pushed up the pace of growth in mining sector. Strong performance of manufacturing harbours the potential to spread to the rest of the industrial economy," said Amit Mitra, FICCI's secretary general.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has raised farm gate duties by 2 percent, partially rolling back the 4 percent cut he made at the height of the financial crisis, saying signs of industrial recovery were now evident.

Industry analysts believe the sustained rise in industrial production could bolster the Reserve Bank to move further away from an easy credit policy adopted as part of the monetary stimulus, something that its Governor D. Subbarao has hinted in the past.

"Any increase in policy rates at this time will be counter productive to industrial recovery where a significant portion of the sector are small and medium enterprises," said Banerjee.
"It is also worth noting that the performance of some of the labour intensive sectors such as jute and leather are still worrisome," he said.

WHO DESTROYED OUR AGRICULTURE ?
Why anything the village-hating vaidiks touch turns into mud?

OUR CORRESPONDENT

Here is a top secret that is hidden from the eyes and ears of the 1,300 million odd citizens of India.

The Indian agriculture, the country's most important culture, is dying — if not dead.

It did not die of its own. It was killed — deliberately by the village-hating vaidiks.

The country, known for its plentiful, bountiful food once upon a time is facing starvation.Our urban-dwelling, comfort-loving, Kamasutra-studying micro-minority rulers have a ready answer: What if we face food shortage? We will import food. Yes. Finally, the govt. is importing rice — first time in 20 years — to meet the shortage. They say this without knowing the ABCD of the problem. Why anything the vaidiks touch turns into mud?
Khatri Sick PM & his whiz-kids

The problem is so serious that even the innocent farmer so far growing paddy is now buying rice. He says it is cheaper to buy than grow. Why? Because the labour is not only expensive but not available. The water table has gone down. Chemical fertilizers are killing the crops. No power. Hundred and one problem. Millions and millions of farmers — the backbone of Indian economy — are crying. Helpless. They have quit their profession itself. It is anarchy in rural India.; Did we not say "Urban boom, rural decay?" (DV Edit May 16, 1982: "The urban boom & rural decay").

We have said this years back. Thanks to the Khatri Sick PM and the whiz-kids around him, everything concerning the village economy is being systematically killed.
Village girl not ready to marry farmer

The farming profession, once the pride of India, as producers of wealth and the backbone of the economy, has fallen into such a disgrace that even a village girl is not ready to marry a farmer. She says she will prefer a humble clerk but not a farmer.

Even the Punjab, once called the bread-basket of India, is facing despair if not disaster.
Farmers quit jobs

But our urban-dwelling, share-market gazing micro-minority upper caste rulers (15%) are not bothered. They eat the best of food paying highest price. Because they can afford the luxury.

They are not bothered about the grim conditions in the villages. Because they are not born there. Even if some were born in a village, now they live in urban luxury.

They don't know that 8 million farmers have quit their profession between 1999 and 2001 when the last census was taken. The 2011 census will give a more shocking picture.

But our urban-dwelling hai bai , facebookwallahs —twittering, buttering, muttering, yammering — are oblivious of all the doom and gloom staring at the farmers. Who cares for the dirty farmers?
Rapid migration to cities

Prices of all foodgrains, vegetables, fish and meat have skyrocketed. People even with Rs. 20,000 income per month are not able to make both ends meet. Every state govt. has failed to meet the needs. Nothing happens in villages. Life is dull and drab. All the fun is in big metros.

The single biggest reason for the price rise is the rapid migration of the farmers to cities deserting the villages and abandoning their farms.
Rush for arecanut

When we recently went to our ancestral house in the west coast district of South Kanara, near Udupi, we found all our fields fallow. When asked, the reply was the non-availability of the labour. It is cheaper to buy rice in the market than produce it. This is the complaint in every house, every district, the state and the country as a whole.

But in our ancestral house, they are cultivating the useless arecanut. Asked why this is produced while paddy is abandoned, the reply was arecanut has a good market. Arecanut is not used as food. If you don't eat it you won't die. They make supari out of it. People can survive without eating supari but can they without rice? See, how our farmers are diverted towards destructive directions.

This is the secret behind arecanut getting good price. The govt. has set up an Arenacut Board to protect its price and market. From beginning to end arecanut is taken care of by the state but the most essential food crop — rice, without which people cannot survive — is totally ignored. Why?
Dying out of over-eating

The reason is arecanut is cultivated by a tiny caste called the Havyaks, who being Brahmins and Bhoodevatas, have managed everything to remain as rulers.

Similar price protection, market and all other facilities are provided by the govt to the coffee, tea, rubber, silk, tobacco, cardmom etc. growers — just because they are of upper caste rulers interest.

Food crop growers are neglected. Cash crops get all the support. This is the new policy.

Rice and other food crops, fish, meat etc. have no such security. Even in the rich West, the farmers are treated as kings, given all the protection. But in this Brahminical India farmers are neglected — treated with contempt.

The logic behind this argument is what is most essential for the very survival of the humans has no security net but those crops which are not necessary for our survival are fully secured.

This is because the govt. in India does not belong to the majority producers. In other words, the Govt. of India does not belong to the Indians. It belongs to the five-star luxury-loving minority (15%) consumers — urban-dwelling upper castes parasites — who are dying out of over-eating. This class not only does not vote in any election but indulges in all anti-national subversions. Yet the govt. remains at the mercy of this manipulative minority while the bread-winner of the country isabandoned. The Khatri Sick PM belongs to this class.
Cities also dying

The entire lot of unemployed rural people are making a beeline to big cities. Between 1997-2009, about 2 lakh farmers committed suicide. Who bothers? Let them die.

The upper castes (15%) have destroyed the rich countryside which caused Maoist eruption. The millions of starving villagers choking the cities have already caused the death of Calcutta. The cities which are on the death row are Bombay (half dead), Delhi, Madras and Bangalore — one by one dying. Bangalore is choked. Its reputation as the "garden city" of India died long back. Hyderabad is boiling. This in nutshell is the picture of India at the end of 62 years of Brahminical rule. Rural decay and urban boom.

But our World Bank-imported Khatri Sick PM is unconcerned, unperturbed because his constituency of 15% urban-dwelling upper castes continue to vote for him. Another mafia is being groomed by the national toilet papers to the PM's gaddi.

The credit for this merciless devastation will go to one single person, the notorious multi-billion dollar-worth Tamil Iyer, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, often called as the "Father of India's green Revolution". His jatwalas are cheering him to launch the "Second Green Revolution" (DV Oct.1, 2009 p.11: "Fake scientist engaged in killing farmers & destroying agriculture").

The agenda for the "Second Green Revolution" is this: Now that the "Jews of India" have carpet-bombed the rural India, they must take the next step. A substantial number of upper castes have already left India and settled down in the West in the company of their Jewish cousins. The "Jews of India", however, got a minor shock in Australia. Serious preparations are being made to gradually move the rest of the Bhoodevatas to the West after killing the urban India also.

Aryans are invaders and hence foreigners. They have no love for this country. Ever since they set foot on India, they have been doing their duty of only killing India and the Indians.

They have done this wonderfully well. They have been dutifully doing their duty. But are we the natives of India doing our duty?

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Enemies of mother earth

What is the secret of the Brahminical hatred for agriculture? Their "sacred scriptures" have directed them not to touch the soil — the mother earth. Without touching the soil there is no farming. The most famous example comes from Bihar where a powerful Brahmin sect was condemned, ostracised and thrown out — renamed Bhumihars. Bhumi means earth. They are condemned and ostracised for touching the earth. Such is the severity of the punishment. Life-long suffering. Similarly in Karnataka, the Havyaks. There may be similar smaller jatis elsewhere. Philosophy is the same. The Brahmin must remain as the enemy of mother earth. But what we call as Culture began with Agriculture — the mother of all culture. Because the farmers are the producers. That is how all farmers worship their land. Farmers keep the nature alive and active. There are any number of festivals and rituals connected with mother earth. Agriculture is rooted in land which is part of the nature. Agriculture keeps the nature alive. The current world-wide ecological disaster that led to the recent Copenhagen Summit was promoted by the Jews and the "Jews of India" — the enemies of mother earth.

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Unsung heroes

The metropolitan-based manipulators who think they are the engine of the country's growth do not know that the country's core strength lies in villages. It is the uncouth, stinking, poor who saved India's economy — not its blood-thirsty tiger tycoons. India's informal economy employs 90% of the country's work force. It is they who bailed out India (Financial Chronicle, Feb.2, 2010).

Manuwadi blackout: The report quoted the World Bank saying farming accounted for 16% of GDP, service sector like tiny cottage industries 54%. The $300 billion retail trade (97%) is in unorganised sectors comprising millions of pop "n" mom stores, street hawkers, are the biggest contributors.

Not the Ambanis who don't pay incometax or the Bajajs, the Tatas etc. Over 92% of the dirt poor Indian work force is in the unorganised sector, says the World Bank.

They are our unsung heroes.

This report is blacked out in our manuwadi media.

http://www.dalitvoice.org/Templates/march2010/reports.htm

Editorial


India is not a "nation": Brahminists can never suppress ethnic fury by using brute force

The latest Shiv Sena violence in Bombay (Feb.11, 2010) over a Brahminical film actor (with a Muslim name but Hindu wife) and the total chaos in whole of Andhra Pradesh for the past several months over Telengana should make the people ponder — if thinking people are still left in India — over our oft-repeated warning that India is not a "nation" but a subcontinent of several warring nations.

Until this fact is realised and consciously acted upon there will be no peace — much less development in this violent country.

Brahminic rulers cannot suddenly become nationalists today and anti-nationalists tomorrow at the drop of hat to suit their jati interests.

Bal Thackeray as bum-licker: Remember, India is not a "nation" and was never a nation. Our Constitution drafted by the Father of India, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, nowhere says India is a nation. The word "nation" was added much later during the emergency. The Constitution calls (in its preamble) it "India that is Bharat". It does not even use the detested word Hindustan.

Upper castes led by their mad flagship, Times of India, are celebrating their bogus Aman-ki-Asha even while preparing for war against Muslim Pakistan. Which one to believe?

Shiv Sena's Kayasth (CKP) Bal Thackeray is the darling brother of the Brahmana Jati Party (BJP). How could he suddenly become the enemy of the Brahminists?

Foreigners in Bombay:The Marathi Brahmins never loved the CKP fellow but they allowed him to lick their bum which he did all these years with pleasure and indulged in all sorts of illegal, anti-national crimes and became a multi-crorepati. All these are allowed in Hindu India as long as you are a Brahmin or a bum-licker.

But suddenly there was a rupture. If the SS supremo does not please his Marathi Manoos constituency, his more powerful rival nephew will overtake and steal his constituency.

The city of Bombay is the capital of Maharashtra. We have lived in Bombay twice (1951 and then 1960). Even at that time the entire city had been captured by predatory "foreigners" — Gujarati Banias, Marwadis, Punjabis, Sindhis and Mangalore-Udupi hotliers — mostly upper castes. Every cotton mill belonged to "foreigners". So also the Bollywood boys and girls. Journalists were all South Indians, mostly Brahmins. So also the Dalal Street stock exchange. Bombay — the financial capital of India — had no trace of Marathi Manoos. Maharashtrian OBCs and Dalits were mere sweat labour — pushed to slums. Their suffering produced the phantom called Bal Thackeray.

Outsiders are welcome to Bombay but they cannot live sucking the blood of the natives in the pretext "Bombay also belongs to India". Had the "foreigners" behaved like brothers there would have been no heart-burning.

Agreed: "Bombay belongs to all Indians". Then why they debarred SC/ST/BCs from higher judiciary, defence services, scientific institutions etc.? Why keep private sector as the Brahminical monopoly?

The Brahminical people can't accuse the White Australians of racism while being the founding fathers of racism inside India.

Such Brahminical double-standards will eat its very creators.

India breaks into 3 pieces: Meanwhile, this enforced artificial unity is breaking the country itself. The upper castes (15%) for the first time in the 3,000-year history of India got a "nation" to rule with their brute force. The moment they started thinking of Indian "independence" with so much of hate in their heart, it broke into three pieces —India, Pakistan and then Bangladesh — with a third one Kashmir — hanging at the top. Fearing more such nationality revolts Brahminical India started arming itself to the teeth — suppressing Dalits (20%), Tribals (10%), OBCs (35%), plus Muslim (15%), Christian and Sikhs (5%).

Over 85% of the country's "nations" and "sub-nations" are crying for liberation.

The six "nations" listed above are also not full-fledged "nations". (Read, Caste-A Nation Within the Nation, V.T. Rajshekar, Books for Change, Bangalore, 2002, Rs. 140, copy available with DV).

The Mala-Madiga "caste war" in AP and the latest thunder and lightning on Telengana prove that even a people speaking the same language and listed as Scheduled Castes under the constitution are not one nation.

Dr. Ambedkar in his book, Thoughts on Pakistan, (Pakistan or the Partition of India, W&S, Vol.8, 1990, Maharashtra Govt., Bombay) has beautifully summed up the nationality question which we have elaborately discussed in our book on Caste.

Tamil Chettiar's role: The mere 2% Brahminical crooked brains with their Bania financiers are a drop in this vast ocean of India with hundreds of "nations" threatening the very existence of the Brahminist usurpers. So to defend them, they have asked the a Tamil Chettiar (Bania) to strengthen the "national" security setup.

The vaidik rulers are not so much bothered about the external enemy (Pakistan). They are more worried about their ferocious internal enemies — the hundreds of angry "nationals" crushed under the feet of the Brahminical juggernaut.

So much so, the Brahminists fear their own shadow. They think the millions of angry, unemployed, poverty-stricken, Marathi Manoos will eat the pot-bellied Bombay's Gujarati Banias alive.

SS Fuhrer: It is this very Brahminists who initially encouraged the SS Fuhrer, financed him, glamourised him through their manuwadi media. This phantom to which they gave birth is today eating its very father.

The "nationality question" is rocking and breaking the artificially built unity of India. Whenever a struggle on nationality question breaks out it is denigrated and mercilessly put down as separatism, regionalism, linguistic chauvinism and dubbed anti-national.

Worship of Bharat Mata: How many millions of Kashmiri Muslims have been killed so far? How many thousands of Sikhs shot dead? Anybody asking for his human rights is kicked, killed, burnt, raped or simply shot dead in the name of India's bullshit "unity and integrity".

Worship of the non-existent Bharat Mata is given priority but the wellbeing of the millions of havenots is forgotten for ever.

We can't find greater anti-nationals than these Brahminists killing India — bone by bone, nerve by nerve.

Not a single existing state in India is fulfilling the nationality test.

Punjab in turmoil: Look how the upper caste hate-mongers in Punjab divided the Punjabi-speaking Dalits (Ravidasias) from the Jats. (DV Edit Dec.16, 2009, "Turmoil in Punjab").

The Brahmins (2%) are also not a "nation". So also the Thakurs and Banias. India is a chaotic cockpit of hundreds of warring "nations".

Managing such an maddening crowd of million mutinees, the 2% Brahminists may call it a "nation" with daggers pointed at every head. But even the mightiest army cannot suppress the nationality urges of a people.

This is called the "nationality question", a subject never discussed even in "intellectual circles". Because India's "intellectuals" are corrupt and brain-dead and mostly vaidiks and hence they put the stinking shit under the carpet thinking that no bad smell will come out.

"Italian widow" & "future PM": They think their new-found darling, the son of their hated "Italian widow", would protect their ill-gotten property and pomp. They took him on a guided tour through the crowded Bombay suburban trains and boasted that the "future PM" would protect their financial capital of India. The very next day Bombay exploded. Only by bringing central forces they made the Bombay theatres to exhibit the stupid film.

Break-up of USSR & Yugoslavia: Look how Yugoslavia got shattered into pieces under the impact of nationality upsurge. The breakup of the behemoth Soviet Russia should teach us a lesson. Multiple, diverse nationality pulls and pressures are cracking countries into pieces.

Khurds, Palestinians, Kashmiris are the uppermost questions today crying for nationhood.

When India is a subcontinent of hundreds of such nationalities crying for self-determination how can the mere 3% ruling grass-eating Brahmin-Bania micro-minority hold it under their grip? They can no longer put down nationality urges — contemptuously branding them casteist, communal, chauvinistic, maoist, anti-national movements.

Need to study "nationality question": There is an urgent need to study the needs of "nations" fighting for self-determination. Anti-"national" Brahminists cannot decide on India's nationhood — based on ethnicity, language, territory, culture etc. The alien Brahminical culture cannot rule over indigenous vibrant nations.

M.K. Gandhi and his bogus gandhism have been protecting the ruling class. Finally they only killed him. The British, however, did recognise the nationality urges. That is why the Brahminists groomed Gandhi to fight the British. But the nationality question could not be submerged under the gandhian carpet.

DV Jan.1, 2010 p. 11: "DV supports Telengana & all small states" & "Death of Akhand Bharat — Signs of India breaking into nation-states".

DV Edit Nov.16, 2008: "Cracks expose India's fragile nation-hood: Raj Thackeray hammers Bharat Mata".

DV Edit March 1, 2008: "Angry castes & tribes will explode if Western-style democracy is imposed" & p.5: "Future belongs to caste & regional parties".

DV Edit May 1, 2005: "Wanted debate on nationality question — Strong ethnic identity ensures sure defeat for Hindu nazi stunt called cultural nationalism".

DV March 1, 2005 p. 11: "Telugus worried over surge of Tamil Nationalism".

DV Edit March 16, 1996: "Dalit doubts & fears on nationality question: Is it a bid to destroy growing caste consciousness?"

DV Edit July 1, 1986: "India breaking into nation states?"

Further reading

1. Nationality Qustion in India, TDSS, Seminar papers, 1987, pp.470.

2. Nationalism Without a Nation in India, Dr. G. Aloysius, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2008, pp.270.

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Dalit leaders failed to keep Dalit masses out of Hindu vultures

MOHD. ABDUL RAHIM QURAISHI, PRESIDENT, ALL-INDIA MAJLIS TAMEER-E-MILLAT, NARAYAN GUDA, HYDERABAD - 500 029

I don't have any doubt that the anti-Muslim riots are designed, engineered, planned and perpetrated by the hindutvawadis (RSS, VHP, BJP, Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal). But in most of the communal riots these are Dalits and the OBCs who play into hands of hindutvawadis. Those who wrought havoc and caused damage of life, limb and property are mostly Dalits.

Despite your efforts and others the Dalits in general consider themselves Hindu. Dalits do not blame the upper castes, particularly the Brahmins, responsible for their plight. They blame themselves because the Hindu concept of karma and dharma has seeped deep into their minds and hearts. They think they are born Dalit because of their misdeed in previous life and to be born in a higher caste or with higher social status in the next janam they must be good Dalit, true to their caste — meaning faithfully and dutifully serve the upper castes and particularly Brahmins and do all menial jobs.

Dr. Ambedkar work: Despite all the efforts by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Periyar EVR, you and others we do not see or feel any urge in Dalits to stand up against Brahmins. It is not enough to convey to the educated Dalits that they are not Hindu, it is necessary Dalit masses should be mobilized in this direction.

Enlightened Dalit leaders are not taking any effective steps to reach and go to the masses and educate them and to inspire them towards a social revolution.

Problem with Muslims: As for Indian Muslims except for South India (Kerala and southern TN), Islam came to this land through the north-western part, from Iran and Central Asia. By that time Islam was contaminated with unislamic concept of high and low and the Islamic teachings of equality of mankind was practically pushed back. This concept of high and low was strengthened as the contacts grew between Muslims and Hindus. They imitated Hindus dividing Muslims into bradaris and holding some bradaris high and some low. This you can find even now in North India in UP, Bihar and elsewhere. In the South, the society is less watertight. Particularly in the part of country in which I reside, there is no bradaris.

The Muslims who harbour the unislamic concept of high and low will not join with the Dalits for standing up against Brahminism. We have to inspire Muslims with true teachings of Islam.

Racial touch: I have some reservations about your use of the phrase "blood brothers" for Muslims and Dalits. I smell racial sentiments in this phrase. To whatever race or blood one belongs, he is a brother to a Muslim.

I think the identity proposed by Shyam Sunder as Mool Bharati is better and useful than "caste identity".

My stress is that the Dalit leaders should make the Dalits realize that they are not Hindu and that they have not born low. They should quit everything that is old — the names, customs, festivals etc. which make them Hindu. The name Ram and Kishan are very popular among Dalit. They celebrate Hindu festivals like Dasara and Diwali. When Dalits celebrate their festivals no Hindu joins them.

In short the Dalit leadership should create a distinct character and identity of the Dalits. This was also the thinking of late Dalit leader, Shyam Sunder.

The Muslim leadership should also educate their community to practice Islamic concept of equality of mankind by doing away with biradari and other systems which makes a distinction of high and low. This will kill Brahminical imperialism. In the end of April or May we can plan some programmes for this purpose.

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Muslims blaming Dalits will only help Brahminists

As the country's leading Muslim religious leader with long association with the Hyderabad Nizam's rule that assured full protection and equality to Dalits, and also our long standing brother, we never expected you to put the blame on Dalit leadership for not preventing the hinduisation (enslavement) of Dalits. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Bhim Sena chief Shyam Sunder were two of our greatest leaders who did everything to stop hinduisation of India. But the crooked Brahmins managed the master-crook Gujarati Bania Gandhi to undo their efforts by rejecting their demand for separate electorate which would have made us a separate, distinct element other than the Hindu.

Dalits are dumb-driven cattle: The Muslim leadership of those days had fully backed Dr. Ambedkar. But after the partition, both Dalits and Muslims got weakened, the strong bond between the two got broken and the hinduisation (enslavement) of Dalits started with a break neck speed.

The direct consequences of this is Dalits being groomed to attack Muslims.

Muslims as our elder brothers and possessing a revolutionary religion should have provided the leadership — without blaming the Dalits who are like the dumb-driven cattle. Brahmins who have the money, their media and their powerful religious leadership have purchased and brainwashed our innocent people. Muslims are sitting silent as our people are getting hinduised.

Your argument blaming Dalit leadership will only help the Brahmins to go on hinduising the Dalits and make them kill Muslims. This argument must stop. If it doesn't the Muslims will get into more serious blood bath. At your proposed meeting we must have serious talks with Muslim religious leadership to evolve a strategy. We are ready — EDITOR.
In support of DV theory on "Jews of India"

KESHAVA SHET

This is in support of your theory on Jews and the "Jews of India". The percentage of Jews, that is 2.9%, is surprisingly the same as that of Brahmins in India. Of Jews — may be a recent phenomena but Brahmins in India have ruled through stratification of society for over 3,000 years (Kshatriya rulers being under their influence). Only in the North, Budhism was in practice for nearly 900 years when Brahmins lost the clout. Even now they have a hold on bureaucracy, media and education. Their diabolical plans and money power held by their institutions like temples whose gods are like MNC brands, and mutts whose heads wield power over the society. The Sangh Pariwar is fully backed by these forces just as Jews have the power in America. (keshavashet@yahoo.com)
English liberates Dalits

MADHU CHANDRA, NEW DELHI

The Supreme Court may have touted English as the flagbearer of knowledge economy but the role of the Queen's language as a "social leveller" is witnessing a renewed push for English education among weaker sections. Six decades after "independence", there is a new-found zeal among intellectuals that English will not only equip SC/STs for "new economy jobs" but also aid them in breaking free from the pernicious caste system. The love for English as the new lingua franca is visible. In her fourth tenure as CM of UP, Mayawati made English compulsory in primary education in the state. While importance of foreign language in a globalised world is valid for all, her decision could be seen as flowing from Dr. Ambedkar's thoughts. Her move stands out in the face of opposition from well-heeled rivals who see it as "cultural subversion". SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and MNS leader Raj Thackeray have made a strong pitch for mother tongue over English. Their opposition contrasts with acceptability of English among Dalits. The pro-English mood has its roots in Dr. Ambedkar who saw "English" and "urban landscape" as the twin tools for social liberation. For him, English was the game changer - before its advent, Dalits saw their destinies as "preordained" which later they saw as "man-made". The foreign language is seen as the catalyst in social transition. (finicy@gmail.com)
Brahminical Budhist centres are enemies of Dalits

NAME & ADDRESS WITHHELD (NAGPUR)

We are running a sacred Budha Vihar at Kamptee, Nagpur, and invited you to visit our centre during your recent visit in connection with the DV silver jubilee gathering. But you did not come.

You are right. We did receive your invitation. The reason is our DV family members said yours is a Brahminical Budhist centre. Running such centres has become a fashion with our people who immediately get full support, name, fame and money from the enemy. In Bangalore also, the Mahabodhi Brahminical forces encourage such centres and "killed" the fire in our people — EDITOR.
"Barbarity of the Brahmin" as described by two Brahmin writers

V.S. Naipaul, himself a Brahmin whose ancestors had settled abroad centuries ago, gained international celebrity status when he wrote the book, Wounded Civilisation portraying "Hindu India" as a stupid, idiotic country ruled by his own jatwalas.

While he gained name and fame from his literary achievements, his jatwalas in India became furious and denounced him as a third rate writer because he honestly condemned Brahmins as topclass frauds. This made the Brahmin in Naipaul to mellow and realise as he grew old that if he continued jabbing at his jatwalas the "Jews of India" would prevail over Jewish-controlled Nobel Foundation to deny him the Nobel prize. The Brahmin in Naipaul prevailed and he started praising the Brahmins. By then it was too late. Naipaul got the award after he started praising Brahmins. The Brahmin in him killed the genius in him.

Beef-eating Brahmin: We are reproducing a passage from his book, Wounded Civilisation, in which he exposed the Brahmin hypocrisy and dwelt on the strong anti-Brahmin fury prevailing in India. Naipaul was impressed with the novel of a fellow Karnataka Brahmin writer who too in his younger days married a Christian girl, ate beef, sang Lohia lullabies and the Brahmin media boosted him sky-high and hailed him as "socialist savant".

Topclass frauds: Soon the Brahmin in him prevailed and turned him into a "Socialist Brahmin" who is more dangerous than a "Sacred Brahmin". (Read our book, Socialist Brahmin vs. Sacred Brahmin, DSA-).

His Kannada book, Samskara, Naipaul says, very beautifully portrays the "Brahminic barbarity" and the Brahmins as topclass frauds.

The problem with the Brahmin is very serious. No Brahmin has so far been able to get over this dotage — the victim of his own sick society.

During his younger days the Brahmin is fired by the youthful idealism and he turns a marxist, naxalite, maoist, anarchist, atheist and what not. That is how M.N. Roy, the Bengali Brahmin, became founder of the Indian Communist Party and advocated wholesale Hindu conversion to Islam to liberate India from Brahminism (Read his book, The Historical Role of Islam, photocopy available with DV).

S.A. Dange, Chairman of the Communist Party, as he grew old came to the conclusion that "all the wisdom of Karl Marx came from the Vedanta", for which he was expelled from the party itself. The Marathi Brahmin died a vedantist.

Look at the mischievous Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer who fell in love with Dalits and successfully duped both Dalits and Muslims but continued to mouth socialist slogans.

The "famous" E.M.S. Namboodiripad died as an orthodox marxist Brahmin (DV Edit Nov.16, 2009: "EMS was Brahmin first, communist next: Cheated Dalits, BCs, Muslims & destroyed Kerala").

Jawaharlal Nehru, the fire-eating socialist, out of love for his Kashmiri Brahmins, fought a war with Pakistan for the sake of his jatwalas and permanently put the Himalayan state in thrishanku swarga —despite the UN verdict that Kashmir is a "disputed territory".

Caste above the country: We have not came across one Brahmin who has been honest with his conscience because the sanskara does not permit him to go against his jati. This sanskara is hanging right over his head like a dagger and throughout he lives with this fear. That is why to him his caste is greater than the country. Show us one Brahmin who has gone against the sanskara. This is the tragic story of a Brahmin which Naipaul relates here — EDITOR.
"Butcher of Bengal" as darling of Bhadralok

Prof. ABUL QASEM, CALCUTTA

Jyoti Basu was the longest serving Chief Minister of any state in India (DV Feb.16, 2010, p.9). As head of the ruling Left Front he ruled W.Bengal for 23 years from 1977 to 2000. He never dreamt to become the CM. For the first five years of his tenure the communists shouted from roof top that Indira Gandhi would dismiss his govt. which, however, never happened.

He will be best known as a man of status quo. He never tried to push through any of the policies which the powerful manuwadis and upper caste bureaucrats resisted.

Though land reform started soon after the Left came to power, it had to be abandoned when the marxists realised that their supporters in the countryside were upper caste landowners. This rural educated section (teachers) who have to do party work more but not bother much about teaching. 32 years ago primary school teacher's monthly pay was Rs. 200 month. Now over Rs. 5,000.

Giving the havenots very little and yet controlling the vast rural area with the help of the upper castes has been the modus operandi of the manuwadi marxists.

Muslim support: Pass-fail system was abolished in Bengal. Children are promoted to the higher class without exam. The idea behind this is to keep the children unlettered. 40% children of class III and IV cannot read and write Bengali. The percentage is higher for SC/ST/OBC and Muslims. After he took over, industrial units one by one closed. Howrah dt., which had maximum number of factories is today barren.

He was more interested to remain as CM than do something concrete to save his state. Most important quality of this marxist was to maintain the status quo. Muslims supported him because no state-sponsored anti-Muslim riots took place during the last 32 years unlike the anti-Muslim riot (1964) under the very nose of the then Congress Chief Minister P.C. Sen when 10 lakh Muslims emigrated to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). (abulqaseem2008@yahoo.com)

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Mulayam fears an all-women parliament

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Sunday said the women's reservation bill was an "international conspiracy" to weaken Indian democracy and said it would ultimately lead to an all-women parliament that would be "alarming" for the country.

"The women's reservation bill will eventually weaken Indian democracy and it is really unfortunate that the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government at the centre was playing into the hands of those whose only intent was to break the backbone of Indian democracy," Mulayam Singh said at a press conference here.

He was of the view that 33 percent reservation for women in legislatures would finally make it a nearly all-women parliament.

"The manner in which 33 percent seats would be reserved for women in every election, would lead to sending about 80-85 percent women to the parliament," he said.

Terming that as an "alarming situation", he asked, "just imagine what would be the fate of this nation in the hands of inexperienced leadership, with both Pakistan and China sitting across our borders with their own nefarious designs?"

He claimed that the reservation bill would further deprive members of the minority communities, tribals and Dalits from entering parliament or state legislatures.

"As it is, as many as a dozen states had not elected a single Muslim at the last election; therefore it was extremely important that the bill provides for reservation of some seats for women belonging to the minority community, OBCs and Dalits," he stressed.

"I am not opposed to reservation for women, but I am opposed to the bill in its present form," Mulayam Singh added.

He said that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav were also with him on the issue and that they would continue to fight together against the bill.

Source: IANS

14/03/2010
Beggars off Delhi roads before Games, court assured

New Delhi: Roads in the national capital will be free of beggars before the Commonwealth Games in October, the city government told the Delhi High Court. It added that letters have gone to different states to rehabilitate the beggars.

In an affidavit filed earlier this week, the government informed a division bench of Justice Vikramjit Sen and Justice Manmohan Singh that it has written letters to 10 states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, to take back beggars hailing from these states.

According to the social welfare department, the maximum number of people begging on Delhi roads are from Uttar Pradesh with 27 percent, followed by Bihar that accounts for 17 percent. West Bengal comes third with 5.72 percent and Haryana accounts for 5.17 percent.

The reason these people throng the Delhi roads is that begging in the capital city is more profitable compared to other cities, says a survey by by the social welfare department.

Despite conducting an anti-begging drive, the government had failed to make Delhi streets free of beggars.

The Delhi High Court had earlier ruled that beggars should be rehabilitated in their native places in coordination with the Delhi government and various states.

The government also runs mobile courts for this purpose. These vans catch beggars and present them before the court, and subsequently they are sent to their respective states.

According to the latest data available, 242 beggars were taken in by the mobile court and 122 were later released.

The court was hearing a public interest petition of social activist Harsh Mander, who said that begging should be decriminalised.

"If a person is destitute and begs for living, such a person cannot be treated as a criminal. He cannot be arrested or sentenced," he said in his petition.

He also challenged the constitutional validity of the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act.

Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, arguing on behalf of Mander, said: "We are protesting against the unconstitutionality of the present act that says begging is a crime."

On this the bench said: "You are seeing only one side of the picture."

The court asked the government to file its response by Aug 9 as to what it was doing to amend the present anti-begging act.

Source: IANS

Nuclear Liability Bill 2010 India Part - I

Introduction to the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill India

Mar 14, 2010 Manoj Yadav

The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill has started a debate in India even before it is introduced in the Indian Parliament. An article giving overview of the bill.

The Indo-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Agreement was enacted successfully in October, 2008. The agreement was to facilitate civilian nuclear partnership between United States and India along with many other mutual benefits on the term that India will separate its civilian and military nuclear facilities and put civilian facilities under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection.

To facilitate nuclear commerce and attract U.S. private companies involved in nuclear commerce, it is necessary to pass the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill also known as Nuclear Liability Bill. Nuclear Liability Bill will thus define the financial and legal liabilities upon the involved groups, manufacturers, operators and government in case a nuclear accident occurs. In this case the suppliers and builders will be the U.S. private companies and the operator will be the Indian government controlled Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has prepared the bill which has been approved by the ministerial cabinet on November 19, 2009. The bill will be introduced in the Indian Parliament on Monday, March 15, 2010 by the government.

Nuclear Liability Bill – Why is it necessary?

India has an ambitious and indigenous nuclear power program to achieve the goal of 20,000 MWe electricity produced through nuclear energy by 2020 which will be further increased to 60,000 MWe by 2032. In this way, India will produced 25 percent of its electricity from nuclear power plants by 2050. Presently, India is producing 3981 MWe of electricity through nuclear power. The share of nuclear power can be increased with the involvement of foreign private involvement in manufacturing and supply of nuclear reactors.

To reap the benefits of Indo-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Deal of nuclear commerce and attract the U.S. companies involved in nuclear commerce like General Electric and Westinghouse, it was necessary to introduce a liability bill which would help these private companies in getting insurance cover in their home state. Thus, the bill will help in the realization of the Indo-U.S. Nuclear deal.

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There is no international obligation as such for the bill. Some countries of the Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG) like France and Russia do not require any kind of liability bill for nuclear trade. Both of these countries have shown interest in nuclear collaboration with India. Still, there are some countries in the group like U.S. which require the host country to have a liability bill for a possible nuclear accident.

After the enactment of the Nuclear Liability Bill, India will join the international convention on liability in the civil nuclear arena. India will thus be benefited by the nuclear trade with the participating countries in the nuclear arena. The bill shall necessitate suitable amendments in the Atomic Energy Act 1962 which will pave way for private investment in the Indian nuclear power program.

Ongoing Debate over the Nuclear Liability Bill

The motive behind the bill is also to legally and financially bind the operator and the government to provide relief to the affected population in the case of a nuclear accident. But the amount of financial assistance and legal relief is a point of debate as it is being considered insufficient and unsatisfactory. Other than this, the bill contain certain clauses which if implemented will let free the manufacturer and supplier legally and to a large extent financially as well.

According to the groups opposing the bill – in case of a nuclear mishap which if occurs due to defect in manufacturing process or the imported facilities, the manufacturers and suppliers are also culpable and should be financially and legally liable as well.

The bill has started a debate in India between the government, opposition, social and environmental organizations. Because of certain clauses which seem to stake national interests in case of a nuclear accident the bill is likely to face strong opposition when it will be introduced in the Indian Parliament on March 15,2010.

References:

'Nuclear Power in India', World Nuclear News, February 15, 2010.

Neena Vyas,'Nuclear Liability Bill to be introduced on Monday', The Hindu, March 13, 2010.

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Yeddyurappa's poll vault: Rs 18,000 crore for Bangalore infrastructure

Stephen David

Bangalore, March 5, 2010

Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who presented the Karnataka budget over two hours at the Vidhana Soudha a few minutes after rahu kala ended at 12.30 pm on Friday, is batting big for urban development. With the courts directing the Bangalore city corporation - or Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike BBMP - to hold the much delayed civic polls [due from November 2006] to elect a new mayor and councilors by this month-end, the CM had no choice but to give a liberal infrastructure package to the state capital hoping to sway the visitors to his side.

Of the roughly Rs 18,800 crore package for Bangalore about Rs 3,000 crore is marked for roads and flyovers, Rs 304 crore for water supply,
Rs 100 crore for drainage systems and Rs 200 crore for lake development. Another Rs 600 crore has been set aside for the CM City Development Scheme, to spruce up small city corporations and municipalities.

Abour Rs 249 crore will be raised from higher life time tax for new vehicles while smokers will feel the heat with higher tobacco price now.

Yeddyurappa's plan to increase VAT has been slammed by Opposition leader in the assembly Siddaramaiah who feels that the hike will lead
to further hike in price rise. "This is an anti-people anti-development budget," the Congress leader said, adding that there was not much to show in the area of "power and irrigation". The state is reeling under a power shortage and Yeddyurappa has already announced plans to buy power to tide over possible adverse reactions especially in this schools exam month.

As per the Revised Estimates (RE) for 2009-10, the total revenue receipts are expected to be Rs 55,381 crore against Rs 61,070 crore in the budget estimates. The RE of total government expenditure was expected to be Rs 60,051 crore against Rs 62,414 crore estimated in the budget. The government expects to collect Rs 36,228 crore of tax revenue and Rs 2,820 crore of non-tax revenue.

The total central transfers, including taxes and grants, would be Rs 14,591 crore, said Yeddyurappa while the fiscal deficit is estimated to be Rs 9,708.46 crore.

There is good money for religious bodies too: Rs 207 crore for the minority development board, subsidies for Kailash Manasarovar pilgrims, Rs 5 crore for a Haj Bhavan in Bangalore and financial assistance to some more religious institutions.

Rs 10 crore each has also been given to government medical colleges in Yeddyurappa's home district Shimoga and JD-S honcho and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda's home district Hassan. While a new agricultural university will also be established in Shimoga, Bellary the home of the mining lords - Gali Reddy brothers two of whom are Cabinet ministers for Revenue and Tourism and Infrastructure - will also have a new university. While Rs 1 crore has been given to the National Law School of India university in Bangalore, Rs 5 crore has been set aside for a new cultural/Sanskrit university in the state capital.

Yeddyurappa wants to go one up on the parliamentary quota for women: he wants 50 per cent reservation for women in the 5,000-odd gram
panchayats across the state.

"The CM has done a fine balancing act and his main agenda is development and obviously he wants to bridge the rural-urban divide and work for the cause of women's empowerment and development," former Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Shobha Karandlaje told
India Today.

For the time being atleast it is the civic polls on his mind in Bangalore which has over a dozen BJP legislators spread across the 198 wards. With a special Bangalore package announced today and a pro-active city commissioner Bharat Lal Meena the CM's dream to elect a BJP majority council and a party mayor may not be an unrealistic dream.

Naxal truce: Too good to be true

Amitabh Srivastava

Patna, February 28, 2010

The Maoists' 72-day ceasefire offer has thrown the government for a loop. The proposed truce treaty seems too tacit to be trusted; but too rare to be rejected at the outset.

Kishenji, a Maoists leader believed to be based in West Bengal, has offered a truce while seeking the government to reciprocate and withdraw the troops for the talks.

Even before going into the substance of the Maoist proposal, its timing - offering peace at a time when a massive assault against them is on the cards - raises a question mark. Are the rebels serious or simply buying time?

The timing has other crucial significance as well since this is the time when leaves fall of the trees, which may make it difficult for the Maoists to stay hidden in the hills during a paramilitary reconnaissance. The weather is perhaps one crucial reason why the Centre too has planned an operation now and the Maoists are walking the extra mile to shelve it.

A section of top police officers in Bihar and Jharkhand believe that a ceasefire would be perfect foil for the Naxalites to regroup and consolidate their positions, as they appear a bit vulnerable in the backdrop of Centre's determined effort to crackdown.

Although the Maoists have not only remained operational but even flourished during and in the aftermath of all previous police operations, the biggest offensive on cards may have unnerved the rebels.

The police administration has no reasons to trust the Maoists. But, the Centre can ill-afford to let ideas dictate their future understanding. "There are too many issues. It's not meant to be. It's not our history. It's not our future," said a senior IPS officer in Jharkhand, dismissing the Maoist offer as a subterfuge.

The trust bar between the Maoist and the government is almost non-existent, the previous initiatives have fallen through; and a full peace accord remains to be worked out.

But, isn't it time to step back and create a new template? There are a few who toe this line as well. "But, this is perhaps the first time the government has an opportunity to hold a direct discussion with the Maoists. I don't see any reasons why they should let go the opportunity," said Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, a former director General of Police in Jharkhand.

Prasad obviously believes that there exists a small chance for peace if the government can use this opportunity to fruition. "After all, administration is an art of possibilities," he said.

Although it is still too early to hope for big breakthrough in case the Maoists and the ministers settles down for a roundtable, the stakes involved in the entrenched tension between the rebels and the cops and its dangerous ramifications on society and governance explains why the offer is worth lapping up even if Kishanji's peace offer could be driven by his desire to escape a war at full-throttle.

The Maoists offer has come days after the rebels killed 24 police in a brazen attack on a security camp in West Bengal state. Last week, in a retaliatory act of violence the Maoists killed 11 people in Bihar's Jamui district to avenge an earlier killing of their supporters.

Almost at the same time Jharkhand Administration was forced to kowtow and allow release of two suspected Maoists on bail as part of the swap deal to secure release of a Block Development officer from Maoists captivity.

The bottom-line is that the Centre needs to have unstinted support from West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Jharkhand to take the proposed operation Greenhunt against the Maoists to a desired destination-in case Chidambaram does not accede to Maoist offer.

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Nuclear Liability Bill ignores Finance, Environment Ministries' objections Siddharth Varadarajan

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet overrode strong objections from both the Finance and Environment Ministries in approving the controversial Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill November last, The Hindu has learned. These objections related to the impact of the law on safety standards and on providing adequate compensation in the event of a nuclear accident.

The Bill, which the government is to introduce in Parliament this session, channels all liability stemming from a nuclear accident to the operator of the plant. The maximum liability for an incident has been fixed at 300 million SDRs (approximately Rs. 2,385 crore), but the liability of the operator, whether public or private, is capped at Rs. 500 crore. The draft law will enable the country to accede to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC), without which the United States says its companies will not be able to sell nuclear equipment to India.

In its comments, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) drew attention to the law's failure to specify the amount of compensation for death or damage due to an accident. It said nuclear damage to human and animal life and the environment were long-term and needed a thorough understanding of the subject, "especially as the Act is for final compensation and not for interim relief."

The MoEF pointed out that the law did not specify which agency or entity was eligible to file a claim for compensation for damage to the environment. Finally, in the absence of the Health Ministry batting for its concerns, it said the 10-year limit for filing of claims was too low "since the nuclear damage involves changes in DNAs resulting in mutagenic and teratogenic changes, which take a long time to manifest." It observed that more scientific guidelines were needed to ensure the competent claims authority was able to review these kinds of damage and award compensation "which is just."

The Finance Ministry focussed its criticism on the central tenet of the law — the need to limit the liability of private companies involved in the nuclear business to Rs. 500 crore. Noting that the difference between that figure and the maximum liability of Rs. 2,385 crore would have to be made good by the government, the Ministry questioned the Department of Atomic Energy's rationale that the risk of accidents was low and that unlimited liability would hinder the growth of the nuclear industry in the country.

Limiting the liability in an arbitrary way could "expose the government to substantial liabilities for the failings of the private sector management in such installations," it said in its submissions to the Cabinet.

In the end, however, the objections were rejected and the draft law approved as it stood.

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