For some fans of Modi, so far, so disappointing

BY SANJEEV MIGLANI

NEW DELHI Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:41am IST

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacts during a meeting with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff 

(not pictured) on the sidelines of the 6th BRICS summit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia July 16, 

Reuters) - As an election campaigner, Narendra Modi promised sweeping market reforms to revive India's economy and put the country to work. As prime minister, he has dismayed admirers, apparently reverting to the script of the hapless government he defeated.

INDIAN POLITICS - A DIVISIVE POLITICS

Divide and rule, the famous punch line attributed to British has been the eternal weapon of Indian polity in the short history of independent India.It appears the present and past polity had either no clue to mitigation of  poverty or never had any inclination to do it in a meaningful manner. So they took refuge in the politics of division and appeasement.So issues like agriculturist vs non agriculturist, rural vs urban, rich vs poor, One State Resident vs Other State Resident, Dalit vs OBC vs Others, Male vs Female, Hindu vs Muslim and similar minority cards. In short they always worked against the first and foremost pillar of all equalities enshrined in the Indian constitution i.e all individuals will be treated at par for all purposes irrespective of their gender, colour, caste, creed, religion and place of birth to fulfill their own baser instincts ( money, wine, woman and power )

India has seen a lot of hooliganism and riots in the name of these demeaning divisive slogans patronized by different hues of Indian polity from time to time. Need less to emphasize that such crooked activities are resorted to to win elections or topple the governments of your adversaries.All violent activities are organised and encouraged to fulfill the  desires of politicians and have little or negligible contribution to the welfare of the masses. Reservation policy is a typical case in point. All political parties are guilty of using this card for their own benefit. But what has happened to the so called beneficiary group. Dalits and scheduled tribes constitute more than 22% of the Indian population. But to date hardly 2.0 lakh individuals could be benefited during the last 67 years as a result of this policy out of 30 crores. At this rate the Dalit upliftment program seems to be designed for couple of thousand years of rule by this dishonest and insincere polity.

"Riots have been deliberately created, increased after Modi's government came to power", says Sonia Gandhi..Yes, that is a fact and nobody denies it. Congress and all parties have been guilty of such manipulations from time to time. But has anybody after a big electoral success indulged in such disruptive activity to put his own government in jeopardy or is it that those who get decimated in electoral process indulge in this to regain lost ground. Most of the anti Modi parties have been prophesying that  Modi's coming to power will be a disaster and doom for India. It appears now they are working overtime to prove their prophesy right.

Subsidies kill, but are less murderous than political intentions

R BALAKRISHNAN | 02/08/2014 03:43 PM |   

The government's idea to get people to voluntarily forgo their LPG subsidy as an exercise in "nation building" has raised peoples' hackles.  The SMS from oil companies says, "Want to join Nation Building? It's simple - just give up LPG subsidy." Now if only the minister or the prime minister had said, "I am giving up my LPG subsidy. Join me in nation building"

The Union Government wants me to forgo my subsidy of around Rs500 per LPG cylinder. And it thinks that if I ignore the SMS, it will ‘expose’ the ‘rich’ who want to hang on to benefits meant for the poor.  If all of us filthy rich people who save fortunes due to this subsidy on cooking gas decide to give it up, it will add up to a princely sum of Rs3,500 crore. Mr Narendra Modi, thank you. I have no guilt in enjoying this subsidy. In fact, I get a small vicarious pleasure in getting something back from a system that has only taken from me all my life. Why is it that the system favours those who are parasitical to the extreme?

Given the noise about the Gujarat model, I thought that the age of meritocracy had to come. Alas, the Modi government seems to be bent on pushing honest citizens against the wall. Encouraging parasites to thrive through subsidies is surely not the way Gujarat has reached where it has, but the message this time is all wrong. If the Modi government is serious about the “Gujarat model”, we should actually see all subsidies being banished and that there are rewards for honesty and merit.

10 Digital Solutions to Make India the Best-Governed Nation - Moneylife

A 10-point digital roadmap for Mr Narendra Modi, that protects our assets, ensures that the right projects are undertaken, and delivers justice, equality, and liberty for all

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inherited an India with major challenges: an economy that fails to distribute the needs but pushes the wants; an environment that is being irreversibly stripped off; a hassle-filled life where red tape, fraud, corruption and indifference are ever increasing; failed land-use management is destroying India’s forests, mountains, rivers, streams, and farms, and at the same time flooding its courts with disputes. Over and above all this, it is almost impossible to make the right projects happen in the right place at the right time wasting thousands of crores of tax-payers’ money

To remove all these ills, Mr Modi has to redesign the way governance works. What should he do to redesign governance quickly? Here is a roadmap that focuses on the need to protect the assets of the country, and to ensure that the right projects are being undertaken, where no one is denied benefits, where justice, equality, and liberty are within reach, the future scenarios are shared, and democracy is not a distant dream.

Black economy now amounts to 75% of GDP - The Hindu

Black economy now amounts to 75% of GDP - The Hindu

Driven substantially by the higher education sector, real estate deals and mining income, India’s black economy could now be nearly three-quarters the size of its reported Gross Domestic Product (GDP). These are among the findings of a confidential report commissioned by the government and accessed exclusively by The Hindu.

Since there were no “reliable” estimates of black money generated in India and held within and outside the country, the UPA government commissioned the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) to estimate the black money in India and held overseas by Indians.