Spineless Indian Govt!

Why Help Pakistan when they do not want our help.What is our govt doing giving away 25 m$ when we ourselves are going through such critical sitituations in our own country.The Govt is just not paying heed to the Chinese army movements in POK and Arunachal.Are they waiting for chinese aggression? what do we do?discuss,read in papers and sit at home cooly.Are we going to do something?????

Jammu and Kashmir – A Political Solution

Apart from tackling terrorism and enforcing defeat on the secessionist forces the issue involved in J&K is also a political and as such a political solution has to found to end the present turmoil. But, before that the Government of India and the political leadership of the country have to look into the causes those led to the present situation. They have to take note of the blunders and the follies committed by the Centre that is responsible for the failure to bring the Kashmiri into the national mainstream and to rectify those mistakes. The mistakes were: imposing Kashmiri rule on the people of Jammu and Ladakh regions without seeking their consent, there by subjecting them to Kashmiri domination and discrimination, not reorganizing the state by dividing it into three independent political units on the basis of cultural, linguistic and geographical identities as was done in the rest of the country after independence, taking the issue of J&K to the United Nation, granting autonomy to the state under article 370 thus giving space to raise doubts about the integration of state with India and indirectly accepting the Two Nation Theory, and following appeasement policy towards the Kashmiri Muslims as a part of vote bank policy. The Kashmiri leadership mind set wants at present to get Azadi and form an independent Islamic State, outside the preview of the Indian State and Indian Constitution. The proposal of Self Rule of People Democratic Party which is the replica of Mushraf’s formula is deceptive and basically is inconformity with Abdul Shah Geelani demand of making whole of Jammu & Kashmir as part of Pakistan. By demanding the Greater Autonomy, National Conference wants the withdrawal of Indian Constitution though agreeing to keep the State under the territorial jurisdiction of Indian State, for the time being. Unfortunate part is that they want Ladakh and Jammu regions be dragged along the path proposed by them against their wishes and aspirations. Can India afford to agree to any form of the solutions being proposed? Would any of the solutions save the integrity of the country and keep Jammu & Kashmir as a part of the Indian State with democratic and secular traditions? Can any of the solutions guarantee that peace would be restored in Jammu & Kashmir and in the Indian sub- continent and the separatist and fundamentalist forces acting in the Valley and in the country on the behest of Pakistan would end the insurgency and the so called Jehad The Government of India should take lesson from the past and rectify the mistakes at the earliest without wasting any further time. Govt. of India must forcefully stakes its claim on the Pakistan occupied territory of Jammu & Kashmir and adopt offensive policy in the world fora for its vacation. The policy of unduly pampering, patronizing and favouring only one section of the population of Kashmir Valley at the cost of other Kashmir based communities and Jammu and Ladakh regions needs to be changed as this policy instead of bringing Kashmiri people in the national mainstream provided an opportunity to the political mafias operating in the valley to exploit the situation for their own benefit and further distance the people from the national mainstream. The so called alienation of the people of Kashmir Valley is because of this political mafia that created a wall between them and the centre and blamed the Government of India for all their misdeeds. The voice of Gujjars, Shias, Kashmiri Pandits, Sikhs and other minorities which are or were part of the Valley must be heard and given due weight age. The aspirations of the people of Jammu and Ladakh regions should be fulfilled and discrimination against them, political, economic and administrative must end. The issues pertaining to refugees and displaced persons of 1947, 1965 and 1971 both from POK and West Pakistan be addressed and be resolved as per their satisfaction. The policy adopted by the Government of India to create states for the development of the people while safe guarding and promoting their culture and identities be also applied in Jammu and Kashmir.The demand of the time is to reorganize Jammu and Kashmir State and divide it into four political units with Jammu region and Kashmir constituting separate states, granting Ladakh a union territory status and carving out a piece of land from Kashmir Valley for the settlement of Kashmiri Pandits and other minorities which is also to be administered by the centre. Then the wishes of the people of these politically independent units be ascertained and provided a political structure and compensations as per their wishes within the Indian constitution. The political leadership and those at the helm of the affairs must realize that people of Jammu and Kashmir do not have single culture and one identity of Kashmiriat as being propagated by the Kashmiri leaders time and again. In the Kashmir Valley itself which constitute merely 15% area of the state there are Gujjars, Kashmiri Pandits and Panjabi speaking ethnic groups which constitute more than 30% of the Valley population. Jammu region and Ladakh region have distinct cultural, historic, linguistic and identities different from each other and that of the Valley. Giving extra importance to Kashmiri leaders and the separatists groups operating in the Valley and finding the solution that suits them would be a suicidal for the integrity of the country. Such a solution would be resisted by the people of Jammu and Ladakh regions and other nationalists in the state and in the rest of the country. Instead of going for such a solution it would be better to hold referendum with each province/region forming a unit to seek the opinion on the solutions under the considerations of the Indian Government. The opinions of the POK migrants, Kashmiri Pandits and of the West Pakistan refugees have also to be ascertained on the issues.

टीओआई और साइनोवेट(ग्लोबल मार्केट रिसर्च एजेंसी)के ताजा सर्वे

टीओआई और साइनोवेट(ग्लोबल मार्केट रिसर्च एजेंसी)के ताजा सर्वे . . .
सर्वे में 4 में से 3 लोगों ने गेम्स के बढ़े हुए खर्चको असंगत करारदिया। नवीनतमअनुमान केमुताबिक,कॉमनवेल्थगेम्स का कुलखर्च 28,000 करोड़रुपये है,जिसमें से 16,000करोड़ रुपयेसिर्फ शहर केइंफ्रास्ट्रक्चरको डिवेलपकरने लिए खर्चकिया गया है।

सर्वे में 80% से ज्यादा लोगों का मानना है कि गेम्स पर किए जा रहे खर्च का भार आम करदाताओं को भुगतना पड़ेगा। जबकि, 5 फीसदी लोगों ने इस बारे में कुछ नहीं कहा। यही नहीं गेम्स में जो घूसखोरी मची हुई है उसका पैसा भी लोगों के पॉकिट से ही जा रहा, इसको लेकर लोग और दुखी हैं। तकरीबन 56% लोगों का मानना है कि गेम्स की तैयारियों में करप्शन के कारण दुनिया में भारत की इमेज खराब हुई है। वहीं 47% लोगों ने कहना है कि देरी और अस्तव्यस्त तैयारियों के कारण का भारत की इज्जत पर दाग लगा है।

why diffrent laws for diffrent peoples??

why do we have separate rule for different people when the constitution promises equality for all. Buta Singh as chairman of the some commission can only be removed for corruption after procedures different from others is followed. Now the judiciary wants to have a different procedure. I think we have different procedures for some government officials. This is absolutely ridiculous. Nobody and I mean nobody including the President and the Prime Minister should be exempted from being prosecuted for corruption. The procedure adopted for everybody should be the same. I am surprised why this has not been challenged by somebody in a court of law.

I feel that the time has come that we make tough laws for corruption and implement it in a serious manner. It is corruption that making the life of an ordinary citizen hell. From the constable beat to the allocation of ministries are based on the amount of money that a person can make.

The judiciary should understand the provisions of the constitution more than anybody else. If the politicians have to disclose their assets, why can’t the judges? Why ask the judges to declare assets if nobody can see or use them. Clause 6 of the bill does not allow declaration of assets and liabilities to be made public or be questioned by any citizen, court or authority. What is the point of passing this bill. It is useless. Its a waste of time.

In fact, time has come to become very strict and immediately prosecute corrupt government officials. If corruption in government is eliminated, corruption everywhere will be eliminated. Parallel black money economy will disappear. Government corruption is the cause of all the woes of the citizens of this country.

The worst part is that the Congress tabled the bill. It seems that they took the judiciary’s approval before tabling the bill. Next time we want to change laws with respect to criminal behaviour, we will first check wilh the would be or past criminals whether it is acceptable to them. (just an example with no disrespect for the judiciary). It just shows that for the Congress it is business as usual. It is not serious about improving the governance or in bringing about transparency in all government transactions. Let me suggest here that whatever the government may do, the life of the people will not change as corruption intervenes and takes away all the benefits that the citizens of this country should get.

The laws for prosecution for corruption should be the same for everybody.

Is Your MP Underpaid? – they voted a huge hike for themselves

Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Bill to hike Members of Parliaments salaries despite a walkout by the Left , demanding a provision for an independent mechanism to fix the MPs salaries. The Salary, Allowance and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2010, provides threefold hike in basic salaries of MPs from Rs 16,000 to Rs 50,000 while doubling two of their key allowances, namely the daily allowance of members from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 and the constituency and the office expense allowance from Rs 20,000 to Rs 40,000. The bill also seeks to enhance pension of former members from Rs 8,000 to Rs 20,000 with effect from the constitution of present Lok Sabha on May 18, 2009.
Let us just have a look at the facilities that are currently given to the MPs. Leaving apart the “Kursi Ko Salam” facilities like people calling you Sir, people always being around to pick your stuff and government officials giving prompt response on any issues MPs are given a salary of Rs 16,000 per month, office expenses of Rs 20,000 and a constituency allowance of Rs 20,000. Apart from this they get interest free loan to buy car, they can have their petrol paid and make as many phone calls as possible. They get a rent free home with free furniture, electricity, water, gardeners and plants. There are also allowances to wash curtains and sofa covers. Back of the envelope calculations show that the present cost per MP to the government is Rs. 4 lakh per month and with the pay revision it will be around 5.25 lakhs per month.

Today, out of the 543 MPs in Lok Sabha, 315 are crorepatis. In case of Rajya Sabha the figure stands at 100 out of 219. The assets of average Lok Sabha MP have grown from Rs 1.86 crore in the last house to Rs 5.33 crore. That’s 200 percent more and as we all know not all the MPs are known to always declare all their assets. 70 percent of the MPs from Congress are crorepatis. The figure for BJP is 50. Statistics show that the average assets of 304 MPs who contested in 2004 and then again last year grew by 300 percent. But we can complain as we are the ones who vote them. In the last lok sabha elections 99.5 percent of candidates having assets below 10 lakhs lost the elections while 33 percent of candidates having assets above 5 crore won.
They real problem with hike is not about the money; it’s about the image that the MPs have. Interruptions and walkouts reduced the total session to only two-thirds of the scheduled time or 138 hours, which is less than 18 days of work in a session that ran for about 10 weeks. The criminal records of MPS are also no more a secret. The government has been calling upon the CEOs who fix their old salary but why are they not evolving a mechanism so that an independent committee decides on the salaries of the MPs. But none would have a problem if the government recommends an even higher salary but links bulk of those payments to their attendance in the Parliament and the extend of productive work in the session!