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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Indian railway Budget 2012-13 highlights

Union railway minister Dinesh trivedi presented the Indian Union Railway Budget for 2012-13 and here are major highlights of the Railway budget.

-Pasenger fare hike-The increase will be by 2 paise per km for suburban and ordinary second class; 3 paise per km for mail/express second class; 5 paise per km for sleeper class; 10 paise per km for AC Chair Car, AC 3 tier and First Class; 15 paise per km for AC 2 tier and 30 paise per km for AC I.
- Minimum fare and platform tickets to cost Rs 5.
- 50 percent concession in fare in AC-2, AC-3, Chair Car and Sleeper classes to patients suffering from 'Aplastic Anaemia' and 'Sickle Cell Anaemia'.
- Extending the facility of travel by Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains to Arjuna Awardees.
- Travel distance under 'Izzat Scheme' to increase from 100 kms to 150 kms.
- SMS on passenger mobile phone in case of e-ticket to be accepted as proof of valid reservation.
- Introduction of satellite based real time train information system (SIMRAN) to provide train running information to passengers through SMS, internet, etc.
- On board passenger displays indicating next halt station and expected arrival time to be introduced.
- Installation of 321 escalators at important stations of which 50 will be commissioned in 2012-13.
- Introduction of regional cuisine at affordable rates; launching of Book-a-meal scheme to provide multiple choice of meals through SMS or email.
- Introduction of coin/currency operated ticket vending machines.
- Upgradation of 929 stations as Adarsh Stations including 84 stations proposed in 2012-13, 490 stations have been completed so far.
- Specially designed coaches for differently-abled persons to be provided in each Mail/Express trains.
- Introduction of Rail Bandhu on-board magazines on Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Duronto trains.
- Setting up of AC Executive lounges at important stations
- 75 new Express trains to be introduced.
- 21 new passenger services, 9 DEMU services and 8 MEMU services to be introduced.
- Run of 39 trains to be extended.
- Frequency of 23 trains to be increased.
- 75 additional services to run in Mumbai suburban; 44 new suburban services to be introduced in Kolkata area, 50 new services to be introduced in Kolkata Metro; 18 additional services in Chennai area.
- 725 km new lines, 700 km doubling, 800 km gauge conversion and 1,100 km electrification targeted in 2012-13.
- Rs 6,872 cr provided for new lines, Rs 3,393 cr for doubling, Rs 1,950 cr for gauge conversation, Rs 828 cr for electrification
- Highest ever plan outlay of Rs 60,100 cr
- Rae Bareli coach factory manufactured 10 coaches in 2011-12; phase-II of the factory would be commissioned in 2012-13.
- A wagon factory to be set up at Sitapali (Ganjam District of Odisha)
- A rail coach factory with the support of Government of Kerala to be set up at Palakkad; two additional new manufacturing units for coaches to be established in the Kutch area in Gujarat and at Kolar in Karnataka with active participation of the State Governments.
- Setting up of a factory at Shyamnagar in West Bengal to manufacture next generation technology propulsion system for use in high power electric locomotives.
- Creating Missions as recommended by Pitroda Committee to implement the modernization programme.
- Setting up of Railway Tariff Regulatory Authority to be considered.
- New Board Members for Safety/Research and PPP/Marketing to be inducted.
- Rail-Road Grade Separation Corporation to be set up to eliminate level crossings.
- Indian Railway Station Development Corporation to be set up to redevelop stations through PPP mode.
- Logistics Corporation to be set up for development and management of existing railway goods sheds and multi-modal logistics parks.
- National High Speed Rail Authority to be set-up.
- Pre-feasibility studies on six high speed corridors already completed; study on Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Jodhpur to be taken up in 2012-13.
- Introduction of a ‘Green Train’ to run through the pristine forests of North Bengal.
- Setting up of 200 remote railway stations as ‘green energy stations’ powered entirely by solar energy.
- Providing solar lighting system at 1,000 manned level crossing gates.
- 2,500 coaches to be equipped with bio toilets.
- Setting up of 72 MW capacity windmill plants in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
- Installation of Integrated Security System at all 202 identified stations to be completed in 2012-13.
- Escorting of trains by RPF/GRP extended to 3,500 trains.
- Integration of RPF helpline with the All India Passenger Helpline.
- Setting up of a Railway Safety Authority as a statutory regulatory body as recommended by Kakodkar Committee
- Three 'Safety Villages' to be set up at Bengaluru, Kharagpur and Lucknow for skill development for disaster management.
- Over one lakh persons to be recruited in 2012-13 backlog of SC/ST/OBC and other categories to be wiped off.
- Introduction of a wellness programme for railway staff at their work places.
- Ensuring proper rest for skilled and technical staff including the running crew.
- Institution of 'Rail Khel Ratna' Award for 10 rail sports-persons every year.
- New coaching terminal at Naihati, the birth place of Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay commemorating him on 175th Birth Anniversary.
- Project to connect Agartala with Akhaura in Bangladesh to be taken up in 2012-13.
- Freight loading of 1,025 MT targeted; 55 MT more than 2011-12
- Passenger growth targeted at 5.4 percent.

New Trains Announced:

>Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express (6 days)
>Habibganz (Bhopal)-Indore AC Double Decker Express (Daily)
>Kota-Hanumangarh Express (Daily)
>Dwarka-Somnath Express (Daily)
>Ahemadabad-Ajmer Intercity Express (Daily)
>Jabalpur-Sigrauli Intercity Express (Daily)
>Barbul-Chakaradhapur Intercity Express (Daily)
>Kanpur-Allahabad Intercity Express (Daily)
>Chappra-Lucknow Express (Tri-Weekly)
>Ranchi-Dumka Intercity Express (Daily)
>Firozpur-Sriganganagar Express (Daily)
>Bhuvaneshwar-Bhawanipatna Express (Daily)
>Jhansi-Mumbai Express (Weekly)
>Gandhidham-Bandra (T) Express (Weekly)
>Asansol-Chennai Express (Weekly)
>Secunderabad-Shalimar AC Express (Weekly)

Friday, March 9, 2012

Electronic payments - wayout for curbing corruption

Writing a post after a long long time, but was so preoccupied this whole time. Well anyways I am back and this post is regarding -making all government payments electronically, whether the payment is to be made by the government or to the government. It should all be done electronically. Making Payments in which government offices are involved electronically or using cash cards is very important for putting an end to corruption in India, which is corrupt from the root to the highest branch(if we consider India as a tree). There are many advantages of electronic payments over cash payments such as it is much convienient, goes through a bank so no question of black money because Income tax guys have direct eye on high value transactions made electronically. The only disadvantage for the ministers and government officers is that their personal pockets are not filled ie they cant take bribe. To compliment electronic transactions, there should be a premium value(in percentage) in case one has to use cash. This system which I am talking about is not new and is already implemented in many countries, I would give a self example.
During my visit to london in 2010, I went to CarphoneWarehouse showroom for purchasing a mobile phone, It costed 40 pounds and 10 pounds mandatory topup. When I asked for how much I have to pay in cash, the lady told 60 pounds, I argued that in your website You have mentioned 50 pounds which includes topup, she replied if you are paying using a card then you have to pay 50 pounds total else in cash the deal is of 60 pounds. So such scenario will automatically encourage payments electronically rather then conventional methods of payment.
Talking of above case in Indian scenario for payments involving government, suppose government has thrown a tender for some infra project and waits for the minimum bid, Now presently we all know the whole tender process of center and state governments involve lot of bribes to the ministry involved for selection of tender, If whole payment has to be made electronically then one thing is for sure that money involved would be white as no-one can forge bills with wrong values(as it is done presently). This way of electronic payments should then be gradually adopted by non-governemnt institutes, But the most important thing for its implementation is that MP's have to pass a bill making it a law. This condition is most difficult to happen as ministers doesnot want an end to hard cash method of payment. If present corrupt Government of India adopts this method then there would be drastic decrease in black money revolving along with the white economy. Recently UID chairmen Nilekani also proposed thet all payments above 100 Rs should be made electronically. I may have missed certain scenarios in which such method might not be as effective as cash, you can always add that in comment section.
The other obstruction in this appraoch is present thinking of people which give a sort of meagre discounts on cash payments whereas ideally it should be vice-versa. Property prices all over the world are tasting dust but in india there is no decrease in property prices because whole real estate sector thrive on black money. Another advantage of electronic payment methods is that there would be tremendous increase in direct and indirect tax collection of the government as presently there is no tax collection from transactions involving black money.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Make Payments involving Government electronic to curb corruption

Writing a post after a long long time, but was so preoccupied this whole time. Well anyways I am back and this post is regarding -making all government payments electronically, whether the payment is to be made by the government or to the government. It should all be done electronically. Making Payments in which government offices are involved electronically or using cash cards is very important for putting an end to corruption in India, which is corrupt from the root to the highest branch(if we consider India as a tree). There are many advantages of electronic payments over cash payments such as it is much convienient, goes through a bank so no question of black money because Income tax guys have direct eye on high value transactions made electronically. The only disadvantage for the ministers and government officers is that their personal pockets are not filled ie they cant take bribe. To compliment electronic transactions, there should be a premium value(in percentage) in case one has to use cash. This system which I am talking about is not new and is already implemented in many countries, I would give a self example.
During my visit to london in 2010, I went to CarphoneWarehouse showroom for purchasing a mobile phone, It costed 40 pounds and 10 pounds mandatory topup. When I asked for how much I have to pay in cash, the lady told 60 pounds, I argued that in your website You have mentioned 50 pounds which includes topup, she replied if you are paying using a card then you have to pay 50 pounds total else in cash the deal is of 60 pounds. So such scenario will automatically encourage payments electronically rather then conventional methods of payment.
Talking of above case in Indian scenario for payments involving government, suppose government has thrown a tender for some infra project and waits for the minimum bid, Now presently we all know the whole tender process of center and state governments involve lot of bribes to the ministry involved for selection of tender, If whole payment has to be made electronically then one thing is for sure that money involved would be white as no-one can forge bills with wrong values(as it is done presently). This way of electronic payments should then be gradually adopted by non-governemnt institutes, But the most important thing for its implementation is that MP's have to pass a bill making it a law. This condition is most difficult to happen as ministers doesnot want an end to hard cash method of payment. If present corrupt Government of India adopts this method then there would be drastic decrease in black money revolving along with the white economy. Recently UID chairmen Nilekani also proposed thet all payments above 100 Rs should be made electronically. I may have missed certain scenarios in which such method might not be as effective as cash, you can always add that in comment section.
The other obstruction in this appraoch is present thinking of people which give a sort of meagre discounts on cash payments whereas ideally it should be vice-versa. Property prices all over the world are tasting dust but in india there is no decrease in property prices because whole real estate sector thrive on black money. Another advantage of electronic payment methods is that there would be tremendous increase in direct and indirect tax collection of the government as presently there is no tax collection from transactions involving black money.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Corruption Rankings of Countries of world

World Corruption Rankings 2011 are out and as expected it is all asian countries which take the top spots in most corrupt countries list, In Corruption perceptions index 2011 listing 178 countries in total, our country India stands at 95/178. Corruption perception index ranking from 1 to 182 is countries with least level of corruption to maximum ie If NewZealand has rank 1 then it is least corrupt country and If India has rank 182 it is most corrupt country.

So I thought it would be nice and very informative in knowing where we stand in corruption due to our politicians. The Worst thing about tarnished image of India in high level corruption is that it has lost credibility in world and we shall witness declin in rate of Foreign direct investment from now on for sure till the time we have a corruption free country like NewZealand which tops the list of least corrupt country in 2011 rankings.

Global Corruption Perception ranking 2011:

PS - Rank 1 is for least corrupt country and rank 182 is for most corrupt country.

Corruption RankingCountry
1New Zealand
2Denmark
2Finland
4Sweden
5Singapore
6Norway
7Netherlands
8Australia
8Switzerland
10Canada
11Luxembourg
12Hong Kong
13Iceland
14Germany
14Japan
16Austria
16Barbados
16United Kingdom
19Belgium
19Ireland
21Bahamas
22Chile
22Qatar
24United States
25France
25Saint Lucia
25Uruguay
28United Arab Emirates
29Estonia
30Cyprus
31Spain
32Botswana
32Portugal
32Republic of China
35Slovenia
36Israel
36Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
38Bhutan
39Malta
39Puerto Rico
41Cape Verde
41Poland
43South Korea
44Brunei
44Dominica
46Bahrain
46Macau
46Mauritius
49Rwanda
50Costa Rica
50Lithuania
50Oman
50Seychelles
54Hungary
54Kuwait
56Jordan
57Czech Republic
57Namibia
57Saudi Arabia
60Malaysia
61Cuba
61Latvia
61Turkey
64Georgia
64South Africa
66Croatia
66Montenegro
66Slovakia
69Ghana
69Italy
69Macedonia
69Samoa
73Brazil
73Tunisia
75China
75Romania
77Gambia
77Lesotho
77Vanuatu
80Colombia
80El Salvador
80Greece
80Morocco
80Peru
80Thailand
86Bulgaria
86Jamaica
86Panama
86Serbia
86Sri Lanka
91Bosnia and Herzegovina
91Liberia
91Trinidad and Tobago
91Zambia
95Albania
95India
95Kiribati
95Swaziland
95Tonga
100Argentina
100Benin
100Burkina Faso
100Djibouti
100Gabon
100Indonesia
100Madagascar
100Malawi
100Mexico
100São Tomé and Príncipe
100Suriname
100Tanzania
112Algeria
112Egypt
112Kosovo
112Moldova
112Senegal
112Vietnam
118Bolivia
118Mali
120Bangladesh
120Ecuador
120Ethiopia
120Guatemala
120Iran
120Kazakhstan
120Mongolia
120Mozambique
120Solomon Islands
129Armenia
129Dominican Republic
129Honduras
129Philippines
129Syria
134Cameroon
134Eritrea
134Guyana
134Lebanon
134Maldives
134Nicaragua
134Niger
134Pakistan
134Sierra Leone
143Azerbaijan
143Belarus
143Comoros
143Mauritania
143Nigeria
143Russia
143Timor-Leste
143Togo
143Uganda
152Tajikistan
152Ukraine
154Central African Republic
154Republic of the Congo
154Côte d'Ivoire
154Guinea-Bissau
154Kenya
154Laos
154Nepal
154Papua New Guinea
154Paraguay
154Zimbabwe
164Cambodia
164Guinea
164Kyrgyzstan
164Yemen
168Angola
168Chad
168Democratic Republic of the Congo
168Libya
172Burundi
172Equatorial Guinea
172Venezuela
175Haiti
175Iraq
177Sudan
177Turkmenistan
177Uzbekistan
180Afghanistan
180Myanmar
182North Korea
182Somalia

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Punjab Elections Candidates Congress vs SAD-BJP

Under know your candidates posts here I am posting candidates of congress vs SAD-BJP candidates for Punjab general elections 2012.

Constituency NameCongress Candidate NameSAD/BJP Candidate
PathankotRaman BhallaSh. Ashwani Sharma(BJP)
Gurdaspur Raman BehlGurbachan Singh Babehali(SAD)
Dina Nagar SCSmt. Aruna ChoudharySh. Bishan Das Dhupad(BJP)
QadianSmt. Charanjeet Kaur BajwaSewa Singh Sekhwan(SAD)
BatalaAshwani Shekhri Lakhveer Singh Lodhi Nangal(SAD)
Sri Hargobindpur SCBalvinder Singh LaddiDes Raj Dhugga
Fatehgarh ChurianTript Rajinder Bajwa Nirmal Singh Kahlon
Dera Baba NanakSukhjinder Randhawa Sucha Singh Langeh
AjnalaHarpratap Singh Ajnala Amarpal Singh Boni
Raja SansiSukhbinder Sarkaria Vir Singh Lopoke
MajithaShailender Jit Shelly Bikramjit Singh Majithia
Jandiala SCShardul Singh-
Amritsar NorthKaramjit Singh RintuSh. Anil Joshi(BJP)
Amritsar West SCRaj Kumar Varka Sh. Rakesh Gill(BJP)
Amritsar CentralO.P. SoniShri Tarun Chugh(BJP)
Amritsar EastSunil Dutti Smt. Navjot Kaur Siddhu(BJP)
Amritsar SouthJasbir Singh (Dimpa)Inderveer Singh Bularia
AttariSC Tarsem Singh Guljar Singh Ranike
Tarn TaranDr. Dharamveer AgnihotriHarmeet Singh
Khem KaranGurchet Singh BhullarVirsa Singh Valtoha
PattiHarminder Singh GillAdesh Pratap Singh Kairon
Khadoor SahibRamanjit Singh SikkiRanjit Singh Brahmpura
Baba Bakala SCRanjit Chajjalwadi-
Bholath Sukhpal Singh KhairaBibi Jagir Kaur
Kapurthala Rana Gurjeet SinghSarabjit Singh Makkar
Sultanpur LodhiNavtej Singh CheemaDr. Upinder jeet Kaur
Phagwara SC Balvir Raja SodhiShri Som Prakash(BJP)
Phillaur SCCh. Santokh SinghAvinash Chander
NakodarAmarjit Singh SamraGurpratap Singh
ShahkotC.D. KambojAjit Singh Kohad
Kartarpur SCCh. Jagjit SinghSarvan Singh Phillaur
Jalandhar WestSC Smt. Suman KaypeeSh. Chunni Lal Bhagat(BJP)
Jalandhar CentralRajinder BeriShri Manoranjan Kalia(BJP)
Jalandhar NorthAvtar HenrySh. Krishna Dev Bhandari(BJP)
Jalandhar Cantt.Jagbir Singh BrarPargat Singh
Adampur SCSatnam Singh KainthPawan Kumar Tinu
MukerianAjit Kumar Narang Sh. Arunesh Shakker(BJP)
DasuyaRamesh Chander Dogra Sh. S. Amarjit Singh Shahi(BJP)
UrmarSangat Singh GilzianArvinder Singh Rasoolpur
Sham Chaurasi SCCh. Ram LubhayaBibi Mohinder Kaur Josh
HoshiarpurSunder Sham Arora Sh. Tikshan Sood(BJP)
ChabbewalSC Dr. Raj Kumar Sohan Singh Thandal
GarhshankarLov Kumar Goldy Surender Singh Bhulewal
Banga SCTarlochan Singh Mohan Lal
Nawan ShahrMs. Gur Iqbal KaurSatinder Kaur Kariha
BalachaurRajwinder Singh Lucky Nand Lal
Anandpur Sahib Rana Kanwar Pal Singh Sh. Madan Mohan Mittal(BJP)
RupnagarRomesh Dutt Sharma -
Chamkaur Sahib SCCharanjit Singh ChanniJagmeet Kaur Sandhu
Kharar Jagmohan Singh Kang Ujagar Singh Wadali
S.A.S. NagarBalbir Singh Sidhu-
Bassi Pathana SCSmt. Harbans Kaur DulloJudge (Retd) Nirmal Singh
Fatehgarh Sahib Kuljit Singh Nagra Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra
Amloh Randeep Singh NabhaJagdeep Singh Cheema
Khanna Gurkirat Singh KotliRanjit Singh Talwandi
Samrala Amrik Singh Dhillon Kirpal Singh
Sahnewal Vikram Singh BajwaS. Sharanjit Singh Dhillon
Ludhiana East Gurmail Singh PehalwanRanjeet Singh Dhillon
Ludhiana South Ashok Prashar PappiMayor Hakim Singh
Atam Nagar Malkit Singh BirmiHira Singh Gabaria
Ludhiana Central Surender Dawar Sh. Satpal Gosain(BJP)
Ludhiana West Bharat Bhushan Ashu Sh. Rajendra Bhandari(BJP)
Ludhiana North Rakesh Pandey Sh. Parveen Bansal(BJP)
Gill SCMalkiat Singh Dakha Darshan Singh Shivalik
Payal SCLakhvir Singh LakhaCharanjit Singh Atwal
Dakha Jasbir Singh Khangura S. Manpreet Singh Iyali
Rajkot SC Gurcharan Singh Boparai-
Jagraon SCIshar Singh Meherban Mr. Shiv Ram Kaler
Nihal Singhwala SC Ajit Singh ShantRajwinder Kaur
Bhagha PuranaDarshan Singh Brar -
Moga Joginder Pal JainS. Parmdeep Singh Gill
DharamkotKaka Surjit Singh LohgarhJathedar Tota Singh
ZiraNaresh Kataria S. Hari Singh Zeera
Firozpur CityParminder Singh PinkiSh. S. Shukhpal Singh Nanu
Firozpur Rural SC Smt. Satkar Kaur-
Guru Har SahaiGurmeet Singh SodhiS. Vardev Singh Mann
JalalabadMalkiat SinghSukhbir Singh Badal
FazilkaDr. Mohinder Rinwa Sh. Surjit Jayani
AboharSunil Kumar JakharSmt. Vijya Laxmi Bhadho
Balluana SCGiri Raj Rajoura Gurtej Singh
Lambi Mahesh Inder Singh Badal S. Parkash Singh Badal
Gidderbaha Amarinder Singh Raja Warring Sant Singh Brar
MaloutNathuram S. Harpreet Singh
MuktsarSmt. Karan Kaur BrarKanwaljeet Singh
FaridkotAvtar Singh BrarSh. Deep Malhotra
KotkapuraRipjit Singh S. Mantar Singh Brar
Jaitu SC Smt. Joginder Singh Panjgrain S. Gurdev Singh Badal
Rampura PhulGurpreet Singh KangarS. Sikander Singh Maluka
Bhucho Mandi SCAjab Singh Bhatti Pritam Singh
Bathinda Urban Harminder Singh JassiSh. Sarup Chand Singla
Bathinda Rural SCMakhan SinghDarshan Singh KotFatta
Talwandi Sabo Jeet Mohinder SidhuS. Amarjit Singh Sidhu
MaurMangat Rai BansalS. Janmeja Singh Sekhon
SardulgarhAjit Inder MofarS. Dilraj Singh Bhunder
Budhlada SCSatpal Singh Mulewala Chetan Singh Samaon
Lehra Smt. Rajinder Kaur BhattalSukhwant Singh Sarao
Dirba SC Ajaib Singh Rataul Balbir Singh
Sunam Aman AroraS. Parminder Singh Dhindsa
Bhadaur SC Mohd SadiqueS. Darbara Singh Guru
Barnala Kewal Singh Dhillon S. Malkiat Singh Keetu
Mehal Kalan SC Smt. Harchand KaurGovind Singh
Malerkotla Smt. Razia SultanaS. Nissara Khaatoon
Amargarh Surjit Singh DhimanIqbal Singh
Dhuri Arvind KhannaGovind Singh Longewal
Sangrur Surinder Pal Singh SibiaParkash Chand Garg
Nabha ScSadhu Singh Dharamsot-
Patiala RuralBrahm Mohindra Bibi Kuldeep Kaur Tohra
Rajpura Hardayal Singh Sh. Raj Khurana
Dera Bassi Jasjit Singh RandhawaNarender Kumar Sharma
Ghanaur Madanlal JalalpurBibi Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpur
Sanour Lal SinghS. Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu
Patiala Capt. Amarinder SinghSurjit Singh Kohli
Samana Raninder SinghS. Surjit Singh Rakhra
Shutrana SCNirmal SinghBibi Vaninder Kaur Loomba
Sujanpur Vinay MahajanSh. Dinesh Singh
Mansa Gurpreet Kaur DhaliwalPrem Mittal
Bhoa Balveer Ram (Fatehpuria)Smt. Seema Devi

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Cost of Indian MP's | Money spent details per head

Indian Politics is thought as the most dirty political system in whole world and rightly so. With over 70 percent criminals sitting inside house enjoying taxpayers money as allowances and above that thinking that they deserve this allowance for not doing anything....

In this post I would throw some light on amount of Taxpayers money spent on Member of Parliament, Well this is no hidden fact that they purchase votes for coming into power and have nothing to do with educated class of citizens in India as they know they would purchase poors vote and come into power..and then cover up their polling expenses from taxpayers money(which is collected from educated class of citizens), hence broadly people from where MP's earn their livelihood are the ones for which Indian MP's are least bothered. One can recall average assets of 304 MPs who contested in 2004 and then re-contested in 2009 grew 300% SHAME ON MP's.

Here is amount of money spent by people of India on MP's most of them having criminal charges framed against them.

According to latest salary figures of MP's: Indian Members of Parliament voted themselves a threefold hike in their basic salary, from Rs 16,000 to Rs 50,000 and constituency allowance to 40,000 pm add to it stationary allowance of 40000. Indian MPs will thus receive an assured income of Rs 1.3 lakh a month. For many 10th grade people this amount is simply too much....but wait the allowances doesnot end here and it is just a starter in their 3 course fat meal.

MP’s wage is tax-free and comes with additional perquisites such as free petrol, free telephone calls and free housing, some of it in the most expensive real estate in the country’s capital. Most household expenses – furniture, electricity, water, laundry - is also paid for by the State. MPs can travel anywhere in the country by rail, first class, and get 34 free air tickets for themselves or a companion a year. MPs also get a daily allowance of Rs 1,000 per day to attend Parliament ( so they do a walkout everyday...:). MP's pocket Rs 2 crore a year to spend on development of their constituencies as they see fit. Which directly goes to their pockets and hardly come out, they might make their next election expenses from this money....

India is infact a funny country in which Indian MPs have unparalled freedom to fix their own salaries and perks. In France and Japan, salaries of MPs are determined in relation to the salaries of the highest paid bureaucrats. In india Member Parliament who has a defence equipment business is allowed to be on a defence committee which formulates defence policy and a parliamentarian who has aviation interests to be on a civil aviation committee, thereby making policy changes which benefit them individually. Also MP is entitled to pension even if he has spent just one day in Parliament. MP's interest free vehicle loan limit is increased from 100000 to 400000.

This all is given to MP's and their is no appraisal process for checking their performance and making them accountable for thei ill-performance. Is it morally correct?? I dont think so...

JAI HIND!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Gorakhpur's blood extracting racket busted

It is strange post but true in every sense and word. This news is from Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, Indian State where human life of poors have no value. IT HAD BEEN a bad spell for Madhubani painter Hari Kamat, and it was about to get worse. Having had almost no sales for a year, he left his village in Bihar to look for a job and ended up in Gorakhpur, 200 km from Lucknow. He was offered a job as soon as he stepped down from the bus. Two months later, he was fired for no apparent reason. Local “friends” told him they would get him another and better job — all he had to do was go for a blood test. When the results returned, he was told the quality of his blood was so good he needn’t look for regular employment, but could make a living selling his blood, earning somewhere between Rs 500-1000 per unit.

Hari had no way of knowing he was about to fall victim to a well-organised blood trade centred around Gorakhpur’s numerous private hospitals and clinics. A short while later, he was to find himself along with 16 others — 25- to 40-year-old men from across north India — imprisoned in a slum in Shahpur, two km from the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College. For two-and-a-half years, the men were kept there, fed twice a day, and made to give blood thrice a week. Protest was impossible — the constant depletion of their blood had made them too weak.

The racket was exposed on April 16, when the police raided a house in Chorpuwa slum where one of the victims had been severely thrashed for trying to escape. “It was like a dairy where cows and buffaloes are milked twice a day in return for fodder,” says Gorakhpur Cantonment Circle Officer Viswajeet Srivastava, who is in charge of the case. “The victims told us they had voluntarily sold their blood in the beginning, but later they had been confined and their blood forcibly extracted. They also said that instead of the Rs 500 per day they had been promised, they were paid only Rs 150.”

Ten people involved in the racket have been arrested so far, including Pappu Yadav, in whose house the victims were kept. Jayant Sarkar, who did all the networking with the clinics and the nursing homes, is still absconding. “All the victims had haemoglobin levels less than 4g/dl as against the 15g/dl found in a normal adult male,” says Dr Suresh Mishra of the Civil Hospital where the rescued were admitted. Among them was Durga Prasad who weighed only 21 kilos when he was found. Raju Mohanti, whose blood group is the rare A negative, says his blood was extracted 16 times a month. According to Red Cross norms, an adult can donate blood not more than once in two months. Ramu Sahu, a graduate from Patna University was told he would be paid Rs 200 a day. Like Rustam Khan, who wanted to raise money for his daughter’s wedding, he now knows only too well the depth of how he was duped.

A couple of lab assistants trained in blood transfusion, lower-level hospital staff, touts and local goons comprised this gang that made its living selling the blood of its unemployed and/or illiterate victims. They tracked migrant labourers and job aspirants at the railway and bus stations, and got them temporary jobs to make their goodwill seem genuine. After a month or two, they would get them fired and lure them into selling their blood. Meanwhile, a web of touts around the city’s major hospitals, including the BRD Medical College, Star Nursing Home, Civil Hospital and Anandlok hospital, kept track of patients in dire need of blood.

According to Srivastava, “After a sale, the touts would direct the relatives to take the blood to Mahanagar Diagnostic Centre. There the blood received a stamp, legalising the illegal practice, something the patients’ attendants fail to notice in their hurry to obtain the blood.”

TEHELKA went undercover to Gorakhpur, with its correspondent posing as the relative of a patient who had met with a grave accident. Speaking to a guard at the BRD Medical College, we were told we could buy blood outside Star Nursing Home. When we claimed our inability to do so, he agreed to arrange a unit of blood for Rs 1,200 “on humanitarian grounds”, as opposed to the Rs 96 that is the government rate.

THE GUARD later took us to a middle-aged tout, who called up a person he addressed as Master, apparently a known name in the circle (see box for transcript). We were able to contact Master later, and got to know that he was an ambulance driver. He told us that all four of his “boys” were underground that day because the health minister was visiting the city, but that he would be able to sell us a unit the next morning. full post can be read on tehlka.com follow this link

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

WHO and Foreign Pharmas might be link

while general surfing the internet today, I came across this article on independent magazine TEHELKA. which exposed how WHO(slave of US pharma companies) is trying to make Indian Government to buy pentavelant vaccines from WHO subscribed pharma majors(majority of USA who might be funding WHO) and stop trivelant vaccination which government is procuring from Indian pharma companies and which have been very effective from last 20-30 years or so...The key point to know here is that according to investigation by TEHELKA, these foreign vaccinations have been reason of deaths of infants in SriLanka and Bhutan.... so here is how the article goes(courtesy TEHELKA.com)

 BABIES, THEY say, are a nice way to start people. They are also, it would appear, a nice way to start profit. If the babies are Indian, there’s added allure to the profit because there are so many of them every year. In the days to come, as the denouement of a series of extraordinary events, the Indian government is expected to make a fresh decision on the number of vaccines Indian infants are to be given soon after birth. Much rests on the decision for Indian families and, oddly, the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has made a bizarre push for new vaccines it wants Indian newborns to be given in the country’s public health programme. A decision one way could risk the lives of the country’s babies, because there are doubts on the quality of vaccines the WHO is pitching for; it could push the government into financial commitments it is in no position to meet; it could empty the pockets of people who seek private medical help, and put the nation’s health sector more firmly under the control of agencies outside India.

 A decision the other way could force units formerly run by the Indian government to resume full work and make homegrown vaccines; and thrust more expenses on a feeble state wallet, which will need to fund more R&D. This vaccine soup has been stirred by the WHO, which is in the midst of several controversies of late for creating medical scares and then backing drugs to fight them. In the first week of June, the WHO admitted it had failed to disclose conflict of interest for scientists who advised it on the H1N1 influenza pandemic. The response came after a British media report said the WHO had announced a fake pandemic to boost sales for pharmaceutical companies that manufacture antiviral drugs and the H1N1 vaccine. Now, there appear to be the makings of a similar controversy over what may be taking the shape of an Indian vaccine scam. Read full article

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Exposed - Congress and Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena relation


From past couple of days Indian media has shown various attacks on Team Anna, This is from "Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena" which is known to PC very well ( wait wait , I know you want proof of what I have just said)....here it is:

Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena has been actively updating it's facebook page whose link is here Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena on fb

And here is proof of their closeness with Homeminister P.Chitambaram: See this photo The photo reveals that P.Chitambaram is well versed with whole Bhagat Singh Kranti Sabha....and it is well known fact that Civil Society is strictly against corrupt Congress people like P.Chitambaram and other who do not want Janlokpal to pass in parliament.

It is also clear that Congress is binded together by orders of Sonia gandhi else they consist of group of cabinet ministers which keep on fighting with each other, So Sonia is currently acting as mother of congress family to stop and prevent fights between ministers going public.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Sonia Gandhi Exposed - Dr. Subramanium Swamy - part 2


This is in continuation with part 1

Sonia Gandhi's Exposed - by Subramanian Swamy - part 1


Dr. Subramanian Swamy is 5 time parliamentarian and professor at Harvard University, and IIT Delhi alumnus, So person with such intellectual ability is no match for any other politician whether Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi....So here is another eyeopener video of Dr. Subramanian Swamy.


Friday, September 30, 2011

Sonia Gandhi's Education - eyeopener video


I wonder how can a person who is just 5th standard passed can rule the country where for becoming collector and DIG you have to be brilliant and this lady is ruling us - another eyeopener post by Dr Subramanium Swamy on Sonia Gandhi's education and how she got false affidavit and forged her education qualificiation.


Rahul Gandhi's Education - eyeopener video and true facts


Dr Subramaniam Swamy has long association with Harvard university and in this video taken at some confrence he talks about Rahul Gandhi's educational background and his dumminess proved after joining harvard. now the question in front of us is that whether Rahul Gandhi is PM material?? according to me the answer is NO because he is incompetent, undeserving, incapable of holding the CEO post of India.
Watch the video and I bet you all would agree too




Sunday, September 11, 2011

Vir Sanghvi - Nira Radia News for cash!!


Following is youtube video link for telephonic conversation between Nira Radia and Vir Sanghvi editor of Hindustan times regarding 2G scam, cabinet allocations in 2009 .

Must listen!

Vir Sanghvi Nira Radia tape conversation

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Barkha Dutt conversation with Nira Radia

Following is link to Nira Radia conversation with NDTV'S Barkha Dutt over issue of telecom ministry allocations, Acc to tapes Barkha Dutt is acting as mediator between government and corporates through Radia.
The authenticity of tapes is still not certain, but it would never be as laboratories which test tapes and other recordings would never say any thing about ruling party because they dont want their business to end. So enjoy the audio.

Barkha Dutt conversation with Nira Radia