State News And Discussion - 3

Bharatvarsh · 11-04-2006, 01:28 AM

QUOTEI want Gujarat to compete with China: Modi

Sheela Bhatt in New Delhi | November 01, 2006 17:30 IST

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi commenced a significant 6-day business tour to China on Wednesday accompanied by a high-level delegation of 35 Gujarat-based industrialists and top bureaucrats.

Almost side-stepping the feverish, and often acrimonious, debate involving Congress President Sonia Gandhi and most Indian chief ministers over the pros and cons of having Special Economic Zones in the country, Modi has already put in place the infrastructure to build 11 SEZs spread all over Gujarat.

He has a prospective plan for a total of 23 SEZs in Gujarat. He has also invited the Japanese to develop the SEZs on commercial terms suitable for international investors.

Modi's agenda during the visit to China is two-fold. He wants to study the functioning of the SEZ in China and, possibly, invite them to help Gujarat build China-style SEZs.

Second, he will also seek Chinese investment in Gujarat in the power sector.

Modi is keen that Chinese experts are involved in building and operating the SEZ.

In a bid to project himself as the champion of privatisation and globalization, Modi has toured Israel, Hong Kong and Australia in this connection in the last two years.

During his foreign tours, Modi keeps himself well-equipped with PowerPoint presentations, slide shows and printed publicity material.

In Singapore, he called on Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong on October 30. He also attended Global Entrepolis Conference where he pleaded his case forcefully to attract fresh investments into Gujarat.

In China, apart from Beijing, Modi will visit several centers that showcase modern China's phenomenal progress in recent years, including Shanghai, Schenzen, Deren, Pudong and Jurong.

A Gujarat government spokesman said that Modi would focus on the working of Chinese SEZ in sectors like gems and jewellery, electronics, fashion apparel.

Modi is projecting himself as an effective salesman of Gujarat's factors of advantage and intends to highlight the investor-friendly climate of economic development.

In Singapore he said, "Gujarat has a unique combination of a strategic geographic location, state-of-the-art infrastructure, multi-lingual workforce and concentration of corporate and financial resources and a world-class pro-business environment."

He hopes to attract Chinese investment into sectors like chemicals and pharmaceuticals, gas and oil, tourism and medical tourism.

Singapore dailies quoted Modi as saying that he proposed to come out with an "integrated township policy" for Gujarat and that his government would shortly come out with an exclusive 'Petroleum SEZ' "for servicing oil rigs and (to offer) other exploration and development services."

Noting that Gujarat encouraged private participation in port development, he said, "Our concept is to have port-based SEZs with backward linkages with warehouses, cold storage and transportation network."

Senior functionaries of Singapore government assured Modi that they would be taking part in the global investment summit to be organised early next year in Gujarat.

The denial of visa by the US authorities has obviously not deterred Modi from taking seriously the imperatives of 'globalisation.' Like yet another 'native' Indian political leader, Sharad Pawar, Nationalist Congress Party boss from Maharashtra, Modi too has taken pains to improve his command over the English language. In Singapore, Modi made it a point to deliver his lecture in English before a packed 800-strong audience.

Modi has planned China trip with a clear strategy to increase Gujarat's trade ties with China. Gujarat is one of the largest producers of cotton in India. Out of 440 million bales of cotton produced last year, China imported almost 330 million of bales from Gujarat.

Modi wants to set up exclusive SEZ if possible with the help of Chinese investors for 'value addition' to turn cotton into fabric and fashionable garments for exports.

Modi government enjoys excellent equations with some of India's prominent houses.

Essar Group chairman Shashi Ruia, Torrent Pharma chairman Sudhir Mehta, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, and Nirma chairman Karsanbhai Patel are among the industrialists accompanying Modi.

Prior to his departure on the current tour, Modi told a select gathering in Ahmedabad that "Gujarat is not competing with other states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. We may surpass them. I want Gujarat to compete with China, Germany and Japan."

Gujarat is among the fastest growing states in India. Against the national growth rate of around 7 per cent, Gujarat is galloping at over 12.5 per cent growth rate. Modi pointed out to his audience in Singapore that while India is struggling to achieve a 4 per cent farm sector growth rate, Gujarat's agriculture output was expanding by 11.2 per cent.

Curiously, the Sardar Sarovar Dam controversy will also echo in Modi's itinerary in China. He hopes to visit the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power dam, which has generated as much as controversy in China as the Sardar Sarovar Dam has in India.

Modi will be the second prominent figure of the Sangh Parivar to tour China in the run-up to the visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to India in November. Ram Madhav, spokesman of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, had earlier paid a week-long visit to China in September.

http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/nov/01modi.htm

11-07-2006, 12:30 AM

[URL= http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_183...00900040003.htm]Patels go shopping for tribal brides![/URL]QUOTEThe Patel community in Gujarat, known for their entrepreneurial skill and hold over agriculture and business, is facing an unusual sociological crisis - a skewed male-female ratio and having to "buy" tribal brides for their boys.

"Skewed male-female ratio in the Patel community - especially among the Kadva Patels - has created a severe sociological problem.

As a result of declining female ratio, the Patels are going to tribal areas of Vadodara, Bharuch, Panchmahals and other district of Gujarat to "buy" tribal girls by paying around Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.
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Bharatvarsh · 11-14-2006, 08:55 AM

QUOTEHome > NationÂ

Kalam for establishment of PURA complexes in GujaratÂ

Champaner, Nov 11: President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday asked Gujarat Government to consider establishment of 300 PURA (Providing Urban Facilities in Rural Areas) complexes which will cover 18,000 villages and encourage reverse migration to rural areas.

Kalam, while addressing a huge gathering of more than one lakh people here, said, "the uninterrupted 24-hour, three-phase, power supply to 18,000 villages can lead to creation of 300 PURA complexes and further enhance the overall scheme activities and prosperity of Gujarat as a whole."

The President also dedicated Gujarat Government's 'Jyoti Gram Yojana' to the nation under which three phase power supply is given to three crore people staying in all the 18,000 villages of the state, 24 hours a day.

Gujarat is the first state in the country, which has given power supply to all its villages and Kalam complimented the state government for this achievement.

Bureau Report

http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.as...60&sid=NAT

11-14-2006, 09:34 PM

Pepto Bismol time for NGOs, commies and Congress.

ramana · 11-15-2006, 10:57 PM

Tribune Op-ed, 15 Nov 2006
QUOTE
Demand for new states
Centre has to evolve criteria
by Shastri Ramachandran

AT a time when it is fashionable to trash all that is Nehruvian, if there is one legacy of free Indiaâs first Prime Minister that endures as a symbol of Shining India, it is the linguistic states that were created under his leadership.

True, the reorganisation of states along linguistic lines was not Jawaharlal Nehruâs idea; nor was he enthusiastic about it. The fact that it was advocated by Mahatma Gandhi and adopted as an article of faith by the Indian National Congress did little to make Nehru change his mind. Nehruâs party had formed Pradesh Congress Committees on the linguistic principle some 25 years before the report of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) was implemented on November 1, 1956.

Although Nehru had strong and valid reservations about the Congress party delivering on this pre-Independence promise made by Gandhi, he bowed to the demand; in fact, after Potti Sriramulu fasted unto death for the creation of Andhra, the political upheaval that followed left Nehru â for all his reluctance â with little choice in the matter. In opposing the creation of states on the basis of language, Nehru - as also other Congress leaders â based their reasoning on the effects of the Partition. They felt that it would be ruinous for the unity of new India to compound the religious division with a linguistic demarcation.

Against his better judgment, Nehru acted on the SRC report; had he resisted, he could have counted on the support of a number of other stalwarts, and it would never have been implemented. Therefore, the credit for the reorganisation of states is owed to Nehru, and Govind Ballabh Pant.

Fifty years on, the constitutional and federal structure founded on linguistic states, as the great equaliser that unified British India and Royal India as one political entity remains unquestionably vindicated by history. Fears that the linguistic states would spawn fissiparous tendencies and lead to balkanisation of the country have been proved to be wrong. Far from fomenting divisiveness, the states have deepened democracy and strengthened the Union as well as its federal content.

On the contrary, in retrospect, these states may well have eliminated the ground for fomenting parochial political mischief. In fact, the statutory importance accorded by this reorganisation to the linguistic cultures as well as the languages of the respective states have reinforced the diversity of democracy and participatory freedom.

No democratic experiment is without its problems and the creation of linguistic states is no exception. However, the contests and conflicts between different, especially neighbouring states, though coloured by the language of the parties involved are not linguistic in their origin. The Cauvery water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is not a fight between Tamils and Kannadigas, though politics, at times, makes it appear so. Essentially, it is a tug-of-war between the water users â the farmers over (seasonal) availability and management of a scarce resource. An inventive approach that unites the water users across the two states and empowers them to decide on the sharing of Cauvery waters may rid the issue of the parochial connotations it has acquired because of competitive party politics.

Similarly, both Punjab and Haryana, formed in 1966, are claimants for Chandigarh â a city that may be said to represent both the best and worst of these two states. It is an aspiration for a prized territory and no linguistic issue is involved.

No doubt, there are linguistic rationalisations for the dispute over Belgaum or Kasargod. But the fact that the states concerned have lived with this and are not unrelentingly agitated about their ârightful dueâ underscores the larger unity of purpose by which these linguistic cultures are actuated.

No reflection on the theme of language and democracy in the Indian Union can exclude a reference to the anti-Hindi agitation that rocked Tamil Nadu in the 1960s and the sons-of-the-soil policy that some states resort to in education and employment.

The anti-Hindi agitation was neither for Tamil (the language of Tamil Nadu) nor against Hindi (one of the Unionâs two languages for administration). The problem was (wanting) English: Tamil Nadu wanted English to be continued as the language of administration; the opposition was to âHindi imperialismâ and not to the Hindi language. For years, if not decades, the Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha prided itself on enrolling the largest proportion of Hindi learners who passed the language courses.

The people of Tamil Nadu, like those in other southern states, are open to learning any language â not just English and Hindi but of computers, too â if that improves their educational and employment prospects. They have been among the most mobile linguistic groups who wanted the advantage of Hindi as a matter of choice and not a handicap imposed by political coercion.

The sons-of-the-soil policy may be seen as the domestic variant of the protectionism that every economy seeks for those in a particular cultural habitat. This is more the result of uneven development and skewed distribution of the benefits of industrialisation and growth. This is not âethnificationâ in any parochial sense but a struggle for the rights â and fruits - of development. An implicit acknowledgement of this being so is manifest in the creation of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttaranchal in 2003.

There was no linguistic criteria applied for creating these states, which were the result of the most significant change made to state boundaries after 1971, when the North-East was reorganised. The reorganisation of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh was primarily intended to address economic issues. No doubt, cultural distinctiveness was also an argument to justify the demand for new states as being essential to overcome the neglect they had suffered as part of the larger states from which they were carved out.

These states being the result of popular movements has revived other demands for separate states in a more aggressive manner. The demand for Telengana has gained as a serious political and electoral issue affecting national and state parties. Similar articulations may catch on for Vidharbha (Maharashtra), Bodoland (Assam), Harit Pradesh (UP) and Gorkhaland (West Bengal) if it is perceived to hold the promise of political dividend.

In the absence of a defined criterion for creating new states, the Centre and national parties may find themselves in a bind. Before events overtake the Centre and popular pressure makes it give in to these demands, it should set up a second states reorganisation commission to draft a policy that would lay down the basis for new states. The demands for new, and smaller, states are bound to gather momentum, sooner rather than later. Whether as a response to popular demand or a containment strategy, the Centre can no longer ignore these aspirations until they explode, with disruptive consequences, on the national agenda.

11-17-2006, 10:19 AM

QUOTEChief Justice Of India Praises Narendra Modi
11/15/2006 10:07:32 AMÂ PTI
Ahmedabad/Rajkot, Nov 14: The country's first evening courts today became functional in Ahmedabad and Rajkot with Chief Justice of India Y K Sabharwal commending Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for coming up with the innovative method to clear backlog of cases.

Speaking at the inaugural function, Sabharwal said "the problem of delay in dispensation of justice is not new. Law Commissions, numerous committees and reports have suggested ways to tackle this problem but unfortunatly on account of various reasons the backlog could not be reduced." "In these circumstances, we need some innovative methods to reduce the number of pending cases. Evening courts is one of them," Sabharwal said.

He congratulated Chief Minister Narendra Modi who had proposed the idea of setting up evening courts at a meeting of Chief Ministers.

Referring to the protest from a section of lawyers against evening courts, Sabharwal said whenever a new beginning is made there is some resistance.

Lawyers of Vadodara protested against setting up of the evening courts. Due to the opposition, the state government and the High Court decided not to start these courts in Vadodara and opted for Rajkot, state government sources said.

Of the 27 evening courts, 22 are in Ahmedabad and the rest in Rajkot. These courts will function from 1815 hours to 2015 hours.

Bharatvarsh · 01-10-2007, 02:40 AM

QUOTE'Forget Gulf, Gujarat will produce oil'
LOPAMUDRA GHATAK
[ 8 Jan, 2007 1902hrs ISTINDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

NEW DELHI: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas' favourite pin-up boy was back on Monday. On day two of the January jamboree, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was at his aggressive best as he marketed Gujarat as one of the country's fastest growing states and urged overseas Indians to come and spend quality time there.

"Come and see Gujarat. You don't have to invest. Just come, experience and feel Gujarat. Investment is secondary and voluntary. If you want to pool in resources, do go ahead. But first, come and see Gujarat," Modi said, while reaching out to a gathering of almost 100 Gujaratis who had come from different parts of the world to attend the three-day event.

Armed with a slick multi-media presentation that showcased the Gujarat growth story, the Chief Minister seemed to have done his homework well. Boasting of a growth rate of 10.2%, which was higher than the growth rate projected by the Planning Commission for the country itself, Modi stated that every nook and corner of the state was a learning experience for the rest of the country.

Shedding historical baggage of a state that saw terrible famines every decade, the BJP leader said that the state had moved on. It had been able to court success as it had not followed an unplanned growth, he said.

"Gujarat's much-talked-about growth has been courtesy a well-planned strategy, and it has not been limited to the cities only. In order to stop the influx to the cities, we have tried to provide basic city-like infrastructure, like electricity," said Modi, proudly stating that the Jyoti Gram Yojna had lit up thousands of villages across the state.

Modi, who was on first-name basis with most of the assembled delegates (he remembered all the Desai, Babulals and Wadhwanis), said the state is now aiming for complete self-reliance. With two LNG terminals and two petroleum refineries, it was "sitting on a gold mine as far as petroleum is concerned".

" Khari ka tel nahin, vari ka tel (no oil from the Gulf, but oil from the well). Buses, cars, autos in Gujarat will run on oil produced by the state," Modi said to thunderous applause from the community.

When asked about Gujarat's poor show in tourism, the CM quipped that Gujaratis were famous for their hospitality. Thatâs why they didn't need hotels. Then he went on to add, "Hotels, Motels and Patels," Gujaratis rule tourism world over!

Urging investors to invest in the only state in the country which has a double digit growth rate, the CM said Mahtama Gandhi''s land had taken giant leaps in Information Technology and the state's e-governance was making waves.

For the diverse assembled crowd that found its way from Liverpool, Uganda, USA, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the one person who made waves was clearly the man himself.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Forget_...how/1099970.cms

Bharatvarsh · 01-16-2007, 02:47 AM

QUOTEMadarsas to get govt aid: AP CM
CNN-IBN
Posted Saturday , January 13, 2007 at 23:03
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy said on Saturday that his government is considering funding of madarsas across the state.

The Chief Minister spoke about the funding at the National Seminar on Sachar Committee in Hyderabad. Reddy, however, did not make the nature and form of the funding clear.

"Lot more additional facilities need to be provided to madarsas for improving the conditions. We will see whether grant-in-aid or lumpsum grant could be provided," the Chief Minister said.

Meanwhile, sources have told CNN-IBN that the proposal for the funding could be a part of the state budget on Februrary 20.

The Sachar Committe had talked about the modernisation of madarsas in its report and it seems the Chief Minister is taking the recommendation a step further.

Regarding the Supreme Court judgment on the Ninth Schedule, Reddy parried a direct reply saying that he would consult legal experts.

The apex court judgment is expected to impact the Reddy government's decision to provide reservation to Muslims.

Asserting that his government was committed to providing reservations for Muslims in educational institutions and jobs, he said the quota policy was now before the Supreme Court.

"We will leave no stone unturned to see that the reservation policy is implemented," Reddy said.

Outlining the steps taken by his government for the welfare of Muslims, Reddy said the annual budget for providing scholarship to Muslim students had been increased to Rs 33 crore this year, compared to Rs 10 crore last year.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/madarsas-to-ge...op/31131-3.html
Are the schools being run by Arya Samaj or Ekal Vidyalaya getting any gov't aid?

This b@st@rd YSR has totally screwed up AP in the short time he is been in power.
QUOTEMadarsas say 'no' to govt aid

Shaik Ahmed Ali
CNN-IBN
NO INTERFERENCE: Some madarsas think government funding will inevitably lead to government control.
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh governments decision to fund all madarsas (Islamic learning institutions) has received mixed reactions.

Not everybody's comfortable with the idea of receiving government aid. Some madarsas think government funding will inevitably lead to government control

"If government gives funds for Madarsas, there should be an Act that will prevent any kind of interference. A change in government may certainly lead to interference," Moulana Abdul Raheem Qureshi, Member of Andhra Deeni Madarsa Board said.

To receive funds, the madarsas will have to register themselves with the government, provide details of students and faculty and also submit account books on periodical basis.

And the madarsas managements feel that this would give the government an opportunity to interfere in their affairs.

However, leaving aside a few opinions, most of the community is pinning hopes on government funding to get better infrastructure and facilities.

"This would be advantageous for the students. They would get modern education along with Quran and Hadith which they are learning now," Moulana Mahboob Alam Ashrafi, Superintendent, Darul-uloom Ahle Sunnat said.

And there are those who feel the funding won't help the Muslim community as a whole

âAny welfare scheme that the government launches for Madarsa modernisation will help only three to four per cent. The rest 96-97 per cent of the community is still left out," M A Basith member of Prime Minister's High Level Committee said.

The funding will be finalised only after the state government discusses its proposal with representative organisations. But it's unlikely that all madarsas will speak in one voice.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/madarsas-say-n...id/31211-3.html
So most of them are still glad to accept kaffir taxpayer money and unleash future jihadis on the same kaffirs.

01-16-2007, 06:32 AM

Where ever COngress is in power they have only one agenda, ANTI_HINDU and destroy Sanatam Dharma.

01-26-2007, 01:04 AM

Modi power in Gujarat
All this while in neighbouring Maharashtra, Cong promised free electricity pre-election and raised rates post election.

01-30-2007, 02:39 AM

QUOTEModi's Kerala visit a grand success Â <!--emo& Big Grin

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Pioneer News Service | Thiruvananthapuram
Proving the perpetrators of paranoia wrong, Kerala welcomed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday when he reached here to take part in the Hindu Maha Mela organised by the RSS as part of the MS Golwalkar Birth Centenary celebrations.

Modi's visit, which was projected by his political opponents as "intended to create fissures in the social fabric of Kerala", turned out to be one of the most well-attended public programmes the State has ever witnessed. "The credit should go to the State Police and the Home Department for ensuring that the programme takes place as per plans," said an ecstatic organiser half way through the rally.

Organisations like DYFI, the youth wing of the CPI(M), which heads the ruling LDF, had announced protests against Modi's visit. But the LDF Government provided a tight security cover, more elaborate than that befitting the head of a State Government though Modi had not come here as Chief Minister.

Thousands who had thronged the Putharikanndam Maidan here where he spoke cheered wildly when he greeted them in Malayalam as "Dear sisters and brothers". Every time Modi, who refused to go into the controversies raised by some quarters against his visit, referred to the developments achieved by Gujarat, the near-capacity crowd at the ground applauded and cheered.

The Government had provided "Z-Plus" category security for Modi's visit in the context of protests by several Muslim outfits, including the NDF, and the Leftist DYFI. The organisers were overwhelmed by the diplomacy and generosity shown by the LDF Government.

A senior RSS leader, while talking to The Pioneer, acknowledged the political wisdom of Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan who ignored the protests and ensured proper security cover for Modi. He said Balakrishnan, despite all the criticism by the DYFI, has "shown magnanimity in this aspect".

The Home Department had deployed 3,000 police personnel specially for Modi's visit. The police had taken special observation measures at various points in the city.

People arrived in large numbers from many parts of the district to listen to Modi, who from the airport drove straight to the venue accompanied by State BJP president PK Krishnadas. As usual, there was strict discipline enforced on the ground by the RSS and volunteers posted among the audiences ensured that the crowd behaved properly. There was thunderous applause when Modi described himself as a swayamsevak and that he was fortunate to have met Golwalkar and participated in meetings attended by him.

Modi began his speech referring to Kerala as a land rich in greenery, natural resources and symbols of cultural development, striking the right note with the audience. Participants at the programme said that the protest calls given by DYFI and NDF had resulted in enhanced people's participation.Â

ramana · (This post was last modified: 02-06-2007, 02:50 AM by ramana.)

The CWDT panel has announced its decision on river water allocation.

QUOTECauvery tribunal gives TN 419 tmcft, 270 to Karnataka

February 05, 2007 14:24 IST
Last Updated: February 05, 2007 14:41 IST

The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal has announced its final verdict on Monday.

According to its verdict, Tamil Nadu gets 419 tmc ft of Cauvery water while Karnataka gets 270 tmc ft.Â The actual release of water by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu is to be 192 tmc ft annually. Further, Kerala will get 30 tmc ft and Puducherry 7 tmc ft.

The dispute over water sharing between the states dates back nearly 16 years. There has been constant friction between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on the Cauvery water issue, which assumes sharp political tones quite often and is usually resolved by the bounty of monsoons.

The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation had, earlier, suspended all its inter-state bus services to Karnataka.

Sources said the decision was taken as a precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident. Presently, the buses are plying till the Karnataka border, the sources added.

Meanwhile, security had been strengthened at the state border and at the Mettur Reservoir to avert any untoward incident, police said.

Constituted on June 2, 1990, the Tribunal gave its interim award on June 25, 1991, directing Karnataka to release 205 tmcft of water every year to Tamil Nadu.

The Tribunal, comprising Chairman Justice N P Singh and members N S Rao and Sudhir Narain, reserved its verdict on July 27 last at the conclusion of marathon proceedings on various aspects of the dispute, namely allocation of water as per crop requirements, the cropping pattern and the mechanism for implementation of the final award.

With UNI inputs

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QUOTEWater shockÂ

The final order has more negatives than positives

After 16 long years, the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal has come out with its final order to resolve a dispute which is more than a century old. Conceding that it is nearly impossible for any tribunal to satisfy all parties involved in the wrangle, it must be said that Karnataka has reasons to be disappointed. The tribunal has sought to address some of the grievances of Karnataka over the interim order passed in 1991, which led to large-scale violence in the state, but on the whole, the final order will be seen as a victory for Tamil Naduâs aggressive pursuit of its case against a historically-handicapped Karnataka.

The river Cauvery runs for 381 km in Karnataka as against 357 km in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka contributes 425 tmc ft to Tamil Naduâs 252 tmc ft to the volume of water collected in the valley. And yet, since Tamil Nadu has traditionally been cultivating in a substantially larger area than Karnataka, the tribunal has accepted its âprescriptive rightsâ and alloted 419 tmc ft as against 270 tmc ft for Karnataka. That apart, the tribunal has ordered Karnataka to ensure 192 tmc ft of water annually at Biligundlu, including 134 tmc ft during the âtough monthsâ of June to September. Though 205 tmc ft specified in the interim order is brought down by 13 tmc ft, Karnataka contends that it will actually have to release 12 tmc ft more than before as the point of measurement is changed from Mettur to Biligundlu.

On the positive side, the tribunal has accepted Karnatakaâs argument for a distress formula and said that when the yield is less, the allocated shares will be proportionately reduced among all the states. The tribunal has also lifted the 11.2 lakh hectares ceiling imposed on Karnataka which means that the state is now free to make judicious use of the excess water when the monsoon is good. It has also given the green signal for taking up hydro-electric projects in the âcommon reach boundaryâ provided the specified water releases are ensured. Tamil Nadu will also be happy with the order for constituting a regulatory authority to monitor the monthly releases. But, Karnataka has already expressed its displeasure with the award of the tribunal and made clear its intention to go in for an appeal. The history of river disputes in this country shows that they have never been resolved satisfactorily through judicial process and in this context, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhiâs declaration to hold a dialogue with his Karnataka counterpart, is to be welcomed. The political leaders of Karnataka, in the meantime, should ensure that peace is maintained at any cost and elements which may try to rouse emotions are firmly dealt with.


I think the CWDT award has to be understood in its complexity so that we know what it is all about.

The big picture is the Kaveri river has a flow of 740 tmc ft. Of this 10 tmc ft is kept in reserve for flow.
TN was awarded 419 tmc ft, Karnataka 270 tmc ft, Kerala 30 tmc ft and Pondicherry 7 tmc ft.

Of the 419 tmc ft for TN they get 192 tmc ft from Karnataka at Bindigundulu a place 60 km unpstream from Mettur. This is important. In between B & M the flow gets augmented by 25 tmc ft in TN so that at Mettur, TN gets 192+25 equal 217 tmc ft. Pondicherry gets 7 tmc ft from this. So TN in effect gets 210 tmc ft in 2007. In the interim award they got 205 tmc ft at Mettur.

Both the states asked for unrealistic allocations- TN for 562 tmc ft and Karnataka for 465 tmc ft. The people are upset due to this.

The point to understand is that out of the 419 tmc ft that TN was awarded the local flow is 419 -210 equal 209 tmc ft in TN itself. So what was in dispute all along was the upstream flow of 740-10-209 equal 521 tmc ft. And this was divided in the ratio of TN gets 210 tmc ft, Karnataka gets 270 tmc ft and the rest to Kerala and Pondicherry.

But it is not presented this way.

If you ask me Karnataka should have accepted the 1991 award for it would have to give 205-25 equal 180 tmc ft to give at Bindigundulu. Now it is 192 tmc ft. The extra 12 are going to 7 tmc ft for Pondicherry and 5 tmc ft the bonus that TN official was inferring about. So it is a net loss of 5 tmc ft for Karnataka. The TN govt should offer to split the difference and all should be well. With good water management all can benefit and this will be history.

02-06-2007, 04:08 AM

Thanks Ramana,
QUOTEThe TN govt should offer to split the difference and all should be well. With good water management all can benefit and this will be history.
I don't think this will happen, Politician will exploit this situation especially Devi Godwa. Tribunal gave him another life.

QUOTEThe order passed by a three-member tribunal headed by retired Justice N P Singh, after more than 16 years of proceedings, triggered fears of violent protests reminiscent of the rioting that rocked Bangalore after the 1991 order. Karnataka government clamped prohibitory orders, shut down schools and stopped buses plying to and from Tamil Nadu.

There was a virtual bandh in Bangalore. Though the city was peaceful, rumours flew and anxious Bangaloreans called up newspaper offices to know if it was safe to venture out. Police commissioner N Achuta Rao sent SMSes to allay fears: "Dear Bangaloreans, situation is peaceful in the city. Please do not panic or heed rumours about untoward incidents." 
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QUOTEBut with a JD(S)-BJP combine ruling the state, the protests may take on an anti-Centre dimension as well, putting Congress in an awkward spot, though its state leaders will be vying with their rivals to be in the forefront of protests. In fact, supporters of former Congress CM S M Krishna, who has been eyeing a return to state politics, were already working on him to seize the opportunity.

The tribunal has devised a month-wise schedule for release of waters, and Karnataka is particularly aggrieved about what it is supposed to release for Tamil Nadu during June-September â a period when its own irrigation demand peaks.

The Cauvery dispute dates back to agreements between the erstwhile government of Mysore and the Madras Presidency signed in 1892 and then again in 1924

ramana · 02-07-2007, 03:14 AM

So from my review TN got a bit more but not much more.
However:
QUOTEJaya still thirsty for Cauvery water 
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Chennai, Feb. 6: Opposition leader and AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunalâs final award was a âbig setbackâ for the farmers of Tamil Nadu. She demanded that DMK chief M. Karunanidhi accept moral responsibility for it and resign as chief minister.

Arguing that the tribunalâs award of 192 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft) of Cauvery water to be released by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu was much less than the 205 tmc ft given in its interim order (in 1991), Ms Jayalalithaa said a further seven tmc ft would be taken away from Tamil Naduâs share to be given to Puducherry, which effectively meant that the state would get only 185 tmc ft from Karnataka.

âThis minority DMK government should quit owning moral responsibility for failure to get full justice for Tamil Naduâs farmers,â said former chief minister Jayalalitha. âThe government has issued a statement in support of the tribunal award. Also, Karunanidhi has declared happiness over the award. It appears that the farmersâ misery pleases him. The farmers in Tamil Nadu will no longer have water and must be content with only tears,â she said.Â <!--emo& Sad

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She said Tamil Naduâs only option now was to move the Supreme Court to get more Cauvery water. The state should simultaneously prevail upon the Centre to get this final award notified in the gazette and appoint a regulatory authority to monitor monthly water releases,

Ms Jayalalithaa said, adding, âBut then, people are already convinced that Karunanidhi will not do any of this.â âThe people of Tamil Nadu know very well that Karunanidhi has been working in favour of Karnataka even from the time he was the state PWD minister in 1967. He had liberally allowed Karnataka to construct any number of dams (on the Cauvery) and thus betrayed Tamil Nadu. He failed to renew the Cauvery agreement with Karnataka in 1974,â Ms Jayalalithaa said.Â <!--emo& Sad

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She alleged that Mr Karunanidhi was soft towards Karnataka because his family ran TV channels in that state at âgreat profitâ. For the same commercial reasons he would not prevent the âatrociousâ allocation by the tribunal of 30 tmc ft to Kerala, she claimed. âGreat injustice has been done to farmers in the Bhavani delta as five tmc ft water is going to be given from the Bhavani dam to Kerala,â she said


I think one way to ensure regional harmony is to have an Election Commission notification that regional parties can contest National elections only if they contest in a minimum of two/three adjacent states and also win 10% of the votes cast in the other states. This will ensure that folks like Jayalalitha and Devagowda have to be nice to the neighboring states. The tribunal gave TN more water than in 1991 and here she wants to create problems for everyone and cause inter-state disgruntlement. She can't win on issues and now wants to create a new one. <!--emo& Tongue

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Need to bring back regional harmony. Linguistic divison was not to create new animosities.

ramana · 02-07-2007, 09:39 PM

From PTI
QUOTECauvery verdict will be implemented: SozÂ

PTI | Coimbatore

Allaying the fears of farmers, Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz today said the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal's verdict on the sharing of the river's waters will be implemented as per its recommendations.

Replying to a question on farmers in Tamil Nadu being apprehensive about the implementation of the verdict in view of past experiences, Soz told mediapersons here that there was an "in-built scientific formula" for deciding the share of water for the states and this would be implemented within a year.

"There is also a regulatory authority to look after the implementation part," Soz said.

Categorically denying reports in a section of the press that he had given a three-month ultimatum to Karnataka to implement the verdict, Soz said the riparian states have been given three months to study the verdict and to file their grievances.

A regulatory mechanism is already in place and the final verdict will be implemented within 12 months after going through all formalities and grievances, he said.



Soz should not have visited TN first. He is Union minster not a state minister.This smacks of politicking. It will reinforce the idea in KN that there is hera pheri with the 5tmc ft. If TN does not seek to split the difference this award will not go thru. Plain and simple.

ramana · 02-07-2007, 09:46 PM

Another is on AP

QUOTECops oppose transfer of 'outsiders' from Hyderabad

Omer Farooq | HyderabadÂ

The Government's move of shifting 'outsiders' in the Hyderabad city police to their respective native places has stirred a hornet's nest in the force.

As part of the ongoing efforts to implement the GO No 610, the State Government has started transferring the police officials from other regions out of Hyderabad to pave the way for giving locals their due share in the service.

State Director General of Police MA Basit has issued orders transferring 42 inspectors of police to their respective places in coastal Andhra and Rayala Seema region.

These inspectors who were appointed as the sub inspectors after 1975 were later promoted as inspectors and were serving in Hyderabad in violation of the six-point formula and the Presidential orders.

The move of transferring such a large number of inspectors has created a stir in the police force, which has majority of outsiders as officials.

The Government was under tremendous pressure from different lobbies not to move out these officials while pro-Telangana parties, especially the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, was fighting for implementation of GO 610 which provides for transferring non locals.

State Home Minister K Jana Reddy told the media on Tuesday that the Government was committed to implement the GO 610 at any cost.

He pointed out that there were 3,000 'outside' constables and more than hundred officials in the city police force who will have to be shifted out under the order.

"To ensure that there is no adverse impact on the administration, we will transfer them in a phased manner," he said.

The move has come close on the heels of the State Government mounting pressure on non-local employees by ordering that salaries should be paid to only those who produce their domicile certificates. 

The step was taken after the heads of departments failed to comply with repeated Government orders to identify non-local employees in their respective departments.

The process has now picked up the pace with the House Committee of the State Assembly regularly reviewing the progress in the light of the Girgilani Commission report.

The Commission had said that there were more than 60,000 non-local Government employees in Hyderabad.



Something is wrong here. Hyderabad is the State capital and not a regional center. What does this mean that people from rest of the State do not have the right to work in the State govt.? Someone help me understand the logic of the Girgilani Commission.

ramana · 03-09-2007, 10:37 PM

From Pioneer, 9 March 2007
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Left-ruled States fail to achieve target

Rajeev Ranjan Roy | New Delhi

WB ranks 22nd, Kerala 24th among 30 States in terms of performance

The schemes under the Centre's 20-Point Programme are not progressing well in the States being ruled by the pro-poor political parties. Left-ruled West Bengal ranks 22nd among 30 States in terms of performance by achieving only 45 per cent of the targets, while Kerala ranks 24th by accomplishing 43 per cent of the targets during April-December 2006.

The schemes under 20-Point Programme deal with social and economic empowerment of the poor in general. The performance review done by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation puts Andhra Pradesh on top of the list, followed by Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh. These States have achieved 100, 93, 87 and 86 per cent of the targets.

Faced with criticism from the opposition for not carrying out pro-poor works effectively, Uttar Pradesh ranks 5th by achieving 83 per cent targets, followed by Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Karnataka. UP and Himachal Pradesh, all other States are under the rule of National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

According to a Ministry official, as many as 12 items have been taken into consideration for the purpose of ranking the performance of States. These items include distribution of surplus land, drinking water supply, immunisation of children, assistance to SC/ST families, houses for economically weaker sections, LIG houses, slum improvement, tree plantation, village electrification, and setting up bio-gas plants.

As per an estimate, 6.24 lakh houses were provided to the rural poor under the Indira Awas Yojana against the target of 8.43 lakh units during April-December 2006. Against the target of 68,518 houses for economically weaker sections of society, 89,311 houses were constructed, achieving 130 per cent of the target.

The areas where the targets have not been achieved are the construction of houses meant for the lower income groups of society, tree plantation on the private lands, immunisation of children and setting up of primary health centres. The review report says that only 84 primary health centres were set up during April-December against the target of 202.

"Around 20.80 lakh people in the slum areas were provided with basic amenities. Almost 13.22 lakh hectares of area have been covered with plantation on the public and forestlands. As many as 12,241 villages were electrified under the Rural Electrification Programme, while 2.58 lakh pump sets were energised for irrigation purposes," a Ministry official said.

"The slow progress of plantation on the public and forestland, Indira Awas Yojana and primary health centres is a matter of concern. The Ministries concerned need to ask the State Governments to expedite efforts to meet the targets," the official added.

03-10-2007, 08:46 PM

QUOTE(ramana @ Feb 7 2007, 09:46 PM)Another is on AP

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTECops oppose transfer of 'outsiders' from Hyderabad

Omer Farooq | HyderabadÂ

The Government's move of shifting 'outsiders' in the Hyderabad city police to their respective native places has stirred a hornet's nest in the force.

As part of the ongoing efforts to implement the GO No 610, the State Government has started transferring the police officials from other regions out of Hyderabad to pave the way for giving locals their due share in the service.

State Director General of Police MA Basit has issued orders transferring 42 inspectors of police to their respective places in coastal Andhra and Rayala Seema region.

These inspectors who were appointed as the sub inspectors after 1975 were later promoted as inspectors and were serving in Hyderabad in violation of the six-point formula and the Presidential orders.

The move of transferring such a large number of inspectors has created a stir in the police force, which has majority of outsiders as officials.

The Government was under tremendous pressure from different lobbies not to move out these officials while pro-Telangana parties, especially the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, was fighting for implementation of GO 610 which provides for transferring non locals.

State Home Minister K Jana Reddy told the media on Tuesday that the Government was committed to implement the GO 610 at any cost.

He pointed out that there were 3,000 'outside' constables and more than hundred officials in the city police force who will have to be shifted out under the order.

"To ensure that there is no adverse impact on the administration, we will transfer them in a phased manner," he said.

The move has come close on the heels of the State Government mounting pressure on non-local employees by ordering that salaries should be paid to only those who produce their domicile certificates. 

The step was taken after the heads of departments failed to comply with repeated Government orders to identify non-local employees in their respective departments.

The process has now picked up the pace with the House Committee of the State Assembly regularly reviewing the progress in the light of the Girgilani Commission report.

The Commission had said that there were more than 60,000 non-local Government employees in Hyderabad.



Something is wrong here. Hyderabad is the State capital and not a regional center. What does this mean that people from rest of the State do not have the right to work in the State govt.? Someone help me understand the logic of the Girgilani Commission.
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From what I heard the CON(gress) govt. will see if they look like they are going to lose the elections, they will give Telangana state 6 months before elections.

03-19-2007, 04:43 AM

Khanduri tries to rein in babus QUOTEFrom its attempt to reign in bureaucrats to stop payments of cheques, the Uttarakhand governmentâs new decisions have generated considerable curiosity among the people of the state.

Immediately after assuming office, Chief Minister B C Khanduri put a freeze on recruitments for government jobs, a step that is coming under fire from the Opposition.

After two days of uproarious scenes in the state assembly that culminated in repeated adjournments over the issue, Khanduri refused to budge saying he would make sure that recruitments are held in a transparent manner.

In yet another significant decision, Khanduri has put a halt on the foreign jaunts of bureaucrats and disallowed them from using more than one car. âNow onward, a bureaucrat can have only one car,â said Khanduri.
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Earlier, top bureaucrats would have at least four cars at their disposal since most of them were holding three to four departments.

âEven if they hold five departments, they will not be allowed to use more than one car,â said Khanduri.

Stating that there was an administrative collapse in the N D Tiwari government, Khanduri said his first priority would be to bring the administrative machinery back on track. Besides this, Khanduri has also ordered that bureaucrats cannot take their cars outside the state merely on their whims and fancy. âThey should prefer trains to car,â the Chief Minister said. 

Now Babus will try to make CM lige living hell.

03-25-2007, 07:20 PM

QUOTE(Mudy @ Mar 19 2007, 04:43 AM)Now Babus will try to make CM lige living hell.


Babus will plot the fall of Kandhuri government. This is how congress keeps its hold on the government even if they lose elections.

If kandhuri wants to really clean the system, he should not do it in a piece meal fashion. He should do it in one blow and very fast and swift. Otherwise he will face the same situation that CBN faced in AP.

In 1999 CBN went in for a very boldest measure (never heard of in India's history). It is called as APWAN. Using which all the governmet services will be outsorced to consoritim of private enterprises. He was inches away from decision and it would have changed the history of government. In the last minute he got cold feet and reverted his decision. He is out of office.

Moral: When you are dealing with government employees do it boldly and swiftly. If you do slowly and piecemeal way you will be swallowed by the system

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