This fraud doctor from assam, a nominated PM, just loves to talk and talk and give sermons. Can he tell us what he has done in 4 years to oncrease food grains, what has he done in irrigation, what has he done in agri reforms ? Absolutely nothing, he is just a big zero. He has only increased taxes on salaried people.
this man was never fit for being a PM. he was just a dog of gandhi family . i man who has NO hounour , and with no dignity. he can control his cabinet ministers.
Spurt in food prices can seriously hurt us: Manmohan????
1. you can reserve food for OBCs. 2. you can lose sleep over traitors having food in australia. 3. you can continue to tax medical expenses of senior citizens to feed people. 4. you are anyway increasing salaries of govt employees who do not work and earn under the table instead.
I guess the PM and his team is waking up now. Since 2 years there have been indications of what's to come on the food front. On top of it you have an agriculture minister who is more interested in cricket and making money and making some stupid statements on farmers committing suicide.
Marginal farmers do not have a technology / resources as well as Knowledge to increase yield. In case Indian political parties ( UPA or NDA) make a frame work and encourage private sector to join hands ( such as Reliance / Birla / Tata) with a large groups of Marginal farmers and use their Land with assured minimum returns to farmers ( base level) and enhanced returns depending upon Economic climate ( Much like Mutual funds >>> Risk & Rewards ) Things will move.
Otherwise keep on doling out freebies / loan waiver / colr tv and what not >>. Nothing will happen >> You will not get a Bushel extra
RE:Mr Singh India's food security will come If you have the guts to Introduce Private Sector with Marginal farmers in a Co operative patrren
by Kaushik Das on Apr 10, 2008 08:27 PM Permalink
this may actually be a good idea. The farming sector has immense potential for returns. With knowledge and technology, risk is also largely mitigated.
create new cities say 100 with a popuation of 1 crore each and the city should be designed with a perfect design, no pollution...only public tranport that too only electrified vehicles...no pollution no fuel bills...three to five yeas compulsary military service for everyone fo protection of country...waste managment to produce electriciy....clean electriity coal plants should be converted o renewable sources pant like hydro eleticity..geo thermal energy...Corruption checks using hi tech comptuer checks...pantation of mass movement to plant trees ...say 50 crore trees a day...top proiority research for eco frienly techniques...money ( a espectable amount to be paid by he gvernment)... hospital for all...poplution control follow the method of china...religion and caste problem ...follow the concept o idea advertisment in which everyone is rcoginesd by a number...terriost problem- biomedical identification of everydody like ingerprint scan DNA scan...eye scan...or try make it mass movement ad forward this message to as many people as you canif not just leave all the worries for God , he will take care of everthing...
RE:RE:just my try...by lokesh
by gaurav arora on Apr 10, 2008 08:16 PM Permalink
Will you like to stay in a city of patna with these facilities.Forgot to tell that public transport busses will be sold the same night ,banks will be looted the same day of their opening their branches..ATM machines will be picked up
RE:just my try...by lokesh
by Kaushik Das on Apr 10, 2008 08:29 PM Permalink
beta r n tagore kee aulaad, isse achchaa to tagore kaa poem hee likh dete - where the mind is without fear... :-))
RE:RE:better sell this country..
by saan on Apr 10, 2008 08:01 PM Permalink
we have got so many resources..if utilise dproperly for 5 years...We can beat anyone.....but nobody believs
on one hand he says in the energy policy to make 10% of the fuel to be biofuel - and world over con prices have shot up due to farmers selling all their corn to biofuel plants. the result is worldover price rise in corn. in india they might argue that the 10% biofuel will come from jatropha - but thats hardly the sae - the most likely source will be sugar - ethanol. jatropha will only be a facade.
these days the farmers are smart. the moment there's a slight fluctuation - they can hoard, sell it at a later date, or sell it abroad for a better price. the futures are not helping either - too much speculation just keeps the price high forever.
on this backdrop - if the PM after knowing all this - if he continues with the 10% biofuel plan its sheer madness.
RE:the Pm is out of his mind
by Thing on Apr 10, 2008 08:05 PM Permalink
You are probably talking of the "smart" trader not smart farmer. Farmer cannot afford to hoard :-)
Instead of taking food to make biofuels we should be using much less fuel. India already leads the world in vehicle energy-efficiency (world's biggest cycle industry, the 100km/litre motorcycle, the 30km/litre 10-passenger "chhakada", the 5km/litre full-size bus) but there is pressure from sections of the media to throw away this advantage and copy the disastrous lead of the Americans and Europeans. I would suggest for a start on even further improvement: (1)Formally legalise the carrying of more than two people on a motorcycle; there is no evidence that it is particularly dangerous, and it will be safer and more comfortable if the manufacturers can provide proper seats and footrests for three or four people; (2)Exempt from most of the type-approval, registration and licensing formalities any vehicle that is solar-powered and can be demonstrated to be capable of running at least 20km every day without plugging in or using any fuel. Some "experts" believe that this is impossible, and some people in the car and oil industries would like everyone to believe that it is impossible-don't let them stand in the way! (3) Require all new air-conditioning installations in buildings to be solar-powered; (4) Make satellite-TV companies delete the contract clause requiring the decoder to be switched on all the time; if every household in India gets one then at 28 watts each it would need two Dabhol Power Stations going flat-out to keep them all on standby.
RE:spurt in food prices
by raj on Apr 10, 2008 07:54 PM Permalink
exactly. we are being driven towards more cars, when it should be less cars, more public transport.
only one thing can reduce fuel consumption - PUBLIC TRANSPORT. as much as possible - public transport. but the irony in india is that we have a bad infrastructure - bad roads, less buses, trains.
Re: spurt in food prices
by Guest on Oct 14, 2008 10:04 PM Permalink
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Re: spurt in food prices
by Alberto on Oct 14, 2008 10:05 PM Permalink
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