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by shawaji bhosale on Feb 25, 2007 12:31 AM

Dear Zia,

Did you read this news about state of Gujarat government?

What say Sonia Gandhi lead Rajiv Gandhi Foundation?

Didnt you read this story in Economic times? Ofcourse our

secular media hates to publish such stories even they are

originally sensational as Sonia's organizatios praising

Modi is unbelieveable. But its simple truth and truth is

always bitter for secular people, so they enjoy supressing

it. Few papers like Economiic Times published it in back

pages somehwre. Read what RGF found after careful

study.......

Rajiv Gandhi Foundation finds Gujarat No 1 state
Author:
Publication: The Economic Times
Date: May 20, 2005
The Narendra Modi brand of governance has got an

unexpected endorsement. The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation,

headed by Sonia Gandhi, has adjudged Modi's Gujarat as

the Number 1 state in economic freedom index.
A study 'Economic Freedom for States of India' carried out

by the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, the

foundation's think-tank, has come to this conclusion after

analysing "economic freedom" in different states of India.
The study has defined economic freedom as "absence of

goverment coercion or constraint in the production,

distribution or consumption of goods and services beyond

the extent necessary for citizens to protect and maintain

liberty by itself".
In other words, the foundation does not agree that

individual liberty is under threat in Mr Modi's Gujarat.
The study is all praise for Gujarat, as it grades state

governments on its political decision-making; the extent to

which justice is served; levels of corruption; and the extent

of regulation in the labour market.
The study, which has taken into account the size of

government, security of property rights and regulation of

credit and business has said that Gujarat comes on top. On

the size of goverment, Gujarat comes in the first position.

For, only a small share of the GSDP is accounted for by

government services. Here, the government has a small

role as subsidiser. Power subsidies are among the lowest

in Gujarat.
In what could be a discomforting finding for the Congress

and the Left, the RGF study says: "Safety of life is an

essential component (of economic freedom). Gujarat, AP,

Tamil Nadu, Haryana and MP have a very small share of the

total crimes being accounted for by violent crimes. This

share is much higher in J&K, UP, Jharkhand, Bihar and

Assam, where murder, rape, kidnapping, abduction, riots,

arson and dowry deaths are more rampant".
The findings do not end here. "In Gujarat, Chattisgarh,

Rajasthan and MP (all BJP ruled) a large share of the cases

that are taken up by the police are ensured complete

investigation, unlike in West Bengal, Punjab, Bihar,

Jharkhand and Assam".
Also,"in Gujarat, least number of mandays are lost as a

result of strikes and lockout as a ratio of total industrial

workers in the state".
Gujarat's liberal licence regime has also come for praise in

the report. "Constraints on trade imposed by market and

license fees were also included in economic freedom.

Corruption is also seen to be relatively low in Modi's

Gujarat. "In Gujarat, AP, Maharashtra, a smaller share of

the total cases resgistered are pending investigation."
"Gujarat, AP, Maharashtra and Haryana exhibited low

minimum license fee for traders".
"Corruption is measured in terms of cases pending

investigation as a ratio of total cases registered under

Prevention of Corruption and related acts. In Gujarat, AP,

Maharashtra, a smaller share of the total cases resgistered

are pending investigation. The situation, however, is bleak

in West Bengal, J&K, HP, Jharkhand and Bihar".



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