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Something more than reservations.
by Bagmar satish C. A. on Apr 20, 2006 07:43 PM   Permalink

Noted journalist M. J. Akbar has rightly elaborated how Muslim,Sikh and cristains have no caste system and how upper caste together means 40 % are out of reservation .This class and religions oppose.
But real issue is do we exploit opportunities fully? what reservations alone do if we have no mechanisam to spend public money properly?If we do not have will and courage to go for massive economic adventure like china?we have no HRD to Build and use infracture.Electricity shortage alone costs us 3 lac crores GDP.Our public spending is very low as fiscal discipline is key of our economics.
In agriculture due to subsidised foreign goods our agriculturists to compete have lost massive Rs. 136000 crores and there is massive fall in employment days per person in agriculture and there is shift to corporate farming.and now FDI in retail trade.1 employee of MNC shall do work of 95 retailors.
corruption drains 85 paisa of a rupee.That is why even small allocated funds too remain unspent.we just lack mechanisam to spend.In absence of infrastrecture,hrd 60 % of our minerals are exported unvalueadded.And Bush asks his enterprenuers to exploit Indian markets.we need to exploit opportuni

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