Hmm True Knight, you seem to be an expert on economics. You say Gujarat has been 1st or 2nd always. Can you please explain these few things
1) Can you remember any CM or a state which has done something like "Vibrant Gujarat" to attract investments? Just one I know who took some effort of this kind was Chandra babu Naidu.
2) Can you remember a CM who has travelled other countries like Japan, Korea, Switzerland to meet industrialists and companies in those countries for their technology know how and have MOUs signed between those foreign companies and the companies in his/her state?
3) Can you name a CM who is visionary to the end that he starts a project to add "Folic Acid" in the food given to children in schools to help children fight Anemia and night blindness? Add vitamin A and D to vegetable oil to improve its nutrient value?
4) Can you name a CM who goes to villages for 3-4 days every year and not alone, with his whole staff where drop out rate of children from school is high and encourage parents to enroll their children in schools and provides them facilities?
5) Can you name a CM who started projects to raise water level in the ground so that your tube wells does not go dry in few years and have other state government, read Maharashtra gov, asking for details on the project so that they can implement something similar in their state?
6) Can you name a CM who is visionary enough to tie up with private hospitals and Dr. in the state to provide free maternal medic
RE:To someone called True Knight
by Indian on Dec 12, 2007 03:24 AM Permalink
6) Can you name a CM who is visionary enough to tie up with private hospitals and Dr. in the state to provide free maternal medical care to would-be mothers so that they don't have to travel long distances to go to a gov hospital?
7) Can you name a CM who is visionary enough to separate power lines on one hand to villages/towns and on other hand to farms so that there is uninterrupted power in villages/towns and ample power supply to farmlands? The uninterrupted power supply encourages the people of the village to engage in other businesses other than farming and help in reverse migration from city to villages.
I can go on and on and on but it would be great if you can answer the above limited ques.
RE:To someone called True Knight
by Verghese on Dec 12, 2007 03:34 AM Permalink
Just check why? India wasnt liberalised so much as it is now and that is the Central Policy..Investments are coming to almost every state and Gujarat has always been an industrious state..So it does not matter whether Modi is at the helm or his bodyguard.Industrious Gujaratis will bring more and more investment.Modi went all these places and squandered public money when the central government could do the same thing..Just see if Switzerland was in one of his itineries..May be few years later we will have an account by the name of Lotus there..Who knows..Jiske dhti ke neeche kaccha ho wo kuch bhi kar sakta hai..Sorry Kuch nahin bhi ho sakta hai..
RE:To someone called True Knight
by Indian on Dec 12, 2007 03:49 AM Permalink
Verghese, Can you talk some sense please?
You don't get it, do you?
>> Modi went all these places and squandered public money when the central government could do the same thing..
See thats the big question COULD DO THE SAME. But the central gov did not do it was the CM who did it. You have to take teh right steps. It does not matter if he went or someone else went. He took a step to get it done. Ask the people of gujarat, they will say one BIG thing. They are electing modi because HE CAN GET THINGS DONE.
Another ex. is the NDC meet in 2005. I bet you don't know what NDC meet is and please google it up and see. In the NDC meet of 2005 everyone was amazed by the way he administers his state and the vision he has. Even the PM was spellbound. The PM is one of the best finance ministers we ever had. Did he criticize on any of Modi's development works in the election ralleys? Do you know why?
RE:To someone called True Knight
by Verghese on Dec 12, 2007 03:57 AM Permalink
I am sure if Modi was in the 80's or 90's he would not have spent a dime ..India is now seen as a big market for International corps..So inflow of investment is taking place everywhere..poor old Uttar Pradesh too..Modi is just reaping the harvest of the interest that the world has in India.Most foreign investment has to go through the central approval b4 it reaches the states , any change in Central Policy could have afftected Modi Inc. that's the small print.
RE:To someone called True Knight
by Indian on Dec 12, 2007 04:03 AM Permalink
Verghese, Sorry no arguments with you further. You lack economic and political knowledge to understand this any further. Please carry on with your religious zeal and arguments.
