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SC pulls up Setalvad for writing to foreign human rights agency! PM launches countrywide Mobile Number Portability service as just after a day of COSMETIC Cabinet Resuffle to boost Economy and  Infrastructure under Ethnic Culture oriented Growth and development,Leaders of the Left and several other parties today decided to jointly conduct a week-long agitation against price rise from February 3-9, when they will organise picketing of Central Government offices, protest demonstrations and rallies.West Bengal Governor visits Netai, BaghbindaWest Bengal Governor visits Netai, Baghbinda!

No Action against CORRUPTION or Price rise but Attributing the high prices of essential commodities to sharp increases in foodgrain and oil prices globally, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed confidence of bringing in price stability by March!

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SC pulls up Setalvad for writing to foreign human rights agency! PM launches countrywide Mobile Number Portability service as just after a day of COSMETIC Cabinet Resuffle to boost Economy and  Infrastructure under Ethnic Culture oriented Growth and development,Leaders of the Left and several other parties today decided to jointly conduct a week-long agitation against price rise from February 3-9, when they will organise picketing of Central Government offices, protest demonstrations and rallies.

West Bengal Governor visits Netai, Baghbinda! M K Narayanan consoled the members of the families of the Forward Bloc workers who were killed by suspected Maoists recently at Baghbinda village under Jhalda Police Station in Purulia district.The Governor arrived in the district by a helicopter which landed in the premises of Jhalda Satyabama High School. From there, he went to the village, travelling a distance of seven km.During his interaction with the victims' families, Mr Narayanan consoled them and assured that he would see to it what could be done.Seven Forward Bloc workers were gunned down by suspected Maoists in Jhalda Police Station area on December 16.


His visit took place the day Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in Delhi over the state's law and order situation that came under national focus with both the ruling Left Front and the main opposition Trinamool Congress accusing each other.

No Action against CORRUPTION or Price rise but Attributing the high prices of essential commodities to sharp increases in foodgrain and oil prices globally, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed confidence of bringing in price stability by March!


Mr Narayan began the day with a visit to Netai village in the Maoist hotbed of Lalgarh, about 200 km from Kolkata, where nine local people were shot dead and 17 injured on January 7 in firing, allegedly by armed men sheltered in a CPI(M) leader's house.


He later went to Baghbinda, a hilly village in Jhalda block of Purulia district, about 225 km from Kolkata. There, seven supporters of the Forward Bloc, a major partner of the ruling Left Front, were gunned down by the rebels on December 17.


At Netai, the Governor spoke to villagers and listened to their complaints. He also visited the house from where shots were allegedly fired and talked to police and district officials on the measures they were taking to curb violence.


"I will file a report to both Central and the state Governments on the feelings and demands of the villagers," Mr Narayanan told reporters.


Referring to the Maoist depredation, he said, "I know about the Maoist problem. I have a fair idea about what the rebels are capable of," he added.


The Netai incident prompted the Union Home Minister to call the Chief Minister for talks in Delhi while the Governor issued a statement expressing his shock and asking the state Government to 'act positively".


At Baghbinda in Purulia district, too, Mr Narayanan went round the spot of the massacre. He talked to the local people and sympathised with the families of the victims.

"International prices of foodgrains have increased sharply. There has also been a sharp increase in oil prices globally. However, the Government is making all efforts to bring stability in the prices," the Prime Minister told reporters after the swearing-in of three new Ministers in the Union Council of Ministers and three Ministers elevated to the Cabinet rank.


Asked about the time frame for bringing down prices, he said, "I am not an astrologer. But I am confident that we will be able to bring in price stability by March."

SC notice to Gujarat govt in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.

The Supreme Court issued notices to the state of Gujarat and 19 accused in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case on an application by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)seeking transfer of the case outside Gujarat to ensure a free and fair trial.


All the 19 accused, including former Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah and 14 senior police officials, are facing trial in the case.


Sohrabuddin was allegedly killed in a fake encounter on November 26, 2005, near Ahmedabad and a few days later his pregnant wife Kauser Bi was also killed.


The sole eyewitness in the case Tulsi Ram Prajapati was also found dead under mysterious circumstances.


According to the CBI, since a former minister who is very close to Chief Minister Narendra Modi and senior police officials including the then head of Anti Terrorism Squad V D Vanzara, a police officer of DIG rank are facing trial, prosecution witnesses will not dare to depose freely and without fear against the influential undertrials and it will be therefore in the interest of the justice to transfer the case outside the state of Gujarat.


The prices of essential commodities have increased sharply in recent weeks, leading to rise in food inflation levels. The Government last week announced several measures to tackle the rise in the prices of essential commodities.

On February 9, OPPOSITION will organise a mass demonstration in New Delhi in which the main leaders of all the parties will participate.


In a statement, the leaders said the people were suffering due to the relentless increase in the prices of food articles.


"Onions and vegetables have gone out of the reach of the common people. Food inflation remains unbearably high. The general inflation rate of 8.5 per cent is an iniquitous tax on the people. While the people are groaning under price rise, the country is witnessing rampant corruption and plunder of resources," they said.


According to them, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government remained callous to the plight of the people.


"False assurances are given that the prices will come down within a short period. The ministers in the UPA government are giving differing and contradictory statements regarding price rise and how to tackle it," they said.


The signatories to the statement were Mr Prakash Karat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Mr A B Bardhan of the Communist Party of India, Mr H D Deve Gowda of the Janata Dal (S), Mr Arjun Charan Sethi of the Biju Janata Dal, Mr Debabrata Biswas of the Forward Bloc, Mr Abani Roy of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, Mr Nama Nageswara Rao of the Telugu Desam Party, Mr Thambi Durai of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Mr Ajit Singh of the Rashtriya Lok Dal.


The statement said the Government had not taken any effective measures to curb price rise and, on the contrary, its policies had contributed to inflation.


It said that, since deregulation, petrol prices had been hiked seven times, leading to a 20 per cent rise in petrol prices. It said the Government had not stopped the speculation through forward trading in food items and essential commodities. The export-import measures for commodities such as onions had fuelled price rise and helped private trading companies to make huge profits, it said.


"The price rise of food items have not benefited the farmers. In many areas, farmers in distress continue to commit suicides. Neither do they get remunerative prices nor are they compensated adequately for crop losses. The Central Government has not extended adequate assistance to meet the losses of farmers due to unseasonal rains," it said.


The statement said the Manmohan Singh government wanted to allow foreign companies in the muti-brand retail trade. This will mean loss of livelihood for lakhs of shopkeepers and traders, it said.


The leaders demanded a ban on forward trading in food items and essential commodities, universalisation of the public distribution system, firm measures against hoarding, bit forward trading in food items and essential commodities, remunerative prices to farmers, inputs at reasonable cost to boost productivity in agriculture, end to the deregulation of petroleum products and barring of foreign capital in retail trade.

The Supreme Court today strongly disapproved the conduct of human rights activist Teesta Setalvad in sending a copy of her letter to a foreign human rights organisation giving details of what is happening in Indian courts in relation with the 2002 Gujarat riots cases.

Ms Setalvad has sent a copy of her letter, written to the National Human Rights Commission and Special Investigation Team (SIT) to the office of High Commissioner, Human Rights, Geneva.


A three-judge bench comprising Justices D K Jain, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam severely reprimanded Ms Setalvad for sending the letter to a foreign human rights organisation.


Justice Jain said, "What is this? It seems that you have more faith in the foreign agency than this court. This court is competent enough to take care of what is happening in courts of this country."


He asked Ms Kamini Jaiswal, counsel for Ms Setalvad, "Can that organisation instruct us?"


Ms Jaiswal tendered an unconditional apology to the court and assured it that she would never write again to any foreign agency in future.


The apex court accepted the apology and disposed of the complaint, and fixed March 3 for further hearing of the case.


It also kept the SIT application, seeking direction to the Gujarat High Court not to transfer the trial court judge hearing a Gujarat riot case as the trial is at the advanced stage and 194 witnesses have already been examined.


The court was, however, informed that it was a routine transfer.


The apex court was also informed that the trial judge in the Naroda Patiya riot case has already been transferred from the Ahmedabad court.


The Supreme Court is monitoring the probe in 10 major riots cases and the SIT is investigating the role of 62 top functionaries of the Narendra Modi government, including that of the Chief Minister.


The SIT has also submitted a fresh status report giving details of the progress made in the investigation.


Earlier, there were reports that SIT had given a clean chit to Mr Modi.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today launched the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service in the country by making the inaugural call to Union Communications Minister Kapil Sibal from a ported number.

Dr Singh said telecommunications provided a key tool for the socio-economic transformation of the rural areas.

He congratulated the telecom sector on the introduction of MNP and for being the fastest growing telecom market in the world. He said MNP was a shining example of how telecommunication services had helped to widen human choices in a very important area of the nation's economic activity.

"The telecom sector is one of India's known and praised success stories. Telecom services in our country have witnessed very rapid growth over the last decade and today we are the fastest growing telecom market in the world. The prices of our telecom services are among the lowest globally. We can be reasonably proud of our achievements in this very important sector, which has the potential to act as a catalyst for the growth of other sectors of our economy," he said.

Dr Singh said India had achieved a teledensity of about 65 per cent and the mobile subscriber base had reached around 750 million today from a mere 33 million in March 2004. On an average, about 15 million new subscribers are being added each month, he said.

"More of our countrymen have been touched by this revolution than by any other program, product or service in the history of our nation and that too at a pace unprecedented in the world at large," he said.

Pointing out that competition all over the world enhanced the efficiency of businesses, he said it improved the availability and quality of products and services.

"The telecommunications sector is a prime example where the fruits of increased competition are visible to all. It is believed that Mobile Number Portability, besides enabling a subscriber to change operators without losing his or her original number, will also trigger greater competition. The telecom service providers will seek to improve the range and quality of their services in order to retain their existing subscribers and also to attract subscribers from other operators. This should further spur the growth of the Indian telecom sector," he said.

The Prime Minister said the Government's efforts for inclusive growth would not be successful unless it brought about a socio-economic transformation of the rural areas.

"Telecommunications provide a key tool to make this happen. Indeed, access to affordable telecom services is the most important development that has happened in the rural areas of our country after the Green Revolution. Our government has taken the initiative for faster rural penetration of telecom services through the Universal Service Obligation Fund to set up towers and cell sites in rural and remote areas. I have been told that more than eleven thousand crore rupees have been spent on various schemes by the Universal Service Obligation Fund," he said.

Dr Singh said the advent of 3G and Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Services would provide a further boost to the provision of affordable voice and broadband services in the country.

"We must therefore, work on strategies and steps to leverage broadband telecom in addressing persistent development challenges in the field of education, health and rural development. If we modify our approach to development issues and devise new strategies that leverage broadband to the maximum, I am confident that we will overcome many challenges and we will be able to usher in transformational change instead of incremental improvements. Indeed, ubiquitous telecom services have the immense potential to bring many more people from the periphery of the economy into the national mainstream and that should be our objective," he said.

"Our future generations will live in an increasingly globalised digital economy. Our ability to communicate and be in touch with others will be a major determinant of the pace of our progress. We must strive tirelessly in that direction," he added.

Mr Sibal said that, though India had introduced MNP relatively late vis-à-vis other developed countries, it had done so by adopting the latest technologies and methodology.

He said India had now joined the select list of advanced countries like the United States, the United Kingdom and China in providing MNP services.

He said that India was unique in the matter of size, number of subscribers, growth rate of the market and the number of operators per licensed service area. He said no country had a network of so much complexity.

Mr Sibal said MP would not only give wider choices to Indian subscribers but would also compel service providers to offer innovative, affordable and competitive tariff plans.

The MNP service will allow subscribers to retain their existing mobile telephone number even when they switch from one access service provider to another, irrespective of mobile technology or from one technology to another technology of the same or any other access service provider within the same service area.

The MNP service was initially launched in Haryana Licensed Service Area on November 25, 2010 which served as a pilot and helped resolve all problems in the countrywide implementation. Subsequently, a phase-wise migration plan of networks in all the other Service Areas was worked out by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in coordination with service providers. During the migration process, validation of technical parameters was carried out for successful and smooth migration of the networks of various service areas. Technical migration activity has been completed as planned on January 19, which has completed the ground work for commencement of MNP Service on a commercial basis from today.

From today mobile subscribers in all service areas across the country have the choice of selecting their telecom service provider within the Licensed Service Area without changing their number, provided a minimum period of 90 days has elapsed after subscription to the mobile service of their current service provider.

For availing this facility, the subscriber has to generate a unique porting code (UPC) by sending an SMS (PORT Mobile number) to 1900. With this UPC, the subscriber has to do all the formalities of registering as a new subscriber and present the UPC to the new service provider. In Jammu & Kashmir, the pre-paid subscriber shall call to 1900 and get the UPC from the operator.

Porting has to be completed within seven working days except for Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and North East Service Areas where 15 days time has been prescribed.

The Telephone Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has put a ceiling of Rs. 19 on porting charges which the new service provider may collect from the subscriber. Post-paid subscribers before making the porting request, have to make sure that their last bill has been paid failing which the request for change to a new service provider shall be rejected. In the case of pre-paid subscriber any balance amount left will not be carried forward when the number is transferred to the new service provider, an official press release added.

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China will overtake US in 8 years OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore: The world-famous Economist is a great supporter of the Jews, anti-Muslim, anti-communist and always supports the rich. But when it comes to China it is forced to speak the truth because as an economic journal it cannot say 2 plus 2 does not become 4. In its latest issue (Dec.18, 2010), it says the annual GDP growth of China in the next decade will be 7.75% but only 2.5% for USA. At this rate China will overtake US in 2019 — in eight years, it says. Iran becomes nuclear power OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore: DV has already announced about Iran becoming a nuclear power. President Ahmedinejad said on Dec.28 that "Iran has become a nuclear country". Both USA and its boss, zionist Israel, have failed to stop Iran's march. Meanwhile, Brahminical India too turned against the rising Islamic power by cutting petrol supplies from Iran. Jews and the "Jews of India" are fast coming together. Corruption strengthens Hinduism : Raid on temples & ashramas will reveal all secrets OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore: Recent sensational disclosures in their own Hindu media about Hindu India's top upper caste (Hindus) corruption have revealed the pernicious hand of many Hindu godmen. Mrs. Niira Radia, India's topmost fixer and the king (or queen) pin behind the spectrum scam, the mother of all scams, has disclosed that she had the full blessings of the notorious Pejawara Swami of Udupi in coastal Karnataka heading a Madhwa Brahmin cult. SAI BABA'S ROLE This swami is also the driving force behind Karnataka's most corrupt Chief Minister Yeddyurappa. When Yeddyurappa and the "Khatri Sick" PM were exposed for their role in scams both rushed to Puttapurthi to seek the blessings of the notorious Satya Sai Baba who keeps the stolen money of all the biggest thieves of the country. If the "Khatri Sick" PM is so pure why he is avoiding the JPC? HOT FAVOURITE OF RASCALS The Ambanis regularly visit Tirupati, the country's richest temple, and pour billions of their tainted money. The god on receiving the money from these thieves converts them into angels. Does it not mean Hinduism stands for corruption and through corruption Hinduism is being strengthened ? Another notorious "Sri Sri" Ravi Shankar, who is operating an international racket from Bangalore, is the hot favourite of all the corrupt rascals. Yet another postman-turned holy man at Mysore, Ganapati Sachidananda Swamy, had all the money of the Chanakya, P.V. Narasimha Rao, who slept while the Babri Masjid was demolished by the Brahmin terrorist party. The Chanakya died before taking the money back. SHANKARACHARI AS MURDERER Chandraswami of Delhi was the hot favourite of PM Indira Gandhi. The Shankarachari of Kanchi is the principal adviser to the Hindu terrorist party itself. Nothing happened to him despite all the proven charges of murder etc. Abhinav Bharat, the super Hindu terrorist party, comprising mainly the Chitpavan Brahmins who murdered hundreds of Muslims, is fully protected by all the Swamis, saints. There are hundreds of such fraudmen parading as godmen but all of them are going strong despite keeping all the money stolen from the treasury of this poor country. When the govt. is ordering raid on the houses of top crooks like Radia, Kalmadi, etc., etc., why it is not handling these godmen-turned fraudmen? Temples and Ashrams in India are like the Swiss banks, safe and secure. Since political leaders have close connections with these godmen, they are well-sheltered and well protected. STOLEN MONEY The nexus between Hindu godmen protecting the stolen money and the thieves can be broken if the judiciary orders the CBI and the police to raid such centres. One thing has became clear: Brahminism parading as Hinduism and its myriad godmen are promoting their Hinduism by promoting corruption, enslaving the Bahujans and thereby destroying this country. Reference: DV Aug.16, 2009 p.11: "Kanchi Shankarachari sex scandals". DV March 1, 2009 p.8: "Murder case against Kanchi swami". DV Jan.1, 2005 p.20: "DV's 12-point charge-sheet against Kanchi Swami" & p. 21: "Is it a Vaishnava conspiracy to silence Kanchi swami?" DV Dec.16, 2004 p.7: "Kanchi: How to save India from vaidik vampire?" & "Caste identity & Kanchi swami",. DV Edit Dec.1, 2004: "Brahminism in turmoil: Defeated BJP made miserable by Kanchi Swmai & Uma Bharati" & p. 4: "Brahma Hatya by Kanchi Swami". Indian praise for China's justice system OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore: Though Brahmins founded the Communist Party in India, used it to further their jatiinterests by suppressing the Bahujans, they switched on to the more profitable capitalist free enterprise under the influence of their Jewish colleagues. However, the Maoist movement raging in the Eastern part of India is led by the Brahminists. When the Brahminical Binayak Sen was sentenced for his connection with the maoist movement, all those howled and hooted were Brahminists only. Now an interesting report comes out in India's principal Brahmin paper, the Hindu, sent by its Beijing correspondent, also a Brahmin. Bullock cart country: The report speaks highly of China's justice system. A delegation of International Council of Jurists (ICJ), led by India's Supreme Court judge, V.S. Sirpurkar, toured China and studied its justice system. The Hindu headline said: "From trial to jail, it takes just 3 months in China". Fantastic. Here it takes sometimes 20 to 30 years. May be more. Because India is bullock cart country. Caste system is against justice: The report says China's crime rate is very low with criminal cases accounting for only 6 % of the total. The delegation from India said India must follow the China's system. This is not possible because the Hindu caste system will not permit justice. Only in a just and equal society justice is possible. China has it. If India had such a justice system by this time all these godmen sheltering the corrupt and their tons of money would have been sentenced to death. DV May 1, 2010 p.9: "Promoting Brahminism in Supreme Court". DV Dec.16, 2009 p.27: "India's anti-Dalit judiciary". DV Oct.16, 2009 p.11: "Brahminical bid to block Dalit judge elevation to Supreme Court". DV Oct.1, 2008 p.13: "How to save our sinking judiciary". Maratha-Brahmin "fighting" keeps Maharashtra entertained OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore: The Brahminical violence in the Chitpavan stronghold of Pune, the home of Gandhi's famous killer Godse, once again flared up on Dec.27 and 28 2010 (Who Godse Killed Gandhi, V.T. Rajshekar, DSA-1997). The provocation was the repetition of the vaidik hate-monger's famous views on Shivaji being born to a Brahmin called Konddeo. DV supports Marathas: Brahmins and the ruling Marathas of Maharashtra have been blood enemies for centuries. As students of the "Law of contradictions", we support the Marathas in their fight against Brahminism, India's principal contradiction. When a similar violence broke out at Pune, the Editor rushed to Pune and supported the Marathas (DV Edit March 1, 2004: "Maratha-vidik blood feud sparks attack on BORI: Shiv Dharma stress on caste identity" and also "Brahminical mischief in BORI" by Dr. K. Jamanadas (p.5). Marathas are the single largest ruling caste of MS but the Brahmins got them divided into Congress and NCP led by Sharad Pawar. It is the NCP leader R.R. Patil who was the State Home Minister when the Hindu terrorists attack took place in Bombay (26/11/2008) to kill Karkare. The attack was master-minded by the very same Chitpavan Brahmins led by Lt. Col. Srikant Purohit. But R.R. Patil did not have the courage to divulge the truth — disclosed in the hot selling Who Killed Karkare? book by an eminent and brave police officer S.N. Mushrif. At least after the Mushrif book disclosed the secret plot of the Hindu terrorists, who caused the dismissal of a Maratha Chief Minister and brought bad name to Patil himself, he could have revealed the truth. But no courage. Chitpavans know Maratha weakness: Does it not prove that the Marathas have no courage to take on the Chitpavans head on? If they are keen on fighting their principal enemy, they should have joined with OBCs, Dalits and Muslims. But the Marathas are only willing to wound but afraid to fight the enemy. Yes. The enemy knows the Maratha weakness and that is how it goes on insulting Shivaji. Alas, this love-hate relationship between Marathas and Brahmins is keeping the rest of the slaves fully entertained. India's relations with China further damaged ? OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore: Chinese PM Wen Ji-abao's recent visit to Delhi in December 2010 has once again exposed the crooked mentality of India's ruling upper castes. That Jews controlling America are guiding the "Jews of India" became more clear — seriously damaging India's interests with China at a time when our giant Eastern neighbour is fast becoming the world's No.1 power. The "Khatri Sick" PM, a World Bank man, has repeatedly demonstrated his pro-American tilt supporting India's ruling upper castes (15%) thereby seriously jeopardising the interests of the Bahujan big majority (85%). Sinking US: Even a former Indian diplomat, who cannot be expected to be an advocate of the Bahujan cause, has pointed out (Deccan Herald, Dec.21, 2010) three major mistakes which "permanently" damaged our relations with China. The Indian rulers preferred to go with the sinking US than with the rising China —soon to become the world's No.1 power. (1) India for the first time linked India's core interests over Kashmir with China's core interests over Tibet and Taiwan — something India avoided for five decades. (2) It was an insult to China ask Karan Singh to reject Chinese invitation to receive "Friendship Award" in Delhi. (3) India ignored repeated Chinese requests over Oslo Nobel award to a Chinese zionist agent. (4) Once again the Tibetan rowdy elements were let lose to demonstrate against Wen in Delhi. S.M. Krishna missing: Indian rulers have permanently damaged centuries-old India-China relations. However, one thing became clear: Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna was not to be seen during Wen's high profile state visit. Foreign Minister's role is next only that of the PM. Why was he kept out? DV had given the reasons. Churchill's prediction on India proves right OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore: Churchill has proved right on India. He lived in India, Bangalore in particular, for many years as a British army officer. He had rightly diagnosed the ills of India and the madness of the Mahatma to instal the Brahminical imperialism. If the Bahujans — SC/ST/BCs and Muslim/Christian/Sikhs— got some education and some security it was because of the British (Christian) rule. The only people who were against the British then were the Brahminists. BABASAHEB AS PRODUCT OF BRITISH But for the British rule, India would not have seen Babasaheb Ambedkar. Nor Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy. Nor Mahatma Phule. The British put an end to Brahminical imperialism and introduced the justice system, civil and criminal procedure codes, rule of law, postal services, railway system, public education without caste discrimination. And many ore. Christian missionaries did great service. More than anything they gave us the English language that opened our eyes to the treasure house of the world. Before they came India had not seen any of these miraculous things. Brahminical imperialists brought Gandhi from South Africa to undo the British reforms. Dr. Ambedkar had very beautifully portrayed What Congress and Gandhi Have Done to Untouchables in a book bearing the same title (for photocopy write to DV office). Dr. Ambedkar's greatness was recognised only by the British. But the Brahminical imperialists tried to kill this genius. Brahminical imperialists revolted against the British because they crushed the caste system. But the moment we say this, Brahminical rulers call us British agents and anti-nationals. Dr. Ambedkar had to face this charge. So also Mahatma Phule and Periyar. But none can change the verdict of history which Churchill has so graphically summed up in few words. Recent events have made the words of Churchill more true: "Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre and men of straw. They will have sweet tongues and silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would come when even air and water would be taxed in India". Please cut this quotation and paste it in your wall. All our Brahminical political parties, media, judiciary, corporate tycoons, bureaucracy, business people are trying to dig the grave for India. ABHINAV BHARAT "Hindu terrorism", to which Rahul Gandhi referred and made it famous, is nothing but Brahminical terrorism. It is led by a serving Army officer, a Chitpavan Brahmin from Pune, Lt. Col. Prasad Srikant Purohit, now in jail. The hydra-headed serpent, RSS, is the original "Hindu terrorist" but the Abhinav Bharat led by Srikant Purohit has surpassed RSS. The book, Who Killed Karkare? by an eminent police officer, Mushrif, deals with the Hindu terrorists who staged the Bombay terrorist attack of (26/11/2008) to kill IPS police officer Karkare and free the jailed Hindu terrorists (order copies of the book from DV office Rs. 300). They are fully supported by the Jews in Israel because both the Jews and the "Jews of India" are blood brothers. Churchill was a bitter critic of Jews and he was well aware that the Brahminists are the "Jews of India". ISRO's bunch of Brahmin boys & GSLV failure OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore: ISRO, with its headquarters in Bangalore, and a huge budget ever since it was established, has been the abode of a bunch of Brahminist boys who are more interested in theirmantra, eating, dancing and everything else that is antagonistic to science. It has been also the monopoly of upper caste Malayalis. Its present head, K. Radhakrishnan's main occupation, the office insiders say, is singing, dancing and eating. Silence of "Khatri Sick" PM: In a beggar country, which is not able to feed 3/4 of its 1,300 million people, failures after failures of ISRO's costly experiments will only help the rulers of India to further impoverish the country. Hence the stoic silence of the "Khatri Sick" PM on the ISRO's latest GSLV failure. These fake scientists, get lot of publicity in their "national" toilet papers. Millions and millions are wasted in huge expenditures on unnecessary experiments on one side and their brothers draining the country in endless corruption. It is all-round looting but who will question them? Our "god's good man", "Khatri Sick" PM did not say even a word on the latest in the series of failures on Dec.25, 2010. His silence proves the entire upper caste mentality. Obama admits his failure as President OUR CORRESPONDENT Bangalore: The Nobel Foundation at Oslo (Norway) is a Jewish enterprise. It gave a Peace Prize to a Chinese (DV Jan.1, 2011), a Jewish agent, to destroy the peace in China which the Jews hate. In 2009, they gave the Peace Prize to President Obama to destroy peace in Middle East by bombing Iran and protect their blue-eyed boy Israel. Obama admitted his failure to bring Middle East peace when Israel refused to stop constructions on Palestine soil. Obama entered office promising he would stop Iran from making bomb. But reports say Iran can make the bomb within an year. War-mongers are already on the rampage in US led by the Jews. Is US heading towards another disastrous war with Iran? Will the Peace Prize winner destroy peace and trigger a World War-III? Gandhi calls Christian missionaries anti-national Christian missionaries are noted for their sincere service to humanity. They educated our people. But they do not know that M.K. Gandhi condemned them, called them anti-national. Read his own book CHRISTIAN MISSIONS : THEIR PLACE IN INDIA M.K. Gandhi Contains Gandhi's articles and speeches criticising the noble services rendered by the missionaries. This book by his own publishing house criticises missionaries indulging in anti-national activities. Christianity liberated Dalits and Tribals but Gandhi says this is a crime. 2000 pp.240 Navajivan Trust, Ahmedabad Write to DV office for photocopy. Rs. 200. THUS SPAKE PERIYAR Gandhi did nothing to Untouchables At that time there was Yagna by Brahmins for his long life. More over it was a custom to do something good to the people on his birthday. It is then that the Rajah chose the right thing to do at the right time. He announced that on his birthday all temples would be thrown open to all including the low caste Hindus and Untouchables. This is the history of the struggle. This is how the Untouchables were given the rights to enter the temples. It is only after all these that Rajagopalachary and Gandhi came forward to speak of temple entry. It is quite absurd to say that these changes took place because of Gandhi. As a matter of fact Gandhi has not done even a molecule of service to the Untouchables. You will understand this well by reading "What Congress and Gandhi have done to Untouchables", a bok written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. When I was the Secretary of the Tamilnadu Congress committee out of the funds of the party Gurukulam (free students hostel) was run at Seranmadevi, As secretary I consented to give Rs. 10,000 and paid a part sum of Rs. 5,000. One Brahmin named V.V.S. Iyer took up the responsibility to run the institution. In that Gurukulam, Brahmin boys were given special preferential treatment. They were fed separately. The non-Brahmin boys in the Gurukulam were fed outside. While uppuma was given to Brahmin boys, only gruel was poured to non-Brahmin boys. The son of Omandur Ramasamy Reddiar (former Cheif Minister of Madras Province) told the matters to me with tears. I complained to Mr. Rajagopalachari. When he contacted V.V.S. Iyer, he neither denied the charges not repented. He stoutly refused to give equal treatment to all. He said that he could not do anything as it was an orthodox area. Then I said that I could give the balance amount of Rs. 5,000 only when the Gurukulam was reformed. He got wild. He curtly asked me "are you serving the nation?" I curtly replied, "Is what you are doing nationalism?" This serious matter provoked me to start a party for the non-Brahmins (Tamils). Even now you can find only Brahmins preparing food at Congress congregations. Even in those days, we engaged the Virudunagar Nadars to prepare food at the Justice Party conferences and the self-respect conferences. Why do I recollect all these past things? You should know that unless we go on agitating like this, we cannot make the society progressive with equality. Moreover you should all know that neither Congress nor Gandhi has been responsible for any of the social reforms, we have been able to witness. Even today, we are the only people of Dravidar Kazhagam who boldly ask why should the lazy Brahmins be considered as highest caste, while the real tillers and toilers are considered as low castes. Why should we have a god that degrades us as Sudras? Today they have created all safeguards to casteism in the Constitution of India. A Brahmin from somewhere has the boldness to come over here, and speak with temerity, tendering serious warnings. Why? Power is vested in his hands. Did any one have the guts to question? We are the only people who are free, frank and fearless. If we are termed as Sudras by Hinduism, what else can we do but, destroy that Hindu religion? Our Dravidar Kazhagam is not a political organisation. We do not contest elections. We do not seek votes. We are not for ruling power. Others may hesitate to call a spade a spade. Power-seekers may coax the innocent voters. They may hoodwink you for selfish gains. I am not for dragging in Gandhi's name to dupe you all for getting any post or power. I am not for that disgraceful life. We have not made public life a profession or business to eke out our livelihood. Think over why? We eat our own food, spend our time, energies to instil in your self-respect. By 1958 you find that wisdom makes its sway all over the world. But still here we are like barbarians. Our god, religion and sastras do not elevate us from the plight-ful rot. (To be continued). [Collected Works of Periyar , (pp.148 to 151) (4th edn. 2007), The Periyar Self-Respect Propaganda Institution, Periyar Thidal, 50-EVK Sampath Rd., Vepery, Madras - 600 007.]

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Economic, infra ministries get a fillip in cabinet reshuffle

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday undertook wholesale changes in the portfolios of his ministers, particularly those manning key economic and infrastructure departments, with the impending assembly elections and concerns over charges of corruption emerging as the key drivers behind the reshuffle. 

The prime minister went in for only a limited expansion, and a more comprehensive cleansing exercise is expected to follow after the conclusion of the budget session of parliament. "This is a minor reshuffle. We will do a major reshuffle after the budget session," he told newspersons after the swearing-in ceremony. 

The reshuffle-cum-expansion exercise saw the induction of three new faces, elevation of five ministers, three of them to cabinet rank, and easing the burden of ministers holding more than two portfolios. 

But if the prime minister was expected to wield the scalpel and go in for a major surgery in an attempt to bridge his government's widening credibility deficit, that did not happen. No minister was dropped on the charges of either non-performance or ill-health. Ministers whose performances had come under intense scrutiny in the past few months because of either allegations of irregularities in their departments or inefficiency have merely been shunted to less powerful ministries. 

Singh, nevertheless, took care to shift ministers who were considered to be too close to corporates with close links to their ministries. 

While petroleum minister Murli Deora was moved to the less-glamorous corporate affairs, civil aviation minister Praful Patel , after being elevated to cabinet rank, was sent to heavy industries. Overseas Minister Vayalar Ravi has been given additional charge of civil aviation. 

S Jaipal Reddy, whose conduct as the urban development minister had come in for a fair deal of criticism on the eve of the Commonwealth Games, has been conferred the high-profile job of steering the petroleum ministry while Sports and Youth Affairs Minister MS Gill, who too got a lot of flak for mishandling the Games preparations, has managed to survive, and has been handed over charge of the statistics and programme implementation ministry. Ajay Maken, minister of state (MoS) for home, has been entrusted with independent charge of the sports and youth affairs ministry. 

CP Joshi, whose record as the rural development minister was considered to be too disappointing, has been moved to the roads and surface transport ministry, replacing Kamal Nath , whose tenure was marked with charges of corruption. The Chhindwara MP will now steer the urban development ministry. Vilasrao Deshmukh, till now the heavy industries minister, is the new rural development minister. He gets additional charge of panchayati raj. 

As reported earlier, the prime minister left the Big Four—Pranab Mukherjee (finance), AK Antony (defence), P Chidambaram (home) and SM Krishna (external affairs)—untouched. Law and Legislative Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily too survived, but Kapil Sibal was divested of the science and technology ministry while being allowed to retain HRD, with telecom as additional charge. Rajya Sabha member Ashwani Kumar, who stages a comeback in the union council of ministers after a gap of 19 months, has been entrusted with planning, science and technology, earth sciences and parliamentary affairs in the MoS rank. 

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US, China ink $45 bln of export deals

WASHINGTON: The United States and China have agreed export deals worth $45 billion dollars, the White House said Wednesday, as President Hu Jintao formally began a US state visit. 

Citing 70 agreements spanning 12 US states, the White House edged away from the fevered rhetoric that has come to dominate trade ties between the two powers, saying the massive package would support 235,000 US jobs. The total includes an order for 200 Boeing aircraft worth an estimated $19 billion dollars. 

While foreign leaders frequently bring a fistful of trade agreements to Washington, the scope of Wednesday's deals points to rapidly deepening trade between the United States and its emerging rival. 

Chinese businesses have descended on the United States to coincide with Hu's four-day visit, inking agreements with US titans Alcoa, General Electric, Honeywell, Westinghouse and Caterpillar among others. 

The deals span sectors as diverse as agriculture, gasification, railways and hybrid buses. An additional three billion dollars' worth of Chinese investment in the United States has also been announced. 

The deals come in stark contrast to the trade spats that have complicated relations in recent years, when US officials have appeared increasingly exasperated that cheap Chinese products are flooding the US market. 

Washington has frequently challenged China at the World Trade Organization and complained that Beijing has kept the value of its currency artificially low to boost its exports, risking dangerous imbalances in the global economy. 
But US officials Wednesday shifted the focus onto the benefits of trade with China, namely Chinese investment in the United States and US exports to China. 

Trade with China, the White House said, was worth $100 billion to US exporters each year and half a million US jobs. 
Both presidents are expected to underscore that message when they meet with US and Chinese chief executives later in the day. 

"(The) US firms are some of the major firms that have been exporting products to China, and the Chinese firms that have invested in the United States and created jobs in the United States," a US official said. 

The meeting will also touch on US complaints that China does not adequately protect copyright and unfairly discriminates against foreign firms in competitions for lucrative government contracts. 

The White House said steps had been taken toward resolving each of those issues. 

China, officials said, had agreed to audit the use of legal software and include cash for legal software purchases in the government's budget. 

Beijing is also said to have agreed to "delink its innovation policies from its government procurement preferences," and to extend a procurement agreement beyond the central government. 

19 JAN, 2011, 09.21AM IST,TNN 

Indian names in Swiss bank disclosure to WikiLeaks?

NEW DELHI: Details of Swiss bank accounts given to WikiLeaks by private banker-turned-whistleblower Rudolf Elmer has a few Indian names. 

The data revealed names of Indian entities including two apparently linked firms — Annapurna Convertible and Anna Investments — and two individuals Asad Ali Khan and Zahida Ali Khan . 

The story was reported by the television channel, Headlines Today, which said that it was not in a position to verify the details. Elmer is a former employee of Swiss bank Julius Baer and the bank has said he had leaked the accounts motivated by unfulfilled career expectations. 

Although information is sketchy, it might lead to more leads. 

Annapurna Convertibles reportedly has $85 million and Anna Investments $9.7 million in Julius Baer bank. These are among the 2,000 names in two discs Rudolf Elmer gave WikiLeaks. 

These are believed to be account details of prominent people and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has promised to provide details. 

The data is not yet available on the WikiLeaks website. It was held on two discs handed over by Elmer at a press conference in London. Assange promised full disclosure once information had been vetted. 

Elmer is scheduled to go on trial in Switzerland on Wednesday for breaking bank secrecy laws. 

The banker, who has given data to WikiLeaks before, was fired from Julius Baer in 2002.

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PM flags off MNP; to trigger competition among mobile players

New Delhi: Ushering in a new and consumer friendly regime in the sector, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today flagged off nation-wide Mobile Number Portability, a service that allows subscribers to change service provider while retaining the number.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Communication and IT Kapil Sibal during the launch of Pan India Mobile Number Portability Services in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI

This would benefit over 700 million subscribers, both in GSM and CDMA categories in the country. The new policy would force the operators to shift focus from acquiring new subscribers to retaining the existing ones.

All that a customer needs to do for changing his telecom operator is pay a maximum of Rs 19. He/she will get a new service provider within seven working days as per the guidelines of regulator TRAI.

"Till now, operators were competing to acquire new subscribers. But launch of MNP will force them to offer innovative and quality services to retain their subscribers," Singh said. The Prime Minister marked the launch of the service by making a call to Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal who was seated next to him.

MNP services were first launched in Haryana in November last year and according to industry estimates, less than one per cent subscribers opted for changing their operators.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Communication and IT Kapil Sibal making calls at the launch of Pan India Mobile Number Portability Services in New Delhi on Thursday. MoS for Sachin Pilot claps. PTI

The Prime Minister said the telecom sector acts as a catalyst for growth of other sectors of the economy.

"Today's development -- launch of MNP -- will go a long way in enhancing customer's satisfaction," he added. With monthly addition of 15 million subscribers, India has achieved a teledensity of 65 per cent.

The Indian telecom sector, which is the fastest growing in the world with the lowest tariffs, has grown from 33 million in March 2004 to about 750 million now. Telecom operators have welcomed the launch of MNP services, stating that the move will "liberate" subscribers from non-performing service providers.

Describing subscriber as a king, Sibal said the service would offer wide choice to customers. "MNP will compel service providers to offer innovative, affordable and competitive tariff plans for the benefit of the masses," he said.

The minister said the operators will have to make substantial investments in network, technology and processes to ensure continuous improvement of their "Quality of Service."

MNP would benefit over 700 million subscribers, both in GSM and CDMA categories in the country.

Though India has introduced MNP relatively late vis-a-vis other developed countries but at the same time it has been done by adopting the latest technology and methodology. As of now the MNP services would be available within a circle, Sibal said. .

MNP, the consumer-friendly service, was mooted over two years ago and was supposed to be implemented by the end of 2009.

However, the schedule for implementation had to be deferred several times, owing to reasons ranging from the lack of preparedness of operators to delays in the appointment of an agency to oversee execution of the MNP project.

Customers will have to pay a maximum of Rs 19 to an operator to change their network and the new operator has the option to either waive the fee or reduce it. However, a consumer will have to remain with one operator for a minimum period of three months in order to avail the MNP service.

The new policy would force the operators to shift focus from acquiring new subscribers to retaining the existing ones.

Both pre-paid and post-paid consumers can use MNP. The new option will bring about a much required change in the quality of services, as well as attitude of operators towards redressal of grievances in order to retain subscribers.

As per the eligibility criteria for MNP, customers must have cleared all their outstanding bills before making an application, as per the Department of Telecom (DoT). It has also said the mobile number sought to be ported should not be sub judice and there should not be any pending request for change of ownership of the mobile number.

The DoT has claimed that the entire process of switching operators will take a maximum of seven days and subscribers may face disruption of services for about two hours during that period.

The one-time charge that needs to be paid by subscribers would differ from operator-to-operator, but the charge cannot exceed Rs 19.

MNP services were first launched in Haryana in November last year and according to industry estimates, less than one per cent subscribers opted for changing their operators.

Here's all you need to know about MNP

Q. What is MNP?
MNP allows users to retain their mobile telephone numbers even if they switch operators. Once the switching begins, it will also force telecom providers to improve the quality of their services

Q. How can I avail MNP?
Follow 6 simple steps.

Step 1: Send an SMS to 1900 in this format: PORT<space><your mobile number>
eg. PORT 9000000000

Step 2: You receive an SMS that contains a unique porting code

Step 3: SMS this unique code to your preferred operator.
(Note: This code is valid only for a few days. You will have to re-apply if it expires)

Step 4: Your current operator will contact your new operator. If there are no dues, you will be granted approval

Step 5: You will get an SMS stating the time and date that porting will take place
(Remember, the rulebook says the process should be completed within 7 working days of applying except in J&K, Assam and North-east areas, where it will take 15 working days)

Step 6: After 

porting is done, await a confirmation SMS from your new operator
(Your phone could be unavailable for about 2 hours when porting occurs)

Q. How much would it cost me?
The cost of porting a number to a new operator is only Rs 19.

Source: PTI

20/01/2011

Illegal mining: Lift ban or notify law, SC warns Yeddyurappa

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Karnataka government led by BJP's Chief Minister Yeddyurappa to either notify within two weeks the new law against illegal mining or lift its order banning transportation of iron ore meant for export, saying that the ban cannot be sustained indefinitely.

The Karnataka government, led by CM Yeddyurappa, had banned transportation of iron ore for export purposes for six months pending a legislation to curb illegal mining.

Earlier, the Karnataka government had banned transportation of iron ore for export purposes for six months pending a legislation to curb illegal mining.

A bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik told the state government that if it fails to notify the proposed Karnataka Prevention of Illegal Mining, Storage and Transportation Rules, 2010, it will have to make special arrangements to allow the mining firms to export the ore.

"Ban cannot be forever. You can stop illegal mining but the ban cannot stay forever," said the bench. Observing that the ban was temporary in the nature, imposed only for six months originally, the bench asked the government not to extend it beyond January. 

"If there is delay, the state government may formulate necessary regulatory measures for regulating, supervising and monitoring exports," the bench said.

The apex court's direction came during hearing of a bunch of petitions by mining firms, Sesa Goa, MSPL and S B Minerals, challenging state's order banning transportation of iron ores for exports from within its territory.

During the proceeding, Karnataka government said the state was waiting for Lokayukta's final report on evolving ways and means to curb large scale irregularities by various miners. The report was expected in March this year, they added.

The Supreme Court asked the Karnataka government to either notify within two weeks the new law against illegal mining or lift its order banning transportation of iron ore meant for export, saying that the ban cannot be sustained indefinitely.

They said the ban was for "complete overhaul" of the system in the state by putting a complete new regulatory mechanism.

Opposing miners' plea to allow their stocks of iron ore piled up in docks and warehouses awaiting export, the state government said these might have been mined illegally. The bench, however, queried: "If some one has cold, will you cut the nose?"

Opposing the ban order, miners said it was totally unjustified and must not be extended. 
They contended that there was no need to wait for the Lokayukta's final report as he has already met the mining department officials and advised them to take various steps to prevent illegal mining.

At this, the bench said, "We do not want to enter into arguments at this stage. We would give the state government in 10-15 days, if it does not permit, then we will ask them to permit exports under some conditions."

The apex court adjourned the matter for hearing in the first week of February. The mining firms have challenged the state government's July 28 order, imposing a ban on the issuance of mineral dispatch permits for transporting iron ore for exports.

During the last hearing, state government had informed the bench that ban was imposed following the report of the Karnataka Lokayukta. It submitted that Lokayukta, in his report had said that there was large scale illegal mining and its transportation from the state.

The miners have submitted before the apex Court that due to a complete ban on transportation, their legally mined stocks were lying on the docks for months and that their value was eroding by the day.

The miners have submitted before the apex court that due to a complete ban on transportation, their legally mined stocks were lying on the docks for months and that their value was eroding by the day.

Earlier, the court had issued notices to the state government over three separate appeals filed by the mining firms. The firms had challenged the order of the Karnataka High Court, which on November 19, upheld the state government's blanket ban on the issuance of mineral dispatch permits.

They contended that the state government, which has banned iron ore exports citing provisions of the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act, has no power to do so.

Their petition said, "The MMDR Act does not vest any power in the state government to impose a complete prohibition or ban on the mining, transportation or storage of minerals.

"The only power of the state government, even under the MMDR Act, is at best to frame rules to create a machinery to detect and prevent illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals in individual cases."

Yeddyurappa has been facing flak on illegal mining for a long time due to its political connections spanning both BJP and Congress as well as having cross-border linkages between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Source: Agencies

By R Shankar, India Syndicate, 18/01/2011

As an economist, PM has failed to deliver

Who in the central government is responsible for monitoring and keeping prices of vegetables under control? In a strange twist to the saga of abnormal prices of onions and tomatoes – the two vegetables commonly used by the aam admi – Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has washed off his hands saying he was in no way responsible for the price-hot onions or tomatoes.

Inaugurating the Centre of Excellence for Vegetables under an Indo-Israel project in Karnal on Monday, Pawar was quoted in the media as saying that the agriculture department deals only with wheat, rice, sugar, pulses and oil production. "Vegetables and fruits are the Central government's separate project that we don't deal with," he said.

If what Pawar said was true, why was the Prime Minister's office writing missive after missive to Pawar whenever onion prices shot up; or tomatoes vanished from the mandis? Either Pawar is fibbing or the PMO is unaware of who exactly is dealing with the subject, or is the Centre passing the buck, nay onions and tomatoes.

In any case, it is the aam admi who has to suffer.

In the last week of December, when onion prices across the country surged to Rs 75-80 per kg, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had asked Sharad Pawar to step in. The Prime Minister's Office, in a letter to the ministry, said the Prime Minister "was deeply concerned about the extraordinary price rise".

Little wonder that Pawar did not care to reply. At a meeting called by the Prime Minister on the abnormal price rise, Manmohan Singh reportedly kept mum and allowed Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to take on Pawar. But a livid Pawar pushed the 'onion plate' back to the PM saying it was not his headache. The meeting ended abruptly after the spat.

This was why the high-level meeting convened by the PM on January 12 to tackle raging inflation ended up clueless, postponing a decision on the short-term measures to contain price rise. The official reason: 'lack of consensus'. That is the seriousness with which the UPA government deals with the issue.

More shock was to come from the PMO. Reacting to the price rise, the PMO indirectly blamed the common man for the food inflation. Trying the put out an explanation, the PMO ended up saying that prosperity and people having more money to spend were the factors behind price rise! Try selling this reason to the common man.

This is not the first time that the UPA government was trying to wash its hands off a crisis. While the petroleum companies have been constantly hiking the price of petrol, look at what the Congress party has to say: 

"The increase in petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre in the last one month does seem to be unfair". That was Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari. And then the party passed on the raging controversy on oil pricing to the lap of the petroleum companies asking them to "justify the latest hike of Rs 2.50 per litre" while the consumers continued to suffer.

The BJP has a point when it described spiralling prices as "failure of the economist prime minister. India is experiencing a turbulent price regime because of lack of cohesive policy on part of the UPA".

Pawar says he is not responsible for price increase of vegetables; the Congress says it is not to blame for petrol price; Rahul Gandhi blames coalition politics; the DMK puts the blame on natural calamities; the Finance Minister does not know how to rein in inflation and he has no convincing answer to the dip in industrial production; and when it comes to framing policies to check all this, the UPA finds itself bankrupt of ideas and folds up a core committee meeting abruptly.

Manmohan Singh takes oath as Prime Minister for a second term from the President Pratibha Patil, left, in New Delhi on Friday, May 22, 2009.

The UPA government seems to be in a permanent state of "policy paralysis".

Remember the Prime Minister's New Year promise? No? Here it is: "On the eve of New Year, I want to assure all our citizens that my government and I will work with renewed resolve for the welfare of our people. We will redouble our efforts to deal effectively and credibly with the challenges of inflation, cleansing our governing processes, national security and making our delivery system work for the 'aam aadmi'."

On February 6 last year, the Prime Minister had assured the nation that "the worst was over on curbing India's annual food inflation". After a year, forget about the worse getting over; it has only worsened.

Soon after he took over as PM, Singh had told reporters that his focus would be on growth. "And when I mean growth, I mean inclusive growth that will carry everyone along, including the underprivileged in the country."

On May 24 last year, Singh had said he was satisfied with his performance in the last six years but felt he "could do better". Asked how he rated himself as prime minister since 2004, Manmohan Singh had said: "I feel I could do better."

Well, the UPA government and the Prime Minister have a long way to go to even look better. But as an economist, the PM has failed and the UPA government has lost control of a lot of things.

Source: India Syndicate

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