The Supreme Court and the Govt. of India!!
Whilst the job of the so called Govt of India is to look after its citizens, the objective seems to be shifting more towards scoring high on profit and growth numbers.
India has a huge population which lives below the poverty line who endure great pains just to have two square meals a day. India also has a good number of people who fall in the categories of HNW Individuals, Upper class, Upper-middle class and lower middle class….of we can go on in dividing the demography of the country into various classes!! But basically it falls into two broad categories, people who pay taxes and are able to earn a decent living and people who are not able to do that.
The Govt. of India uses the tax money mainly to give provide for the politicians, either by salary which keeps on going high every year or by the various innovative methods of corruption these politicians come up with. Whatever little that remains, is used for the development of the country.
Some of the money mentioned is used to buy grains and other edible material from the farmers and give them at a concessional rate to the poor people. Well, at the first look it sure is a novel idea and act up as a balancing act.
But what happens when, the bought food is not sold to the poor but rots in the store of the country? The food prices for the people who can afford rises because a portion of the supply is removed and the poor are still left hungry.
Our spineless judiciary did take note of this and rightly directed the Govt of India to give them away for free to the poor.
What does our famed PM respond to this, that it will remove the incentive from the farmers to produce.
My question here is, will it ?? I believe the farmers will be interested in the money we give them in exchange of the grain and not what we do with the grain? So if the Govt of India is really worried about the incentive to farmers then it should give them a higher price for their goods. AND not create an artificial hike in the price by removing the supply, in the name of providing for the poor.
The whole fiasco just outlines how we are being duped by our so called Govt. of India!!
We as in both, the people who can afford and pay taxes and the people who cannot afford two square meals a day!!
Very true. Unless and until we bring accountability in the political and administrative systems where not doing your duty amounts to crime against the society and is punished accordingly things like these are bound to keep happening.
You have discussed the grain-drain issue very well and hence I will not probe further into it. However there are many more major issues that our country is facing at the moment.
During Indian General Elections 2009, UPA’s slogan for the election was “Aam Admi Ke Badthe Kadam, Har Kadam Par Bharat Buland” (translation: “The common man moves forward, And with his every step India prospers”) and thier manifesto declared various policies to favour more rural & under-privileged sections of the Indian society. Mostly all major Delhi newspapers contained full page advertisements of their various projects for 2010 Commonwealth Games.
These were the measures which the INC adopted to TRICK the common man.
Since the UPA was using 2010 Commonwealth Games to showcase their so-called “achievements” so, let us look at what they have done in the name of 2010 Commonwealth Games:
Soon after Sheila Dikshit reviewed the preparations and said the city was “now absolutely ready” and was aiming for “perfection” in various infrastructure and services, an under-construction foot overbridge collapsed outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium. JN Stadium is the main venue of the Commonwealth Games and the incident injured 27 labourers.
On such incidents Madam dikSHIT utilises the opportunity to pass insensitive and insensible comments. According to her, the Bridge that collapsed near CWG main venue was just one of the “minor glitches and hitches” because the over-bridge was meant for “ordinary spectators.”
So, it is now that we actually realise the meaning of the UPA slogan “Aam Admi Ke Badthe Kadam, Har Kadam Par Bharat Buland”
Furthermore, Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit terms those as “unpatriotic” who expose the corruption within the government. Her answer to every failure is “We have already set up an inquiry.” Full Stop!
The UPA was only busy filling its pockets with our tax-money. But now they seem to have crossed the limits. It has tarnished India’s image and has shamed India in front of the world. All credit to the INC, the image of an ‘emerging superpower’ has changed into “filthy” and “unliveable” India. I strongly feel that the corrupt officials of the CWG OC should be sent behind the bars not only for corruption but also for destroying the dignity of the country. They should also be made to return our tax-money.
But, the responsibility lies on our shoulders too. It is for us to do something… anything to save what’s left of our country!
I think, it’s high time that INC should be thrown out of power… and maybe out of the country as well! It is time for another Freedom Struggle – Independence from these corrupt politicians.
In the meanwhile, till the end of the CWG (if the Games take place that is) we should do our bit for the CWG.
Let us try and leave a mark of our Indian heritage, hospitality, cooperation and bounteousness on our guests. Let us pledge that when the foreigners leave our land, they take a bright image of the loving Indians and the Dilwale Dilliwales with them to their respective countries.
Jai Hind!
Here’s an insight into our global image and the condition of our National Capital as on 23rd September 2010, 1400 hours IST:
“Delhi grapples with dengue, cases cross 2,500 mark”
IANS, Sep 23, 2010, 12.25pm IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-grapples-with-dengue-cases-cross-2500-mark-/articleshow/6612092.cms
“Photographs expose athletes’ village concerns in Delhi”
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 07:51 GMT
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/delhi_2010/9025666.stm
“Scottish officials clean up their Village block: Report”
PTI, Sep 22, 2010, 01.09pm IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/Scottish-officials-clean-up-their-Village-block-Report-/articleshow/6605977.cms
“Garbage and debris pile up around Village”
Durgesh Nandan Jha, TNN, Sep 22, 2010, 01.00am IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/Garbage-and-debris-pile-up-around-Village/articleshow/6603556.cms
“World heaps scorn on filthy Village”
Rumu Banerjee & Ashis Ray, TNN, Sep 22, 2010, 12.47am IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/World-heaps-scorn-on-filthy-Village/articleshow/6603499.cms
“Bridge collapses near CWG main venue, 23 injured”
TNN, Sep 22, 2010, 12.44am IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/Bridge-collapses-near-CWG-main-venue-23-injured/articleshow/6600164.cms
“Now, smaller teams consider withdrawal from Commonwealth Games”
TNN, Sep 22, 2010, 11.44am IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/Now-smaller-teams-consider-withdrawal-from-Commonwealth-Games/articleshow/6605483.cms
“CWG yet to get terror cover for athletes, officials”
PTI, Sep 21, 2010, 04.45pm IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/CWG-yet-to-get-terror-cover-for-athletes-officials/articleshow/6600401.cms
“Commonwealth Games Village unliveable, complain four countries”
Rumu Banerjee, TNN, Sep 21, 2010, 12.29am IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/Commonwealth-Games-Village-unliveable-complain-four-countries/articleshow/6595540.cms
“Govt draws blank on CWG cost”
New Delhi, Sep 16, DHNS
Source:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/97131/govt-draws-blank-cwg-cost.html
“Delhi sees major traffic jam, waterlogging”
AGENCIES, Aug 25, 2010, 11.38am IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-sees-major-traffic-jam-waterlogging/articleshow/6431058.cms
“Road cave-in reports on record high in city”
Hindustan Times, New Delhi , August 23, 2010
Source:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Road-cave-in-reports-on-record-high-in-city/Article1-590471.aspx
“CAG inspection report faults CWG OC on awarding contracts”
Press Trust Of India, August 12, 2010, 22:21 IST
Source:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/CAG-inspection-report-faults-CWG-OC-on-awarding-contracts/Article1-585839.aspx
“8-feet pothole on Delhi’s BRT corridor”
Um-e-Kulsoom, Sunday August 2, 2009, New Delhi
Source:
http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/pothole_in_delhis_bus_corridor.php
“Will India’s rising inflation lead to social unrest?”
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Economic analyst, 9 July 2010, 09:48 GMT
Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10550690
“Cong MLAs demand luxury flats in Commonwealth Games Village”
TNN, Apr 2, 2010, 01.22am IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Cong-MLAs-demand-luxury-flats-in-Commonwealth-Games-Village/articleshow/5753027.cms
And if all that was not enough CWG Organising Committee ridicules India even further by saying:
“Not such a big issue that we should be ashamed”
Rumu Banerjee, TNN, Sep 22, 2010, 01.10am IST
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/Not-such-a-big-issue-that-we-should-be-ashamed-/articleshow/6601186.cms
God only knows what is yet to come!