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chetak wrote:
loose dal is much less than what has been quoted, which is what many people prefer to buy, all other edible items are used mostly by the middle class have been available in plenty, perhaps cooking oil has risen more sharply than others. Onion and tomato prices are in check, barring seasonal variations or due to rain. Buffer stocks of onions have already reached the markets some days ago, and the onion prices have cooled down.

It's a strain, yes but when people demand free vaccines, PDS for a vast majority, deposits in the jandhan accounts, and other things, someone has to pay. It is literally a sin tax on petrol and diesel.

The pandemic took everyone by surprise and India, under Modi has managed much better than most countries did.

If OPEC has cartelized and jacked up the prices, reduced production, then food producers should cartelize as well and jack up the prices for the uncultured ayerabs, which should learn them dopes fairly quickly that the rest of the world does not like them.

We seem to idolize these bedouin bozos by envying them for their lavish spending while overlooking their jehadi mischief and lavish ways of conspicuous consumption, all of which the rest of the world pays for, one way or the other.

No one talks of pollution and toxic emissions from these countries, which is huge because of their refineries and other power plants, industries etc

one small question, what are these brown eggs that you talk about

Shah was talking at the national conference on Delivering Democracy: Reviewing two decades of Narendra Modi as Head of Government, organised by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini to mark the completion of 20 years as head of government by Narendra Modi.

Ambar wrote:

chetak wrote:
loose dal is much less than what has been quoted, which is what many people prefer to buy, all other edible items are used mostly by the middle class have been available in plenty, perhaps cooking oil has risen more sharply than others. Onion and tomato prices are in check, barring seasonal variations or due to rain. Buffer stocks of onions have already reached the markets some days ago, and the onion prices have cooled down.

It's a strain, yes but when people demand free vaccines, PDS for a vast majority, deposits in the jandhan accounts, and other things, someone has to pay. It is literally a sin tax on petrol and diesel.

The pandemic took everyone by surprise and India, under Modi has managed much better than most countries did.

If OPEC has cartelized and jacked up the prices, reduced production, then food producers should cartelize as well and jack up the prices for the uncultured ayerabs, which should learn them dopes fairly quickly that the rest of the world does not like them.

We seem to idolize these bedouin bozos by envying them for their lavish spending while overlooking their jehadi mischief and lavish ways of conspicuous consumption, all of which the rest of the world pays for, one way or the other.

No one talks of pollution and toxic emissions from these countries, which is huge because of their refineries and other power plants, industries etc

one small question, what are these brown eggs that you talk about

Brown eggs are laid by bigger chicken with darker feathers, the belief in urban cycles in India is that brown eggs just like brown bread has a higher nutrition value and hence are more expensive.

All prices are in "namma Bengaluru" as of last week. Not sure about vegetable prices being in "check", desi variety of tomatoes (what they call plum tomatoes in the west) were going for anywhere between Rs 65 to Rs 75 per kilo. Dal is moong and togare (tuvar), both store branded variety and not the tata safal kind which is even more expensive.The thing with justifying high petrol prices using vaccines or PDS or oil bonds is that when oil prices were below $60 for much of the last 7 yrs, not a rupee of that low global oil prices was passed on to the end consumer. Now that the oil prices have reversed, keeping the excise duties at the same level means a shock each time one has to visit the fuel pump.

The first step remediating something is to acknowledge we have a problem. While finance ministers and central bankers from Singapore to UK to US to Brazil are atleast talking about taking measures to curb inflation (all thanks to unprecedented money printing by US and Europe), our FM is still living in denial .

A learned panel of Shri Tathagata Roy, Dr Mohit Ray and Gargi Nandi talk about Bengal in a passionate and frank discussion with Ratan Sharada

Bengal is one of the oldest region of Bharat, since the time of Mahabharata. It was the port of transit for famed Silk Route.

Bengal is also fountainhead of Hindu renaissance beginning from Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, to Swami Vivekananda and Brahmo Samaj. It a land of revolutionaries and was once the commercial hub of Bharat.

Over years, Bengal has lost its charm and has gone down in all the dimensions of socio-economic development. It is now commercially down the ladder, it has become a land of conflict.

What is the way out? To conclude Tathagata Roy ji says, assertive Hindus is the only answer. One must learn from history.

Ambar wrote:

chetak wrote:
loose dal is much less than what has been quoted, which is what many people prefer to buy, all other edible items are used mostly by the middle class have been available in plenty, perhaps cooking oil has risen more sharply than others. Onion and tomato prices are in check, barring seasonal variations or due to rain. Buffer stocks of onions have already reached the markets some days ago, and the onion prices have cooled down.

It's a strain, yes but when people demand free vaccines, PDS for a vast majority, deposits in the jandhan accounts, and other things, someone has to pay. It is literally a sin tax on petrol and diesel.

The pandemic took everyone by surprise and India, under Modi has managed much better than most countries did.

If OPEC has cartelized and jacked up the prices, reduced production, then food producers should cartelize as well and jack up the prices for the uncultured ayerabs, which should learn them dopes fairly quickly that the rest of the world does not like them.

We seem to idolize these bedouin bozos by envying them for their lavish spending while overlooking their jehadi mischief and lavish ways of conspicuous consumption, all of which the rest of the world pays for, one way or the other.

No one talks of pollution and toxic emissions from these countries, which is huge because of their refineries and other power plants, industries etc

one small question, what are these brown eggs that you talk about

Brown eggs are laid by bigger chicken with darker feathers, the belief in urban cycles in India is that brown eggs just like brown bread has a higher nutrition value and hence are more expensive.

All prices are in "namma Bengaluru" as of last week. Not sure about vegetable prices being in "check", desi variety of tomatoes (what they call plum tomatoes in the west) were going for anywhere between Rs 65 to Rs 75 per kilo. Dal is moong and togare (tuvar), both store branded variety and not the tata safal kind which is even more expensive.The thing with justifying high petrol prices using vaccines or PDS or oil bonds is that when oil prices were below $60 for much of the last 7 yrs, not a rupee of that low global oil prices was passed on to the end consumer. Now that the oil prices have reversed, keeping the excise duties at the same level means a shock each time one has to visit the fuel pump.

The first step remediating something is to acknowledge we have a problem. While finance ministers and central bankers from Singapore to UK to US to Brazil are atleast talking about taking measures to curb inflation (all thanks to unprecedented money printing by US and Europe), our FM is still living in denial .

Cyrano wrote:Murthy garu,
The relative weightages of Development, NatSec/Pride and Cultural do not stay constant over time, the incumbent govt will emphasise where they are strong, the opposition will emphasise where they are weak. This coupled with the vagaries of the moment and burning issues (recency effect) will all play a role.

I'm in India right now, have been meeting some friends and extended family, represents a reasonable cross section of people living in India & some NRIs, various age groups and economic strata. Expect to meet more people in the next few weeks. I'm trying to assess what this cross section (may not be perfect sampling but good enough to get a reliable general sense) expected from Modi 2.0, what they see delivered, and what their voting criteria would be for 2024. Will share what I gather from these conversations in a few weeks.

And so Nehru began the ritual of school children lining up to celebrate the Dear Leader's birthday.

Probably happens only in India and North Korea.

“I do not want India to be a country in which millions of people say yes to one man.

I want a strong opposition.” ~Jawaharlal Nehru during the election campaign of 1951/2.

How India has changed! 70 years later we have a PM who wants “Congress-mukt Bharat” & has his pic on vax certs.

Varoon Shekhar wrote:^ Good move to disallow Dhaliwal and no doubt many other NRIs. Can this be done to actual Indian citizens/residents participating in anti-Hindu/anti-India activities abroad? Like those who attended the dismantling global Hindutva conference? I think Cyrano said that there is no basis legally or morally, to do this. Is the government simply too concerned about the global fall out in the media? I can't believe that all the Sikhs who rioted in Canada, the US, UK and elsewhere, following the anti-terror assault on the Golden temple in June 1984, were citizens of those countries. Some of them would be Indian passport holders, and it is very unlikely that they would have been allowed back into India anytime soon.

Varoon Shekhar wrote:^ Good move to disallow Dhaliwal and no doubt many other NRIs. Can this be done to actual Indian citizens/residents participating in anti-Hindu/anti-India activities abroad? Like those who attended the dismantling global Hindutva conference? I think Cyrano said that there is no basis legally or morally, to do this. Is the government simply too concerned about the global fall out in the media? I can't believe that all the Sikhs who rioted in Canada, the US, UK and elsewhere, following the anti-terror assault on the Golden temple in June 1984, were citizens of those countries. Some of them would be Indian passport holders, and it is very unlikely that they would have been allowed back into India anytime soon.

Yagnasri wrote:There were efforts earlier to talk to the fellows in Canada and UK. But those talks and efforts went nowhere. Now seems to be dropped.

Big governance reform: From next month, no file to pass more than 4 hands
A total of 58 ministries and departments have reviewed the “channel of submission” of files to bring it to four levels and the rest of the ministries are fast progressing in that direction and are expected to do so by next month.

It has taken six years for the Narendra Modi government to push this major reform through the bureaucracy, but finally, from next month, no central government file will pass more than four hands before a decision and ministries will also be able to submit e-files to each other.

The idea is to speed up decision-making and usher in an executive-centric and business-oriented functional transformation of government offices by flattening the organisation and going for delegation rather than pushing files up to higher levels needlessly, a senior government official told News18.

A total of 58 ministries and departments have reviewed the “channel of submission” of files to bring it to four levels and the rest of the ministries are fast progressing in that direction and are expected to do so by next month, a senior government official said.

Previously, government files would pass 6-7 levels or even 10-12, before the Modi government started a drive in 2015 to reduce the channel of submission levels to bring pace to policy decisions. Over 300 meetings at senior levels were held for about six years to achieve this.

Taking the e-route
Further, the government has rolled out the E-Office 7.0 version this month, which for the first time allows the inter-ministry transfer of files — so all ministries can now submit their proposals online, for example, to the finance ministry, for approval. So far, ministries had an E-Office facility for intra-ministry work. All 84 ministries and departments are expected to transition to the E-Office 7.0 version in November. Over 32,000 e-files are now being created daily and India has about 25 lakh e-files at present.

What this means
A senior government official said that now, the four levels identified for the channel of submission are secretary, additional secretary or joint secretary, director or deputy secretary or undersecretary, and all other levels. The idea is that no officer in one category needs to submit files to another officer in the same category. All ministries are now adopting this methodology with suitable modifications to eliminate the need for file submission between joint secretaries and additional secretaries, and between director, deputy secretary and undersecretary.

This involves delegation of powers at appropriate levels. It is also proposed that absolutely routine matters be disposed of at just one level. An official said the exercise began in 2015 and it has taken this long for all ministries to be brought on board. “The tendency has always been in bureaucracy to push the file upwards to get more people on board. This delays decision-making,” an officer said.

Source: News 18

AshishA wrote:Looks like Modi is steadily chipping away from the ills dominating the babudom. Now I hope there will be no passing the file business by the babus.

Big governance reform: From next month, no file to pass more than 4 hands
A total of 58 ministries and departments have reviewed the “channel of submission” of files to bring it to four levels and the rest of the ministries are fast progressing in that direction and are expected to do so by next month.

It has taken six years for the Narendra Modi government to push this major reform through the bureaucracy, but finally, from next month, no central government file will pass more than four hands before a decision and ministries will also be able to submit e-files to each other.

The idea is to speed up decision-making and usher in an executive-centric and business-oriented functional transformation of government offices by flattening the organisation and going for delegation rather than pushing files up to higher levels needlessly, a senior government official told News18.

A total of 58 ministries and departments have reviewed the “channel of submission” of files to bring it to four levels and the rest of the ministries are fast progressing in that direction and are expected to do so by next month, a senior government official said.

Previously, government files would pass 6-7 levels or even 10-12, before the Modi government started a drive in 2015 to reduce the channel of submission levels to bring pace to policy decisions. Over 300 meetings at senior levels were held for about six years to achieve this.

Taking the e-route
Further, the government has rolled out the E-Office 7.0 version this month, which for the first time allows the inter-ministry transfer of files — so all ministries can now submit their proposals online, for example, to the finance ministry, for approval. So far, ministries had an E-Office facility for intra-ministry work. All 84 ministries and departments are expected to transition to the E-Office 7.0 version in November. Over 32,000 e-files are now being created daily and India has about 25 lakh e-files at present.

What this means
A senior government official said that now, the four levels identified for the channel of submission are secretary, additional secretary or joint secretary, director or deputy secretary or undersecretary, and all other levels. The idea is that no officer in one category needs to submit files to another officer in the same category. All ministries are now adopting this methodology with suitable modifications to eliminate the need for file submission between joint secretaries and additional secretaries, and between director, deputy secretary and undersecretary.

This involves delegation of powers at appropriate levels. It is also proposed that absolutely routine matters be disposed of at just one level. An official said the exercise began in 2015 and it has taken this long for all ministries to be brought on board. “The tendency has always been in bureaucracy to push the file upwards to get more people on board. This delays decision-making,” an officer said.

Source: News 18

Vips wrote:

AshishA wrote:Looks like Modi is steadily chipping away from the ills dominating the babudom. Now I hope there will be no passing the file business by the babus.

You cannot defeat Babudom. The beauraucrats can stall movement of any file/project by quoting a section or sub section of a rule and law applying to that project or department.

Thing to do is to drastically do away the number of rules/laws(especially procedural) that can be used to stall a project.

Ambar wrote:Isn't Dhaliwal the same guy who was on video going on a rant against India and Hindus in Toronto ? I think it was him and another guy from Canada who were the brains and moneybags behind roping in Rihaana and Mia Khalifa to tweet against India. Dher aaye durust aaye (better late than never), this decision should have been taken 3 yrs ago when the same people were behind the anti-CAA protests in many cities across the world.

Even for Indian passport holders there are many levers the govt can use. Just do what pakis do and put names of these folks and their family members (most of their kids live abroad anyways) on the exit control list. They'll come around when they cannot go on their quarterly kabaab and shabaab jirgas in London or Dubai or Toronto.

Please ask the Indian government's Saudi, Emirati, Qatari, Bangladeshi, Maldivian, Indonesian etc partners how they would feel about an Indian foreign policy focused on "countering Islam"...

It’s not Pakistanis who need to learn here.

It’s stupid Indians like you who need to understand that countering Pakistan means countering Islam.

Otherwise we will just keep losing young Indians at the border and keep harping on bullshit like ‘aman ki asha’.

Ambar wrote:Isn't Dhaliwal the same guy who was on video going on a rant against India and Hindus in Toronto ? I think it was him and another guy from Canada who were the brains and moneybags behind roping in Rihaana and Mia Khalifa to tweet against India. Dher aaye durust aaye (better late than never), this decision should have been taken 3 yrs ago when the same people were behind the anti-CAA protests in many cities across the world.

Even for Indian passport holders there are many levers the govt can use. Just do what pakis do and put names of these folks and their family members (most of their kids live abroad anyways) on the exit control list. They'll come around when they cannot go on their quarterly kabaab and shabaab jirgas in London or Dubai or Toronto.

chetak wrote:

Yagnasri wrote:There were efforts earlier to talk to the fellows in Canada and UK. But those talks and efforts went nowhere. Now seems to be dropped.

what kind of talks, saar

please to elaborate onlee

ManSingh wrote: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-ne ... 4sBxJ.html

chetak wrote:

ManSingh wrote: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-ne ... 4sBxJ.html

Thanks, ManSingh ji

much obliged.

ManSingh wrote:

chetak wrote:
what kind of talks, saar

please to elaborate onlee

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-ne ... 4sBxJ.html

Prem Kumar wrote:For OCI/PIO card-holders, GOI can even pass a new law like "enemy property act" or even expand the scope of this act. If they conspire against the state, their properties in India can be confiscated.

Prem Kumar wrote:For OCI/PIO card-holders, GOI can even pass a new law like "enemy property act" or even expand the scope of this act. If they conspire against the state, their properties in India can be confiscated.

Aditya_V wrote:

Prem Kumar wrote:For OCI/PIO card-holders, GOI can even pass a new law like "enemy property act" or even expand the scope of this act. If they conspire against the state, their properties in India can be confiscated.

Look 99% of these holders are good people and are very helpful and as good as any Indian, it is just a small proportion who get used against India.

SBajwa wrote:

chetak wrote:

Thanks, ManSingh ji

much obliged.

Good thing that Harjit Sajjan has been fired and replaced by Ms. Anand.

Vips wrote:

AshishA wrote:Looks like Modi is steadily chipping away from the ills dominating the babudom. Now I hope there will be no passing the file business by the babus.

You cannot defeat Babudom. The bureaucrats can stall movement of any file/project by quoting a section or sub section of a rule and law applying to that project or department.

Thing to do is to drastically do away the number of rules/laws(especially procedural) that can be used to stall a project.

Manish_P wrote:

Prem Kumar wrote:For OCI/PIO card-holders, GOI can even pass a new law like "enemy property act" or even expand the scope of this act. If they conspire against the state, their properties in India can be confiscated.

+1

Vips wrote:
You cannot defeat Babudom. The beauraucrats can stall movement of any file/project by quoting a section or sub section of a rule and law applying to that project or department.

Thing to do is to drastically do away the number of rules/laws(especially procedural) that can be used to stall a project.