"Change is the Law of Life"

Government is listening? – Anything in INDIA!

loveish — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:52:42 +0000

Who said our Government is not listening?Can you imagine this happening in
INDIA? Government of
India has an online Grievance forum at http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/ <http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/> The government wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc. I know many people will say that these things don’t work in
India, but this actually works as one of our colleague in CSC found. The guy I’m talking about lives in
Faridabad. Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation laid new roads in his area and the residents were very happy about it. But 2 weeks later, BSNL dug up the newly laid roads to install new cables which annoyed all the residents including this guy. But it was only this guy who used the above listed grievance forum to highlight his concern. And to his surprise, BSNL and Municipal Corporation of
Faridabad was served a show cause notice and the guy received a copy of the notice in one week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof up as its clear that both the government departments were not in sync at all.So use this grievance forum and educate others who don’t know about this facility. This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just talking about the ‘ System’ in
India. Invite your friends to contribute for many such happenings.

Rupee !!

loveish — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:08:59 +0000

US is looking into the manufacturing and service outsourcing unfair trade practice by China and India due to artificial lower value of their currencies. While Indian currency floats in open market, it is tightly controlled (far more tightly than even the Japanese) by Indian central Bank – Reserve Bank of India to make way for Indian oligarchs – the business community. The Bush administration has told key senators that it expects China to revalue its currency in August ahead of a planned visit to Washington by President Hu Jintao in September, according to people familiar with the matter. Senators Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham, co-sponsors of a bill that would impose a 27.5 per cent tariff on Chinese imports, agreed to delay a vote on their bill after receiving what they regarded as an assurance that China will move on its currency next month. Now the biggest question is will India also follow suit? Indian Prime Minister’s visit to America may be the start of the formal Indian currency revaluation to a stronger Rupee. The imbalance is heavy. The Indian Rupee is artificially devalued by at least 45% and that is what driving jobs away from America and Europe in the form of cheap outsourcing contracts. Bush Administration is concerned about the trade imbalance with India. American business community especially the retailers like WalMart and others are asking Bush Administration to make Manmohan Singh open the flood gate for American retailers in India. India oligarchs – the top business families are resisting the same. But India may have to revalue its currency to much higher level. And then only the true value and worth of Indian outsourcing industry will be proved.

Source: Indiadaily

Hello world!

loveish — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:41:53 +0000

“When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how

God created this universe everything else seems so

superfluous.”

“We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count,

without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could

have been made.“

Albert Einstein