Agriculture The Most Neglected Sector

              
Infrastructure in agriculture is too weak but its not just infrastructure which needs n overhauling but the entire sector requires restructuring if the country really needs to leap forward into double digit growth phase,also if it needs to pass on the fruits to growth to the last man the planners must come up with revolutionary changes in the entire sector.

  Small land-holdings as a result of abolition of ZAMIDARI and generation change has added to increased stakeholders with increase in population .All this has made agricultural activity non remunerative.so. now is the time to give this sector a corporate look by deployment of farm machinery and converting small farming plots into unified large chunks with share based distribution of the end profit.The work force thus released could then be put to organized associated agro- industries like cattle breeding,dairy ,honey combing ,fisheries ,horti .For better returns - storage capacity has to be built almost from the scratch. Those districts which are plagued with regular droughts and floods must be converted into industrial zones and by doing so ,the often witnessed clashes for land takeover could be productively put to an end.Increased capacity for irrigation will sure help in betterment of lives many many millions and lessen the pressures on cities which are challenged year after year ,with their limited , capacities to continuously absorb huge migration pouring in for search of jobs.

The Social Economics Of Human Enterprenuership

                   

 The year 1991 will always be remembered in India as a sell out year ,when common man lost everything as a consequence of great conspiracy of the capitalist class.The disintegration of USSR and collapse of socialist block emboldened the people's enemies to declare death of Marx /Angels concept of a working class control on means of production and of a system devoid of all kind of exploitations of man by man ,out of sheer greed,built on the faulty premises of never ending growth and ever increasing  consumption.The free market proponents often forget the great melt downs of the past and the recent on going global recession which started in 2008 and seems to have entered a tunnel with no outlet .
         Phenomenal advancements in science and technology has not been able to wipe out mankind s need of food,shelter, clothing together with regular job to take care of his health ,education and recreational requirements for him to qualify as man.Thus we need a new economic order.

Demolishing Celebrity Worship Cult

                 
The advancements in field of technology have been appropriated by a section, whose sole existence is based on exploitation of every living and non-living things, yet to be born life forms and still to be conceived inventions / discoveries - through continuous display of delusions for a better world ,a hallucinating and euphoric mirage to be chased by :all around - till we fall dead.Analyzing man's journey through the annals of history ,we find - when the true ,sincere ,laborious ,imaginative ,innovative and creative section was busy finding ways to face the every day challenges of living in inhospitable conditions which planet earth offered us ; this shrewd ,cunning,scheming ,lazy and wicked was designing ideas for robbing the society of all its achievements.
In a gradual but routine manner,concept after concepts were thrown before the society to lure it into a complex web :be it justice ,be it equality ,be it equity,be it freedom - every conceivable aspect was put on stake.By their grand design of deceit they succeeded in making us bite the bait and we were given into a system of governance,DEMOCRACY.High sounding description of this system went over-board ,of the people by the people and for the people ,what an impressive, attractive and seductive system on offer.But,the most prominent feature was neatly swept under that silken carpet :the system was for the rich to rob masses of their hard labor by deploying it for producing goods and services for the rich ,the poor could participate by casting their votes to choose from the pack of wolves - which one will eat their flesh and who among them will squeeze out blood from their life ,the down - trodden never got that free and fair opportunity to become his own master,the creator has been enslaved.
The game doesn't ends with enslavement ,rather it begins from here - what if this captive means of production realizes of this trap and begins to unite to fight for emancipation.Thus they built the divide :racial,communal ,regional and caste-tist and for this they needed super-humans ,not the real ones but those pseudo beings,quite brittle to handle any pressure but too galvanized and polished to draw innocent people towards them ,these celebrities act as spokes-person for the system.Such a dead soul could come from any sphere of life - movies ,sports ,literature.fine or performing arts ,education ,judiciary ,armed forces,science even social activity.One from the lot is made to sit on the tigers back to serve the cause of rich masters ,who would rarely like to get on that coveted seat .
To break the shackles of slavery ,it is thus very important to destroy this personality cult worship - around which ,this whole exploitative system revolves.Easier said than done ,it needs people who pledge to forgo pleasures - the system offers to divert any conscious opposition to their grandly built profit machine ;these volunteers will get into organizing people and at the same time exposing the game-plan of ruling classes.The power of people is supreme only if its not a flock of sheep instead a politically aware citizenry having an urge to know and to question.Once the initial work at the ground level is through then that secondary phase will begin which be prolonged,tiresome and frustrating since during this period expansion and consolidation will go hand in hand ; the final assault - has to be decisive keeping in mind a successful uprising is a revolution but a failed one is treason and revolt with serious consequences.This revolution against destroying cult of idolizing individuals will be undertaken by people ,those who have realized but, it will essentially through ballot ,gone are the days of bullet.This change is quite like conception ,once it sets in - deliverance is guaranteed ,timings will be guided through circumstances of that specific region.Finally man will get his due share ,not a hope but a belief .

Social Harmony And Economic Balancing

              

Mimum Wages In Uttar Pradesh

A long ignored question is , What must be minimum wages for the man standing last in the row ,the one who gets pinched every time inflation shoots up and further complicate life for this man on the lowest rung ,long waiting for his chance to climb up the social ladder .In every case ,no govt. has any  right to build growth on corpses of masses who sure have all entitlements, being a member of that same species – homo-sapiens  ,which has made great strides in evolutionary journey from naked ,flesh eating cave dwelling animal to modern day elite ; some even touching such heights that they could now smell only ozone.
How could we call a system of governance the ultimate if it has lot many posers yet to be answered.Growth is desire but at what cost and how, are the burning issues which should not be left to market forces ,whose sole motive is profit . The recent global crisis offered us some very important lessons , which we failed to take , yet again and continue to live in castles built in air – far from ground realities .How else ? the economist all over concluded the economic melt-down as a result of a greed of a few individuals and corporations – crony capitalism .Whatever , what ought not to be forgotten is – people can’t be kept in shackles for ever  and you can’t do without them .So if overthrow is to be avoided in some future ,it will be better to ensure the minimum to all ,to justify each his human dignity.
Sirs / Mams , the govt. of Uttar-Pradesh has proposed minimum wages for unskilled worker as Rs.4500 /- , Rs5100 /- for semiskilled and Rs.5700 /- per month through a notification no.741 / 36-3-2011 on 30th June 2011 ; it called for suggestions and objections . In such cases ,Uttar- Pradesh Govt. has lawfully constituted a Minimum Wage Advisory Board  in which govt. ,worker and employer  representatives are present .It is most unfortunate that no suggestions and opinions were sought from the board and straight away the above proposal was notified unilaterally.This certainly is blatant misuse of power by bureaucracy against the very spirit of democracy and thus deserve condemnation from all stake holders together with all other up-holders of democratic values.
Another sore is that 15th Labor Commission ,decades back set certain principles and standards for fixing of minimum wages but still those recommendation have not been taken into account and this proposal is there against the interests of workers and a poor offer is there to continue exploitation of working classes.Analyzing the standards set by 15th Labor Commission and time to time interpretation by the Honorable Supreme Court , the minimum wages for an un-skilled worker comes down to Rs.11054.90 per month.
Since past few years unprecedented price increase has been witnessed and the purchasing power of Rupee is eroding sharply and is almost negligible at present , in such circumstances ,the published rates for minimum wages is not only low but also insufficient .Even the adjoining state of Delhi has implemented Rs.6084 /- for unskilled ,Rs.6734 /- for semi-skilled and Rs.7410 /- for skilled worker in February 2011. Sometime back Central Govt. revised wages for its employees adopting recommendations of  6th Pay Commission and thereby  declared wages of class fourth employee way above Rs. 11000 /- per month.

TRANSFER IS CHALLENGEABLE

            

By transferring you, your boss seeks
to achieve something
which he cannot otherwise achieve
DON’T LET HIM SUCCEED
Are you scared of your transfer to a different State? Is transfer such an issue that compels you to surrender before your employer? Hey, but then … have you ever thought if your ‘boss’ is even authorized to issue a transfer order to you? In most of the cases, he is not. Actually.
And in spite of this, if you are transferred to a different State and you have reasons to believe that your transfer is not a bonafide exercise due to a valid administrative exigency but a motivated act of your boss, challenge your transfer order. Don’t just accept it like a goat.
How can you accept a most arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory order merely because your boss does not want to see your face in the office where he rules. Remember, your transfer from one place to another is always illegal and unjustified if it is punitive or malafide or an act of Unfair Labour Practice on the part of your boss for which you can sue him. Yes. You can get him prosecuted.
You must know that a transfer should always be a bonafide exercise due to valid administrative exigency. And when it becomes a motivated act of victimisation and is contrary to terms of your appointment letter, it is also in contravention of the rules.
Transfer: An Unfair Labour Practice: A transfer is malafide if it is made just under the guise of following management policy. Such action is deemed to be an Unfair Labour Practice. Hence, while dealing with a case of transfer, the Calcutta High Court in the case of Birendra Kumar Singh vs. Union of India and others, has held that:
“….there might be reasons, which might impel the Court to pierce the veil and discover the truth and infer malice in fact or mala fide. … In a case where there are materials from which the Court can infer malice or mala fide, if it appears to the Court that there are such malice or mala fide when allegations are made and materials are produced to form certain opinion, the Court has to make an endeavor to remove the curtain and pierce the veil and find out the truth. In order to do so, Court has every right to make an assessment of the matter placed before it and arrive at a conclusion even on facts. When the malice or mala fide sought to be covered under the grounds of administrative exigencies or executive reasons, there may not be any straight-cut evidence to establish malice or mala fide. In such circumstances, the Court is empowered to draw inference on the basis of the facts disclosed and materials produced before the Court and arrive at a conclusion, which according to its opinion may not be of much doubt and could be supported by justifiable reasons. The Court cannot shut its eyes and avoid its responsibility when materials are placed before it. It cannot refuse to activate itself, in a given circumstances, in order to find out the truth with a view to dispense justice. People come to the Court to seek justice. The party against whom allegations are made is expected to cover up its decision or action and dress it upon in a manner to give it a colour of justification. Whether the action is colourable has to be discovered by the Court on the basis of materials looking behind the apparent.”
In another judgment - G.Babu v. C.E.(PS & GL) and others, the Kerala High Court held that: “The basic question which has to be asked and answered as in the case of any other order made in exercise of administrative discretion is, whether the order of transfer is vitiated by mala fides, or abuse of power, or, though worded in innocuous terms, really camouflages, collateral or oblique purposes like unduly favouring one at the expense of another or is penalize or victimize or harass the concerned employee. The answer which Courts have given over the years has been that if such vitiating circumstances are shown to exist, the courts will step in, review the order of transfer and grant such relief as the justice of the cause demands.”
How does Standing Order help me: The model standing order – rules and regulations of a company – requires that where the transfer involves moving from one State to another such transfer shall take place, either with the consent of the employee or where there is specific provision to that effect in the letter of appointment.
Sometimes managements also transfer a workman after finding him guilty of some misconduct. In that case, the such transfer is in the nature of punishment which is never permissible under law. One must immediately challenge such a transfer.
It has been held by Madras High Court in the case of M.Sigamani Son of Munusamy vs. Management of Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, that the punishment of transfer could not have been validly inflicted by the management as it is not a punishment prescribed in the Model Standing Orders.
The Madras High Court in this case held that: “In the present case, from the impugned order, which has been extracted, it is apparent that the order of transfer has been passed as a measure of punishment. Since the penalty which can be imposed had been enumerated and transfer is not one of the penalties, it is obvious that the order passed by the Managing Director is not contemplated under the relevant rules governing the field and such an order cannot be sustained and in normal course, such an order is liable to be quashed.”
Similarly, the Kerala High Court in the case of P.Pushpakaran and Coir Board and another, held that: “The whole difficulty arises when under the cover of ordering a transfer, an employer seeks to achieve something which he cannot otherwise achieve. In such cases, the employees in distress seek the assistance of courts in their unequal contest with their employers. A transfer can uproot a family, cause irreparable harm to an employee and drive him into desperation. It is on account of this, that transfers when affected by way of punishment, though on the face of it may bear the insigne of innocence, are quashed by Courts.”
Your transfer is also illegal if you are singled out from among your colleagues or in case you are neither the senior most nor the junior most employee of your department. And if there are others (even if you are the senior most or the junior most) in your department who have not been transferred even once in their service, your transfer is again illegal and unjustified.
It has also to be seen that the place you are transferred has any requirement of any other similarly situated employee like you. Therefore, even if your management cites administrative reasons for your transfer, check it out if any employee at the place of your transfer had retired or left service requiring fresh posting at the place.

Another perspective

MAN-MOHAN SINGH : I AM A VERY HONEST MAN , BUT A SARDAR OF THIEVES GANG.IF YOU FEIGN IGNORANCE THAT HE IS NOT AWARE OF EVERY DAY LOOT OF NATIONAL EXCHEQUER ,YOU TOO ARE INVOLVED IN PLUNDERING PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.

ANOTHER SITUATION IS : A WOMEN IS BEING RAPED IN A BROAD DAY LIGHT AND YOU ARE STANDING AS SILENT SPECTATOR ALONG WITH OTHER DEAD SOULS ,ARE YOU CASUAL TO THE GOING ON ATROCITY ,ARE YOU A CHEER-LEADER TO THE TRAGIC EVENT ,A SADIST - GETTING PLEASURE OUT OF VICTIM'S PAIN AND SUFFERING .WHAT ARE YOU? PAUSE AND QUESTION IT TO YOUR SELF : IT COULD BE YOUR TURN NEXT - AWAITING THAT ; WEAK ,COWARD , OPPORTUNIST OR ALREADY A ZOMBIE - MOVING AROUND ON LOOKOUT FOR BURIAL . WE HAVE ESCAPED THIS AWKWARD POSER FOR LONG 63 YEARS ,WE NO MORE COULD AVOID IT NOW ,SO BETTER DECIDE AND GET INTO ACTION .
GROWTH - A MYTH
The year 1991 will always be remembered in India as a sell out year ,when common man lost everything as a consequence of great conspiracy of the capitalist class.The disintegration of USSR and collapse of socialist block emboldened the people's enemies to declare death of Marx /Angels concept of a working class control on means of production and of a system devoid of all kind of exploitations of man by man ,out of sheer greed,built on the faulty premises of never ending growth and ever increasing consumption.The free market proponents often forget the great melt downs of the past and the recent on going global recession which started in 2008 and seems to have entered a tunnel with no outlet .

Phenomenal advancements in science and technology has not been able to wipe out mankind s need of food,shelter, clothing together with regular job to take care of his health ,education and recreational requirements for him to qualify as man.Thus we need a new economic order.

WHO TO BLAME : CRONY CAPITALISM OR FAILED SOCIALISM

The idea is wrongly perceived , India at the dawn of independence adopted a mixed economy out of sheer compulsions of weak money position locally. Core sector needed huge funds and a long gestation ,for which the private capital was neither prepared nor willing and thus the public funds were deployed for necessary infra - structural development in coal,steel ,petroleum,power,transportation and what all not. But the real challenge came up when the developed west declined to lend that helping hand and as a result the then PM Mrs. Gandhi , riding high on her wave of popular slogan :GAREEBI - HATTAO , remove poverty - incorporated "socialist" in preamble of our constitution . During the course of nation's journey : private capital got into a nexus with politicians to build upon its base and a hand-full of corporate houses saw their wealth rising phenomenally , thus they just can't be exonerated of cronyism as done by the thought that crony socialism failed India.

So, obviously India never experienced socialism ,as socialism is and what happened it USSR must not be construed as decline or death of socialism .The fact remains that man is a social animal and is dependent on fellow beings with a desire to grow economically ,spiritually and socially .The time and again occurring cycles of recession in market economy is sure an indicator of inherent deficiencies in capitalist mode of growth which plans growth year after year with the sole motive of profit ,instead of social requirements and therefore it becomes much more important to address the weaknesses in the two divergent and conflicting paths. As it is ,life is dynamic and so are theories presented for advancement ,then why ? what is the hitch in creating new and fresh concepts - having best of both the worlds .THE NEW WORLD NEEDS : A NEW ECONOMIC ORDER .

NOVICE FIGHTERS - ANNA AND RAMDEV

Anna and Ramdev were silly to raise such a hue n cry for demanding all too powerful Lokpal and to recover black-money stacked away in foreign banks , it's like negotiating with thieves for framing a tough law - good enough to hang him.Just give this whole issue ,another look , that's what i propose , take up another view , when most are getting carried away by d cacophony raised against corruption without considering that the system itself is flawed n it itself breeds n nurses corruption because of huge electoral expenses it calls for from the contestants every five or less years ; to further aggravate the things v have a largest lot of illiterates n a wide spread poverty .So ,what v need today is to demand and pressurize the govt. for electoral reforms - where the state bears all expenses for electioneering and we need a long sustained movement for it instead of quick -fixes , what Anna n Ramdev went for .

The fundamentals of any struggle is to weigh your strengths and the burden of the demand , balance the two and you get battle ready ,failing this simple exercise, will sure doom the cause.Here we find a huge gap between the stake and the stance.Another requirement is to be decisive about when to move ahead or when you must retreat , still lost grounds cud be saved if the leaders of the movement could understand the difference between the period of moving forward and that of consolidation .No war is ever fought on childish display of emotions , it needs strategy and to have it right ,one must be battle hardened commander with a well equipped and disciplined force to face every eventuality .Tough job ahead ,will they be able to have it or will they be led into a trap, the way they have moved ; it's bleak.SORRY, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE .

ALL PARTY MEET ON LOKPAL BILL IS DECEITFUL

So , they are at it again and PM's statement is just one more addition to the designs of the ruling classes.We have so many institutions ,all working within our constitution and innumerable laws to provide effective governance but what the countrymen are experiencing is, as if the country is being run by a few for the benefit of the few and the citizens have just one role left for them - to cast their votes to either of the rogue candidate , he doesn't have a right to reject all if he feels so.By this the leaders get an opportunity to shout from the top of Himalyas :INDIA is the biggest democracy and at the same time they plug their ears to keep away from the shrilling noises of masses coming out of their sheer sufferings.Yes they all could rejoice it now but the only option before the country is to dump the system, now this could be through civilized way or it will turn into a bloody battle ,sooner or later and it needs to be reminded that time n tide wait for none .

IT HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA - AN ELECTED BUT UNDEMOCRATIC GOVT.

On one hand the central govt. discredits civil society for not being the true voice of people and at the other end it's insensitive to the anger and frustration expressed by elected leader from Telangana region for creation of a separate state.Whatever be the problem of central govt. one thing is quite obvious ,they are incapable of acting and have built a culture of procrastination and further of rationalization - which sure is bad governance .

Creation of smaller states is not only beneficial for better delivery of services to the people but is also good for planning and administration.Such demands arise only because of regional and cultural aspirations together with strangulated growth . Why ? it can't be done ,what is the real impediment in states re-organization,center has to answer willingly or otherwise - after all , are we not a democratic country .
IF U MAY RECOLLECT THE ISSUE HAS NOT COME UP TODAY OR YESTERDAY ,IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS OR SO .
BUT WHAT IS THE INITIATIVE FROM THE CENTER - THE PARTY IN POWER.
JUST AN INSENSITIVE CONGRESS.
THE ONLY PARTY TO HAVE A PRINCE AWAITING CORONATION, AND THAT TOO IN THE BIGGEST DEMOCRACY ; WHO HAS A WEAK SIGHT WHICH FAIL TO SEE THE RAPE CASES IN DELHI - WHERE HIS PARTY RULES OR MISRULES.
MAN MADE THINGS ARE MEANT TO SERVE THEM AND ALL PRODUCTS HAVE A SHELF LIFE.WE GAVE OUR-SELF THE PRESENT DAY CONSTITUTION TO LOOK AFTER OUR WELFARE ,SECURITY , FAIRNESS IN OPPORTUNITIES AND JUSTICE - WHENEVER OUR RIGHTS ARE TRAMPLED UPON . AND ALL THIS FOR ENSURING EQUALITY ,SOVEREIGNTY , IN A SOCIALIST AND DEMOCRATIC WAY ,NOT FOR A HANDFUL TO EXPLOIT THE VERY SAME CITIZENRY WHICH THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO SERVE. NOW IF EITHER THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT OR THAT HOLY BIBLE -OUR CONSTITUTION ,IN WHOSE NAME THE PUBLIC SERVANTS TAKE OATH LOSE ITS SHEEN AND SHINE TO BE REDUCED TO TATTERS - LET IT BE SO ,AFTER-ALL THE PEOPLE ARE UPPER-MOST.

NEO - IMPERIALISM

No more capturing countries and enslaving nations ,the things have changed a lot - it just need to install a puppet regime for exploiting the resourses of a country ,the recent examples are Iraq and Libiya .

Some facts about Gaddafi and Libya....
- Loans to Libyan citizens are given with NO interest.

- Students would get paid the average salary for the profession they are studying for.

- If you are unable to get employment the state would pay the full salary as if you were employed until you find employment.

- When you get married the couple gets an apartment or house for free from the Government.

- You could go to college anywhere in the world. The state pays 2,500 euros plus accommodation and car allowance.

- The cars are sold at factory cost.

- *Libya does not owe money, (not a cent) to anyone. No creditors.

- Free education and health care for all citizens.

- 25% of the population with a university degree.

- No beggars on the streets and nobody is homeless (until the recent bombing).

- Bread costs only $0.15 per loaf.

No wonder the US and other capitalist countries do not like Libya. Gaddafi would not consent to taking loans from IMF or World Bank at high interest rates. In other words Libya was INDEPENDENT! That is the real reason for the war in Libya! He may be a dictator, but that is not the US problem. Also Gaddafi called on all Oil producing countries NOT to accept payment for oil in USD or Euros. He recommended that oil get paid for in GOLD and that would have bankrupted just about every
Western Country as most of them do not have gold reserves to match the rate at which they print their useless currencies.

Remember the last time someone had the “NERVE” to make a similar statement was when Saddam Hoosein advised all Opec countries not to accept payment for oil in US Dollars. Well, we all know what happened to him . Yes, they HUNG HIM.