Thanks Ramda!
On 3/23/11, Ram Sarangapani <assa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Excellent Manoj. The idea of teaming up with Gujarat seems quite promising. > > There are a few factors that hold back Assam (IMHO). > > 1) Assam has something like 14 MPs. That in itself wouldn't be a problem > (as Punjab has 13). Our MPs, regardless of party, are not very vocal. Recent > history may be different. There are other states with fewer MPs. > > 2) Investors are not breaking down doors to get into Assam. Given the bad > publicity for the last 2 or 3 decades, no Tata Nano will be risking their > money. Now, this is the reality, and it does not matter what the real cause > is :-) > > From Manoj's post, it seems even Modi bhai wants some sort of 'tourism > police' to protect Gujarati visitors. In Assam 'business' almost always > means trading. It is only recently that one sees some private investment in > the education sector. > > Once, great, vibrant industries like tea & plywood, seem to be languishing. > > 3) Corruption is rampant in the state. Yes, yes, there is corruption in some > other states like Karnataka, but I suspect, many of those other states > corrupt on one hand and build with the other. > > In spite of these glaring negatives, I think Assam needs to concentrate on a > few main areas, so that it can move forward with development. > > Power, roadways, flood control. > > and for C'da's questions: > >>*** SHOULD is good advice. But what IF the advice is either ignored, or > unable to be followed? >>Has no-one given such advice to your leaders before? Or did your leaders > never knew how to think >>" big" and did not possess all the other wisdoms to make Assam as > successful as Modi's >>paradise? > > All of Assam's leaders, past and present, and future know exactly what the > right thing to do is, and posses all the worldly wisdom. > But they also know, that voters will always vote them back to power, even if > hey don't do anything. > >>And IF so, how is anything going to change, with the dysfunctional duds in > charge ? > > Quite often, this dysfunctional trait is by choice. Those in charge know > exactly how the cards are played, and how to get back to power time and > again. > > While, Modi may also 'knowledgeable' in such qualities, the Gujaratis, he > has to get the votes from, will NOT vote him back, unless he performs -- > that is the difference. > > >>What IS IT that holds Assam back? Or for that matter other non-Gujaratis > back? What do the >>Gujarati's possess and Modi knows, that the rest don't ? > > The above are some of the reasons. > > --Ram > > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am very impressed Manoj, as I always have been :-). >> >> >Our leaders should learn to think big. >> >> *** SHOULD is good advice. But what IF the advice is either ignored, or >> unable to be followed? >> Has no-one given such advice to your leaders before? Or did your leaders >> never knew how to think >> " big" and did not possess all the other wisdoms to make Assam as >> successful as Modi's >> paradise? And IF so, how is anything going to change, with the >> dysfunctional duds in charge ? >> >> That is what I would like to know. >> >> What IS IT that holds Assam back? Or for that matter other non-Gujaratis >> back? What do the >> Gujarati's possess and Modi knows, that the rest don't ? >> >> I am not being facetious here. Seriously, it is one thing to opine for >> something, like Dilip did, >> or you do, but quite another to KNOW where the problem lies that prevents >> those hopes >> from being met or fulfilled. >> >> c-da >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 23, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Manoj Das wrote: >> >> > I was an attendee at "Vibrant Gujarat" show at Gandhinagar this January. >> Modi built two huge convention halls of gigantic proportions. One was >> almost >> ready and the other was under construction. Temporary flex print was >> pasted >> to look it complete. We could not make out the difference. The place was >> aptly named 'Mahanta Mandir', and a huge statue of Mahatma stood in >> between, >> with his signature 'danda'. A 'dandi kutir', shaped like a salt mound was >> Modi's 'darbaar'. He met all the delegations there and MoUs were signed in >> his presence. This year MoUs worth Rs. 30 lakh crores (US$ 672 Bn approx) >> were signed. We (NEDFi) organised a concurrent Invest NE Show there. >> > >> > When Modi came to know about our presence, he called our CMD. He had to >> wait, in queue, no doubt. Once his turn came, Modi received him with >> apology >> and asked if there was any MoU to be signed. We had none; so Modi >> immediately changed track and showered praise on NER states like Sikkim >> which has done marvelously well in the tourism sector. Modi was BJP's i/c >> of >> NER during Bajpayee's time. He offered to train 300 policemen from NER at >> his cost to become tourist police. Idea is, Gujaratis are compulsive >> travellers, and they need some comfort like that of security, vegetarian >> food, some guidance in Guajarati language to start moving to unchartered >> territories. These NER police personnel will be trained in these aspects >> and >> once they are back to their respective states, they will be able to >> receive, >> escort the Gujarati tourists. Brilliant! >> > >> > Gujaratis were a seafaring people. They had the Indus valley legacy. >> > Even >> during Mughal times, Surat was the leading port of India. It used to be >> transit point for Haj pilgrims. It was a very lucrative business. Mughal >> emperors' wives used to invest heavily on ships and it was their side >> business to invest the huge allowances emperors used to grant to his >> wives. >> Noor Jehan owned the biggest vessel 'Al Rahimi'- a ship that could carry >> 1500 people. It was captured by the Portuguese and that led to the seizure >> of Surat by Emperor Jehangir. >> > >> > I was fortunate to study engineering in Morvi. By the way, I survived a >> Dam Burst that killed 55000 people in one day. The reconstruction work the >> Gujus did was fantastic, even Bhuj rehabilitation is remarkable. This year >> in connection with my daughter's admission in NID, I travelled 4-5 times >> and >> went as far as Dwarka by car to see the development. Roads are all weather >> and four-lane. The state is progressing at break-neck speed. Jamnagar has >> World's biggest single refinery of 50 Mn MT, adjacent to that Essar has >> another big one. Essar is also building a huge Petrochemical complex. >> Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation is now as big as Oil India Ltd. It has >> exploration blocks, trans-state Pipelines, CNG stations in the state. >> Narmada water has changed the rural economy. Agriculture has grown 10% per >> annum in last 10 years. It is the largest FDI destination in India. >> Sabarmati river front project is Rs. 23000 cr project, that will propel >> Ahmedabad into the big city league. We could not see any beggar there. >> Modi >> is building a 300 km perimeter ring road to take urban development to a >> higher trajectory. The US$ 90 Bn Delhi-Mumbai Industrial corridor is going >> to benefit Gujarat Max. >> > >> > What Assam can learn? Our leaders should learn to think big. We must >> > plan >> following big ones:- >> > >> > 1. Dredge river Brahmaputra, reclaim 1.5 million hectres of fertile >> > land, >> build irrigation systems, river front projects, water export >> > 2. Build a mega city to house at least 10 million people by 2030, this >> will act as a centre of consumption, trade, commerce, education, >> healthcare, >> tourism >> > 3. Build two express ways on both banks of the river, build a bullet >> train system like China, which will travel at 350 kmph. Sadiya to Dhubri >> will be 2 hour journey. >> > 4. Build an Industrial Corridor from Dhubri to Sadiya or Kokrajhar to >> Jonai, so that when India opens up the land route to China-ASEAN, we are >> ready. >> > 5. Convert Assam Gas Company to something like GSPC, we have enough oil >> experts like Mr B C Bora, NN Gogogi, Ajit Hazarika to guide us. This >> company >> will explore oil-gas, refine, transport and add wealth to the state. >> > >> > Gujarat is our 'damaad's state. We must take advantage of the old >> linkages and build new relationships. I volunteer my services for this >> august task. >> > >> > May be we can brand our state as 'GOD's OWN SOSURAL".........:) >> > >> > Manoj >> > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > *** But you are speaking of the enlightened, Gujaratis and their >> > Gujarat. >> They have apparently >> > been able to do what the rest can't, stand up-to Dilli. That was your >> lament about Assam. >> > >> > My curiosity too is about Assam. >> > >> > What is it about Assam that cannot get the money to attract the Nanos of >> India >> > or the NRI investors to replicate the Gujarati boom? >> > >> > And create those Kharkhowa Naren Modis to stand up to Dilli, that you >> wish for >> > as I do ? >> > >> > :-) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mar 23, 2011, at 8:24 AM, Dilip Deka wrote: >> > >> > > The prescription is there right in the original article. Money talks. >> Gujarat quietly built up its economic might and now the state is a power >> to >> recognize. Gujarat's is known as a business friendly government. Everyone >> has heard the Tata Nano factory story. Everyone knows whose gain and whose >> loss it was. >> > > When the government, the business and the workers all row in the same >> direction, in unison, the boat moves faster. >> > > Dilip >> > > ================================================== >> > > >> > > --- On Mon, 3/21/11, Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >I wish Assam could face upto Delhi the same way. >> > > >> > > *** Any thoughts on WHY it is NOt so now, or HOW it could be >> accomplished? >> > > >> > > On Mar 20, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Dilip Deka wrote: >> > > >> > > > Gujarat is too powerful for Delhi to mess with. Gujarati people, the >> state government and the NRIs investing in Gujarat sing the same tune - >> Help >> the economy prosper and everyone gets benefit from it. >> > > > I can bet Delhi will have to retract. Delhi and the Congress bigwigs >> tried to remove Modi before but didn't succeed. I wish Assam could face >> upto >> Delhi the same way. >> > > > Dilip Deka >> > > > >> > > > From: mc mahant <mikemah...@hotmail.com> >> > > >> > > > Off with his head >> > > >> > > > Tavleen Singh >> > > > >> > > > Posted: Mar 20, 2011 >> > > >> > > > Last week, when it was announced that there were >> > > > plans afoot to set income tax sleuths on to those who invest in >> Gujarat, >> > > > my first reaction was disbelief. Surely not, I thought, not when >> > > > foreign investors are fleeing India in droves, not when the Reserve >> Bank >> > > > has itself pointed out ominously that foreign direct investment in >> > > > India has dropped by nearly 40 per cent in recent months. Why would >> > > > a >> > > > prime minister whose expertise lies in the field of economics allow >> such >> > > > insanity to go ahead? >> > > > >> > > > The reasons could most certainly not be economic, so I started >> searching >> > > > for political reasons and realisation quickly dawned. Narendra Modi >> has >> > > > long been seen by political pundits in Delhi, especially those of >> > > > Congress persuasion, as the only man who could in 2014 challenge >> their >> > > > glamorous young prince and so he must be destroyed. Besides he has >> been >> > > > flying too high for his own good, has he not? Always holding those >> > > > conventions to boast about ‘vibrant’ Gujarat and always making jokes >> > > > about the Congress Party that the silly old ‘aam aadmi’ laughs his >> head >> > > > off at without noticing that they are laughing on the same side as a >> > > > merchant of death, a ‘maut ka saudagar’. Remember when the financial >> > > > scandals started falling out of the central government’s cupboard at >> so >> > > > alarming a rate and how he made that speech in which he said ‘munni >> > > > badnaam hui’. How dare he? Who did he mean? The Congress Party or >> > > > she >> > > > who leads it? So off with his head. >> > > >> > > > Not easily done politically because somehow he has managed, wretched >> > > > man, to keep winning elections (with even Muslims voting for him), >> > > > so >> > > > someone in Delhi came up with the cunning plan to destroy him >> > > > economically. Ordering income tax raids on political opponents is an >> old >> > > > Congress practice that was used recklessly and with powerful effect >> by >> > > > first Mrs Gandhi during the Emergency and then again by V P Singh >> when he was >> > > > Rajiv’s finance minister. He went too far, though, because he >> > > > started >> to >> > > > raid Rajiv’s friends and so he had to go. But to get back to >> > > > Gujarat. >> > > > Under that ‘maut ka saudagar’, its economy has climbed to dizzying >> > > > heights. Even a casual visitor can see the speed at which roads get >> > > > built, the availability of electricity in remote villages, the check >> > > > dams that help irrigate areas that have never seen irrigation, the >> > > > primary health centres that actually work. Investors see much more. >> They >> > > > see an administration that is less corrupt than most and a chief >> > > > minister who fulfills his promises. If he tells you that he will >> > > > make >> > > > land available to you in a week, he ensures that this happens, and >> > > > if >> he >> > > > promises a single window to clear your projects, he delivers. >> > > > These are not things that Congress chief ministers can do because >> their >> > > > primary concern is to ensure that the ‘high command’ is kept happy >> > > > by >> > > > regular and large infusions into the coffers of the party. They can >> get >> > > > away with no governance at all as long as they do this. Then they >> have >> > > > to ensure that they pay regular obeisance to the party’s ruling >> Dynasty >> > > > and by the time all this is over, there is little time for doing >> > > > anything else. So the best governed states in India are those that >> are >> > > > not run by Congress chief ministers and the only way to keep them in >> > > > check is to curb them in every possible way. If it is income tax >> raids >> > > > in Gujarat, it is unwieldy schemes like the NREGA in Bihar. You see >> when >> > > > the central government puts in place a scheme like this then the >> state >> > > > government loses some of its own control over funds and welfare >> > > > policies. They regularly complain about this but their complaints >> fall >> > > > on deaf ears because this is an area in which Sonia Gandhi and her >> > > > cabinet, the National Advisory Council, are personally interested. >> > > > The end result is that India, so glittering, so full of allure only >> six >> > > > months ago, is now beginning to look like it did before economic >> > > > liberalisation. It is beginning to look like a dangerous country to >> > > > invest in and in this bleak scenario there is Gujarat that has so >> > > > far >> > > > continued to shine like a beacon where foreign and Indian investors >> are >> > > > concerned. This cannot be allowed to happen because it makes the >> > > > rest >> of >> > > > India look even worse than it already does. Besides, we all know >> > > > that >> > > > Narendra Modi is an evil man, a merchant of death, so who cares if >> all >> > > > his efforts to make Gujarat rich and prosperous are endangered by >> > > > famously corrupt income tax inspectors. Of course, there is the >> > > > small >> > > > problem that the people of Gujarat may suffer as well but since they >> > > > have been regularly rejecting Congress at election time who cares >> about >> > > > them. 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