In a message dated 07/06/2005 08:47:03 GMT Standard Time, BBaruah
writes:
In a message dated 07/06/2005 08:45:16 GMT Standard Time, BBaruah
writes:
Rajen
While I was an employee in Assam Oil Company at Digboi as far as I
knew, the find of oil reserves was a closely guarded secret. If the
geologists were of the opinion that there was no commercially viable
reserve, the Company would sell out at a profit
and bundle off to distant shores. Do the Government of India also
intend to extract the last drop of oil from Assam's soil and
then move elsewhere?
In India oil, in fact all minerals are a subject of the Union
List. Do the States in the USA control minerals as a State
'subect' ?
It is known that Assam has abundance of natural resources. One wealth,
the timber industry is in ruins as a result of the mushroomed plywood
industry. Other resources are also dwindling. Still we remain hopeful.
Had Assam been sovereign the question of a cess on coal, oil, etc
would not have arisen.Our netters still believe that the ULFA, though
debilitated, has some bargaining strength left. It is being asserted
by sporadic incidents of insurgency. So far concessions in the garb of
autonomy have not proved much success. Why not ask the Union to transfer
minerals from the Union List to the State List? This might appeal to some
other States as well and thus usher in a golden era of Constituional reform
of which there is some talk.
Bhuban
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