Thus it goes up again!

So, what is the big newz of the day? Its nothing new! The petrol prices went up again!  This is now going up faster than smoke! And the justification - there is no other option. We need to take some tough decisions.

But when it comes to cutting the freebies for parliamentarians, their free gas, free flights and free rides, hotels, entertainment, medical care, there is no option but to continue. Why?

If we check the amount spent in the up keep of the VIPs in India it will be more than what we need to spend on the food security bill. How come this is not being cut? They have no problem there.

when it comes to removing subsidies for household  earning more tha 50,000 , the got nothing to say.  Increasing diesel prices for private vehicles, we they go nothing to say.

How come increasing petrol prices help? In fact won't it increase the inflation? Will it not give reason for middlemen and businesses to hike their prices in its shadow, even if they are not loosing anything?

Is deregulation really the answer? How is that possible? The high taxes on local manufacturing and pro-import customs regime is not the cause of the problem?

If fall of rupee is the really the reason, what does it mean? We are bringing in too little dollars? If your markets are crashing profits are falling, is it not?

So what should you be doing? Well I am a layman, my guess would be, don't allow import to be too high than exports, because we are loosing rupee [ immediate step, increase quality standards, and high taxes for marginal quality]. Cut operations cost of manufacture in India [ read - cut the red tape, make it easy to set up business, cut taxes on employing people, acquisition of raw materials, buying of machinery and transportation].  Do that for 6 months and I think we should easily be out of this.  What say?

Any economy which is dependent on foreign investors and investments what ever be the percentage is like a castle of cards, waiting to fall. If you local investment is not strong there is not much that can be done. For that we need local employment and local manufacture.

Not making political statements, but our politicians across all party lines and our non political politicians are pretty petty to see the writing on the wall.

Times running out!

BJP and Madhya Pradesh Government insults Shaheed IPS Narendra Kumar's family

I am furious as I write this blog. The Madhya Pradesh government and  BJP is blatantly insulting the IPS officer Narendra Kumar and his family. The same officer who died in the line of duty in Madhya Pradesh stopping the illegal miners was not being afforded the basic courtesy of an investigation to reveal the facts behind his murder. Even when the Shivraj Singh Chauhan announced CBI probe his ministers are threatening the family that they will have to face the repercussion of the same.

I am right now watching the Newshour repeat telecast in Times Now. Meenakshi Lekhi of BJP is crying hoarse about how the state government has registered an FIR, arrested the driver and ordered judicial probe. Has the government done a huge favour to the people of India? Is this a matter to be proud about and needs to be congratulated?

Going ahead Meenakshi Lekhi is insisting that she is not sure if it was really a mining mafia kill or illegal mining that has resulted in the brave officer's untimely death.  She is claiming the same could be an accident. Why then order a judicial probe till you establish that it was not a case of accident? Why did the government show so much hurry?

IPS officer Narendra Kumar's valiant attempt to get onto a tractor carrying illegally mined stones is now a folklore know to every Indian. We all know how the tractor crushed him to death. His wife an IAS officer working in the same state, is carrying their first child. When she demands a CBI probe, when we the people demand a CBI probe along with the Judicial probe, how can a state minister of Madhya Pradesh threaten the family by saying you will have to face the repercussions?

This is another officer who died protecting his country and its natural resources. Meenakshi Lekhi and BJP are not even ready to accept that he is a Shaheed. This at the time, when there are reports that say that there is rampant illegal mining in the Cheif minister's constituency.

There is a report submitted by a senior officer of Madhya Pradesh government on October 2010 claiming rampant illegal mining. The government has done nothing other than claim that there is no mining mafia. When asked by Arnab Goswami what the government has done, today Meenakshi Lekhi says there are some legal difference between the state and central government and it went in a totally different direction. Shaina MC who came on the show the day the Officer Narendra Kumar died said the government is debating.

Is this a joke? So many young officers are dying for the nation's cause as they debate on things. They are sitting on reports for years and the RTI filed to know the government steps says the government does not keep records of the same.

On the day this 30 year old officer died the IG to whom the officer was reporting came on the News Hour show in Times now and when asked whether there is any political involvement, he said no. He did not even blink. He has already concluded that. On the day the officer was killed. So we know that no politician is gonna be screwed up this time too.

I pray to god that this young officer gets justice.  All people across the globe have to raise their voice. Even if you are not Indian. This officer tried to stop the illegal loot of stones, this is if nothing else then at least an environmental cause. This will encourage more young people inside and outside the system to fight for truth and justice.

Mark my words, if Congress's trade mark scams where 2G spectrum and CWG games. BJP is brewing one  even when it's in opposition. Their big ticked scam is Mining. Don't believe me? Ok, Uttrakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka. What is common between these states? BJP government. Even in the state of Andhra Pradesh where this scam is under scanner and Congress is ruling the sate, its the Reddy brothers of Karnataka's BJP unit who are involved. Only place where BJP came to power fighting against Mining is Goa. Let's see what happens there. But very difficult to ignore these dots and say nobody from BJP is involved.

Justice of Shaheed IPS Narendra Kumar.