Monday, August 20, 2012

Har ghar mein bijli

Prior to 15th Aug'2012 the slogan was 'har gaon mein bijli'. But now the slogan is 'har ghar mein bijli'. Recently we saw many states with around 60 cr people lived in darkness due to failure of power grid. Power grid failed due to excess  draw of power by the states of UP and Bihar. Naturally people of these states used excess power. Everywhere both in urban and rural areas a section of people use electricity illegally by throwing hooks to power lines or use electricity partly legally and major part illegally. They use heaters, air-conditioners, pumps etc. These appliances draw huge power and electric companies don't get return. There is huge loss of power due to transmission and power theft.
So before connecting all homes with electricity it should be ensured that there is no power theft. Production and selling of heating coils should be banned. Otherwise there would be regular grid failures and honest users of electricity would suffer the most.

Irregularity of Rs1.85 lakh crore in allocating coal blocks by the center

According to the CAG report there has been loss of Rs 1.85 lakh crore in allocating coal blocks to private companies. This amount would have gone to the exchequer had there been competitive bidding. Recently we have heard of irregularity in spectrum allocation. There was loss of Rs 1.75 lakh crore due to want of competitive bidding. Looking at these problems we can say that all national properties should be handled and managed by Govt. agencies. Private companies should be eliminated. Coal, petroleum, metallic mines, spectrum should be handled by Govt. We should take the example of Railways. How it is taking care of passengers and goods. Railways would function better if there would not be poll politics. Private companies should handle consumer items only. When companies operate mines it is difficult to monitor how much they extract.and how much they evade tax. India is a democratic socialist republic. But we are deviating from this ideology. Extraction of minerals is not important but conserving them for future generation and saving the environment is more important.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Team Anna's decision of contesting elections is a blunder

When India got independence Mahatma Gandhi wanted to disband Indian National Congress. Because when freedom fighters would contest elections they would loose their importance in the public eyes. Similarly Team Anna's decision of going to elections is misconceived. For fighting elections money is required. Those who have clean background neither can collect money nor can spend money. Even if they get power, power corrupts. They will be no different from other politicians. So it would have been right if the movement would have been carried on. Fight against corruption is a long process. In the society most minds are corrupt. They indulge in corruption whenever they get a chance. Those who are clean may not have got a chance.