ABC has spoken !

 Arrogant  Brahmin  of  Congress  ( ABC ) says,

"  You cannot be a PM

   Tea Vendor of India !

   You are destined to die a tea vendor

   And breed some more tea vendors

   Live in slums,

   You

   Who are a mere tea vendor

   Vegetable vendor

   Newspaper vendor

   Delivery boy

   Roadside cobbler

   Sweeper of the street

   Maid servant to my wife

   Ayah of my children ,

   You cannot be a PM  !

   You must continue to live

   In abject poverty

   And learn to survive

  On Rs 27 per day ( what we have fixed fairly ! )

  Drink 2 cups of tea

  And eat 2 slices of bread,

  Till you die of starvation

  Or choose to commit suicide

  (  Choice is yours  !  )

   But you cannot be a PM  !

   You may continue to die of dengue

   Or of malaria or TB

   Or a disease of your choice

   You,

   Who are a mere

   Dalit

   Backward Class

   Scheduled caste

   Manual Scavenger

   Harijan  ,  Bhangi

   Searcher of food in piles of garbage :

 

   Go jump into gutters

   Or in polluted rivers

   Stop dreaming of clean air

   Or a glass of clean water

   Inhale the acrid smell of chemicals

   Till your lungs corrode  !

   Don't sleep if you cannot

   On our freezing footpaths,

   But do not dream

   Of becoming a PM  !

   You stupid fool ,

   Learn well your

   Gita , Bible , Koran

   And when we slap you

   with an insult ( " You cannot be a PM " )

   Turn your other cheek  !

   And silently wait

   For rest of this Century

   ( a mere 86 years  ! )

   As you have waited

   For the past 66 years

  Till then

  Keep toiling

  In the dark dungeons called Dharavi

  ( we have one in every city )

  Or under the scorching sun

  Of our parched fields

  And if you won't vote for us

  Who cares  ?

  You

  Who are a mere 400 million ,

  Who cares for you  !

  How dare you dream

  To be our PM  ?

  A post that

  We

  The sycophants

  Have reserved for our exalted leader

  For eternity to come  !

 

  Didn't you hear our leader say ,

  Congress is idea

  Not an institution,

  And poverty is a state of mind  ?

  So , stop imagining the unimaginable

  You cannot be our PM - ever  "

  The  ABC  has spoken

  At the AICC session ,

  Now it is your turn to speak

  Vendors of India  !

  *   hemen  parekh  (  18  Jan  2014  /  Mumbai  )

    

  

The Midnight Drama

Bravo , Somnath Bharati

Bravo for that brush with the Delhi Police at midnight , yesterday

You managed to conclusively establish , what people of Delhi suspected all along , viz :,

>  If Delhi Police cannot care a hoot , even for a Minister , the poor stand no

    chance to get them to act on their complaints

>  Delhi Police are hand-in-glove with the drug mafia /  pimps / rapists /

    swindlers / murderers / smugglers / all anti-social elements

>  Delhi Police are the most corrupt department

DEAR  SOMNATH ,

Next time you conduct such a " surprise  raid " ,

>  do it in daytime

>  under the glare of 100 TV cameras

>  in the presence of the people of Delhi

>  telecast LIVE on news channels

TV editors will be too glad to oblige !

That is the only way to expose Police-Mafia nexus  !

Forget the proper procedures - which only succeed in alerting the Mafia  !

But don't expect things to change much till AAP manages to get FULL STATEHOOD status for Delhi , and make the Police report to the Delhi government , instead of the Central Home Minister

Of course , the Centre will do everything to prevent this  !

In the meantime , a word of caution to the Delhi Police :

Remember ,

>  Somnath  is only a symbol of people's anger / frustration

>  If you don't mend your ways fast , this anger will boil over

>  At that time , your lathis / tear gas / water cannons will not be able to

    control the people

>  People have witnessed what happened in Arab countries recently

>  They are desperate to try anything that they think , will get them justice

>  Do not stretch your luck

>  Next time you fail to act on their complaints - or a complaint of any

    Minister of Delhi government , you will run out of luck  !

>  With 2014 elections approaching fast , Congress Home Minister will not

     come to your aid - for fear of an anti - Congress wave over " Police

     Brutality "  ! 

    Remember , Ram Lila Maidan in 2011  ?

*   hemen   parekh   (  17  Jan   2014  /  Mumbai  )

 

    

Suggestions for Better Governance

Here is a  PARTIAL  list of initiatives that may transform India - if successful

But let not " Fear of Failure " prevent us from undertaking a " Out of Box " thinking

In a democracy , people have a right to differ

Hence ,  many will not agree - but they must have their say

In the end , there is only ONE WAY to find what works - and what does not

BY  TRYING  OUT  !

 MY LIST  ( not in order of importance or priority ) :

>  Food Security Bill

>  Connecting 2.5 lakh  panchayats  thru broadband

>  Aakash Tablets for 220 million students

>  Lokpal Act  /  Delivery of Services Act ( " Magic Wand " App ? )

>  Bank Transaction Tax / Demonetization of Rs 1000 currency note

>  Aadhar Identification Card

>  Electoral Reforms / Right to Recall ( " VotesApp " mobile App ? )

>  CAG audit of Private Companies using Government resources

>  4G Wireless Internet all over India

>  Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

>  Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor

>  Natural Resources Allocation Policy

>  Political Party's Funds under RTI scrutiny

>  Social Media based marketing

>  Liberalization in FDI ( Entire economy - not just retail )

>  Direct Transfer of Subsidies to poor

>  Government funding of Elections

>  Interlinking of Major Rivers

>  " India Post Bank "  with 139,040 branches in Rural areas

>  Bank A/C for every adult by 2016

>  Divestment / Closure of loss-making / bleeding PSUs

>  Imparting skills to 500 million youth ( NSDC )


>  Sulabh  Sauchalaya

Here are my own suggestions :

>  BLACK MONEY

   * As incomes climb ( for an individual or for a corporate ), reduce taxation

     rates for each higher slab ( reverse of present system )

     Eliminate incentive for tax - evasion

     Reward honesty / efficiency  /  productivity

     Celebrate Wealth-Creators

     No more "Black Money " generators

     With such " Inverse Taxation " regime , we can

     expect Corporate and HNIs from all over the

     world , to pump in $ 100 billion worth of

     investment, EVERY YEAR , in our Infrastructure
  
     projects ! 

   *  Introduce Amnesty Scheme for black money declaration

       No questions asked ( re Source of funds ) for investment in specific

       Infrastructure Bonds , with tax - free interest for 10 years

>  JOBS

   *  With ever-increasing mechanization / automation in every sector of

       economy , there is no way , we can create 12 MILLION  new jobs ,

      either in Organized or Unorganized sectors , year after year

Creating just ONE job in these sectors , requires a

Capital Investment of Rs 1 million ( Ave )

Where can we find Rs 12 million million  ? 

      Our only hope lies in creating " SELF - EMPLOYMENT "

      To generate massive self - employment , provide generous , low interest

      loans and " Tax Free " income (up to Rs 5 Lakh/ year) for self-employed ( including Proprietary Firms )

   *  Create an " Online Job Exchange " to replace 943 existing physical

      Employment Exchanges , with 42 million current registrations

      Call it "  GLOBAL-RECRUITER "

      Require ALL  job-portals of India , to RSS feed into Global-Recruiter ,

      #  Every single job advt posted everyday( including current )

      #  Every resume posted everyday ( including current )

     Make these jobs and resumes " searchable " from ALL the job-portals ,

     irrespective of , on which job portal , these were posted

    

     After matching " JOBS " with " RESUMES " , Global Recruiter to send out

    daily Job - Alerts on the smart phones of the jobseekers , thru a mobile

    App ,  " MY JOBS " - against which , candidates can apply from mobile

   Make it mandatory for every Smart phone and Tablet sold ( or given away

   free ) in India , to pre-install " My Jobs " App

   And , most certainly , those 9 million Aakash - 4 tablets  for which tender

   opens on 28th Jan 2014

Will Narendra Modi  /  Rahul  Gandhi  /  Arvind  Kejriwal  etc , incorporate these , in their poll manifestos for April 2014 election  ?

*  hemen  parekh  (  15  Jan   2014  /  Mumbai  )     

Transferring Cancer ?

Arvind Kejriwal's order to transfer 800 officers of Delhi Jal Board to other departments , is like trying to cure cancer by transferring it from one part of the body to another part  !

At worst , these officers will end-up spreading their corrupt practices to those other departments

At best , those other departments now will have , twice to thrice the number of tables to push the files around  !

Their current departmental efficiency / productivity of 10 % will further go down to 5 %  !

Perhaps , in the short term , Arvind had only this alternative to send out a message

What should he do next ?

Here is a suggestion :

>  Invite National Productivity Council  to carry out TIME & MOTION studies

     and WORK-SAMPLING studies , to set STANDARD TIMES for all activities

     / processes

>  Get IIT -Delhi , to monitor the individual and departmental efficiencies

    ( Ratio of Actual Times / Standard times  )

>  Publish findings on Delhi Government web site

>  Get IIM-A , to develop / install , a Performance Appraisal System based

     on ANNUAL OBJECTIVE SETTING exercise for each officer  

     ( MANAGEMENT BY  OBJECTIVES  )

    

>  Incorporate , elements of " Self Appraisal " / " Superior Appraisal " and

     " Peer Appraisal "

>  Serve " Show Cause Notice " to those officers whose productivity is less

    than 80 % of the standard in any quarter

>  In Service Rules incorporate a clause to terminate the service of a officer

     whose productivity falls below 50 % for two consecutive quarters

Over the next 12 months , this exercise should be carried out for all the departments of Delhi government

This is a pre-requisite to the introduction of Guaranteed Delivery of Services Bill

DEAR  ARVIND

Cancer cannot be cured by transferring it from one part of the body to another

The affected part must be amputated  !

*   hemen  parekh  (  14  Jan  2014  /  Mumbai  )

Petty Thieves or Party Thieves ?

Arvind Kejriwal's helpline produced 23,000 complaints against corrupt officials , within first 2 days

And managed to arrest 2 constables trying to accept Rs 3,000 by way of bribe

Some 60 + sting operations are under way

Similar help lines are being installed in Goa , MP , Rajasthan and Chhatisgarh

(  BJP walking in the footsteps of  AAP  ?  )

Can such efforts to curb corruption,  produce results  ?

Yes , if what China's Central and Provincial governments managed to achieve in just 11 months ( Jan - Nov 2013 ) , is any clue

Here are some statistics released by Supreme People's Procutorate :

>  No of " corrupt " govt officials investigated .............. 36,907

>  Total number of cases  

.........................................  27,236

>  Major / Important cases  ......................................   21,848

>  Cases involving " Losses "  .....................................  16,510

>  Amount of Losses  ............................................  Rs  566 crores

   (  - peanuts compared to our scams totaling Rs 5 LAKH CRORES  ! )

Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reports :

>  Investigation and Punishment of party Officials  ......... 182,000

>  High level officials facing legal prosecution  .............     8

   ( - including Zhou Yong Kang - a former member of Politburo Standing

     Committee - equal to an Indian Cabinet Minister )

If our Democratic System is superior to China's Dictatorial System , we ought to do better  !

In China , a Politburo Member cannot be " Voted Out " by people

But , in India , we can  !

I hope the 543 sitting MPs and 5,000+ sitting MLAs of India realize that they will get voted out in April 2014 , if they fail to act against the corrupt - and do it fast

People calling Narendra Modi , a " Dictator " have no clue how angry Indian voters are  !

For them , a dictator who rids them of corruption is a better choice than the so-called democrats who couldn't care for 4,383 children ( under age of 5 ) dying EVERYDAY , due to starvation !

Voters  know that Rs 5 LAKH CRORES could have saved these children  !

They don't care for Freedom of Speech that cannot bring Freedom from Hunger  !

*   hemen   parekh  (  13  Jan  2014  /  Mumbai  )