Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Deprived due to public leanings

Public sector units mustn’t be made to die a natural death
“The private players in metals producing industry have been obliged with mines, then why has the government not accorded this right to a public sector company,” argues K. K. Sharma of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) while speaking to B&E. Yes, it is a fact that Essar, Jindals & Posco have all been obliged with mining rights to extract iron ore but the government not granted this privilege to Rs.91.26 billion strong Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). Now, in order to protect the public sector unit, the workers belonging to 19 different trade unions have dissolved their differences to project a united front to put forth their demand to the government. RINL, which gets the raw material from National Mineral Development Corp. (NMDC) is facing the crunch because the NMDC has hiked the iron ore prices, plus they now have to face enhanced competition. The trade unions fear that such a situation will eventually sound the death knell for the company.

Why indeed should the private industry be given preference? Level playing fields need to provided for all to grow. All efforts to deliberately stymie the growth of the performing PSUs should be opposed tooth & nail.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Can she deliver victory?

Only aam admi, inclusive growth, and effective delivery systems can help the Congress win elections in 2009
“It’s the only strategy that can work for the Congress. Moreover, it has been forced upon the party,” says a political commentator, who has worked for the party for years. What he is talking about is the fact that the Congress today has no option but to fight on the growth and development planks. In a sense, aam admi, ‘inclusive growth’, and building an efficient and effective delivery system are critical for the future electoral success of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Consider the current vote-bank scenario for the moment. In several states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, regional leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav have snatched away the Muslim votes from the Congress. The rise of Mayawati’s BSP is slowly gnawing away at the Dalits and backward classes votes in several northern and western states. The Brahmins had long ago opted to side with the BJP; in recent times, they have decided to ditch the BJP and forge an alliance with Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh.

So, where does it leave the Congress? “It is now a party with no die-hard supporters. It depends on regional alliances to come to power, as it did in the 2004 elections,” says another Delhi-based political analyst. Even Congress insiders privately admit that the party has to search for new winning combinations, or look at modern issues, which may become its electoral mantra. One of the latter can be a combination of growth, development, and delivery. It may help the Congress to reinvent itself for the 21st century.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Congress has decided to woo the aam admi; in some ways, it’s a strategy that the BJP tried by uniting the Hindus through its Hindutva ideology. Up to a point, the BJP did achieve its objective. But the problem for Sonia is that her initiatives are being scoffed at by both party insiders, as well as traditional supporters of the party. Even India Inc. seems to be unhappy with it.
Dilip Cherian, who heads a PR firm and is known in the corridors of power, agrees, “Today, Corporate India is demanding a cut in taxes because it feels that this year’s Budget will be pre-poor in the extreme sense. It will be the Congress’ electoral foundation for the general elections in 2009.” But the billion voters question is: will it really work in favour of Sonia Gandhi? Will the common man help the party to come back to power?

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Will it be Dhum(aal) in HP?

Tough fight in HP, but BJP may hold incumbency advantage
The election scene in Gujarat has indeed reached the boiling point. The Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is openly advocating the “merchants of death” theory to show the true colours of Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Modi on the other hand, is relentlessly pursuing his agenda to ensure that his Hindu vote bank backs him to the hilt in the ensuing elections to the state assembly. The Elections Commission has asked both the parties to explain their conduct during the election meetings.

With the state deeply polarised on communal lines, such mudslinging was perhaps on expected lines. But the question is, why has Modi shifted gears and is now using the communal card to ensure victory? Has the development plank which the BJP had been touting as its trump card lost sheen? The mood in the state and the dissensions within the BJP rank & file, clearly indicate that it is not a cake-walk for Modi this time. Senior journalists and analysts, who have been extensively touring the state, feel that Modi may win anything between 85-100 seats. This certainly puts him in a precarious position is-à-vis the dissidents in the party, because anything short of a comfortable majority will lead the detractors in the party to gun for Modi’s ouster.

Congress, on the other hand is hoping to use the anti-incumbency factor & and the communal track record of the Modi administration to come back to power in Gujarat. From Sonia to Rahul, most of the Congress bigwigs have pitched their tents in Gujarat to snatch victory from the jaws of a possible defeat. But will that be enough? The betting is still on.

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Private schools...

...can provide ‘Education for all’

Henry Fielding once said, “Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality” … the statement is of assistance in slapping the claims of the reverential policy makers who vouch for public schools.

The United Nations promised “education for all” in the Millennium Developmental Goal (MDG) by 2015. Beats the wit out of anyone that how on Earth will it be possible with only 25% of all schools in Ghana being government schools, 34% of such schools in Lagos state of Nigeria and only 35% such schools in slum area of Hyderabad and equally contemptible percentage of government schools in other underdeveloped countries! So does that mean that the UN MDG is wearing that confident look only because it banks on the private schools? Private schools might charge more fees, but that again is only because they deliver quality. And why are private schools subjected to such badmouthing, anyway when even the not-so-well-to-do families choose private schools over government schools? Seriously, the umpteenth claims of “education for all” which try and promote public schools do not hold any water … because education in true sense owes gratitude to private schools only.

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

MANY MILLION BYTES WITHIN

And all the content that you need will travel with you – always

With enhancement in digital lifestyles & demand for more mobility, variety and protective data storage media will undoubtedly become increasingly essential. The growth in the storage devices is breathtaking. Customers will be demanding simple, comprehensive & secure storage solutions. For the consumer segment, Seagate will soon come out with Seagate Digital Audio Video Experience (D.A.V.E.™), which will be based on wireless storage (using Bluetooth or WiFi ) technology. This will enable data transfer on a centralised device from any mobile handheld device, digital or video camera and portable player.

The year 2008 will also witness an one terabyte capacity drive from the world of Seagate, which will easily hold up to 200 hours of HDTV broadcasting and drives meant for digital video surveillance systems, which will comfortably hold 32 full days of high-resolution video streaming. Talking to B&E, Rajesh Khurana, Country Manager Seagate, comments, “Consumers have a lot of intrinsic requirement and they wouldn’t like their digital data to get leaked by unauthorized persons... For this most products will come with perpendicular recording. Even the latest full disc encryption hard disk will encrypt data on the hardware itself, thus making the data more secure.”

And for the enterprise level, Seagate will be coming out with Barracuda FDE hard drive based on AES encryption, a government-grade security protocol and Cheetah 15K.6 hard drive, which is offering a phenomenal 28% increase in sustained data transfer rates compared to previous generation drives.

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