Making Delhi safer
Delhi has an area of 1483 Sq. kms and a population of 1.9 Crore, and there are 75169 police men including 5356 women cops . So how can Delhi be made safer ? So there are 50.68 policemen for each square...
View ArticleAuction of Spectrum fails
Auction of Spectrum fails The attempt of the UPA Government to raise Rs. 40,000 cr via spectrum auction failed . I had written in detail in October 2012 about the same …… The UPA’s failure is becoming...
View ArticleBudget 2013-14
I am not an economist , so in case, my predictions go wrong ( so far, i have not been wrong on a single occasion ), i do have an option to take refuge in my lack of educational qualifications in the...
View ArticleEconomy Downgrade and Downfall – Both are a foregone conclusion
Exactly a year ago ( March, 2012), i wrote about the ‘tough times’ India is likely to pass through . Read this link http://commonmansblog.com/2012/03/22/have-we-oversold-the-india-story/ Again , six...
View ArticleStatements of Dr.Man Mohan Singh in the past one week
Some people have called it an aggressive speech , some have been taken aback . I rate Man Mohan Singh as politician under the ‘Learned Handicapped category’ , who can speak well , but cannot deliver...
View ArticleFDI – Foreigners are out there to make quick money at India’s expense – FDI...
FDI Inflows in India and Outflows from India from 2007 to 2012: (amount in US$ billion) FDI Inflows to India FDI Outflows from India 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12...
View ArticleEconomy to grow 6 % ? Are we fooling ourselves !
Car sales in India slumped 25.7 percent in February, the biggest fall in more than 12 years and the fourth consecutive monthly slide, an industry body said on Monday, as sluggish economic growth...
View ArticleVehicle sales prove a depressing point about the Indian economy
Please see the data below . If you carefully examine the data , a few things are apparent ; 1. Sales drop in tractors indicate poor state of affairs in agri- rural India ( decline in agricultural...
View ArticleIs it divestment or a buy back through a family controlled firm
On 8th February , 2013, i wrote about the ‘Oxytocin’ injections that the Government is giving to our economy to draw out milk…….here is the proof. Life Insurance Corporation was the most dependable...
View ArticleHealthcare policies for a political party
On 5th April, 2013, was invited to lead the discussions on a healthcare policy meeting of a fast emerging political party The following discussion points i put forth for the kind consideration of the...
View ArticleWal-Mart & how it harms small businesses and communities – Fact sheet
Wal-Mart, Small Business and the Community * Predatory Pricing: Basically, the higher Wal-Mart’s market share, the higher its prices. Wal-Mart will go into a town, charge below cost until their...
View ArticleLearn from Japan and not China …
I have been writing from the past many years that we need to have clear goals …. on one side rating agencies gave thumbs up to Japan and thumbs down to India signalling a downgrade ….. time for our...
View ArticleThe Titanic is Sinking . Can we do something ?
Global Economic Outlook 2013 http://www.conference-board.org/data/globaloutlook.cfm The global economy has yet to shake off the fallout from the crisis of 2008-2009. Global growth dropped to almost 3...
View ArticleIndian Economy – econoquake waiting to happen, with disastrous seismic cracks
Indian Economy – econoquake waiting to happen, with disastrous seismic cracks It is a known fact that when symptoms become visible for a chronic disease, complications are tough to treat and the...
View ArticleIndian Economy – econoquake waiting to happen, with disastrous seismic cracks
Indian Economy – econoquake waiting to happen, with disastrous seismic cracks It is a known fact that when symptoms become visible for a chronic disease, complications are tough to treat and the...
View ArticleIndia entering a phase of recession
Recently , very few people noticed a four line news that , Moody’s Investor Service downgraded the so-called financial strengths ratings and the baseline credit assessments of; 1. Bank of Baroda 2....
View ArticleFood Security Bill – Another bill for poor and dollars for congress
Please ask the Hon’ble PM to give a statement on a scheme similar to the Food security bill launched with much fanfare in 1975 to reduce malnutrition . This scheme was called the Integrated Child...
View ArticleFood Security Bill
My friend Manish Dureja helped me redefine the Food Security Bill . So this is what Food Security Bill stands for ; Food for Party WorkersSecurity for Congress &Bill for the Tax Payers I guess,...
View ArticleGandhi family , Congress core group & the UPA Government
Let us reconstruct a few events Congress core group meets twice , discusses the ordinance to overrule the supreme court judgement on tainted netas, and sends it to the H.E. President of India to sign ....
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