5 crore moved out of poverty: Government

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 5/11/2013 4:31:00 PM

'The times news network reported on March 20, 2012  that as per the data released  by Planning Commission the poverty level had significantly declined between 2004 – 2005 and 2009- 10. The new estimates are based on the poverty line that averages Rs. 672.8 per month (Rs. 22.43 per day) in rural areas and Rs. 859.6 per month (Rs. 28.65 per day) in urban areas for 2009-10. In a state like Delhi, the urban poverty line translated to Rs. 34.67 per person per day. In the Supreme(...)'

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Who is to bell the cat?

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 5/2/2013 4:28:00 PM

' M. Sundaramurthy had reported from Ponneri, near Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu State on 4th September, 2011 in Dinamani, a Tamil Daily that although a structure had been erected by Ponneri Municipality to make manure from the wastes collected from 18 Municipal Wards, after segregating them into degradable and non–degradable, it wasn't being utilised.  It is strange that nobody took the initiative and saved the river Aarani flowing near Ponneri Town from bei(...)'

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The rise of polygamy in our society of excess

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 4/24/2013 5:39:00 PM

'Vinita Dawra Nangia has (in her article on the above topic - Times life on 21st April,2013 ) reported that historically the world has frowned upon polyandry (one women with two or more men), while tolerating, if not outright encouraging by legalizing, polygyny (one man with multiple sexual partners)Interestingly, Michael Price from the psychology department of Brunel University west London, equates serial monogamists such as Donald Trump and Larry King, who divorce older wives and m(...)'

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Buck should stop at one point:

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 4/22/2013 4:33:00 AM

'The latest diatribe from our congress leader Digvijay Singh is that the buck should stop at one point. He wants to say that the posts of P.M and Congress President should be held by one individual and that too by Rahul Gandhi as early as possible. It is a very well taken stand by him at this juncture but the point is whether it is the party's views or his personal view. Since he is the party's declared spokesperson it creates a doubt in our minds on this issue. It would be better if(...)'

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Why Spare our rich formers.?

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 4/17/2013 3:45:00 PM

'Swapan Das Gupta rightly questions the fear of governments in India in taxing the rich formers under the above mentioned caption in Sunday Times of India on March 10, 2013.   While the corporate czars are being touched and taxed with 10% surcharge on their annual income crossing Rs. 1 Crore, he is stating that a tax on high agricultural income is an idea that cannot be resisted much longer.While it is true that almost 80 to 90 percent of the farmers in the country comprise(...)'

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Poverty in Middle Class

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 4/1/2013 7:10:00 AM

'It appears hundreds and thousands of middle class families are undergoing untold sufferings in our midst. A male member of our society with minimum earnings ventures into the marriage and bequeaths children mindlessly and get into the trouble, being unable to make both ends meet in course of time. The result is that they go to the extent of committing suicide. The man or woman has no right in the first instance to get into the wedlock without adequate means to support themselves and(...)'

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Deadly Lust

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 3/29/2013 6:11:00 AM

'One is literally shocked to know the mind-set of a young mother named Sanai Nagamura (25 years old) in Osaka region of Japan who locked, for nearly one month at a stretch, her two kids - three year-old daughter and one year-old son in her home and went to stay with her boy-friend in the same town. The kids died for want of food, it is reported. The mother was sentenced for 30 years imprisonment by the court and sent to jail. The supreme court naturally upheld the sentence passed by (...)'

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Populist but balanced Budget

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 3/22/2013 5:32:00 PM

'With no new tax proposals and not even changes in the existing tax structure or rates, the Tamil Nadu Government under ADMK rule has attempted a populist budget in a balanced manner looking to the compulsions and freebies promised to the voters on the eve of general elections and the manuerablilty of receipts from various sources. This is the ADMK Government’s third budget for the Fiscal 2013-14.A special feature of this type in the budget has been resorted to by the Chief Minister (...)'

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Two Titans as Warriors in Freedom Movement

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 3/19/2013 12:50:00 AM

'Gandhiji Mohandas Karamchand and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose were those two warriors fighting for the freedom of our motherland Bharat in the first half of 20th Century. Both were titans in their own approach towards a common goal. One was from the western coast and the other was from Eastern India. Gandhi the man from Gujarat followed the path of non-violence and succeeded in driving away the British from India in his style although his main goal of keeping together the whole of In(...)'

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Land of Peace

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 2/25/2013 3:19:00 PM

'On the eve of 65th Birth Day of the popular chief minister of Tamil Nadu Ms J.Jayalalitha, an article presumably written by a police officer claims that Tamil Nadu has returned to its earlier status  viz. the peaceful park on the Indian soil by quoting crime figures of the current period compared to DMK regime and those of the neighbors like Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. It takes pride particularly in the case of lands usurped by anti-social and p(...)'

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Politicians as New Zamindars

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 1/26/2013 4:09:00 PM

'The title mentioned above was the heading of an editorial in Times of India today January 26, 2013. 'Having abolished the zamindari system long ago, our netas (leaders) have with aplomb assumed the role of the new landed gentry as if to the manor born'. The politicians have accumulated wealth and assets worth a few crores of rupees out of politicking over the years. In fact politics has become an earning profession for several individuals with the least investment in money terms. Ch(...)'

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Christians celebrating Pongal

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 1/21/2013 5:36:00 AM

'Hats off to the efforts of Fr. Gnana Prakasam, the Diocess Member of Virdhunagar District and the Divisional Head of Holy Ignatius Church near Virdhunagar Municipal Office and his team of Catholics who took the initiative and arranged the celebration of Pongal festival in the premises of the church. They arranged special prayers as well as the cultural activities on this occasion to exhibit religious harmony and brotherhood, seeking adequate rainfall and ensuring equality among the (...)'

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Over half of China's people now live in urban areas

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 1/8/2013 7:50:00 AM

'For a nation whose culture and society have been shaped over millennia by its rice-farming traditions, and whose ruling party rose to power in 1949 by mobilizing its traditional peasantry, China has just passed a remarkable milestone: its city-dwellers now outnumber its rural residents. New data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that of China’s 1.35 billion people, 51.3% lived in urban areas at the end of 2011. In 1980 less than a fifth of China’s population lived in citie(...)'

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Initiatives of school girls

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 1/7/2013 5:44:00 PM

'Four school-going girls from Thane near Mumbai have devised one particular footwear which can operate small devices with 5 volt current and cause a shock to the party in front. At the same time the alarm bell in the hand bag or wallet would start ringing and sending alarm signals to the select-few mobile phones indicating the location of the user for the rescue in danger.This device is in addition to the pepper-spray and the chilly powder the women can carry when they are alone or a(...)'

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Free and Misuse of Guns

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 1/6/2013 4:39:00 PM

'Radcliff Hatton (45) a black man became angry with his wife, lost temper and rushed to the beauty parlor on October 21, 2012 where she was working and shot down three women and injured four others before committing suicide in Brookfield area of Milwaukie town in Wisconsin Province of U.S.A.In USA the gun acquisition and its usage is very simple and liberal. As things are unfolding in the last couple of months the citizens indulge in shooting spree killing several people freely and m(...)'

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China on the March

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 1/6/2013 4:34:00 PM

'Many of the holy spots associated with Lord Shiva are located on the Tibetan territory under the occupation of China. The famous ‘Mansarovar Lake’ is located in the centre of Tibet including the spots like ‘Yamdwar’ & ‘Astapath’. One entry into these places is through Kathmandu – Kodari – Khasa Port (Lee Ping) China border.The places visited by me on the way are: Zhang Mu, Nyalam, Prayong, Tanga, Dor Ching etc. The highway linking these places is newly-constructed in two lanes t(...)'

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Sex and the V.I.P

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 1/6/2013 4:28:00 PM

'The latest casualty linked to sex-based misconduct on the part of a VIP is the Head of American Intelligence David Patrias who resigned the other day under moral pressure. The US President Barack Obama accepted it although many an official in the administration felt bad looking to his ability and contribution to US military as its head and the Chief of US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for quite some time. His own regret over the illegal relationship developed with Paula Bradwel(...)'

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The Sun, the Life-giver

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 1/6/2013 4:23:00 PM

'Among the stars in the sky the Sun appears to be the biggest in size because it happens to be the closest star to the earth. It is about 15 crore (150 Million) KMs away from the earth. Its diameter is 1.39 million KMs whereas it is only 12,756 KMs in the case of earth. In other words the sun is about 1.3 million times bigger in size compared to earth. But it weighs only 0.3 million times of earth. Sun’s rays take only 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach the earth. The sun and its fami(...)'

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Poverty in China

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 1/1/2013 1:08:00 PM

'Chinese leaders esp. the new office-bearers who are to take over as Chinese President and Prime Minister in March, 2013 (Lee Hechiyang and Jee Chinping) are on a round of their country to have first-hand knowledge about the economic conditions of the downtrodden. It is worrying them that they still have some 20 crore people living below the poverty-line. Although this figure has come down from 50 crores some 30 years ago, they are still contemplating as to how to eliminate poverty f(...)'

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Salute to Chinese Masters

Author : Dr.K.P.R.RAJA      Blog : Economics and Politics      Date : 12/26/2012 7:46:00 AM

'Kudos to the Chinese brains and giants trying to prove their potential in achieving the very best and the very first in the field of economic activities especially in creating a superior infrastructure. Look at the latest record they have shown to the world by erecting a rail link to a distance of 2298 K.Ms between Beijing and a commercial town Quang Shu with fast trains running at a speed of 300 KMs per hour i.e covering in just eight hours instead of 20 hours needed in the past.Th(...)'

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