Sharing Infrastructure, Capital & Knowledge Keys To Success

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December24, 2014 (C) Ravinder Singh ravinderinvent@gmail.com

Gross inefficiency of Indian economy is reflected by India’s share in
global wealth at just 1.4% 2014 which was 1% in 2000 but in per capita
terms Wealth Growth compared to the world average is 0.1% growth in 14
years.

Last 16 years of NDA and UPA stable governments that lasted full term
had been extremely poor. Median income of Indians has fallen behind by
around 30% in 2000-2014 period.

Global Wealth Data Book 2014
Wealth 2000    Wealth 2014    Median 2000    Median 2014    Growth    Percent
China    $ 4,664b/ 4%    $21,404b/8.1%    $2703    $7033    $4330    160%
India    $1,163b/ 1%    $3,604b/ 1.4%    $588    $1006    $418    71%
World    $117t    $263.2t    $1740    $3641    $1901    109%

Three Key Features missing in Indian Growth Agenda are

1.    Sharing of Infrastructure,
2.    Sharing of Capital,
3.    Sharing of Knowledge & IPR

This has left India as most ‘Uncompetitive Nation in the World’ baring
some Tailoring & BPO kind of Labor jobs India is uncompetitive in
everything.

1. Sharing of Infrastructure: India is not sharing High Cost Critical
Infrastructure -
India has Grossly Under Utilized Optic Fiber Network that can provide
Broadband Multimedia Services at practically no cost is not shared but
India has opted for DTH, 2G, 3G, 4G for Data & Multimedia. Telecom
Tower & Spectrum are not shared leading high cost and poor quality of
service. Power infrastructure is not shared – leading Monopoly & High
Cost & Poor Quality of Service. Why can’t NTPC sell power directly to
consumers? Coal Mines are shared – instead of 4-10 Mining Companies
engaged India has hundreds Uneconomical & Inefficient.

2. Sharing of Capital: Entire Value Chain of Industry is FUNDED BY
BANKS – JUST in time Supply reduces Capital Investment By 50% in Japan
that made it Globally Competitive. Raw Materials, Ancillaries,
Assembly Lines, Retail of Cars involve Bank Funding and Working
Capital – that possibly DOUBLES COST.

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/intellectual-property/docs/joint-report-epo-ohim-final-version_en.pdf

3. Sharing of Knowledge & IPR: EU Study reveals 91% of EU Exports are
IPR intensive – to India’s ZERO. IPR based products and jobs command
Many Times more price and 67% higher salary than conventional.

These three shall make INDIA GLOBALLY MOST Competitive.

Marry Christmas & Happy New Year

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS
Y-77, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India. Ph; 091- 9718280435, 9650421857

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Analysis of Donations Received by National Parties – FY 2013-14

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-          Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the only National Party which is yet to submit its donations report to the ECI

-          90% of donations to National Parties from corporates/ business houses

-          The total donations of INC, NCP and CPI during FY 2013-14 increased by Rs 62.69 crores, an increase of 517%, from the previous financial year, 2012-13

-          Donations to CPM reduced from Rs 3.81 crores during FY 2012-13 to Rs 2.097 crores during FY 2013-14 (45% decrease)

-          A total of Rs 3.81 crores (84%) was donated by known party members of INC and Rs 1.82 crores (89%) was donated by known party members of CPM

On the declaration of donations by the National Parties, Prof. Jagdeep Chhokar, Founder-Trustee of ADR, has stated, “Ninety per cent of the donations being from corporates shows the increasing hold of the corporate sector on political parties which is somewhat disconcerting. The ruling party not submitting its donation report is not a good sign as it possibly indicates a lack of respect for integrity of institutions which is not healthy for a democracy.”

Political parties are required to submit their contributions report before the due date for furnishing a return of their income for FY 2013-14 which was 31st October, 2014. ECI received the donations report of BSP on 13th Sept,’14, of NCP on 17th Sept,’14, of CPI on 23rdSept,’14 and of CPM and INC on 30th Sept,’14. BSP declared that the party did not receive any donations above Rs 20,000 during FY 2013-14, as it has declared in the past.

Executive Summary

I.            Number of donors contributing above Rs 20,000 to National Parties from all over India (FY 2013-14)

a.       The total amount of donations above Rs 20,000 received by National Political Parties during FY 2013-14 is calculated from the donations report submitted to the Election Commission annually.

b.      The total amount of donations above Rs 20,000 declared by the National Parties was Rs. 76.93 crores, from 881 donations.

c.       On an average, INC received Rs 11.70 lakhs per unique donor*, NCP: Rs 1 crore, CPI: Rs 3.23 lakhs and CPM: Rs 4.03 lakhs per unique donor.

Party	Total number of donations	Total number of unique donors (a)	Total amount contributed (b)	Average amount of donation per unique donor (b/a)
INC	743	509	Rs 59,58,37,728  (~Rs 59.58 crores)	Rs 11,70,605 (~ Rs 11.70 lakhs)
NCP	15	14	Rs 14,02,00,000  (~Rs 14.02 crores)	Rs 1,00,14,286 (~ Rs 1 crore)
CPI	53	38	Rs 1,22,81,544  (~Rs 1.22 crores)	Rs 3,23,199 (~ Rs 3.23 lakhs)
CPM	70	52	Rs 2,09,74,666  (~Rs 2.09 crores)	Rs 4,03,359 (~ Rs 4.03 lakhs)
Total	881	613	Rs 76.93 crores	Rs 12.54 lakhs

                                           *Unique donor: A donor who might or might not have made multiple donations during FY 2013-14

 II.            Comparison of donations received by National Parties during FY 2012-13 and FY 2013-14

a.       Donations to INC increased from Rs 11.72 crores during FY 2012-13 to Rs 59.58 crores during FY 2013-14 (408% increase).

b.      In FY 2012-13, donations declared by BJP was more than the aggregate declared by the INC, NCP, CPI and CPM during FY 2013-14. BJP had declared a total of Rs 83.19 crores received above Rs 20,000 during FY 2012-13.

                                        

III.            Top 3 donors to National Parties

                                                     

a.       Bharti Group’s Satya Electoral Trust donated the maximum amount of Rs 36.5 crores to INC followed by A.V.Patil Foundation which donated Rs 5 crores and Bharat Forge Ltd. which donated Rs 2.50 crores. It is to be noted that none of the above 3 donors donated to INC during FY 2012-13.

b.      The top 3 donors to NCP were Satya Electoral Trust (Rs 4 crores), followed by Shirke Infrastructure (Rs 2 crores) andSerum Institute of India Ltd. (Rs 1.50 crores). It is to be noted that none of the above 3 donors donated to NCP during FY 2012-13.

c.    Donations to CPI were by means of collection, levy and membership fees. Maximum amount was from Gurudas Dasgupta (Rs 25 lakhs) followed by Andhra Pradesh State Council, CPI (Rs 14.96 lakhs) and Kerala State Council, CPI (Rs 11.53 lakhs).

IV.            Donors from Corporates/ business sectors Vs. Individual donors

a.       35 donations from corporate/business sectors amounting to Rs 55.02 crores were made to INC while 708 individualdonors donated Rs 4.56 crores.

b.      13 donations from corporate/ business sectors aggregating to Rs 14 crores were made to NCP while 2 individual donors donated Rs 2 lakhs.

c.    While 4 donations to CPI were made from Unions and a Memorial Trust which aggregated to Rs 2.75 lakhs, CPM received a total of Rs 5 lakhs from 4 corporate/ business houses during FY 2013-14.

                                                                                             

V.            Donations by party members for FY 2013-14

a.       A total of Rs 3.81 crores (84%) was donated by known party members of INC. Top donation was made by Shri Hassen Lyngdoh (Rs 66.37 lakhs) followed by Shri Mukul Sangma (Rs 10 lakhs) and Shri W.H.Pala (Rs 7.02 lakhs).

b.      A total of Rs 1.82 crores (89%) was donated by known party members of CPM. Top 3 donations of Rs 9.60 lakhs each was made by Shri Jarna Das followed by Shri K N Balagopal and Shri P Rajeev.

c.       There were no donations above Rs 20,000 from known party members of NCP whereas CPI members declareddonations collected via contributions and levy.

VI.            State-wise donations to National Parties

a.   A total of Rs 45.49 crores was donated to the National Parties from Delhi by both corporates and individuals together followed by Rs 18.12 crores from Maharashtra and Rs 3.01 crores from Gujarat.

b.      Of the donations received, INC received maximum donations from Delhi (Rs 39.05 crores), as did CPI (Rs 54.6 lakhs) andCPM (Rs 1.88 crores) while NCP received maximum donations from Maharashtra (Rs 8.02 crores).

                                                         

VII.            Incomplete disclosure of information in the donations report

a.       INC has not followed the format prescribed by the ECI in declaring its donations details. The column for declaring PAN details of donors is not provided in the contributions reports. Without the PAN details, it would be difficult to link the donors against their donations and hence trace the money trail.

b.      A total of Rs 2.88 lakhs was declared by INC as an outstanding amount thereby not declaring the mode of payment of these funds.

c.       A total of Rs 17.40 lakhs was declared by the National Parties without disclosing mode of payment of these donations.

d.      A total of Rs 6.66 crores was declared by INC, CPI and CPM as amounts received by cheque/DD without disclosing corresponding cheque/DD numbers, name of the bank/ branch on which the cheque was drawn, etc. which would aid in tracking the donations. These incomplete details account for 9% of the total donations received in cheque/DD/ fund transfer.

Recommendations of ADR

a.       The Supreme Court gave a judgment on September 13, 2013 declaring that no part of a candidate’s affidavit should be left blank. Similarly, no part of the Form 24A submitted by political parties providing details of donations above Rs 20,000 should be blank.

b.      There is ambiguity in cash donations declared by INC which amounted to Rs 1.578 crores in FY 2013-14. While CPI has declared that the party’s donations by individuals were by means of collections/ levy/ memberships, INC has not made any such remarks though it is part of the prescribed format of the Election Commission of India. Thus, there is a need for clarity in large amounts of cash donations by individuals.

c.       Full details of all donors should be made available for public scrutiny under the RTI. Some countries where this is done include Bhutan, Nepal, Germany, France, Italy, Brazil, Bulgaria, the US and Japan. In none of these countries is it possible for 75% of the source of funds to be unknown, but at present it is so in India.

d.   The National and regional political parties must provide all information on their finances under the Right to Information Act. This will go a long way to strengthen political parties, elections and democracy. For more information, please refer to http://adrindia.org/content/political-parties-unitedly-boycott-cic-hearing-non-compliance-political-parties-under-rti

For details of ‘Multiple donations made by top donors’, cash donations to National Parties and list of top donors to the parties, please refer to the document attached with the release.

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Media and Journalist Helpline +91 80103 94248 Email: adr@adrindia.org

Maj Gen Anil Verma (Retd.) Head National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms +91 8826479910 anilverma@adrindia.org

Prof Jagdeep Chhokar IIM Ahmedabad (Retd) Founder Member National Election Watch, Association for Democratic Reforms +919999620944 jchhokar@gmail.com

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World snippets

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Abe re-elected Japan PM, set to name new defense minister

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected by parliament on Wednesday, and a new cabinet is set to be announced. Defense Minister Akinori Eto, who has faced questions over his use of political funds, will be replaced by lawmaker Gen Nakatani, Reuters reported, citing its sources. Nakatani, a former defense minister, is in favor of Japan having the ability to hit enemy bases pre-emptively in the face of imminent attack. The rest of Abe’s cabinet could remain unchanged.

Former President George H.W. Bush hospitalized in Texas

Former US President George H.W. Bush was hospitalized at Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas on Tuesday night. “The former president, age 90, will be held for observation, again as a precaution,” the statement read. He spent nearly two months at the same hospital in January 2013 for a bronchitis-related cough and other health issues. He can no longer use his legs and was seen seated in a wheelchair at an event in November at Texas A&M University with his son, former President George W. Bush.

Italy sends military jets to Baltic States in NATO air force rotation

Italy is set to send four Eurofighter Typhoons and a military transport aircraft KC 767 to the Lithuanian military base of Zokniai, reports TASS citing Lithuania’s Ministry of Defense. This comes as NATO rotates forces; the move is to relieve the Portuguese military with their four F-16 fighters and Canadian forces that have four F/A -18 Hornets. Later, four Polish MiGs-29 will join the Italian planes. NATO countries provide air security for the Baltic States as they don’t have enough planes to do it themselves. The contingent changes every four months. It will be the first mission in the Baltics for the Italian Air Force. The official ceremony will be held on December 31.

France’s Hollande says one person ‘clinically dead’ after Monday car rampage

A person has died from injuries sustained in a rampaging car incident the previous evening, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday, but his aides later clarified the victim was “clinically dead,” AFP reported. The outrage in the western city of Nantes was one of three apparently unrelated yet brutal attacks that have hit different parts of France since Saturday. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday that hundreds of additional military personnel would be ordered onto the streets to reinforce a routine deployment of security forces.

Islamic State targets in Syria, Iraq hit by 10 more strikes

The US-led coalition launched 10 more strikes against the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria and Iraq on Tuesday, the US military said. The seven strikes, four in Syria and three in Iraq, destroyed fighting positions, Reuters said. They also struck a unit of Islamic State fighters as well as some of the militants’ oil collection equipment, according to the Combined Joint Task Force.

Al-Jazeera network shuts down its Egypt channel

The Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera news network has shut down its Egyptian channel, resolving a major source of tension between the two states, AP said. Mubasher Misr will be incorporated into a new region-wide station. Monday’s decision came two days after a Qatari envoy met Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the first such meeting since he was elected in June. El-Sissi’s office said Egypt hoped the meeting was the beginning of a “new era” that puts the past disagreements behind them.

US-led strikes kill more than 1,000 jihadists in Syria

US-led airstrikes in Syria have killed more than 1,000 jihadists in the past three months, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Nearly all of them were from the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), AFP reported, citing the monitoring group. At least 1,171 have been killed in the Arab and international airstrikes since September 23, including 1,119 jihadists from the IS and Al-Nusra Front, the Observatory said. Among those killed were reportedly 1,046 members of the IS.

Cameroon military seizes 84 children, kills dozens at Boko Haram training camp

Cameroon’s army said it had dismantled a training camp for the Boko Haram Islamist group, arresting or killing dozens of militants. The military also seized 84 children who were being trained there. Local people in northwest Cameroon alerted the military on Saturday to the camp in Guirvidig locality, near the border with northeastern Nigeria. The Rapid Intervention Battalion launched an attack and arrested 45 of the trainers and killed many more, according to a spokesman for Cameroon’s Defense Ministry.

290 heritage sites in Syria damaged by war – UN

Satellite imagery indicates that 290 cultural heritage sites in Syria have been damaged by the civil war, the UN’s training and research arm (UNITAR) said on Tuesday. UNITAR found that 24 sites were completely destroyed, 189 severely or moderately damaged and a further 77 possibly damaged, Reuters reported. National and international efforts for the protection of these areas “need to be scaled up in order to save as much as possible of this important heritage” for humankind, the organization said.

Algeria Army confirms it killed jihadist chief behind beheading

The Algerian military confirmed on Tuesday that it has killed the head of the jihadist Jund al-Khilafa group that decapitated Frenchman Herve Gourdel in September, AFP said. The body of Abdelmalek Gouri, who claimed responsibility for the beheading of Gourdel, was identified at the end of an operation in the town of Isser, the army said, adding that three terrorists were eliminated.

Second try to elect Greek president fails

Greek MPs failed on Tuesday to elect a president in a second vote in parliament, bringing an early general election a step closer, AFP said. The government candidate, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas, fell 32 votes short of the required 200 votes. A third and final vote will be held on December 29.

Ukraine’s parliament votes for abandoning non-bloc status

Ukraine’s parliament voted for abandoning the country’s non-bloc status on Tuesday. The legislation was approved by 303 MPs, TASS said. President Petro Poroshenko submitted a bill to the Verkhovnaya Rada last week, saying that the refusal to join NATO in 2010 was the “biggest mistake of the former Ukrainian leadership.”

5 bomb blasts in Yemeni capital’s old quarter, 1 killed

Five bombs reportedly exploded on Tuesday in an old quarter in Sanaa, where many supporters of the Shiite Muslim Houthi movement live. A member of the group was killed and another person wounded, Reuters said, citing a senior security official in Yemen. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings. The Houthis have been fighting the Sunni Islamist Al-Qaeda and allied tribesmen since its gunmen captured Sanaa in September.

Australia PM warns another attack ‘likely’

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday said another attack was likely, as mourners paid tribute to the victims of the fatal Sydney cafe siege, AFP said. “A briefing from the security agencies today indicated that there has been a heightened level of terrorist chatter,” Abbott said after a meeting of his National Security Committee. “It’s important that people remain alert and aware as well as reassured that our police and security agencies are doing everything they humanly can to keep us safe,”

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Incident of acid attack exposes deteriorating law and order situation in Delhi

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The Aam Aadmi Party expresses its deep concern over shocking incident of acid attack on a 26-year-old lady doctor in Delhi on Tuesday morning. The incident took place in full public view and was caught on CCTV camera installed at the location. The victim is struggling for her life in All India Institute of Medical Sciences with severe burns on her face.
The fact that the two assailants carried out the attack in full public view shows that there was no fear of police in their minds. This clearly exposes the poor state of affairs on law on order front in national capital. Despite all the lip service by the ruling BJP, the incident shows that it has failed to improve law and order situation in Delhi.
The Aam Aadmi Party wants to remind that in view of rising incidents of acid attack, the Supreme Court had banned open sale of acids. Delhi Police has completely failed to implement the Supreme Court. After Nibhaya incident, amendments had been made in the criminal law and punishment for acid attacks was enhanced to life imprisonment. That too seems to have failed to act as a deterrent due to lax policing in national capital.
Most shocking is the fact that the incident has taken place after the incident of rape of a corporate executive by a cab driver. It clearly shows that the government and the police have not learnt any lesson from the incident of rape.
It’s shocking that the BJP, the party in power, could not spare a minute to express its concern and pain over the incident. It shows BJP’s insensitivity towards the issue of women security.
The Aam Aadmi Party demands that the assailants should immediately be arrested and brought to the book. The party also demands that the government and the police should come out with a concrete plan to ensure safety for women in the city.

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AAP Media Cell.