Indian Parliament League (IPL) - All Out for NO LOSS, to the Nation

On one hand the Chairman Planning Commission is wanting to "Pull Off Reforms Act Soon After Prez Polls" (story by Devika Banerjee and Vinay Pandey), and on the other hand the MOEF is keen to pull the strings of all the environment norms and policies on the industries. Forget everything the "Jungle Raaj is Here". BHEJA FRY also touche...d upon the story of ET on "Tribal NGOs Misused Grants to Make Private Residence" by Nidhi Sharma. It is surprising why Ministry has not so far gone for the audit of funds of NGOs who are particularly residing in naxal hit states/areas. Why these NGOs should not file returns like any other listed company? What are we waiting for ? Manifesto for the next elections? What do we expect is happening.

On one hand the news of Sachin Tendulkar taking oath as Rajya Sabha member is flashing and on other hand Baba Ramdev and Anna are highlighting the worry of people of India. Admist all these issues, Government seems to be busy in some how inviting FDIs and also some how pin-up the GDP.

You just wait, the blame game will start soon, rather very soon. We will have a different IPL this time, "The Indian Parliament League." ALL OUT FOR NO LOSS, to the National ofcourse.

Bheja Fry - Power Cuts – PM v/s Anna

Bheja Fry wishes it was time to put the matter in cold ice. As such we are feeling the heat of power-cuts and here we have heated arguments happening between Prime Minister and Team Anna. Anna we respect you so much and know when you say something, you mean it, please note, when you say some thing.

Check with people of India who are struggling to get electricity. Check the farmers and industries who are waiting for the electricity day and night. Why are we busy putting allegations and signing off clarifications?

Gone are the days of 2004 to 2009. I would say `thank god the coal blocks were atleast allocated or else we would have been having only 2 hours of electricity in metros. Look what we are facing today.  The coal ministry allegations are MOEF has `Go’ and `No Go’ policies and that is why where ever we wish to `Go’ we `Cannot Go’.  And where MOEF want us `Not to Go’ that is the only place we `Have to Go’.  In all these confusions the Mine Ministry is a mute spectator. The stand is `Keep Quite till someone finally goes’, either out of power or….!!

Common Mr. Ministers, have mercy on the people of India. Why do we need to struggle so much with policies. Why can’t policies be people and industry friendly. India needs to rise above personal politics to development principles.

Anna has indeed put in a lot of questions to be answered. But problem is how much do these people have time to reply and what would be the outcome.

Simple thing is India needs electricity and without electricity one cannot bring development. Allocate the blocks quickly and let the govt and private companies jointly resolve the power issues.

I am sure, India understands everything from people to ministries and the day is not far when people of India will decided who will `No Go’ and who would  finally `Go’.

Economic Times - Will Quit Public Life if Proven Guilty, Says PM

Published in Economic Times on 31st May 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday rubbished Team Anna’s allegations of corruption against him and his cabinet and said he would quit public life if allegations levelled against him in the allocation of coal blocks were proven. "I will give up my public life if allegations are proved against me. It is unfortunate that irresponsible allegations relating to irregularities in allocation of coal blocks are being made without confirming facts," Singh told reporters on his way back from Myanmar.

The issue of coal block allocation came in the public domain in March after a leaked draft report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said the government had given away blocks estimated to be worth . 10.7 lakh crore to private firms. It had said the allocation of 155 blocks between 2004 and 2009 gave companies "undue benefits" of . 10.7 lakh crore.

Citing the draft CAG report, Team Anna had said the prime minister, who was in charge of the department, ‘abused his position to give huge pecuniary benefits to private parties’. It sought an investigation against him and 14 other ministers on charges of corruption. On Monday, the PMO issued a clarification on the charges levelled by Team Anna on the allocation of coal blocks between 2006 and 2009, and said the coal blocks were privatized to meet the growing demand that Coal India failed to meet. Meanwhile, even members of Team Anna were divided over charges of corruption against the prime minister. Hegde Disapproves of ‘Shikhandi’ Comment.

Former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde dissociated himself from the charges against Singh. "I do not have the material that Team Anna has as I was not in the meeting (where the issue was discussed). Without studying the material against the ministers, I do not want to comment on it or associate myself with it," Hegde told reporters in Bangalore. He also disapproved of Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan calling the prime minister Shikhandi. "It is not proper. You don't use such words against the prime minister," he said. Earlier, the coal ministry had defended the government, saying blocks were allocated impartially and in the interest of economic growth. The coal ministry says the value of these blocks should not be estimated on the basis of open market prices. "Since the blocks are allocated to private companies only for captive purposes for the specified end-use, the question of linking the blocks to the market price of coal does not arise at all," the ministry said.

It said the blocks were given to companies at a time demand was weak and there was hardly any pressure for allocation, but several sectors needed captive mines to spur growth. "To put the country on a path of higher growth, capacities in power, steel, cement sectors were required to be added expeditiously. This was one of the main reasons for continuation of allocation of the captive coal blocks," the coal ministry said.