[Reader-list] The world’s cheapest car?

[Rahul Asthana]

The writer doesn't take into account the intangibles accruing to Gujarat,Tata and India from this project.


--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] The world’s cheapest car?
> To: "Sanjay Kak" <kaksanjay at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Sarai Reader List" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 5:01 PM
> And instead of criticizing such subsidies, we have people
> who instead
> justify Modi's far-sightedness in bringing about
> industrial
> development to Gujarat. A very important article, and I
> feel not only
> this, but other kinds of data regarding pollution need to
> be brought
> in, so also the deteriorating effects these private
> vehicles are
> having on our health system.
> 
> It would have been better had the Gujarat government had
> instead
> subsidized some public vehicle making plant, as that would
> have
> benefited all. Instead our governments are ready to do what
> the US
> govt generally does, bend down to the corporates. The day
> we all lose
> our money like this, probably doles would be given to
> people without
> guarantee to continue this capitalist system. And we will
> go down the
> drain sooner or later like the US has if we continue with
> this.
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