[Reader-list] NAREGA

[Bipin Trivedi]

Dynasty or congress is only after their vote bank only since independence
and not at all worry for real poor people or development. By hook or crook,
they want to implement pro-poor schemes like NAREGA without looking into its
long term implications on people's own self development, efficiency,
economic conditions. Such huge amount used in schemes of which 60/70% money
will be wasted, while the same if used for all types of infrastructure
development would have much more long term benefit even on poor. It is
better to invest this money for huge power plant and give power at
subsidized rate even it makes loss than also it is beneficial instead of
these popular schemes which shows lollipop to poor without any long term
benefit. The problem is that poor cannot have vision to think long term
benefit and congress taking such advantage only since independence, so the
poor remains poor only. I am sure such scheme will not uplift them and one
has to rethink after huge spending. However, after several years or perhaps
a decade, realization will be there after wasting huge money on the schemes
like NAREGA.

 

 

From: Rakesh Iyer [mailto:rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:00 PM
To: Bipin Trivedi
Cc: sarai-list
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] FW: FW: ATTEMPT OF TARNISHING GUJARAT IMAGE

 

Dear Bipin

I now remember that view. That is a hopeless view and a narrow way of
looking at NREGA. 

If you want to talk about Sikh riots, we can have a separate list as well.
You can discuss about it. But I guess there would hardly be anything, since
both of us agree that Congress is culpable for those. Infact, for me that is
a pogrom like 2002 Gujarat or 1989 Bhagalpur. Still on any of the issues we
can discuss, if you like. Just a request that put such things on a separate
list. 

Rakesh