[Reader-list] [SPAM] - Re: WHY WE SHOULD RESPECT GUJARAT'S GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

[Bipin Trivedi]

Dear Subhash,

Again let me tell you that 2002 riots are self reaction of the 59 people
burned in the train coach where most of the people (middle/upper middle
class) where on the road on mass base and police has its limitation to act
strictly in that case. If coach burning incident would have not occurred,
riot would have also not there. Communal violence wherever happened in
India, before and after independence, is always blot. Communal violence
happened in many places earlier, why only Gujarat is being targeted is
questionable.

In the past, Gujarat riots where there in much larger scale than 2002 and
lasted for about 2/3 months where curfew remains for about 15 days
continuously in the couple of occasions and that was totally state sponsored
by Madhavsinh Solanki, Chiman Patel and even center hand was also there
during that Hindu suffered a lot. But since the Hindu was suffered no
hallabol, no exaggeration was made!!!

Thanks
Bipin Trivedi


-----Original Message-----
From: Subhash [mailto:subhachops at gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 11:29 AM
To: Bipin Trivedi
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Subject: [SPAM] - Re: [Reader-list] WHY WE SHOULD RESPECT GUJARAT'S
GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Dear Bipin
There is no doubt about the progress made in Gujarat. No one argues
against the economic achievements in Gujarat and there are historical
reasons for that. But we CANNOT ignore the blot on the face of Gujarat
- the communal carnage of 2002, in which the chief Minister was openly
involved. If you can commit a crime once, you can commit it again. If
Modi is so good about all the economic progress, why can't he
apologize to the people of Gujarat for all the hate crimes he did.

Please see all the detailed reports on this website:

http://www.gujarat-riots.com/

Subhash

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Bipin Trivedi <aliens at dataone.in> wrote:
>
http://www.dnaindia.com/money/column_why-we-should-respect-gujarat-s-governa
> nce-and-economic-achievements_1451797
>
> As the state of Gujarat nears completion of the first decade of the 21st
> Century, its achievements in economic management and in governance merit
> respect and closer study.
>
> Between, 1999-2000 and 2007-2008, Gujarat's gross state domestic product
> (GSDP) in nominal terms grew at a compound annual rate of 15.8% (13.8% in
> per person terms). By 2010, its GSDP is approaching $100 billion, and its
> per capita income around $1,600, over a fifth higher than the national
> average. Gujarat's economy is well-balanced, with primary, secondary, and
> tertiary sectors contributing 21%, 33%, and 46%, respectively of GSDP in
> 2007-08. The manufacturing sector, key to India's future, accounted for
41%
> of employment, the largest share.
>
> Gujarat, a mid-sized state, accounts for 5% of India's population but
> contributes 21% to India's exports and 13% to the industrial production.
Its
> literacy rate is higher than the national average. While the sex ratio
needs
> to improve (there were only 920 females per 1,000 men in 2001), consistent
> with international norms, females in Gujarat live nearly four years longer
> than men.
>
> Gujarat's achievements have been a result of combining the following set
of
> characteristics consistently and skilfully, with the particular mix and
> sequencing to suit particular context and conditions.
>
> Article continues below the advertisement...
> Outcome or result orientation: Such an orientation has helped minimise
> political or outmoded ideological considerations (such as the public
sector
> being better than the private sector) in economic decision making and in
> project management. This has been the case in social sectors such as
health
> and education, infrastructure provision, or in actively seeking new growth
> opportunities to help diversify sources of competitiveness and livelihoods
> for a growing number of workers. It has facilitated combining knowledge,
> resources, energies and management skills of public, private and
> not-for-profit sectors for addressing specific public policy challenges.
It
> is only in the last decade that plans to use the state's 1,600 km long
> coastline to generate broader regional growth have made progress.
Gujarat's
> private and joint sector ports will positively contribute to India's
rapidly
> growing international trade; to industrialisation; and to support future
> development of inland transport to reduce congestion and reduce transport
> and logistics costs.
>
> Willingness to explicitly address business environment: The mix of factors
> which impact business environment include supply of resources and inputs;
> progressiveproductivity oriented industrial relations environment,
> regulatory framework; physical and social infrastructure; and where
> appropriate, fiscal incentives involving taxes, subsidies and budgetary
> expenditure. The emphasis on addressing supply side constraints in
> infrastructure; in real estate amenities, matching human resources and
> skills with projected demands; and improving urban amenities, including
> innovations in public transport (such as Ahmedabad's Bus Rapid Transit
> System (BRTS)), sets Gujarat apart from most other states in the country.
>
> India is rapidly urbanising, and Gujarat is expected to experience
majority
> urban population in the not-too-distant future. Its urban management
> experiments should therefore be of relevance elsewhere in the country.
BRTS
> in Ahmedabad, for example, is raising resources from the market for
> expanding its reach. With tight fiscal constraints in urban areas, such a
> capability will be increasingly needed to provide urban amenities, and
> sustain competitiveness, while improving the quality of everyday life of
the
> people.
>
> Gujarat is among the handful of states where the state government has
framed
> clear policies in vital areas such as agriculture, ports, power, roads and
> education. This has helped create greater certainty and consistency, two
> important aspects of business environment. Gujarat's share in the
> Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is 62% of the total area and 74%
of
> the population. Its share in the 1,500 km-long Delhi-Mumbai dedicated
> freight corridor (DFC) is 38%. Its readiness to leverage these to enhance
> its competitiveness in attracting new economic activities is illustrated
by
> the speedy and smooth allocation of Tata's Nano car project and the rapid
> industrial development of the town of Sanand, near which the Nano plant is
> located. Its ability to address issues surrounding land acquisition and
> development fairly effectively is a particularly strong advantage as
> compared to other states.
> To give another illustration, the Kutch region, traditionally arid, is
being
> transformed through what a magazine has recently termed as 'Green
Revolution
> Lite'. This is an improved, compacted, and eco-friendly version of the
> earlier Green Revolution in Punjab and elsewhere. It is led by ordinary
> farmers, but under state policies to address their business environment.
>
> The two characteristics noted above have contributed to improving
Gujarat's
> power supply capabilities in an environmentally sustainable manner while
> contributing to India's energy security.
>
> Thus, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd, its state electricity utility, has
> signed power purchase agreements with 26 solar power project developers
for
> 365 mw of electricity. Its electricity regulator has fixed tariff for
solar
> power. The state has formulated a solar park scheme, which is expected to
> contribute to increasing the share of renewable energy in India's energy
> consumption.
>
> Governance philosophy and vision: The third key characteristic has been
the
> governance philosophy, which has emphasised the vision of India emerging
as
> a major power by transformation into a knowledge-based economy and
society,
> while approaching the country's history from a more balanced and
> empirical-based perspective. A good illustration is the Statue of Unity
> Project after Sardar Patel, who politically unified India after
> Independence. Characteristically, the project also includes a research and
> academic centre for preserving the unity and integrity of India, on
> agriculture to improve land productivity and yields, and on tribal life to
> empower them to earn livelihoods from a wide variety of activities over
> large geographical areas, rather than continuously depending on government
> initiated and funded programmes. The Unity project aims to balance
national,
> academic, historical and spiritual values.
>
> Gujarat has also demonstrated strong skills in social entrepreneurship,
> defined in simple terms as meeting everyday needs of ordinary people in an
> affordable manner by capitalist means. This philosophy, sometimes pursued
in
> partnership with the government organisations, is much more sustainable
and
> useful than large centrally planned ill-designed schemes, which make
> reversibility difficult even when they are demonstrated to be ineffective.
>
> Gujarat's people, its political leadership, particularly chief minister
> Narendra Modi, its business sector, labour leaders and
> social-entrepreneurship oriented not-for-profit sector all have
contributed
> to Gujarat's achievements and to laying a solid foundation for its future,
> though it should not become complacent and regard future progress as
> automatic.
>
> India would clearly be in a better position to emerge as a major power if
> more states and the Central government learnt and adapted the state's
> approach to economic management and governance.
>
> The writer is a professor of public policy at the National University of
> Singapore and can be reached at: sppasher at nus.edu.sg
>
>
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