No Restrictions on Promotional Offers – TRAI

The TRAI has issued instructions ending the restrictions put on the promotional offers by the telecom companies. It is clear that this position is taken by the TRAI only to help Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Jio, which was offering several packages violating the then existing TRAI orders. Now free hand is given to Reliance Jio for its predatory tactics. The TRAI statement says:

“The authority is of the view that no restrictions need to be imposed on the number of promotional offers that can be simultaneously launched and time lag between same or similar promotional offers in a licensed service area. Restrictions may not be in the interest of consumers apart from possibly hindering competition.”

Mukesh Ambani seems to be the central point on which every decision is being taken by the TRAI. How absurd!

Congratulations to Pinarayi Government – KSRTC Pension Payment from tomorrow

Congratulations for the Kerala LDF government for taking the bold decision to pay the pension of the KSRTC pensioners, along with the arrears. The government has taken the decision which requires a lot of funds, despite the weak financial position of the government created by GST etc. due to its pro-worker policy and also due to the strong pressure from pensioners.

There are 39,045 KSRTC pensioners at present and the number will increase every month. Rs. 219 crore will be required to pay the pension this month which is being taken on loan from the cooperative Banks, which will make arrangements for the payments in the area where the pensioner lives.Pension Accounts will be opened in these co-operative banks and disbursed every month.

Rs.10,000 crore is allotted in the budget this year for the rejuvenation of the KSRTC and making it profitable. KSRTC workers are committed to fully co-operate and ensure the revival of the PSU, which is under severe strain  due to serious debt.

KSRTC should become the shining face of Kerala Government.

Crorepatis cheating the Nation, robbing the people and central government silent.

Lalit Modi, Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Vikram Kothari – the list is unending. They are  robbing the poor people’s money deposited in the banks, with the full connivance of the bank management and their political masters. It is not small amount. The three-four barons mentioned alone have captured more than Rs. one lakh crore of rupees from the PSU Banks and left the country, with the full knowledge of the government. In fact, it might have been some of the political leaders who might have arranged the escapade , because it is also their own necessity having close connection with these cheats.

During the UPA and  NDA governments, India has become one of the countries, where corruption, bribery, cheating, black market, money laundering and all after effects of implementation  of crony capitalism have flourished unchecked. The present Modi Government has topped in the game.

When crores of young people with out jobs, poor people with out food are somehow dragging their every day life, these barons treat themselves in posh hotels, build/purchase palatial building in India and abroad, spend their times with world celebrity models, and is show cased in all big functions, including that are participated by the Prime Minister and other ministers. These vulgar exhibitions of wealth and plunder are glorified by the print and other medias, of course which are owned by the same corporate class.

The general elections are going to take place next year. These ruling classes which supports the rich to rob the poor should be thrown out. This crony capitalism which has engulfed the country in to worst misery can not be allowed to continue.

Political freedom we got in 1947. The struggle for economic freedom has to continue.

Centre should hand over PSU, Instrumentation Limited to Kerala State

Kerala State has offered to take over the loss making PSU, Instrumentation Limited Palakkad, considering the large number of employees and their future. It asked the Centre to clear the arrears of salaries of the employees as it can not take the responsibility for the same. The central government has not agreed so far and the process of handover has not started.

The mother unit of the PSU at Kota has already been closed. BJP is making all  obstructions to the take over of the Kerala unit by the state government, since it will clearly show the difference between the pro-PSU policy of the LDF and the anti-PSU stand of NDA.

The question is of the employment of more than 300 employees of the PSU and also strengthening of the PSU. The central government should hand over the PSU to state government after clearing the dues.

Sex Ratio at birth comes down in India

The sex ratio at birth  between males and females are going down drastically as per the report of the NITI Ayog. Sex ratio is the number of female child at birth to male child. It is the lowest in Haryana, 831 female to 1000 male! Next come Uttarakhand (844) and Gujarat (854). The sex ratio in Gujarat has fallen sharply from 907 to 854 in 2015-16.

Kerala’s sex ratio is 967, the highest. But here also, it is below 1000.

Such low sex ratio is unusual and will probably the result of sex test of the unborn child and further consequences. Such sex tests are banned, but continues. The government should act and act strongly.

 

” Money has come to the Banks; interest rates has come down” – Vice President.

Vie-President Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu has stated that due to demonetisation, the money has come back to the banks and the interest rates has come down.

Yes. Black and white money has come back and when the counting of the notes is over, there is every chance that it will be much more than the notes printed. The counted notes so far is almost as the number of notes printed.  Interest rates have also come down.

But who are the beneficiaries? Demonetisation gave a big chance for conversion of black money to white as the various reports in the press have shown. It has, of course, benefited the black money holders, corporates etc. Because funds are available in banks, they can lend thousands of crores of rupees to the corporates, who will not return it and will be treated as bad loan. And interest rates have helped those taking loans but crores of common people have lost their interest for their savings.

Demonetisation was nothing but a bad experiment which deeply hurt the common people and deranged their lives. Hundreds of people lost their valuable lives, either standing in the queue before ATMs to get their own money or due to the mental pain being unable to send their children to school, conduct marriage or admit to the hospital etc. due to want of money.

Demonetisation was nothing short of demumanisation for the common people, but a rare opportunity for the rich and powerful.

 

Rs. 11,500 crore, 30,000 crore and now Rs. 62,000 crore – The looter at Davos with Prime Minister!

The first report was about Rs. 11,500 crore loot by Nirav Modi. Every day the amount is increasing with further loans taken from many banks.  The latest figure is more than Rs. 30,000 crore. Another report says that more than 62,000 crores have been lost to the banks. There seems to be no limit to the loot.

And where is Nirav Modi? He was in Davos in Switzweland  for a meeting along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as per reports and photo published. But he is not traceable now according to the Government. Wonderful!

Why he was not arrested when the report of the loot was with the government a few weeks back? Why he was given the opportunity to leave the country? Somebody jokingly asked whether Nirav Modi left the country in the same plane along with Prime Minister to Davos?

Many questions are to be answered both by UPA and NDA governments since it is stated that the scam started in the UPA government period and continued for 4 years NDA period with out any action.  The people have a right to know.

 

BSNL adds 4,21,836 connections in December 2017

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released its Subscription Data for December 2017 and the top five telecom operators in the country showed positive growth. State-run telco, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) added 421,836 new subscribers in the month and retained its 100 million subscriber base too. However, MTNL lost 6561 subscribers in the month. Leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel added just 576,575 subscribers during the month, which is rather a small number by its standards. Reliance Jio has added a whopping eight million new customers in the month, followed by Idea Cellular with 2.4 million new subscribers and Vodafone with 1.5 million. (Press report)

Despite fierce competition from Reliance Jio,BSNL has done well. Congratulations!

BJP Health Minister urinates in open!

Photographs of BJP ruled Rajasthan Health Minister urinating openly on the side of the road with his car in the background has gone viral in the social media. No apology or explanation from the Minister.

Is it the method of implementing Clean India Project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

Sanchar Bharati’s bold stand appreciated

The strong stand of the management of Sanchar Bharati, a central PSU, against the autocratic directions of the central government is to be appreciated. According to the reports in the press, Chairman and members of the Prasar Bharati Board has taken strong exception to the ‘directives’ of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to terminate the services of all the contractual employees of the Prasar Bharati. They also opposed the direction of the Ministry to appoint two journalists in the PSU at exorbitant pay to the tune of Rs. one crore a year, which comes more than the salary of the President of India. At present, the topmost pay in the Prasar Bharati is only Rs. 1.6 lakh in a month and to increase it to more than 8 lakh is preposterous.

Congratulations to Prasar Bharati Board for taking bold decisions! The Modi government stands exposed for recommending to retrench the workers and also directing the PSU to appoint and pay exorbitant salary to its nominees.