Wednesday, March 30, 2011
TV and more
Folks, I have some good news. It seems soon all the beggars from the streets of almost all cities will shift to Tamil Nadu since below poverty line living there is going to be the best in India.
Tamil Nadu seems to be one of India's most amazing states to live in for the poor people. I thought Maharashtra officials were off their rocker but these people are too much.
The DMK announced its state elections manifesto by chief minister M Karunanidhi the other day and it reads something like this:
1) four-laning of the East Coast Road and Metro rail network for Coimbatore and Madurai
2) 35kg rice for below the poverty line people
3) free wet grinders or mixies for poor ration card holders
4) bus passes for senior citizens in local town buses
5) increase of grant under the Kalaignar housing scheme to Rs 1 lakh from the present Rs 75,000 per house
6) increase assistance for pregnant women from Rs 6,000 to Rs 10,000
7) free monthly for senior citizens at their houses by government doctors
8) Tamil to be made official court language
9) Mobile vegetable markets in cities
10) kidney failure patients would get free dialysis in district government hospitals
11) Rampant fees for medical issues by private hospitals to be checked by a medical fees regulatory commission
12) free Rota virus vaccine, meningococcal vaccine and hepatitis vaccine for poor children
13) Free foreign languages classes in English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic and Mandarin in all universities
14) mechanised cleaning of sewerage and drains across the state and scavenging community, who will be rendered jobless, would be provided alternative jobs
Is'nt it nice when the government takes care of its people so much. Where the money will come for for all these sops is anyones guess but then when the whole country can swallow the "off budget cover" of Manmohan Singh's farm loan waiver story I guess this is just a small pill for a small state.
I guess my blessing for everyone should change from "live long and prosper" to "May you live in Tamil Nadu".
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As one of my regular readers wrote it , its important to note that the manifestos of the parties in TN does not include the following:
1. no party is saying we will eradicate corruption.
2. no party is saying we take serious action corruption and bribes.
3. no party is saying we will issue certificates at your door step.
4. no party is saying we will give UID number within a year.
5. no party is saying government will be transparent.
6. no party is saying all records in the government office will make public documents.
7. no party is saying assets movable and immovable of IAS, IPS, government servant, minister, ward, counsellor, etc will be published in public domain.
8. no party is saying that compulsory free education ( no fee) till twelve standard in all school (incld private school) will be provided.
9. no party is saying the appointment of commissioner/ MEMBER/ JUDGES/ VICE CHANCELLOR in human rights, UNIVERSITIES, right to information, child rights, TNPSC, women rights, etc will be done with 100% transparency.
10. no party is saying we will take serious IMMIDATE action against or remove from the service any person collecting bribe every month from the Old age pensioner, handicapped pensioner, widower pension, destitute women, agriculture labour pensioner.
11. no party is saying will provide playground and park for development youth health and old age pension health.
12. no party is saying that we take step to give quality education and teach social science / moral science.
14. no party is saying there will be no interest for education loan. and 50 % concession will given principal amount.
15. no party is saying we introduce law subjects (like consumer rights, right to information, women rights, public rights, police bill, prevention of corruption, child rights, basic rights, pollution and environment, conduct rule of government, conduct rule of all India service, etc) during school itself.
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They say its difficult to fool all the people all the time but the repeated elections of people who make such populist impractical manifestos shows that at least in India our production of fools is indigenous and unlimited.
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