Re: [IAC#RG] Fwd: A POLICY TO IMPROVE THE STANDARDS IN GOVERNMENT OWNED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ?

I am a TATA consumer in Mumbai. Initially the difference was 28% lower but now it is the same.

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Even if you pay higher, things will not change. People expected change at least at lower levels after 6th pay but that has not happened.

On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Supratim Basu <xsupratim@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sarbajit,

In counter:

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So, Reliance is ripping you off? Is there no independent electricity regulator in Delhi? Can you not petition for a second supplier to be added to your network?

In Mumbai, I have the reverse problem - BMC owned and operated, BEST, is ripping me off on electricity charges - they are 30-40% higher than getting electricity from Tata Power. However, they have got the govt to block the entry of Tata Power into the island city under the SPECIOUS excuse that if they can't rip off their electricity customers with higher charges, then they can not subsidise the bus service that they also run. They would have to raise bus fares then, which would not be a social good.

Meanwhile, if you live beyond Mahim, and are not a resident of the island city, while the electricity network is owned by Reliance, you can switch to Tata Power, which is 30-40% cheaper than Reliance, too. So Reliance has been losing customers in the suburbs of Mumbai on a daily basis, and only get paid a wheeling charge by Tata for using their network.

That is what privatisation of the electricity networks was supposed to be - ask your politicians and bureaucrats why they have not allowed this to happen in Delhi? Meanwhile, another lawsuit against BEST will shortly be heard in the Mumbai HC against its policy not to allow Reliance or Tata to supply customers in the island city.

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And, where did I support lal battis - those are vestiges of socialism in India - this whole concept of mai-baap sarkar. Why extra police protection for the politicians? First, protect the citizens of this country.

Auction off ALL of Lutyens Delhi to whoever can and is willing pay the market price - no subsidised bungalows for politicians and bureaucrats, at tax payer's expense.  Abolish all their perks - health, telephone, travel, servants, etc

At the same time, pay them a PROPER all-in salary as direct payment - shouldn't the PM of India be paid at least Rs5.0cr per year? Maybe Rs10.0cr pa? Shouldn't cabinet ministers be paid Rs1.0-2.0cr per year? Shouldn't MPs be paid a reasonable sum to be lawmakers for the entire country?

Also, if we paid politicians a decent wage, wouldn't we also then expect to get better quality people to join politics? People who would choose to be in politics instead of finance?

Remove tenure for all senior level IAS bureaucrats - you can define the level - junior under secretary?.
Pay only for performance. Perform or perish. Why should the tax payers be paying for such a big, bloated, inefficient, corrupt, ruinous bureaucracy?