23/05/07

a dole, in other words

Citing the reasons of ‘price rise’ and ‘globalisation and liberalisation’, the Left-backed UPA government has spelled out terms of references for the sixth pay commission. Nearly 42 lakh central government employees and two crore state government employees will receive a salary bonanza that will cost the state exchequer more than Rs 1,00,000 crore a year. However, for the 11 crore farming families, all that is being promised is more credit—doubling farm credit in the next three years.

What remains unexplained is that why is the farmer expected to live on credit while the rest of the society is blessed with a fixed monthly income?

great idea, in my view. like i had said earlier, a fixed monthly dole for all rural families would be much more efficient than a hundered different varieties of schemes and price support mechanisms. but what'd all the babus do? where'd they go, is the next question. and most of the 'voulntary' sector, and the 'alleviate poverty' brigade, and the 'globalized dissenters'?

15 comments:

Cosmic Voices said...

No comments on my prospective employer. ;-)

kuffir said...

cv,

are you going to join the tnpsc? or is it some other state/central govt service?

gaddeswarup said...

Off topic:
Following the conversation at blogbharti, I tried to find your e-mail address but could not. I am coming to Hyderabad around November 15 and would like to continue on that topic. Pl. let me know by e-mail how to contact you. Thanks.
Swarup

kuffir said...

swarup garu,

please check your mail.

Cosmic Voices said...
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Cosmic Voices said...

I am joining GoI and am going to serve you by collecting taxes. :-)

kuffir said...

congratulations cv! you're not pulling my leg, are you?

Cosmic Voices said...

Thanks! I thought you must have known this from the telugu papers.But then not many people know my full name; So you are excused. :-)

kuffir said...

cv,

i don't subscribe to any newspapers...could you point me to the right link.. for the details?

Cosmic Voices said...

"don't subscribe to any newspapers"?

And yet you are so well-informed? I am impressed.

Eenadu and Vaartha carried the news on 15th May, the day after the results were announced. Andhra Prabha/Jyothi (not sure)had an article in their educational supplement.

I cannot give you the links as I cannot read telugu. :-(

kuffir said...

as far as i know your first name is aravind.. could you tell me your full name please?

Cosmic Voices said...

check your orkut scrap

kuffir said...

yes! i finally saw it on the upsc portal... is it okay if i announce this news in a new post? was this your first attempt..? which stream/service would you be selected for ?

congratulations again, cv!

Cosmic Voices said...

Well, I leave that to you. But in any case I would like to be known just by my pseudonym in the blogosphere. It was my third attempt... and I might be getting IRS.

Thanks Kuffir for your greetings!!

Anonymous said...

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