Government has been using banks as convenient method for mobilization of rural votes since long. They are for this purpose announcing waiver of loan frequently. This time they have extended repayment period further for six months because they know very well that farmers have developed a habit not to repay the dues of the bank till government comes forward with new scheme of either waiver of loan or compromise scheme for delayed repayment. Gradually small traders have also developed this tendency not to repay the loan availed by them from banks.
As a result banks have either to waive the loan given to farmers and small traders or treat the bad account as standard account till government announces new relief scheme. There is no repayment culture and I am unable to understand how long this vicious circle of reckless and blind lending and then waiver of credit may help banks survive. How long concocted and window dressed balance sheet may help banks in portraying attractive picture in balance sheet.
To add fuel to fire government has allowed private banks to be established in all districts to act as local banks. Already numerous Regional Rural Banks and Cooperative banks are actively participating in rural credit and suffering from huge loss due to non-repayment culture created by vote bank politics of ruling party. Health of these cooperative banks is so bad that government has to keep interest free fund in these banks in many states and also prove capital to them to ensure survival of these banks on ventilator. Many cooperative banks have declared bankruptcy during last two three decades. Now addition of rural banks will add fuel to fire. Either these local banks will exploit the rural people by charging high interest rate or by keeping their properties or gold in mortgage as they used to do before nationalization of banks. Both ways it is farmers who will suffer and ultimately they will either leave farming or migrate to towns in search of labour oriented unskilled job or commit suicide or make the banks sick by not repaying the bank's loan.
I fail to understand why politicians of this country do not understand the ground reality and try to please farmers and banks by jeopardizing their health and killing them through slow poison. At present they talk of Indian growth story and speak with pride that Indian government is decoupled with sub prime crisis of America. They should know that due to high standard of living and low earning capacity most of the American used to take loans from banks for consumption and there were many bankers (Indian government is also increasing number of banks in rural areas through addition of newly conceptualized private local banks) who were ready to lend them though at higher rate of interest. But consequence of this unhealthy practice ultimately precipitated Sub prime crisis when banks started falling like playing cards and poor American started committing suicide or selling their blood for survival
Danendra Jain
Ganaraj Choumuhani Agartala 799001
1st march 2010
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Will to wipe out Corruption
Many people have suggested many ways to fight out corruption, many departments have been set up in the country to look into such cases of mal practices and there are CBI, CVC, CID, Police station, public relation offices, Anti Corruption Bureau and many similar offices throughout the country which have been established to fight out corruption. But the fact is that inspite of all so called efforts by government or by all teachings in schools and colleges or all preaching by saints; people prefer indulging in corrupt practices in greed of money and power. For such cases, strict and quickest penalty and punishment is needed without involving the delay oriented processes or two three decades of proceeding in the courts and various linked offices.
It is ridiculous that Government has to prove that Kasab is a terrorist though entire world has seen him attacking in India. Corrupt officers are caught red handed but not punished in India and on the contrary honest persons are punished because they do not flatter bosses. Person involved in big scams and scandals, persons committing frauds and cheatings are not punished for decades together and declared innocent by courts and released by police. Good persons have lost faith in the administrative, judiciary and police machinery. This exhibits the most painful and sorry state of affairs prevailing in the country.
As such to cure cancer of corruption, Government, the courts and the police should send a clear cut message all over the country that they are honest, serious, active, effective not by words but through their action that culprit will be punished, punished and punished without the fear or any repercussions or without looking into any favour or recommendation from any heavy weight from the society.
Million dollar question is who will bring out suitable reformation in the system when even PM expresses helplessness, Pranab Mukherjee Finance Minister talks about fault in delivery mechanism but expresses helplessness. Law Minister fails to bring about judicial reform, Home Minister has got no time to look into this gigantic and Himalayan task, president of India is helpless, and so on
Fact is that there is no will to take action against criminals, evil doers and malpractice perpetuator. If there is a will there is a way. We have seen T N Shesan and we have seen many such IAS and IPS officers who by virtue of their effectiveness have created an image that the criminals leave the district in which such officers are posted. It is true that such officers are unpalatable to ruling politicians and it is also true that such officers has to face frequent transfer, humiliating treatment , rejection in promotion process, posting at the most critical places and so on.
Ruling party may be Congress Party or BJP or communist party or any other regional party. None of the political parties have exhibited their commitment to fight out evil from the society through their actions. Mutual blame game continues in Parliament since the day we got Independence. It is unfortunate that even Parliament and state Assemblies are used in blame game and not in discussion and debate to evolve best strategy to deal with evil forces.
Danendra Jain
Ganaraj Choumuhani Agartala 799001
28.02.2010
It is ridiculous that Government has to prove that Kasab is a terrorist though entire world has seen him attacking in India. Corrupt officers are caught red handed but not punished in India and on the contrary honest persons are punished because they do not flatter bosses. Person involved in big scams and scandals, persons committing frauds and cheatings are not punished for decades together and declared innocent by courts and released by police. Good persons have lost faith in the administrative, judiciary and police machinery. This exhibits the most painful and sorry state of affairs prevailing in the country.
As such to cure cancer of corruption, Government, the courts and the police should send a clear cut message all over the country that they are honest, serious, active, effective not by words but through their action that culprit will be punished, punished and punished without the fear or any repercussions or without looking into any favour or recommendation from any heavy weight from the society.
Million dollar question is who will bring out suitable reformation in the system when even PM expresses helplessness, Pranab Mukherjee Finance Minister talks about fault in delivery mechanism but expresses helplessness. Law Minister fails to bring about judicial reform, Home Minister has got no time to look into this gigantic and Himalayan task, president of India is helpless, and so on
Fact is that there is no will to take action against criminals, evil doers and malpractice perpetuator. If there is a will there is a way. We have seen T N Shesan and we have seen many such IAS and IPS officers who by virtue of their effectiveness have created an image that the criminals leave the district in which such officers are posted. It is true that such officers are unpalatable to ruling politicians and it is also true that such officers has to face frequent transfer, humiliating treatment , rejection in promotion process, posting at the most critical places and so on.
Ruling party may be Congress Party or BJP or communist party or any other regional party. None of the political parties have exhibited their commitment to fight out evil from the society through their actions. Mutual blame game continues in Parliament since the day we got Independence. It is unfortunate that even Parliament and state Assemblies are used in blame game and not in discussion and debate to evolve best strategy to deal with evil forces.
Danendra Jain
Ganaraj Choumuhani Agartala 799001
28.02.2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Respected Finance Minister
I am not an economist, nor an expert in finance management of the government. I however try to project my feelings. Liquidity crisis or Sub Prime Crisis occurred in USA and other European countries. How did it affect Indian economy in the year 2008 which forced Indian Government to sanction stimulus package in line with what Obama did in USA.
Is it true that export proceeds of goods exported to USA or any other countries were stopped by importing countries?
If not how did it result in liquidity crisis? When foreign countries stops import , real problem may arise in selling exportable goods in domestic market.
If export proceeds were really stopped by importing nations like USA, government could have been justified in sanctioning financial package for such affected exporters or manufacturers, but not justified in allowing benefit to all.
CRR and SLR were reduced to release liquidity for banks. Is it justified to provide such liquidity (interest free fund) to all banks whether they were associated with affected exporters or manufacturers or not?
Even if it is considered that release of liquidity or relaxation in tax in general without discriminating the real victim of said sub prime crisis of USA was justified, the matter of vital concern is whether government has ensured that affected units have actually benefited in any way from the said stimulus package.
Has government ensured that domestic demand of exportable goods has been created to compensate loss caused due to stoppage of exports?
If domestic demand has not increased, how the said affects units have utilized the stimulus package and how they could maintain the same turnover as they used to exhibit through export proceeds?
Has government tried to ascertain the proportion of stimulus package released for banks used for growth of manufacturing or export sector and what proportion invested in MF or parked in RBI at Repo rate to earn interest or dividend?
Is it not true that excess of fund provided to business units, traders, manufacturers and exporters resulted in huge hoarding, black-marketing and abnormal profit making?
If it is true, government should admit that the current price rise is nothing but the making of the government.
Income of poor people did not rise but prices showed relentless rise and this resulted in considerable erosion in purchasing capacity of poor and middleclass families. As a result demand of the consumer goods at grass root level has sharply come down.
Had the government avoided stimulus package, the exportable goods could have come in the domestic price at reasonable price and demand could have gone up to a considerable height and the end result could have given a boost to manufacturers and traders.
Further the government could have used the fund released through stimulus package in carrying out additional public investment to create additional demand and additional employment opportunities.
If there is a little bit relevance in points raised by me I think government should not hesitate in withdrawing stimulus package in gradual and comfortable manner. This will help in combating inflation and ease the burden of poor to a good extent.
If liquidity from banks is withdrawn, banks will not invest in MF, will not park surplus fund in RBI to earn interest at repo rate and at least not opt for sub-PLR lending to corporate or to real estate sector which benefits none other than upper class of the society.
Banks will be forced to mobilize deposit at some higher rate which will benefit poor and middle class families and pensioners to a greater extent. If lending rate to corporate goes a little bit higher, if rate for housing loan or loan for car goes higher I am very much confident and the experience of pre-reformation era reaffirms my belief that sale of these luxurious goods will not come down and neither nay corporate sector will stop their activities on account of little rise in borrowing rates.
Can I conclude now that the fear of global recession in India was artificial and maintenance of growth rate achieved by dint of the said stimulus package is also imaginary, unreal and willful exaggerated to hide the faulty policy and faulty execution of government’s good policies?
Danendra Jain
Ganaraj Choumuhani
Agartala 799001
18th Feb 2009
Is it true that export proceeds of goods exported to USA or any other countries were stopped by importing countries?
If not how did it result in liquidity crisis? When foreign countries stops import , real problem may arise in selling exportable goods in domestic market.
If export proceeds were really stopped by importing nations like USA, government could have been justified in sanctioning financial package for such affected exporters or manufacturers, but not justified in allowing benefit to all.
CRR and SLR were reduced to release liquidity for banks. Is it justified to provide such liquidity (interest free fund) to all banks whether they were associated with affected exporters or manufacturers or not?
Even if it is considered that release of liquidity or relaxation in tax in general without discriminating the real victim of said sub prime crisis of USA was justified, the matter of vital concern is whether government has ensured that affected units have actually benefited in any way from the said stimulus package.
Has government ensured that domestic demand of exportable goods has been created to compensate loss caused due to stoppage of exports?
If domestic demand has not increased, how the said affects units have utilized the stimulus package and how they could maintain the same turnover as they used to exhibit through export proceeds?
Has government tried to ascertain the proportion of stimulus package released for banks used for growth of manufacturing or export sector and what proportion invested in MF or parked in RBI at Repo rate to earn interest or dividend?
Is it not true that excess of fund provided to business units, traders, manufacturers and exporters resulted in huge hoarding, black-marketing and abnormal profit making?
If it is true, government should admit that the current price rise is nothing but the making of the government.
Income of poor people did not rise but prices showed relentless rise and this resulted in considerable erosion in purchasing capacity of poor and middleclass families. As a result demand of the consumer goods at grass root level has sharply come down.
Had the government avoided stimulus package, the exportable goods could have come in the domestic price at reasonable price and demand could have gone up to a considerable height and the end result could have given a boost to manufacturers and traders.
Further the government could have used the fund released through stimulus package in carrying out additional public investment to create additional demand and additional employment opportunities.
If there is a little bit relevance in points raised by me I think government should not hesitate in withdrawing stimulus package in gradual and comfortable manner. This will help in combating inflation and ease the burden of poor to a good extent.
If liquidity from banks is withdrawn, banks will not invest in MF, will not park surplus fund in RBI to earn interest at repo rate and at least not opt for sub-PLR lending to corporate or to real estate sector which benefits none other than upper class of the society.
Banks will be forced to mobilize deposit at some higher rate which will benefit poor and middle class families and pensioners to a greater extent. If lending rate to corporate goes a little bit higher, if rate for housing loan or loan for car goes higher I am very much confident and the experience of pre-reformation era reaffirms my belief that sale of these luxurious goods will not come down and neither nay corporate sector will stop their activities on account of little rise in borrowing rates.
Can I conclude now that the fear of global recession in India was artificial and maintenance of growth rate achieved by dint of the said stimulus package is also imaginary, unreal and willful exaggerated to hide the faulty policy and faulty execution of government’s good policies?
Danendra Jain
Ganaraj Choumuhani
Agartala 799001
18th Feb 2009
Saturday, February 13, 2010
M V Nair
Arbitrary promotion and whimsical transfer is the root cause of rampant corruption and culture of flattery to superiors. Culture of flattery to bosses and tendency to become Yesman of Ministers, MPs and MLAs is the root cause of all maladies prevailing in the society. Every employee in our country knows the bitter truth that only those who are yesmen of bosses can get elevation in their career or get cream and comfortable posting.
Most of MLS, MP and Ministers have accumulated properties worth many crores of rupees. Department of vigilance or CBI or Anti corruption cell or Economic offenders cell are silent spectators.
So many IAS and IPS officers have been found indulged in corrupt practices only because they have got the blessings of their mentor Ministers.
So many bank officers and executives have properties worth crores of rupees, which is far more than their total earning in their entire tenure. It is possible only because there is practically none to look into corrupt practices prevailing in the bank at higher level.
When Head of any department or office is corrupt, or when any minister in the government is corrupt it will be foolish to imagine of healthy culture down the line.
It is very difficult to survive with dignity when the boss is corrupt and when boss likes flattery.
Only when boss loves real performance, employees feel delighted in working sincerely.
When real performers are awarded, there will be positive motivation. On the contrary if corrupt is promoted and given good posting, it is but natural that people will be tempted to toe the line of boss even if it is wrong and unethical and against the interest of the organization
As long as we are unable to provide a reasoning based transfer and merit based promotion and as long as the wrong doers are not punished by either head of the department or by the courts we cannot imagine of stopping corrupt practices prevailing in the system and spreading like cancer in the society.
Old proverb survival for the fittest no more holds good. Now a days survival is possible only for the person who is well versed in flattery to bosses, who can earn money through ill methods and share the same with his bosses.
The bitter truth is that there is no foolproof method of providing perfectly merit-based promotion or seniority based promotion in any office. None of the promotion processes can ensure justice to all, justice to the organization and discomfort to none as long as the person responsible for carrying out the promotion process is dishonest and corrupt. When protectors become destructors, damage to society cannot be stopped,
One easy way to stop whimsical transfer and arbitrary promotion is to maintain transparency and abolish the requirement of passing through Interview for existing employees for getting promotion. Interview is such a test where Interviewers can easily spoil the candidates career.
During interview, key role is played by elements like bribe, gift, sources, godfathers, and flattery possessed by employee whose performance is assessed during interview. When Interviewer desires to promote an employee he raises easy questions or do not raise any question and give higher marks and on the contrary he may raises toughest and irrelevant questions before the candidate to reject him in the promotion process.
The interviewer as per his whims and fancies gives marks for interview and unfortunately there is no method to penalize such malicious interviewers or the interview team made of birds of the same feather. There is hardly any place for merit in the mind of Interview panel and this why whimsical promotions take place and a reign of injustice and that of corruption spreads like epidemic and is followed by inefficiency, frustration, depression and what not.
Last but not the least; our courts cannot deliver justice in decades. This eliminates the fear from the minds of interviewer and the aggrieved employee is constrained to bear with the rejection in promotion process. Justice delayed is justice denied. And when there is no hope of justice even from court, aggrieved person in promotion process is left with no alternative other than digesting the poison of injustice.
It is an open secret in our society that victim is afraid of lodging complain in police department against any type of criminal. Not to speak of promotions, management can torture an employee by using his power of transfer and posting an employee in the name of exigencies as per his sweet will.
I therefore request you to take immediate steps to ensure merit based transparent promotion and reasoning based transfers and posting in all offices. Only one remedy to cure disease of corruption is to award honest performers and sideline corrupt performers. Only the bearer knows where the shoe pinches is a right proverb in this regard.
IN BANKING INDUSTRY THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS WHO ARE FACING TRANSFER EVEN TWICE OR THRICE A YEAR WHEREAS OFFICERS SITTING IN METROS ARE SITTING IN ONE TOWN SINCE JOINING SAY FOR TWO OR THREE DECADES.
EVEN POLICY OF RURAL POSTING IS MISUSED BY THE MANAGEMENT TO ISOLATE NON FLATTERERS .
EVEN POLICY OF POSTING OUTSIDE STATE AFTER PROMOTION IS MISUSED TO FAVOUR THE PEOPLE OF WEST BENGAL OR THAT OF MAHARASHTRA.
POLICY OF NORTH EAST POSTING IS USED TO ISOLATE NON FLATTERERS. POLICY OF TRANSFER FOR NON PERFORMERS IS ALSO USED BY THE EXECUTIVE TO KEEP NON FLATTERES AWAY.
NOWHERE AND NONE OF POLICIES ARE USED TO PROMOTE THE CULTURE OF PERFORMANCE.
AS SUCH IT IS COMPARATIVELY BENEFICIAL TO ELIMINATE THE ELEMENTS OF DISCRETION OR DISCRIMINATION IN THE INTERNAL PROMOTION PROCESS AND TRANSFER POLICY.THE MORE TRANSPARENT WILL BE THE POLICIES , THE LESS WILL BE QUANTUM OF FLATTERY IN THE MIND OF WORKING OFFICERS.
EXECUTIVES WHO ARE INDULGED IN CORRUPT PRACTICES WHILE RELEASING ORDER OF TRANSFER OF PUTTING THEIR SIGNATURE ON PROMOTION ORDERS MUST BE SUITABLY PUNISHED SO THAT RECURRENCE OF SUCH MALPRACTICE DO NOT TAKE PLACE.
JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED. YOU CANNOT IGNORE THE RESENTMENT, FRUSTRATION AND DEPRESSION PREVAILING IN THE FIELD LEVEL FOR LONG WITHOUT INVITING STRIKE AND LARGE SCALE REVOLT AND RAMPAGE
Danendra Jain
Agartala
Most of MLS, MP and Ministers have accumulated properties worth many crores of rupees. Department of vigilance or CBI or Anti corruption cell or Economic offenders cell are silent spectators.
So many IAS and IPS officers have been found indulged in corrupt practices only because they have got the blessings of their mentor Ministers.
So many bank officers and executives have properties worth crores of rupees, which is far more than their total earning in their entire tenure. It is possible only because there is practically none to look into corrupt practices prevailing in the bank at higher level.
When Head of any department or office is corrupt, or when any minister in the government is corrupt it will be foolish to imagine of healthy culture down the line.
It is very difficult to survive with dignity when the boss is corrupt and when boss likes flattery.
Only when boss loves real performance, employees feel delighted in working sincerely.
When real performers are awarded, there will be positive motivation. On the contrary if corrupt is promoted and given good posting, it is but natural that people will be tempted to toe the line of boss even if it is wrong and unethical and against the interest of the organization
As long as we are unable to provide a reasoning based transfer and merit based promotion and as long as the wrong doers are not punished by either head of the department or by the courts we cannot imagine of stopping corrupt practices prevailing in the system and spreading like cancer in the society.
Old proverb survival for the fittest no more holds good. Now a days survival is possible only for the person who is well versed in flattery to bosses, who can earn money through ill methods and share the same with his bosses.
The bitter truth is that there is no foolproof method of providing perfectly merit-based promotion or seniority based promotion in any office. None of the promotion processes can ensure justice to all, justice to the organization and discomfort to none as long as the person responsible for carrying out the promotion process is dishonest and corrupt. When protectors become destructors, damage to society cannot be stopped,
One easy way to stop whimsical transfer and arbitrary promotion is to maintain transparency and abolish the requirement of passing through Interview for existing employees for getting promotion. Interview is such a test where Interviewers can easily spoil the candidates career.
During interview, key role is played by elements like bribe, gift, sources, godfathers, and flattery possessed by employee whose performance is assessed during interview. When Interviewer desires to promote an employee he raises easy questions or do not raise any question and give higher marks and on the contrary he may raises toughest and irrelevant questions before the candidate to reject him in the promotion process.
The interviewer as per his whims and fancies gives marks for interview and unfortunately there is no method to penalize such malicious interviewers or the interview team made of birds of the same feather. There is hardly any place for merit in the mind of Interview panel and this why whimsical promotions take place and a reign of injustice and that of corruption spreads like epidemic and is followed by inefficiency, frustration, depression and what not.
Last but not the least; our courts cannot deliver justice in decades. This eliminates the fear from the minds of interviewer and the aggrieved employee is constrained to bear with the rejection in promotion process. Justice delayed is justice denied. And when there is no hope of justice even from court, aggrieved person in promotion process is left with no alternative other than digesting the poison of injustice.
It is an open secret in our society that victim is afraid of lodging complain in police department against any type of criminal. Not to speak of promotions, management can torture an employee by using his power of transfer and posting an employee in the name of exigencies as per his sweet will.
I therefore request you to take immediate steps to ensure merit based transparent promotion and reasoning based transfers and posting in all offices. Only one remedy to cure disease of corruption is to award honest performers and sideline corrupt performers. Only the bearer knows where the shoe pinches is a right proverb in this regard.
IN BANKING INDUSTRY THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS WHO ARE FACING TRANSFER EVEN TWICE OR THRICE A YEAR WHEREAS OFFICERS SITTING IN METROS ARE SITTING IN ONE TOWN SINCE JOINING SAY FOR TWO OR THREE DECADES.
EVEN POLICY OF RURAL POSTING IS MISUSED BY THE MANAGEMENT TO ISOLATE NON FLATTERERS .
EVEN POLICY OF POSTING OUTSIDE STATE AFTER PROMOTION IS MISUSED TO FAVOUR THE PEOPLE OF WEST BENGAL OR THAT OF MAHARASHTRA.
POLICY OF NORTH EAST POSTING IS USED TO ISOLATE NON FLATTERERS. POLICY OF TRANSFER FOR NON PERFORMERS IS ALSO USED BY THE EXECUTIVE TO KEEP NON FLATTERES AWAY.
NOWHERE AND NONE OF POLICIES ARE USED TO PROMOTE THE CULTURE OF PERFORMANCE.
AS SUCH IT IS COMPARATIVELY BENEFICIAL TO ELIMINATE THE ELEMENTS OF DISCRETION OR DISCRIMINATION IN THE INTERNAL PROMOTION PROCESS AND TRANSFER POLICY.THE MORE TRANSPARENT WILL BE THE POLICIES , THE LESS WILL BE QUANTUM OF FLATTERY IN THE MIND OF WORKING OFFICERS.
EXECUTIVES WHO ARE INDULGED IN CORRUPT PRACTICES WHILE RELEASING ORDER OF TRANSFER OF PUTTING THEIR SIGNATURE ON PROMOTION ORDERS MUST BE SUITABLY PUNISHED SO THAT RECURRENCE OF SUCH MALPRACTICE DO NOT TAKE PLACE.
JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED. YOU CANNOT IGNORE THE RESENTMENT, FRUSTRATION AND DEPRESSION PREVAILING IN THE FIELD LEVEL FOR LONG WITHOUT INVITING STRIKE AND LARGE SCALE REVOLT AND RAMPAGE
Danendra Jain
Agartala
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