UN observers in Syria in suspend mode

UN observers in Syria say they have suspended all cease-fire monitoring activities in the country because of escalating violence between government and opposition forces.Syria's crisis has apparently spiraled into an all-out civil war. Fierce battles between government troops and the opposition Free Syria Army have spread to almost every part of the country.A ceasefire brokered by the United Nations is no longer in place.

UN mission Chief Robert Mood spoke to reporters on Saturday in the capital Damascus. He said rising bloodshed over the past 10 days was posing significant risks to UN observers.Mood said the observers will not be conducting patrols and the suspension will be reviewed on a daily basis.

  Mood added that operations will resume when the observers feel the situation is safe for them to carry out their mandated activities.

Iran, world powers set for showdown in Moscow

 World powers resume crisis talks with Iran tomorrow in hopes that a crippling oil embargo will finally force the Islamic Republic to scale back its nuclear drive.  The two-day meeting follows a bruising May session in Baghdad during which Iran nearly walked out of negotiations aimed ultimately at keeping it from joining the exclusive club of nations with an atomic bomb.  Host Russia however is keen to flex its diplomatic muscle and make Iran an example of how Moscow's influence over Soviet-era partners could be used to avoid foreign military intervention in the 16-month crisis raging in Syria.  "There are reasons to believe that the next step will be taken in Moscow," Russia's Deputy Foreign Sergei Ryabkov said Friday.  "It is important for Russia to ensure that the negotiating process continues."  Failure in Moscow could leave the process in tatters and raise the threat of air raids from arch-foe Israel - a fateful scenario in which broader conflict would lead to a spike in oil prices that could tip over the world's teetering economy.  But a July 1 deadline for a full EU oil embargo and the June 28 rollout of US sanctions against a host of Iranian oil clients is providing added incentive for Tehran to bargain more seriously.  Two of the biggest bones of contention involve the speed with which world powers lift existing sanctions and the recognition of Iran's "right to enrich".  The latter is emerging as a key demand that Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili is likely to present to Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief who represents the five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany at the talks.  "We expect that Iran's right to nuclear technologies, including uranium enrichment, will be recognised and respected," Jalili told Russia's RT state-run world news channel in comments translated from Farsi.  Iran for its part "has the capacities to cooperate in disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation, so these capacities should be used by the international community," Jalili said in Friday's broadcast.  "I think that addressing these two issues will help to advance the negotiations."  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a German Sunday paper that his country was ready to take a "positive step if the other party makes a similar step" at the talks.  EU officials say Iran has agreed to discuss the idea of limits to its enrichment programme under a proposal initially outlined in Baghdad

Prez poll: Divided NDA defers decision

    The NDA on Sunday failed to firm up a position on the Presidential poll as it was divided over opposing UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee and there was lack of clarity on extending support to P A Sangma.  With an intention of using the Presidential poll to rope in parties like AIADMK and BJD and possibly Trinamool Congress, the main opposition BJP-led alliance decided at a meeting in New Delhi that talks would be held with these parties to have a common candidate against Mukherjee.  At a two-hour meeting of the NDA which was skipped by Shiv Sena, JD-U leader Shivanand Tiwari is believed to disfavoured a contest against Mukherjee because of his stature, reflecting a divide in the coalition.  BJP leaders L K Advani and Sushma Swaraj were said to be of the opinion that there should be a contest but there was no consensus as to whether to support Sangma, who has been propped up by AIADMK and BJD, or Kalam, who is being pushed into the race by Trinamool Congress.  There was a strong view that supporting Sangma would help NDA win back AIADMK and BJD.  However, to finetune this, talks should be held with leaders of these parties before any decision is reached, sources said.  The NDA coalition was also not clear whether Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee would agree to shunning Kalam and supporting Sangma.  After the meeting at BJP leader L K Advani's residence, NDA convener Sharad Yadav told reporters, "Various leaders put forth their views in detail. More discussions are required in this regard to arrive at the right decision."  "L K Advani will talk to Chief Ministers of NDA-ruled states and all others. NDA will meet sometime later again to take a decision in this regard. Those outside (Delhi) will also be consulted."  JD-U chief and NDA Convenor Sharad Yadav did make the point against contesting Mukherjee but he was not averse to going with the BJP should it persist with a fight in the Presidential election.  However, Tiwari, the other JD-U leader considered close to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, strongly opposed a contest. This is seen as an attempt by Nitish Kumar to keep his options open.     Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mukherjee had called Kumar on Friday seeking JD-U's support for the UPA candidate.     Tiwari, whose party JD-U shares power with BJP in Bihar, was clear that no strong purpose would be served by contesting against Mukherjee, a tall leader with vast experience in government and Parliament, and more so when the UPA has a clear edge in the electoral college.     However, Advani and Swaraj are understood to have argued that Mukherjee should not go uncontested, especially in view of the Lok Sabha polls due two years hence.     The BJP is said to be keen on supporting Sangma so that the alliance could rope in parties like BJD and AIADMK that could be valuable in the next Lok Sabha elections.     Sources in NDA said that a decision will be taken with the objective of strengthening the NDA coalition.     They said that while wider consultations will be held with all the Chief Ministers of NDA, informal talks will be held with BJD leader and Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and Mamata, whose role has become very important in the Presidential elections.     "The objective is to ensure that NDA gets more strength before the 2014 lok sabha polls," a source said.     The NDA is closely watching the evolving situation with respect to Sangma as to whether he will remain in the fray.     The NDA sources said there would be no point in announcing support for Sangma unless it was certain that he would continue to be in the race.     Sangma, on his part, cleared any doubts by underlining that he continues to be in the race and that he had talked to Mamata also to get her support.     "I appealed to her to support my candidature. She was insisting on Dr Kalam. I said Dr Kalam had opted out of the race, therefore, you should support (me)," he said.     BJP leaders felt Advani should stay in touch with Jayalalithaa and Patnaik.  Shiv Sena, the oldest ideological ally of the BJP, skipped the key meeting of alliance leaders here, triggering speculation that the party was opposed to a fight due to lack of numbers.     "Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackerey will take a decision on the issue," said party leader Sanjay Raut, when asked about speculation that the Sena was against fielding any candidate against Pranab Mukherjee, UPAs Presidential nominee.     Shiv Sena had not backed former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in the Presidential poll last time despite BJP and several others in the alliance supporting him.  At that time, it had backed Pratibha Patil--she being the first Maharashtrian to be nominated for the top post of Presiden

Bihar – Trade, Hotel, Restaurant GDP Agriculture & Industry

Bihar – Trade, Hotel, Restaurant GDP > Agriculture + Industry – Exclusive

June17, 2012

Honorable Prime Minister,

Dr. Manmohan Singh,

New Delhi 110011

Cc to

The Chief Minister of Bihar,

Shri Nitish Kumar

Patna

Respected Sir,

I am stunned to see Rs.200,000 crores Injected in to Bihar By UPA government has not contributed a penny to both Agriculture & Industry.

Trade, Hotel & Restaurant GDP at Constant Prices which was a third of Agriculture and Industry GDP in ten years is now more than Agriculture + Industry.

Sir, I don’t see many Hotels and Restaurants in Bihar so trade Quadrupled in one decade when Industry and Agriculture were stagnant.

This only points to consolidation of money lenders and traders since 2004-05 even as UPA government pumped in Rs.200,000 crores in to Bihar.

Bihar needs ‘Political & Structural’ alignment.

Thank you,

Failthfully,

Ravinder Singh

Inventor & Consultant

Progressindia008@yahoo.com

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Year	Trade, Hotel & Restaurant	Agriculture	Industry
2000-01	8576	21496	3355
2001-02	9413	17040	3062
2002-03	11238	21455	3182
2003-04	11294	17663	2973
2004-05	13746	20168	3120
2005-06	13424	17755	3065
2006-07	17382	23400	3309
2007-08	21166	21853	3855
2008-09	25853	25060	3907
2009-10	29577	21173	4096

NDA 2003-04 vs UPA 2011-12 Net Taxes Transfer 

http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Publications/DOCs/25ST_SFN300312.xls

http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Publications/DOCs/53441.doc

Net Taxes Transferred to States

(Figures converted to Crores of Rupees)

I.  Non-Special Category	2003-04	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
1. Andhra Pradesh	9,269	20,680	29,030	32,700
2. Bihar	8,175	25,130	34,870	42,070
3. Chhattisgarh	3,504	7,920	10,050	11,420
4. Goa	126	290	1,090	1,030
5. Gujarat	4,127	8,180	11,460	13,700
6. Haryana	403	4,890	6,500	8,070
7. Jharkhand	3,432	10,810	10,600	16,310
8. Karnataka	6,255	14,700	16,470	19,150
9. Kerala	2,906	6,500	8,000	10,510
10. Madhya Pradesh	6,896	17,930	26,260	29,210
11. Maharashtra	3,214	19,090	24,350	28,800
12. Odisha	7,044	13,390	18,240	19,730
13. Punjab	385	4,140	6,250	7,960
14. Rajasthan	4,202	13,650	20,140	24,260
15. Tamil Nadu	4,243	14,440	18,650	21,340
16. Uttar Pradesh	11,786	46,510	57,120	67,210
17. West Bengal	2,491	14,480	24,480	34,610
II.  Special Category
1. Arunachal Pradesh	1,203	3,590	5,990	5,400
2. Assam	5,523	11,690	19,030	22,700
3. Himachal Pradesh	2,304	5,930	7,090	7,960
4. Jammu and Kashmir	5,790	15,190	18,590	20,760
5. Manipur	1,333	3,340	4,990	5,320
6. Meghalaya	1,356	2,680	3,640	4,590
7. Mizoram	868	2,710	3,360	3,320
8. Nagaland	1,740	3,350	4,870	5,130
9. Sikkim	675	1,640	2,150	2,610
10. Tripura	1,953	4,900	4,560	4,980
11. Uttarakhand	2,148	5,260	7,870	8,170
All States	102,608	3,03,010	4,05,720	4,79,030
NCT	-755.5	1,060	510	-830

BIHAR GDP Component Wise At Constant Prices

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State/ Union Territory / Year	Agriculture and Allied Activities
	Agricu-lture	Forestry & Logging	Fishing	Total (2+3+4)
1	2	3	4	5
2000-01	19882	929	684	21496
2001-02	15220	952	867	17040
2002-03	19537	985	932	21455
2003-04	15702	1025	935	17663
2004-05	18159	1075	932	20168
2005-06	15643	1124	987	17755
2006-07	21346	1171	883	23400
2007-08	19683	1221	949	21853
2008-09	22771	1271	1016	25060
2009-10	18759	1323	1089	21173

State/ Union Territory / Year	Industry
	Mining & Quarrying	Manufacturing			Electricity, Gas & Water Supply	Total (6+9+10)
		Regi­ stered	Unregi­ stered	Sub Total (7+8)
1	6	7	8	9	10	11
2000-01	112	623	2267	2890	352	3355
2001-02	211	504	2114	2619	232	3062
2002-03	60	657	2166	2823	298	3182
2003-04	49	423	2245	2668	255	2973
2004-05	41	574	2261	2835	243	3120
2005-06	69	326	2385	2712	284	3065
2006-07	57	209	2714	2923	329	3309
2007-08	53	403	3045	3448	354	3855
2008-09	53	285	3205	3490	364	3907
2009-10	53	299	3371	3670	372	4096

State/ Union Territory / Year	Services
	Constr-uction	Transport, Storage & Communi­cation	Trade, Hotels & Resta-urants	Banking & Insurance	Real Estate, Ownership of Dwelling & Business Services	Public Admin-istration	Other Services	Total (12 to 18)
1	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
2000-01	1872	3413	8576	1950	1377	3478	8135	28804
2001-02	2069	3424	9413	2395	1333	3754	8084	30475
2002-03	2479	3675	11238	2297	1301	3218	8128	32337
2003-04	2403	3410	11294	2224	1276	3618	8436	32663
2004-05	3433	3679	13746	2354	1276	3848	8416	36756
2005-06	5518	4324	13424	2534	1285	3689	9220	39996
2006-07	8550	5151	17382	3100	1305	3828	9410	48728
2007-08	9880	6350	21166	3647	1386	4170	9757	56359
2008-09	12937	7385	25853	4291	1467	4936	10583	67454
2009-10	15681	8578	29577	5047	1549	4860	10810	76104