Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Will Indian Farmers Income Double or Half in Five Years?

April 13, 2016

April13, 2016 (C) Ravinder Singh ravinderinvent@gmail.com

When GDP growth in India is recorded at 7% or more and Farmers Real
Income is Negative in drought years – we don’t even consider Deaths of
Farm Animals in Drought, Re-boring of Tube-wells, Income Loss to
Farmers in Drought Year or Crop Loss but Moneylenders Profits Triple
or Quadruple, Farmers Pay 4-10 Times for Foods & Water normally
available at farms.

Farmers are not allowed to STORE, PROCESS & MARKET their produce, when
GoI reports GDP Contribution of Agriculture at 17% Farming GDP is
barely 10% or even less, But Help Traders/Moneylenders Easy Access to
Farmers.

GoI has not increased MSP even as Pay Commissions had raised INCOME of
public servants by 100 times when MSP has increased by 15 times in 40
years and Cost of Farming – i.e. Diesel has gone up 100 Times >>

Thus Instead of Doubling of Farmers Income in Five Years – Real Income
of Indian farmers could half in five years.
NOTHING IN THE BUDGET-FY17 TO INCREASE FARM INCOME
We are MISLED into believing GoI has given Farmers BIG Package

Farmers get SHORT TERM CROP Loans which are to be Returned immediately
on Harvest, Industry & Business Get Long Term Credit Without Creating
Jobs, Taxes or for SIMPLY Importing foreign goods and retailing after
packaging.

 How had electrification of 5000 Villages in last 2 Years benefitted 6,00,000
Villages? Roads, Highways, Ponds, National Waterways, Land Records, E-
Procurement, Urban Garbage etc are not going to increase Income of Farmers?

 Forget Irrigation Ponds, Dams and Water Supply Schemes already built can’t
provide CLEAN Drinking Water to 80% Population in India.

 COLD CHAIN, FDI in Food Retail, Ripening Chambers Will Not Be Owned By
FARMERS, will actually PROFIT MARGINS OF TRADERS.

 Instead of GM Seeds which DOUBLE Crop Yields like in BT Cotton are not
supported but Farmers URGED to adopt ORGANIC & Traditional Farming
this actually MEANS Low Yields & produce for URBAN & FOREIGN Markets.

 UNIFIED AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACTUALLY MEANS AMBANI
& ADANI CAN BUY ANY OR ALL FARM PRODUCE FROM THEIR OFFICE.

WHY CAN’T GoI THINK OF UNIFIED FARMERS MARKET WHERE FARMERS GET PAID
50%-70% OF RETAIL VALUE OF FARM PRODUCE?

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS
Y-77, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India. Ph; 091- 9871056471,
9718280435, 9910693464

Surge Foreign Tourist Arrivals on E-Tourist Visa

April 13, 2016

Foreign Tourist Arrivals on E-Tourist Visa grow at 347.5% (y-o-y) in March 2016

Ministry of Tourism reports that A total of 1,15,677 tourists arrived in March 2016 on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 25,851 during the month of March 2015 registering a growth of 347.5%.

The following are the important highlights of e-Tourist Visa during March, 2016:

(i) During the month of March, 2016 a total of 1,15,677 tourist arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 25,851 during the month of March, 2015 registering a growth of 347.5%.

(ii) This high growth may be attributed to introduction of e-Tourist Visa for 150 countries as against the earlier coverage of 43 countries.

(iii) The percentage shares of top 10 source countries availing e-Tourist Visa facilities during March, 2016 were as follows:

UK (27.74%), USA (13.41%), Russian Fed. (7.04%), France (6.55%), Germany (5.18%), China (4.49%), Canada (3.89%), Australia (3.79%), Spain (1.99%) and Ukraine (1.66%).

(iv) The percentage shares of top 10 ports in tourist arrivals on e-Tourist Visa during March, 2016 were as follows:

New Delhi Airport (46.76%), Mumbai Airport (18.75%), Goa Airport (11.11%), Chennai Airport (5.55%), Bengaluru Airport (5.03%), Kochi Airport (2.82%), Kolkata Airport (2.38%), Amritsar Airport (2.12%), Hyderabad Airport (2.07%) and Trivandrum Airport (1.33%).

Jewellers called off strike

April 13, 2016

Jewellers today temporarily called off their 42-day strike after the government’s assurance that there will be no harassment by excise officials.

All India Jewellers Action Committee Chairman said in New Delhi that strike has been called off till 24th of April.

The Jewellers had gone on the strike demanding rollback of proposed excise duty of one per cent on non-silver jewellery.Over three lakh jewellers from more than 300 associations kept their establishments closed across the country since 2nd of March.

Naresh — A lot has happened

April 13, 2016

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Naresh —

A lot has happened since the last Democratic debate back in March:

We won five for five on Mini Super Tuesday and built on our delegate lead with a BIG win in Arizona. Hillary currently leads the primary race by more than 200 pledged delegates!
We crossed 9 million total votes, the most earned by any candidate in this election.
The Sanders campaign has started chucking everything they can against the wall to try and make something stick and slow down our momentum (even calling Hillary Clinton unqualified to be president!).

Add that all up and it’s clear the next debate on Thursday, April 14th, is going to be a big night — so there’s never been a more important time for you to let Hillary know you have her back. Will you join a debate watch party in New York on Thursday?

This is the last debate before folks head to the polls in key states, so it’s crucial to get out in your community, meet other members of Team Hillary, and get involved in this campaign.

It’s up to us to stand with Hillary and lock up this nomination the right way — by fighting for every last vote. RSVP as soon as you can for the party in New York:

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Marlon Marshall
Director of States and Political Engagement
Hillary for America

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30th Meeting of the ASEAN Consultative Committee

April 13, 2016

ASEAN

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Officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar (CLM) participated in the National Accreditation Focal Point Workshop for CLM Countries in Bangkok, following the 30th Meeting of the ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality Working Group on Conformity Assessment. Participants exchanged experiences of their efforts to advance their national accreditation bodies. Goals for the coming months were also discussed. Read more: http://www.asean.org/cambodia-lao-pdr-myanmar-advance-nati…/