Wednesday, July 22, 2015

OROP : OROP & THE ANCESTOR OF BABUS IN NEW DELHI






THE  GENESIS OF BUREAUCRACY
                                   IN
                               INDIA

  'GOD' SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT
                                      &
                   THERE WAS LIGHT

                                 

  WHEN DONKEY SAID LET  ME  BE BABU
                                  'GOD'
                    SAID LET IT BE SO
 
 
Once upon a time there was a king who wanted to go fishing.
 
He called the royal weather forecaster and enquired as to the weather forecast for the next few hours.
 
The weatherman assured him that there was no chance of rain in the coming days.
 
So the king went fishing with his wife, the queen. On the way he met a farmer on his donkey. Upon seeing the king the farmer said, "Your Majesty, you should return to the palace at once because in just a short time I expect a huge amount of rain to fall in this area".
 
The king was polite and considerate, he replied: "I hold the palace meteorologist in high regard. He is an extensively educated and experienced professional. Besides, I pay him very high wages. He gave me a very different forecast. I trust him and I will continue on my way." So he continued on his way.
 
However, a short time later a torrential rain fell from the sky. The King and Queen were totally soaked and their entourage chuckled upon seeing them in such a shameful condition.
 
Furious, the king returned to the palace and gave the order to fire the weatherman at once!
 
Then he summoned the farmer and offered him the prestigious and high paying role of royal forecaster.
 
The farmer said, "Your Majesty, I do not know anything about forecasting. I obtain my information from my donkey. If I see my donkey's ears drooping, it means with certainty that it will rain."
 
So the king hired the donkey.
 
And so began the practice of hiring asses to work in the government and occupy its highest and most influential positions.


  THUS THIS IS HOW  THE BIGGEST ASSES WERE  DETAILED TO DEAL WITH THE INDIAN SOLDIERS ON THE ISSUE OF  'OROP '  IN THE MINISTRIES

















 

GEO POLITICS INDIA :The New 'Great Game' in Central Asia

SOURCE: 
 http://www.newindianexpress.com/columns/The-New-Great-Game-in-Central-Asia/2015/07/22/article2932891.ece











     The New 'Great Game' in Central Asia
 22nd July 2015
 
 
 
In 1839, Captain Arthur Connolly of the Sixth Bengal Light Cavalry of the East India Company spelt out his vision of the ‘Great Game’, a term that he had coined, “If the British Government would only play the grand game — help Russia cordially to all that she has a right to expect — shake hands with Persia — get her all possible amends from Oosbegs (Uzbeks) — force the Bokhara Amir to be just to us, the Afghans, and other Oosbeg states, and his own kingdom….” Three years later, he was beheaded by that same Emir of Bukhara; as one of the many victims of the ‘Great Game’ played between Tsarist Russia and Victorian England for supremacy in Central Asia (CA).

           At stake was India, key to the wealth
                                           of
                             British Empire.


Soon after Connolly’s beheading, the British lost interest in this game because they were preoccupied with bigger stakes in Afghanistan and the opium war in China. Tsarist Russia used the opportunity to the maximum and their domination of Central Asia lasted till 1991 when the Soviet Union disintegrated.


Since then, another Great Game has been underway with Russia and China as major players. At one time, after 9/11, it seemed that the US too was aiming to be a decisive factor in Central Asia. It tried hard for a while; using money power, promoting dissent through fancily titled peoples’ revolutions and human rights campaigns. However, it ended up making the Central Asian authoritarian regimes wary of it.


Russia continues to be a major strategic, political and economic partner. In Soviet times, the network of original Central Asian oil and gas pipelines was almost entirely laid in the northern direction towards Russia. So was the case largely with trade flows.




The change came with 9/11 when the world began to acknowledge the region’s strategic importance. The US started wooing the Central Asian states for bases to station its troops and military aircraft. It was successful too because Central Asian states were anxious to loosen the Russian hold over them. But the relationship soured steadily and the US is no longer an ardent suitor.

        The ‘new’ Great Game is largely
                                    a
                    regional affair now.


But let us first list some basic facts. Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are spread over 4 million sq kilometres. Despite this enormous size, their combined population is just about 60 million people. This agriculturally rich land of vast steppes contains large deposits of mineral resources, many of which remain unexplored. Its oil and gas reserves are conservatively estimated at four per cent each of the total global reserves.


It was this untapped potential that attracted China, and it acted fast. China’s trade with CA states was languishing at $1 billion in 2000. Over the next ten years, it leapt 30 times to reach $30 billion. By 2013, the two-way trade had reached $50 bn and with that China had replaced Russia as Central Asia’s largest trading partner. But China’s aim is not mere exchange of commodities. Rather, it has developed long-term stakes. Most new oil and gas pipelines in Central Asia have been laid in an easterly direction towards China. A major oil pipeline connects Kazakhstan with China, as does a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan that by the end of 2015 will supply 55 billion cubic metres of gas, annually providing 20 per cent of China’s gas needs. It has also acquired stakes in oil and gas fields in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, ensuring the security of supplies over the long term. To make that bond stronger still, it has also obligated them financially by giving major loans of $13 bn to Kazakhstan and $8 bn to Turkmenistan. Insofar as Tajikistan is concerned, 41.3 per cent of its external debt is owed to China, compared with a smaller 16 per cent to the World Bank and 14 per cent to the Asian Development Bank.


Thus far, China’s political importance in Central Asia has remained largely under-reported. The fact is that it has become a significant player in multiple ways. When the fear of terrorism and Islamic extremism first started being talked of in CA states bordering China in the 90s, its response was to set up a security mechanism. This was the raison d’ĂȘtre for the Shanghai Five that graduated in 2001 to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. It was never intended to replicate NATO, but to serve as a forum for active security related consultations. It has served China’s objective well, but how effective it will be in checking the spread of extremism is moot, especially if the IS activates itself in the region.


Still, China has done significantly well, be it through its new Silk Road initiative or bilateral bonding. Today, its influence in the CA region has grown from being purely trade-related to development finance and emergency lending besides an occasional nudge on governance. It has also settled on its terms all its borders with the neighbouring CA states. It may not be a perfect relationship, and that is rarely the case, but it is comprehensive and considerable. How does India fare in comparison? Well, the short answer is that comparisons are unfair. India’s biggest handicap is the lack of connectivity with CA.

In all fairness, India should have had easy access to CA had the POK not been snatched by Pakistan. But given the present circumstance, we stand disadvantaged and the results are obvious.


Our trade hasn’t yet crossed the $1 bn mark. And our connectivity hopes by land are largely dependent on the mood of dispensation in Afghanistan. Still, we haven’t done too badly. Starting from 2002, because that’s when we thought up our grand plan for CA, India has had some notable successes. For the first time all the five CA states were connected by air with Delhi. Our serious moves for taking a share in Kazakh oil fields began to be pursued then. We made a major effort and acquired an air base in Tajikistan. With that India became only the third country in the world, after the US and Russia, to have such a facility in another state. A variety of other defence and economic interests were also mapped out then, including that for the supply of natural uranium, the latest agreement for which was signed during PM Modi’s recent visit to Kazakhstan.


Since connectivity continues to be a handicap, India will have to come up with innovative ways to overcome it and increase its presence to a meaningful level. One way of doing that is to ‘Make in Central Asia.’  For example, Indian firms could set up a fertilizer plant to utilise Turkmen gas in Turkmenistan and a refinery in Kazakhstan near an oil field, overcoming the geographical barrier. But we must move quickly, as the Chinese are way ahead in this new Great Game.

The writer is a former diplomat.
He is the author of Where Borders Bleed
Email: ambraja@gmail.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

OROP : Will the PM ask the real Arun Jaitley to please stand up?






Illustration: Satwik Gade
Illustration: Satwik Gade

There is very little useful concrete information available on Sh  Jaitley  ji  on the internet to do his to head shrinking. The need for analysis  arose due to his very funny & strange stand on the issue of OROP.



‎Gentlemen,
 


I found out where Jaitley's true allegiance lies, back in 2010-11, when we were running from pillar to post seeking legal opinions on Gen. V. K. Singh's DoB scandal. In a hope that Jaitley will give us a fair hearing, and ignorant of the factum of his allegiances, we approached him for his  assessment of the legal position. His words, without even opening the file that we carried for his perusal, still
 resound in my mind as pincers‎, "You've climbed the Everest and now you want to build a house there?".


  ( Now recollect that when IESM delegation went to meet Mr Jaitely on OROP in Jun 2015 His answer was almost the same "I  haven't opened the file yet" & in  no time  next we heard that file is back in MOD)


We left disappointed and distraught. The Gentleman also happened to be the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha during the UPA regime. Now, when we see in hindsight, we realise as to why the issue of a  blatant injustice being met out to the country's Army Chief was never raised in the Parliament by the opposition, despite there being daily outcries in national media for all the wrong reasons, and isolated statements by several opposition leaders here and there. Jaitley obfuscated any such concerted move in Parliament. 

 That's when one realised that Jaitley, although a member of BJP, was actually doing the biding for Congress party and the Arms Mafia in their efforts to truncate the  tenure of Gen. V. K. Singh. He has been further reported to be boasting openly in his media darbars that he was never in favour of allowing Gen. V. K. Singh's entry in BJP, but it was the PM who brought him in against better sense.


This is the patent language of an Arms lobbyist who is still wary  of the person, who upset their applecart of Tatras, being part of the Government. Gen. V. K. Singh is also seen as a villain by the Mining and Natural Resources lobby as he foiled Chidambaram's designs to deploy Army in the Red
 corridor, Chhattisgarh to begin with, so that tribals could be wiped out in the name of Maoists, and illegal plunder of our Natural Resources could be carried out by the likes of Vedanta / Cairn with impunity, on whose Board of Directors Chidambaram served till the last day before he became a
 Minister. Chidambaram-Jaitley nexus further fortified against V. K. Singh as Chidambaram bayed for V. K. 's blood with Jaitley assisting as Leader of Opposition. 




While Jaitley remained the Defence Minister for six odd months, he did immense damage to the Armed Forces and the indigenisation ‎efforts. He ensured de-blacklisting of  the evil nexus of the Arms Mafia and its favourites that have plundered our defence budget for decades. While Agusta
 Westland was blacklisted, Jaitley moved for clean chit to its parent, Finmeccanica of Italy. Now it's back in the race to supply dubious equipment to us. Another blacklisted favourite appears to be Rheinmettall. Though Rheinmettall is blacklisted, it's making inroads through shady fronts,thanks to Mr. Jaitley. 




A shady consortium has been floated as a front with Baba Kalyani, Bharat Forge, etc who have proposed to indigenously ‎make the successor to our ages old Air Defense gun in the name of Make in India. None of the Consortium companies have the credentials to make such a product, therefore, they're going to buy some old technology, understandably from Rheinmettall itself, which will be slightly younger than our own gun but nowhere near the latest technology, which it should be given the kind of proposed price. 



 The Israeli anti-tank missile 'Spike', is also under process to be made in India, again in JV with  Baba Kalyani. It appears Baba Kalyani is a just a front to generate kickbacks while all sorts of equipment is dumped on India. If Rafael of Israel, developers of Spike, are to make it in India and sell it to our forces for a reasonable price, they could make it with Bharat Dynamics Ltd., which is already making our homegrown missiles, rather than Baba Kalyani who has no experience or wherewithal in the business. Interestingly, again, Rheinmettall holds 40% stakin Israeli Rafael. Rest is anybody's guess.



These are two small examples of anti-national activities of Jaitley as defence minister. This man has always been in bed with the Arms dealers. He enjoys their hospitality while travelling abroad. 



 I call upon the veterans to examine these issues minutely and build an opinion about the true character of this enemy of the People. For, it's he who is responsible for the OROP fiasco forcing our veterans to observe hunger strikes


 Regards.


Vishwajeet Singh ,

Advocate




                            From:
 Devasahayam MG <deva1940@gmail.com>Sent:
 Sunday 19 July 2015 11:47To: S.
 Kalyanaraman
.
Subject: Re: Will the PM ask  the real Arun Jaitley to please stand up? -- Ram Jethmalani.

NaMo, restitute kaalaadhan, the nation trusts you.

Trust in Narendra Modi is eroding fast.
 
He is caught in the vortex of the degenerate 'Delhi Durbar' which is responsible for India's
oligarchy/kleptocracy from Emergency days. Unless he breaks out of it soon he will get stuck within the chakravyuh with little chance of getting out of its vicious
 tentacles.
 
 Refer Hindu article: 
 
 
 
During Manmohan Singh's prime ministership starting from 2004 I have been repeatedly writing about the inbreeding coterie which has been leading him down the garden path. He did not listen and it was this coterie which finally did him in and today his reputation and integrity are in ruins.
 What is the guarantee that history will not repeat itself?
Sycophants and yes-men may make a leader glow with the feeling of 'greatness' in the company of 'high and mighty'. But actually they are making him/her small  by distancing them from the common man? Hope Modi realizes this.
 
 Better sooner than
later.
 
 MGD__




This 'Genlteman', pursued by the famous Mr Jethamalani for corruption allegations, also stands for non implementation of our OROP.


SH  MODI   JI   BY  NOT  IMPLEMENTING                                  OROP 
YOU ARE TAKING AN ASSURED STEP
                                   TO
                    OBLIVIOUSNESS
        FROM THE PUBLIC MEMORY










 

Monday, July 20, 2015

O R O P: DISINFORMATION ARTICLE One Rank One Pension – For and Against

Source:
http://www.gconnect.in/defence-services/one-rank-one-pension-for-and-against.html


Indian Express Article Product


O R O P:  DISINFORMATION ARTICLE 

One Rank One Pension – For and Against



OROP Demand projects Short Career until 35 only for Army Personnel. Whereas main argument against OROP is unbearable financial burden.

One Rank One Pension – For and Against – Indian Express Article


One Rank One Pension – For and Against – Indian Express Article narrates the need for implementing OROP and also the negative effect on the Country’s economy as a result of recurring financial burden


OROP — or One Rank, One Pension — means that every pension-eligible soldier retiring in a particular rank gets the same pension, irrespective of his date of retirement. As of now, soldiers who retired more recently receive more pension than those who retired earlier. This is because pensions are dependent on the last salary drawn, and successive pay commissions have raised salaries.

 

 
OROP - arguments for and against
 
 
Thus, a Colonel who retired after the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations were accepted in 2006, gets more than a Colonel who retired when his salary was computed on the basis of the recommendations of the Third Pay Commission.
 
OROP, though promised by both the UPA and NDA, is yet to be implemented, triggering emotional, countrywide protests by ex-soldiers. Sushant Singh explains the arguments for and against OROP.
 
OROP – Explained – Interesting Video explaining the concept of One Rank One Pension




OROP – Explained – Interesting Video explaining the concept of One Rank One Pension
 
 


Discussions Favouring OROP:
 
Compensation for early retirement, and a national obligation.
 
The nation needs a young Army, necessitating early recruitments and retirements. Soldiers have short careers — a jawan retires at age 35, while a civilian can work until he is 60. To make up for their shorter working lives, without lateral absorption into another government job of the same grade and status, veterans need compensation that is comparable to what a soldier of the same rank retiring today would get from the government.
 
A curtailed career results in denial of longer service at higher pay and, therefore, higher pension. Soldiers are denied the opportunity to earn more increments and promotions, as well as the benefits offered by more recent pay commissions, which significantly affects their pensions.
 
OROP can address all of this. There is also the emotional argument. Defence forces personnel give up their best years to the service of the nation and society, suffering hardships of military life — and, at the end of their service, face limited opportunities for re-employment.
 
Many defence personnel, both serving and retired, feel that their contribution to the nation and society is not adequately recognised or appreciated. Their terminal benefits bear no resemblance to the realities of life in the civilian world. A nation cannot allow its soldiers to feel that it does not care for them. OROP is essentially an obligation of the Indian nation towards its soldiers — and the price it must pay for maintaining a standing Army.
 
OROP would send a strong emotional signal to soldiers and veterans.

 

Arguments Against One Rank One Pension:

 [ All these arguments enumerated below has already been discussed threadbare with the Government  & sorted out & have been raised here just for the purpose of misleading the reader & public - Vasundhra  ]
The arguments against OROP are based on administrative, financial and legal complications in implementing the scheme.
 
In 2011, the Defence Ministry told the Koshiyari Committee that records going back further than 25 years were no longer available — a major administrative “difficulty in introducing the concept”. There are cases where soldiers who retired in the 1940s are still being paid family pensions, and it will be administrative impossible to reconcile the nearly 20 lakh cases over such a long period for OROP over any reasonable timeframe.
 
The Law Ministry told the committee that “if today’s pension and emoluments are passed automatically to somebody who retired 30 years ago, there will be inherent discrimination against terms and conditions of service which would lead to discrimination under the Constitution”.
 
 
A related aspect: people who retire in the same rank often earn different pensions because they may have served for longer periods in that rank. A Colonel who serves for 12 years in that rank will earn more pension than someone who served for 4 years as Colonel. Equating their pensions was unlikely to withstand a legal challenge. The financial argument is about the long-term cost of implementing OROP.
 
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s estimate of Rs 8,300 crore is only a one-time payout. This amount will increase substantially every time a new pay commission makes its recommendations, with all old pensioners being paid at the new rate.
 
There is also the likelihood of civilian employees, such as the Central Armed Police Forces and the state police forces, raising the demand for OROP. Finally, there are fears that civilian employees who moved to a contributory pension scheme in 2004 might demand a reversion to fixed pensions, thus unravelling the whole system. That, perhaps, is the strongest argument against setting a precedent with OROP.
 

 

HEALTH : INSOMNIA - Enjoy Sound Sleep with Ayurveda and Yoga Practice

SOURCE:
http://www.remedyspot.com/enjoy-sound-sleep-ayurveda-yoga-practice/




HEALTH : INSOMNIA -  Enjoy Sound Sleep with Ayurveda and Yoga Practice




Sleep


A mentally weak person who works less and thinks more suffers from sleeplessness. This is a very painful problem and a prolonged condition could even lead to lunacy. Those who work hard should sleep at least for seven to eight hours.

Our body is made up of small cells. They break up while doing work, walking, thinking, etc., and the body and mind become tired. This tiredness can be overcome with good sleep. Sleep is an important activity for the body. It is the food for the body and a tonic for the mind. It helps in the building up of new cells and throwing out various body disorders. Disorders or diseases occur when the body is not maintained properly. Lack of sleep makes the body tired, irritable and stressed.


Our body performs various actions during sleep. The person changes sides in sleep but the blood circulation remained unchanged. The heartbeat reduces but the digestion process is in its usual state. Liver and kidneys function properly. The body temperature also reduces by one degree during sleep.
Causes for Sleeplessness:

There are three main reasons for this problem – increased blood supply in the brain, anxiety and combination of these two leading to worry.

Natural Remedies for Sleeplessness:
The patient of insomnia wakes up late in the morning. To avoid this wake one hour before sunrise. Finish the morning chores and do Jalneti followed by morning walks.


Dip the feet in hot water for 20 minutes before going to bed. Take bath with cold water and scrub the body nicely while taking bath.


Sleep in a well-ventilated and airy room. Feel the respiration for ten minutes after lying on the bed. This will make the mind calm and give sound sleep.


Oil massage and sunbath during winters is very beneficial. Massage should include patting, friction, vibration, etc. A hot-cold fomentation on the back is very relieving. In the end, keep a cold bandage on the spine for 15 minutes.


Hot-cold fomentation on the stomach towards the liver is recommended. Place a cold bandage on the stomach at least thrice a week.


Take a spoonful of Triphala churna with hot milk or water at bedtime to overcome constipation. This is very beneficial in order to enjoy sound sleep.


Wipe the body with a thick towel at the time of taking bath. During winters, take bath with hot water followed by cold water. Take rest for 15 minutes after bath.


Give pats, pressing and vibration on the back, neck and head before going to bed.

Yogic Cure for Sound Sleep:

Practice Yoga nidra for 30 minutes daily – it overcomes nervous weakness, fatigue, mental stress, negative thoughts, high blood pressure, etc. It gives complete rest, strength, enthusiasm and happiness to the body, mind, brain and soul.
In the beginning the practitioner should do the following yogasanas to get complete benefit. Practicing Katichakrasana makes the body light and fresh. It improves the digestion process, and makes the spine flexible.


Vajrasana is the best asana for the patient of insomnia. It is a meditative posture and overcomes playfulness of the mind, digestive problems, gastric trouble, indigestion and insomnia.
Bhujangasana strengthens the nervous system; it has a positive impact on the stomach, keeps the spine flexible and helps in enjoying sound sleep.


Shalabhasana is also very beneficial for the patient of insomnia. It cures the diseases of the spine, overcomes backache and sciatica pain, and strengthens the nervous system and removes sleeplessness.


Makarasana and Pavanmuktasana should also be practiced regularly. Hastapodottanasana is also beneficial for sleeplessness.


Include Paschimottasana, Ushtrasana, Halasana, Sarvangasana, and Ardhamatysendrasana after one or two months. Do Shavasana for five to ten minutes in the end for relaxation.


Practice Kapalbhati and Nadi shodhana pranayama in the end. Brahmari pranayama is also beneficial in the case of sleeplessness. The above yogic processes have a magical and positive affect on the body, which overcomes insomnia.


Ayurvedic Diet for Sleeplessness:

Eat balanced food that is light and easily digestible. Take alkaline food items.
Take food rich in sodium, phosphorous and vitamin B. Eat plenty of fruits, milk, whole wheat flour, green vegetables, whole pulses.
Take mango, grapes, guava, orange, papaya, banana, dry fruits, raisins, figs, almonds and dates, etc. Spinach, green leafy vegetables, cucumber, green peas, bitter gourd, carrot, tomato and turnip are beneficial.
Fruit diet and milk are beneficial. Coarse meal with milk, kidney beans, sprouted gram steam cooked with onion, ginger, etc., or with butter or cream are beneficial. Also drink hot milk.
Eat less than you want to eat. Do not fill the stomach completely.


Dip the feet in water for a few minutes before sleeping. Sit with your back towards the sun for ten minutes during winters.


Do not take tea, coffee and other hot food. Take dinner at about 7 p.m.

Do not sleep in the afternoons, just lie down on both sides for five minutes each.

Control the mind and lie on your stomach for ten minutes to relax the muscles.

Avoid intake of excess fat, oil, spices in food.

Ayurvedic Medicines for Sleeplessness:
Grind poppy seeds and watermelon seed kernel separately in equal quantities and store in a clean jar. Take three grams twice daily to get sound sleep, lower blood pressure and overcome headache. This medicine can be taken for one to three months.

Those who do not enjoy sound sleep or long for it, they should eat raw onion along with their food.

Grind six grams of poppy seeds in 250 grams of water and sieve with a cloth. Add 25 grams of sugar candy and take either at 4 a.m. or 4 p.m., only once at a fixed time.

Boil one and a half grams of dry mint leaves in 200 grams of water and sieve it. Add two spoons of honey in this lukewarm mint tea and drink daily at bedtime to enjoy sound sleep. Use it for three to four months.

Dip a piece of cotton swatch in rapeseed oil and place it in the navel and tie a light bandage over it at bedtime.

Apply almond oil or myrobalan oil or brahmi oil on the scalp before going to bed to enjoy good sleep.

Grind mehndi leaves and apply on the soles to overcome sleeplessness.

Boil ten-grams of aniseeds in a cupful of water and sieve. Drink it for relief.

Mix black salt, aniseed, sugar and black pepper in curd or diluted curd and drink for relief.

Mix jaiphal in water and lick to enjoy sound sleep.

Papaya is ideal for the patient of insomnia. Eat papaya, drink its juice and cook its vegetable. Eating this overcomes sleeplessness gradually.
 
 
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