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| Posted By: Prabhat Sinha Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 507 | Importance of discussion on MB of Bihartimes I strongly feel that educatiing others on very important BUT not so common urban middle class issues is very crucial. This should be done in simple, interesting AND relevant terms. Integration of urban middle class with larger rural population is must. It is sad that the dominating, vocal and opinion forming urban middle class is very IGNORANT about the needs of much larger sections of population of the country. This powerful urban middle class is seen as a selfish group BUT I attribute it to it's IGNORANCE of real issue which ultimately affect all. One example can help to put the point across: Once I was in Nawadah town (my home town) during a crucial cricket match between India and Pakistan. The track record of local Electricity board for supplying continuous electricity was/is very poor. But since local town youth with contacts in administration (urban middle class, at least in outlook and mentality) were desperate to watch the match, they put enough pressure on the Electricity Board personnel to supply almost continuous power on that very day. It highlights the dominance and power of urban middle class. With market economy, this idominance and power is growing and this class is getting highest attention of any govt. center or state. If this calss gets integrated with rest of population, it can do wonder. |
| Posted By: Prabhat Sinha Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 518 | Land Reform I : A world phenomeon The term Land Reform is "wrongly" viewed as a local/communist/socialist phenomenon. Is it a goal or a means to achieve a larger goal? What is this? Why a Bihari talks about it and a Punjabi has not even heard of it ? Yet Punjab has witnessed "Green Revolution" !! But again West Bengal has also seen impressive agricutural success thanks to effective implementation of Land Reforms. I think it is very very crucial to debate/discuss Land reforms and thus in this process learn and educate us "educated" Biharis. It is an opportunity when we can know the real issues concerning Bihar and then relevant solutions can be "demanded" by propagating the awareness among Biharis all over the world. This way Information Technology can work in the best of Bihar :- Increasing awareness of "educated" and "development-desperate" Biharis. Remember, election is over. We don't need to do voting daily. We seriously need to know what we need in next five years and NOT just what politicians need. --------------------------------- Land reform (also agrarian reform) is the government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of i.e. transfer of ownership of (or tenure in) agricultural land. The term most often refers to transfer from ownership by a relatively small number of wealthy owners with extensive land holdings (e.g. plantations, large ranches, or agribusiness plots) to individual or collective ownership by those who work the land. History : In the modern world and in the aftermath of colonialism and the Industrial Revolution, land reform has occurred around the world, from the Mexican revolution (1917) to Communist China to Bolivia (1952) to Zimbabwe and Namibia. Land reform has been especially popular as part of decolonization struggles in Africa and the Arab world, where it was part of the program for African socialism and Arab socialism. Cuba has seen one of the most complete agrarian reforms in Latin America. Land reform was an important step in achieving economic development in many Third World countries since the post-World War II period, especially in the East Asian Tigers and "Tiger Cubs" nations such as Taiwan, South Korea, and Malaysia. ------------------- Hope others will join the discussion. Jai Bihar |
| Posted By: SKS Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 560 | Looking for business opportunities in Bihar Visit Bihar Department of industry website http://doibihar.org/ |
| Posted By: SKS Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 528 | Bihar Govt on the Web Official Bihar Govt Web Site http://bihar.nic.in You can get a lot of info from this site. Looking for Governor/MLA/MP/DM/SP etc you will on this site. |
| Posted By: SKS Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 522 | National Park in Bihar Valmiki National Park Place: Valmiki Nagar, West Champaran district, Bihar Nearest town: Bettiah ( 80km) Main Attraction: Tiger Best time: Between October and June Where to stay There are a number of rest houses of the Irrigation Department available for stay. How to get there Air: The nearest airport is at Patna at a distance of 295km. Rail: The nearest rail head Valmiki Nagar is 5km from the park. Road : There are bus services from Valmiki Nagar to Bettiah ( 80km) the nearest town. Contact Dy. Conservator of Forests, Champaran Forest Division, P.O.Betia, Distt. Champaran Bihar |
| Posted By: SKS Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 516 | Tourist Information Centre in Bihar Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation Tourist Bhawan, Beer Chand Patel Path Patna 800001 Phone: 222622, 225411,226721 Fax: 0612-236218 Department of Tourism, Government of Bihar, 9-D, Hutment, Main Secretariat, Patna-800015. Telefax: 0612-224531. Bihar Tourist Information Centre, Nilkanth Bhawan, F Block, IInd Floor, 26/B Camac Street, Kolkata Phone: 033- 2440821 Bihar State Tourist Information Centre, 216 Kanishka Shopping Plaza, 19, Ashoka Road, New Delhi 110 001. Phone: 011-3368371,3723371,3324422 |
| Posted By: Anand Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 536 | Kiss a Hindu? Kiss a Hindu? Just Imagine. Islamists Did, With Outrage. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/international/asia/27pakistan.html |
| Posted By: SKS Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 535 | Land Reform If you are inerested in reading. http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_1997/july/article3.htm http://www.indiatogether.org/2004/jan/vup-bhoodan.htm Regards Sanjay |
| Posted By: SKS Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 536 | Fact File - Bihar Since baddies are out of this forum I am back again. Here are some fact about Bihar for you GK updates. Population: 82.88 million (2001) Area: 94,181 sq.km. Density: 880/sq. km. Electorate: 49.6 m (2004) Sex Ratio: 921 Child Sex Ratio: 938 Literacy: 48% Infant Mortality: 67/1000 Lok Sabha MPs: 40 Rajya Sabha MPs: 16 |
| Posted By: Anand Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 518 | Hindalcos Rs 7,800 cr plan for Jharkhand This is not fair, it shud come to Bihar. We shud tell Aditya Birla Jee. |
| Posted By: Anand Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 519 | Visa denial to Modi a blunder: US thinktanks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1062133.cms New US report says India's human records are very poor. That may mean they can disprove visa to any political figure on this ground. |
| Posted By: Manoj Kumar Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 537 | WB IS ABBREVIATION FOR WORLD BANK NOT WEST BENGAL "After years of being dismissed as a viable option in rural development strategy, over the past five years the World Bank has shown a new openness to redistributive land reform. The formula of reform being promoted by the Bank is referred to as market-friendly land reform, or in a more recent and innocuous formulation negotiated reform (Deininger, 1999" WB IS ABBREVIATION FOR WORLD BANK NOT WEST BENGAL |
| Posted By: Bihari Babu Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 525 | Land Reform? This is the 21st century Stealing land from farmers and redistributing it may make you feel good, Mr. Communista Pig, but how is this hairbrained strategy going to create good jobs and living standards for people in the 21st century? India's cities - even Bihari cities - are all growing rapidly as thousands of poor farmers arrive each day to find employment. The fact is that we have too many people living in the rural areas in India. Too many people trying to make a living out of little land and little agricultural produce. Hell, people knew this back in the 1800's. Now it's the 21st century and you still don't get it. India needs policies that will create private sector employment in cities and towns. More people farming is the last thing India needs. Further communist schemes like land reforms will result in nothing but economic suicide, with every man farming a smaller and smaller bit of land, struggling more and more to grow enough crops to feed himself and his family. |
| Posted By: Manoj Kumar Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 524 | Land Reform&productivity in agrarian sector Start talking about Land Reform and see unease on the face of your friends and colleagues. If they have given you some benefit of doubt now they can make judgment about you beyond any reasonable doubt. And you all know what their judgment will be. Well, land reform is an old socialist agenda related to a kind of state socialism and distributive justice. But whether land reform measures have anything to do with the growth potential and productivity in agrarian sector? The answer of an old socialist economist will certainly be affirmative. Even economist like Amartya Sen from the field of 'development Economics' will agree to a great extent. But the news is- "After years of being dismissed as a viable option in rural development strategy, over the past five years the World Bank has shown a new openness to redistributive land reform. The formula of reform being promoted by the Bank is referred to as market-friendly land reform, or in a more recent and innocuous formulation negotiated reform (Deininger, 1999). The revival of interest comes on the heels of new econometric work, which has validated what many have long concluded to be the case redistributive land reforms can have a positive impact on both agricultural productivity and rural incomes. . This change in tide within the World Bank offers both opportunities and some new dangers to those who would advocate redistributive reform as part of a comprehensive development strategy in Asia." (Dr. James Putzel*, LAND REFORMS IN ASIA: LESSONS FROM THE PAST FOR THE 21st CENTURY^--- http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/DESTIN/pdf/WP04.pdf ) Who is Dr. James Putzel and why I am quoting from his paper? Well, Putzel is an economist from London School of Economics who has research experience in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Putzel has also worked on the political economy of agrarian reform and is an expert on the government, history and economy of the Philippines. We have heard many times about the Asian Tigers (East Asian Countries) and their economy. In early days of privatization by Manmohan Singh we wanted to emulate the example of these countries. After the great crash in share market, privatization lobby somehow toned down their pitch. Anyway Putzel argues that if these economies have taken a big leap in 70s then ground had been prepared for them through various agrarian reform measures including Land reform. So what I want to underline by quoting from Putzel that 1) Land Reform is not particularly an old socialist Agenda. 2) Is there any lesson for Bihar in Land Reform measures taken in East Asian Countries and what kind of prescription World Bank is perusing vis-à-vis Land Reform for developing economy? Putzel says-" THE ECONOMIC CASE IN FAVOUR OF REDISTRIBUTIVE REFORM IS TODAY ALMOST IRONCLAD AND RECENT ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES HAVE CONFIRMED WHAT OLDER COUNTRY, CROSSCOUNTRY AND VILLAGE LEVEL STUDIES HAD DISCOVERED LONG AGO. IN SITUATIONS OF CAPITAL SCARCITY AND LABOUR SURPLUS THERE IS AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SIZE OF FARM AND THE PRODUCTIVITY OF LAND AND LABOUR IN AGRICULTURE." And talking about specific case of Philipinnes he says- " An enduring problem in making full use of agricultural lands has been the persistence of widespread absentee ownership of small plots of land by city dwellers. There seem to be very few urban middle class families that do not retain ownership of a small amount of land somewhere in the provinces as a kind of retirement security. This issue has been ignored entirely by successive administrations, no doubt for political reasons - the fear of a middle class backlash. Clearly, any attempt to put this land into the hands of those who would use it most productively (whether for agricultural, housing or other purposes) would require a two-pronged approach: (1) on the one hand, the consolidation of a more sound financial system in the country to provide attractive and secure retirement investment opportunities which could serve as a desirable alternative to absentee land ownership; and (2) a proper inventory of landownership. It may be the case that the government does not have the means to enforce fairly a progressive land tax at this time. But if it is ever to do so in the future it will need to possess accurate information on land ownership." And finally- " Agrarian reform today must be conducive to promoting investment in agriculture, as I argue below. This may mean working in partnership with agribusiness in some cases, or at least recognising the potential of commercial agriculture, while promoting social justice and an improvement in the condition of ordinary rural people - farmworkers and the landless rural poor" I'll request all concerned person to follow the link and read the article. - http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/DESTIN/pdf/WP04.pdf |
| Posted By: Jai Bihar Posted On: Mar 30, 2005 Views: 513 | Step mother Congress chief Sonia Gandhi unveiling a Rs 129-crore rural electrification package for Rae Bareli today. That is great. But she shud do the same for thousands of Bihar villages too. She is not a leader of Rae Bareli only. |
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