Monthly Archives: November 2010

[National Election Watch] Criminal Audit of Candidates in Bihar Election

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This is the kind of good work that is needed any democracy but especially in India.
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From: ADR India <adr@adrindia.org>
Date: 16 November 2010 8:46:34 PM ACDT
Subject: [National Election Watch] press release: 100 candidates with pending criminal cases in field for Bihar Phase 6 elections (total 748 such candidates for all phases); All affidavit information available on http://myneta.info

<For simultaneous release in Patna and New Delhi; Detailed criminal and financial records for all candidates available online at http://myneta.info>

Dear Friends,

National Election Watch has analyzed the affidavits of candidates contesting 6th phase. Please find attached the report on criminal and financial background of these candidates. If you have trouble with the attachment, the full report is available on our website http://www.adrindia.org.

Please also find attached a report with analysis of candidates for all 6 phases of elections. We have analyzed 2097 affidavits so far and have found that 36% of them, i.e. 748 candidates have pending criminal cases, most of whom have been given tickets by political parties. Please go through the attached reports for more details.

Here are the highlights for 6th  phase:

  • 100 candidates (34%) with self declared pending criminal charges contesting in the sixth phase of Bihar Assembly Elections.
  • 58 candidates out of these 100 have declared serious IPC charges like murder and attempt to murder charges against them.
  • All major parties have given tickets to candidates with pending criminal cases. RJD – 41%, JD(U) – 56%, BJP – 80%, INC – 35%, BSP – 42%, LJP – 75%.
  • 212 candidates (73%) have not declared their PAN card details.
  • Details of candidates contesting are available on www.myneta.info. Toll-free Helpline (1-800-110-440) to help voters choose honest candidates


 Here are the highlights from the report covering candidates for all phases(covering 2097 candidates):

  • 748 candidates (36%) with self declared pending criminal charges contesting Bihar Assembly Elections 2010.
  • 441 candidates out of these 748 have declared serious IPC charges like murder and attempt to murder charges against them.
  • All major parties have given tickets to candidates with pending criminal cases. RJD – 55%,        JD (U) – 54%, BJP – 65%, INC – 38%, BSP – 38%, LJP – 56%.
  • 1342 candidates (64%) have not declared their PAN card details. 

Please go through the attached press note for full details. Please contact Mr Anjesh Kumar in Patna at +91 9470651285 or our Delhi office at 011 6590 1524 for more details. 

Thanks and Regards,

Anil

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Anil Bairwal

011 6590 1524; +91-99993-10100

National Coordinator

Association for Democratic Reforms

web:  http://www.adrindia.org, http://myneta.info

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Caring for Your Introvert

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Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk? Who has to be dragged to parties and then needs the rest of the day to recuperate? Who growls or scowls or grunts or winces when accosted with pleasantries by people who are just trying to be nice?

If so, do you tell this person he is “too serious,” or ask if he is okay? Regard him as aloof, arrogant, rude? Redouble your efforts to draw him out?

If you answered yes to these questions, chances are that you have an introvert on your hands—and that you aren’t caring for him properly.

via theatlantic.com

This article explains so much about how I am. Not sure if I am a true introvert but this explains a lot of the mystery.

thestar.com iPhone : The ‘Israelification’ of airports: High security, little bother

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“Israelis, unlike Canadians and Americans, don’t take s— from anybody. When the security agency in Israel (the ISA) started to tighten security and we had to wait in line for — not for hours — but 30 or 40 minutes, all hell broke loose here. We said, ‘We’re not going to do this. You’re going to find a way that will take care of security without touching the efficiency of the airport.”

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Gujarat

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“ 87.9% of the total roads in the state are asphalt surfaced. 98.86% village connectivity with all‐weather roads, the highest in India. 100% of Gujarat’s 18,000 villages have electricity connection for 24hr power through the Jyotigram Yojana”

I do not know of any other state in India which has all weather roads and 24 hr electricity to all it’s villages. What has Gujarat done that is different? Has it been studied. 

One of the fastest growing states in India and third fastest growing city in the world in Ahmedabad with one of the best public transport systems. 

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Beautiful politics, terrible policy – $1.1bn wasted on solar power

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Mr Macintosh, deputy head of ANU’s Centre for Climate Law and Policy, told The Age yesterday the rebate had been ”beautiful politics, terrible policy”.

”I can’t see there is anything to be gained continuing to subsidise rooftop solar PV [photovoltaics] in areas where households have easy access to the energy grid,” he said.

The program, started in 2000 with lower rebates, offered households an $8000 rebate to install solar panels on their roofs. In total, the government spent $1.1 billion installing 107,000 rooftop solar panels.

In June last year the Rudd government cancelled the program with less than 24 hours notice after surging demand rendered the scheme financially unsustainable. A less generous solar credits program has since replaced the rebate.

The report did not make any conclusion on the merits of the new scheme, or existing state-based solar programs.

By using documents obtained from the federal Environment Department, the researchers found 66 per cent of the solar systems installed under the program were on homes in suburbs with at least a ”medium-high” socio-economic status.

All solar panel systems installed under the program combined reduced Australia’s emissions by just 0.015 per cent, and cost up to $301 per tonne of carbon saved – hundreds more than the cost of emissions reductions with a carbon price.

In other findings, Mr Macintosh and Ms Wilkinson say while the program drove a six-fold increase in the generation capacity of rooftop solar panels, the technology still generates only 0.1 per cent of electricity output in Australia.

via smh.com.au