Demonitisation Myths Busted - A set clarifications on Myths people are spreading

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Is it time to change the GAME PLAN??? for Bhartiya Janta Party!!!

It is a very intersting time for the Bhartiya Janta Party and National Democratic Alliance, at the center they are enjoying a great majority, but the euphoria is dampened the moment you look at the Upper House (Rajya Sabha). In the Upper house BJP led NDA falls short of the half way mark by a great extent. But a lot is about to happen in coming months and it will define the fate of NDA in the Rajya Sabha (RS). With state elections looming in 5 states by June and more to come later, the NDA might be able to turn tables here by December of 2016.



The election commission ha already declared the dates of elections in 5 (see table below) states and the political parties have started to work overtime to please people. We saw a glimpse of it just before the India versus Pakistan world cup T20 match, the West Benagl Chief Minister, Mamta Benarjee by calling upon film stars like Amitabh Bacchchan on one hand and calling upon Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim and others on the other side. Is the facilitation of Pakistani players a stunt to lure a certain set of voters!!! Hmmmm.... that only time will tell.

S.NO.	HOUSE/STATE	FROM	TO	ASSEMBLY SEAT
1.	TAMIL NADU	23.05.2011	22.05.2016	234
2.	WEST BENGAL	30.05.2011	29.05.2016	294
3.	KERALA	01.06.2011	31.05.2016	140
4.	PUDUCHERRY	03.06.2011	02.06.2016	30
5.	ASSAM	06.06.2011	05.06.2016	126

Now coming back to BJP/NDA, recently there seems to be a change in how Mr. Modi, is giving out his election campaign speeches. Be it talking about reservations and praising Mr. Ambedkar, or stopping his speech mid-way for the azaan (the mosque call for the prayer).

Finally it seems BJP has realised that state elections are very different from central elections, it is primarily because in states people have different problems and thus seek different kinds of solutions and have a different expectation of a leader. Although every one knows that the government can not do anything with majority in Lok Sabha only, but still when it comes to state elections people forget all about the Rajya Sabha, and vote based on local issues and contingencies only.

The BJP seems to have realised this and thus it seems Mr. Modi has suddenly become sensitive of local issues. They just need to go a step further and start promoting local leaders who should be on the forefront and not the national leadership alone.

Time will only tell what is store for the BJP in the upcoming state elections, but as a nation these elections will define the way the nation will move ahead going forward.

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Around 7,00,00,000 Bihar voters to decide the next Chief Minister in 5 phases starting October 12

09-Sep-2015||InPoMo Team || The latest electoral battleground is all set and ready to go to war of votes. More then 6.68 Crore voters of Bihar would cast their votes in a election divided in 5 phases starting from the 12th of October; as announced by the Election Commission of India today.

image courtesy: PTI

The 5 phased elections would be marked with a major set of festivities along with the political drama. Noting the same the Election Commissioner Mr. Nasim Zaidi said, that election commission will ensure communal peace and harmony during the period. The festivities during the period would also witness the Chatt Pujan, along with Diwali, Moharram, Dusshera etc.

First phase would see 49 seats going to poll, wit second phase having 32 seats, third phase with 50 seats, fourth phase with 55 seats and final phase will have 57 constituencies going to polls. Out of the total 243 constituencies, the election commission has identified 47 as naxal affected and as per the election commissioner, more than adequate security arrangements have been made to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in all areas of the state.

Bihar is looking at a different political dynamics post the Lok Sabha elections, Bhartiya Janta Party had a great show in the state for the national elections, even after Mr. Nitish Kumar a 17 year old ally of NDA, walked out of the alliance. But the situation is very different now, the opposition seems to have left all the old issues behind and come together the behemoth called BJP. Mr. Manjhi, the ex-CM of the sate has formed his own party and has allied with the BJP, but it seems that they have issue in seat sharing arrangement with Mr. Paswan and BJP.

The political drama of bihar is all set to heat up in the coming days, where the fight seems to be between Alliance of Nitish, Lalu and Sonia (Where congress is looks like the smallest share holder) and the NDA.

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Congress runs out of Tricks.... Decides to boycott the Prime Minister

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It seems business is not running as usual for the Congress party at least; after losing to BJP in the national elections; Congress seems to have run out of tricks in their bag of political wits. All along they have tried to mock the BJP led NDA's "acche din aane waale hai" "Good days are about to come" slogan, coined by Mr. Modi, who is now the Prime Minister. The tricks have led to further deterioration in Congress's position it seems, Congress tried to cement themselves, when finally Mr. Rahul Gandhi woke up in the parliament and created disruptions without any concrete reasons. They even tried playing the communal card against the BJP, but all in vain.

They finally understood that nothing much can be done, at least for now and they will have to bite the bullet and stay silent for a while. Mr. Modi's speech on 15th of August, came as a further blow and a few Congress veterans also praised the same, Mr. Jairam Ramesh, posted on his website that, "I have been saying that making India open defecation free should be a national junoon, a national obsession. When I was Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, we had launched the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan and now Mr. Modi is taking that forward with his Swachh Bharat Mission"

Finally it seems Congress has found a way to avoid the Prime Minister in public at large, after the incident in Haryana where Mr. Modi and Mr. Hooda (CM of Haryana) were sharing the dais, the public that was cheering for Mr. Modi wooed Mr. Hooda and the same was taken very well by the Congress Party, instead of doing an analysis of why such a thing took place they decided to boycott Mr. Modi during state functions, by asking Congress Chief Ministers not to share dais with Mr. Narendra Modi.


Congress seems to have forgotten that, Mr. Modi is not a mere Politician but the representative of 1/6th population of the world, that he has been elected  by a democratic process and not by force or anything. By boycotting the Prime Minister isn't the Congress sidelining the democratic process that was mainly constituted by the founders of the Congress itself. The congress party needs to understand that as a nation to grow all states need to work in unison and not in seclusion.

Here it seems like a repeat of the history at the end of Congress, when NDA came into power under Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he started a program where all state CM's were to meet on a common forum and discuss the growth agenda for the nation. I remember reading about the same and a lot of Congress chief ministers also welcomed the idea, but after the first meeting Congress CM's were instructed not to attend any such forum held by the than Prime Minister Mr. A B Vajpayee. A Congress CM was quoted in the a prominent current affairs magazine on condition of anonymity that, "Madam Ji has instructed us not to attend the meetings any more"

It seems that the Congress party does not want India to come out of the loop of Political Agendas which only revolve around Roti, Kapda aur Makan (Food, Clothing and housing); as people of the nation we need to analyse what is happening and what is right or wrong, it is us the people of the nation who can bring about the change, a few steps in the right direction can result in tremendous growth. As people we need to ask our politicians to give up on party based differences and work towards a common goal of a developed India, a India which will shine bright, India whose future generations will be free from the tag of a developing nation and an India which will be united at every front when it comes to national integration....

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The Bihar Saga... The quest of power can brings together the all time rivals Lalu and Nitish in Bihar...

                                                                 Image Courtsey HTMedia

The story of Bihar began with Nitish Kumar's ambitions of being the Prime Minister wannabe, which he has laughed off more often than not. Nitish Kumar came out in the open when the voices to name Narendra Modi (Current PM) as the prime ministerial candidate started gaining momentum, what unfolded next was a slew of attacks on Mr. Modi and his brand of politics. Nitish Kumar always considered Bihar as his strong hold, just like Mayawati thought about Uttar Pradesh. But the story of what happened in the elections is out there for everyone to see and believe and the biggest beneficiary in the process came out to be Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan.

But this article is not about what happened and why it happened, but about what does Bihar have in store next, the political scenario of Bihar has undergone a tremendous change, once storng Janta Dal (United) headed by Mr. Nitish Kumar, was seen lost in the Modi wave that had engulfed the nation. Something changed all of a sudden and Mr. Kumar realised that he is at the verge of losing his strong hold if corrective measures are not taken. A lot of drama followed regarding him resigning etc.

But now it seems Mr. Kumar, seems to have found solace in the lap of his elder brother Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav, this is the same person against whom Mr. Kumar united with BJP (Bhartiya Janta Party) with the agenda of ending the Jungle Raj, that was prevalent under Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav's rule. But when hit hard by reality both of them have realised that if they want to survive the onslaught of BJP, they have to come upfront and stop cutting into each-others vote bank. The Congress has also decided to stick to both of them as they do not have a strong face in Bihar anyhow. The real strength of the alliance between JDU and RJD, is going to be put to test soon in the by-elections, to held for the 10 seats in the state on the 21st of August.

The shift from bitter rivalry to the sweet friendship, the overall theme of the alliance seems to be one dimensional, that of defending their ground against the BJP. Mr. Kumar and Mr. Yadav also have doled out the same advice to Ku. Mayawati and Shri Mulayam Singh, to unite against BJP in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The overall scenario seems to be one where the third front seems to be aligning with the Congress party in order to fight against the BJP bandwagon across the country, whereby all the non NDA parties seem to be clubbing together, in a hope to form a formidable face against the BJP led NDA.

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Live Coverage of Arun Jaitley's Super Budget 2014

01:20 PM : Mr. Jaitley end his budget speech....

01:10 PM

"These are healthy measures" Jaitley
- Increase on excise on cigarettes, Panmasala and tobacco related products
- 5% additional duty on sugar containing aerated drinks (Read Pepsi and cocacola drinks) 

01:00 PM

Basic custom duty on LED panel below 19 inch made nil: Jaitley
Soaps and oils to become cheaper with decrease in duty on Palm oils

12:59 PM

Export duty on Bauxite increased from 10% to 20%
Food Processing excise duty reduced from 10% to 6% in order to facilitate a better environment for food processing 

12:50 PM

60 more 'Ayakar Sewa Kendras' to be set up.

12:49 PM

Housing loan rebate to raised from 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh: Jaitley

12:48 PM

Govt to provide investment allowance at 15% for 3 years to manufacturing company which invest more than Rs 25 crore in plant and machinery.

12:46 PM

Young Leaders Programme to be set up with Rs 100 crore.

12:46 pm: Propose to increase investment limit under Section 80C from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.5 lakh: FM.
12:46 pm: Tax exemption limit for senior citizens changed from Rs.2.5 lakh to Rs.3 lakh: FM.

12:45 pm: Tax exemption limit for small and marginal, and senior tax payers changed from Rs.2 to Rs.2.5 lakh: FM.

12:44 pm: Do not propose to make any changes in tax rate: FM.

12:43 pm: Impact of tax changes have been factored: Arun Jaitley.

12:42 pm: I propose to give some relief to taxpayers and some sectors of the economy: Arun Jaitley.

12:41 pm: Had to encounter challenge of extremely limited fiscal space in deciding tax policy: FM.

12:40 pm: I propose Rs.200 crore for power reforms, and Rs.500 crore for water reforms in Delhi: Arun Jaitley.

12:35 PM

Rs 100 crore for training of sportspersons for upcoming Asian Games.

12:34 PM

Sports university to be set up in Manipur, Rs 100 to be provided for this.

12:32 PM

Biotech clusters to be set up in Bangalore and Faridabad.

12:32 PM

Meanwhile, Sensex has declined over 300 points in late morning trade.

12:31 PM

An NRI fund for conservation of river Ganga to be set up.

12:31 PM

World class convention facilities to be developed through PPP mode.

12:31 PM

FM announces 'Namami Ganga', an integrated Ganga Development Project; Rs 2037 crore set aside for this.

12:30 PM

Annual PPF ceiling to be raised to Rs 1.5 lakh, from Rs 1 lakh.

12:30 PM

Hope to implement Goods and Service Tax this year: Jaitley

12:28 PM

Rs 2.29 lakh crore allocated for defence sector.

12:27 PM

Rs 1,000 crore for 'one rank, one pension' scheme.

12:27 PM

War memorial to be set up along with a war museum; Rs 100 crore set aside for this.

12:26 PM

A War Memorial to be constucted in Princess Park: FM

12:23 PM

RBI will create framework for licences of small banks: FM

12:22 PM

There should be at least 2 bank accounts in each household: FM

12:22 PM

Govt to provide all households with banking facilities to empower the weaker sections.

12:20 PM

Bank to be encouraged to give long term funds and loans to infrastructure sector.

12:19 PM

Uniform KYC across the finance sector.

12:18 PM

Rs 3600cr set aside for National Rural Drinking Water: FM

12:16 PM

Retrospective tax amendment to be undertaken with extreme caution, Jaitley says

12:16 PM

Financial sector is at the heart of the growth engine, Jaitley says.

12:15 PM

Revision of rate of royalty on minerals to be taken up on request from the states.

12:15 PM

Ultra modern solar power plants to be set up.

12:13 PM

In order to complete gas grid, 15000km of additional pipeline to be developed through PPP mode.

12:12 PM

New and renewable energy deserves high priority; ultra modern power projects to be taken up in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Ladakh with Rs 500 crore.

12:12 PM

Impasse in coal sector will be resolved: FM

12:11 PM

'Jal Marg Vikas' project on river Ganga

Rs 4200 crore set aside for 'Jal Marg Vikas' project on river Ganga connecting Allahabad to Haldia, over a distance of 1620km.

12:09 PM

New airports to be developed through PPP mode in tier-II and tier-III cities.

12:09 PM

16 new ports to be set up. Rs 11,000 crore to be allocated for this.

12:08 PM

Rs 200 crore allocated for 6 more textile clusters in Rae Bareily, Lucknow, Surat and Bhagalpur.

12:07 PM

Slum development to be included in Corporate Social Responsibility activities.

12:06 PM

Trade facilitation centre to promote handloom work in Varanasi.

12:06 PM

India has emerged as the largest PPP market in the world.

12:05 PM

BJP MPs taunt to Cong MPs: Learn to listen now.

12:04 PM

6 more textile clusters to be set up: FM

12:03 PM

Govt to take effective steps to revive SEZs: FM

12:03 PM

Rs 100 crore set aside for Kisan Television to provide real time information on various farming and agriculture issues.

12:01 PM

Gvot to set up Industrial Smart Cities in 7 cities.

11:59 AM

Jaitley is reading his Budget speech sitting down.

11:59 AM

Jaitley asked to sit and speak by the Speaker, after he complains of shortness of breath.

11:56 AM

Govt will initiate scheme to provide a soil health card; Rs 100 cr set aside for this. Rs 56 crore for soil testing labs across the country.

11:54 AM

Govt to provide finance to 5 lakh landless farmers through NABARD: FM

11:46 AM

House adjourned for 5 minutes by the speaker. A first of a kind move as asked by Jaitley

11:44 AM

Rs 100 crore for modernisation of madrasas: FM

11:43 AM

Development of Metro rails in PPP mode; Rs 100 crore set aside for Metro scheme in Ahmedabad and Lucknow.

11:43 AM

FTII Pune, SRFTI Kolkata will be accorded the status of institute of national importance, says Jaitley.

11:42 AM

Lok Nayak National Centre for higher education.

Rs. 4000 cr. to be set aside for low cost housing projects

11:41 AM

Madam Mohan Malviya scheme for teacher training.

11:41 AM

Rs 500 crore for digital India programme to ensure broadband connectivity at village level, transparency in governance.

11:36 AM

5 more IITs to be established

5 new IIMs to be established

New AIIMS in Andhra, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Purvanchal: FM

11:35 AM

FM: Rs 3600 crore set aside for National Rural Drinking Water.

11:34 AM

Govt to set up 4 more AIIMS: Jaitley This will be followed by 12 new Govt. Medical colleges after discussion with states.

Going Forward further more AIIMS would be added to all the states

11:33 AM

Meanwhile, the Sensex is down more than 150 points. (Reuters)

11:32 AM

Crisis Management Centre for women at Delhi, money to be provided from Nirbhaya fund: FM

11:31 AM

Jaitley announces 'Beti padhao, beti badhao yojana', sets aside Rs 100 crore for this.

11:29 AM

Jaitley announces schemes for disabled persons in the country.

11:29 AM

EPFO will launch a unified account scheme for portability of Provident Fund accounts: FM

11:28 AM

A large number of money lying unused in postal schemes etc. Propose to set up a committee to examine how this can be utilised: Jaitley

11:28 AM

15 new Brail presses to be established and revival of 10 existing announced.

11:28 AM

The govt is notifying Rs 1000 pension per subscriber of EP scheme. Rs 50 crores being set aside for this: FM

11:28 AM

The govt is notifying Rs 1000 pension per subscriber of EP scheme. Rs 50 crores being set aside for this: FM

11:28 am: Rs.50,548 crore proposed for SC development: Jaitley.

11:27 am: Rs.200 crore set aside to support Gujarat govt in the Sardar Patel statue installtion: Jaitley.

11:26 am: Govt committed to providing 24/7 power supply to all homes: Jaitley.

11:25 am: Total sanitation goals to be achieved by 2019: Jaitley.

11:27 AM

Rs 200 crore set aside to support Gujarat govt in the Sardar Patel statue installtion: Jaitley

11:25 AM

Arun Jaitley: Rs 500 crore for Deen Dayal Upadhyay rural electrification programme

'Pradhanantri Krishi Sichayin Yojana' to be started for irrigation: Jaitley

A national multiscale programme called Skill India to be introduced to provide training and support for employment

Visa rationalisation : In order to give major boost to tourism, E-visas would be introduced at 9 airports. This will facilitate visas on arrival

11:25 AM

Government intends to cover every household in the country by 2019: Jaitley on sanitation

11:25 AM

Total sanitation goals to be achieved by 2019: FM

11:24 AM

Govt committed to providing 24/7 power supply to all homes: Jaitley

11:24 AM

Meanwhile, Nifty is unchanged, trading 0.2% higher. (Reuters)

11:23 AM

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichayin Yojana to be started for irrigation: FM

11:22 AM

We look forward to lower inflation, FM says

11:24 AM

Meanwhile, Nifty is unchanged, trading 0.2% higher. (Reuters)

As large number of people migrate to cities, unless new cities are developed the present would become unliveable: Jaitley.

We will examine proposal to give additional autonomy to banks and make them more responsible: Jaitley.

Financial stability is the foundation of our recovery: Jaitley.

FM proposes measures to encourage development of smart cities: Jaitley.

India is the largest buyer of defence equipment: Jaitley.

India needs boost in manufacturing sector: Jaitley.

FDI is several sectors provides additional resources: Jaitley.

Transfer pricing is major area for litigation; proposes changes in transfer pricing regulation.

11:23 AM

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichayin Yojana to be started for irrigation: FM

11:22 AM

We look forward to lower inflation, FM says

11:22 AM

Skill India programme to provide training and support for employment to be introduced: FM

Rs. 7060 Cr. allocated for City development of 100 cities

As large number of people migrate to cities, unless new cities are developed the present would become unliveable: Jaitley.

We will examine proposal to give additional autonomy to banks and make them more responsible: Jaitley.

Financial stability is the foundation of our recovery: Jaitley.

FM proposes measures to encourage development of smart cities: Jaitley.

India is the largest buyer of defence equipment: Jaitley.

India needs boost in manufacturing sector: Jaitley.

FDI is several sectors provides additional resources: Jaitley.
    
Transfer pricing is major area for litigation; proposes changes in transfer pricing regulation.

11:20 AM

I propose Rs 7060 crores for the development of 100 smart cities: Jaitley

11:19 AM

eE-Visas to be introduced at 9 airports: FM

11:19 AM

We will examine proposal to give additional autonomy to banks and make them more responsible: FM

11:18 AM

PSUs to play their role constructively: FM

11:17 AM

Jaitley proposes measures to encourage development of smart cities

I propose to strengthen authority for advance ruling in tax: Jaitley

11:16 AM

FM announces FDI in defence up from 26 to 49 % with Indian management and control

11:15 AM

This govt will not ordinarily change policies retrospectively which creates a fresh liability: Jaitley.

GST will streamline tax administration and result in higher tax collection for center and states: Jaitley.

A new urea policy would be formulated: Jaitley.

We have no option but to take some bold steps to spurt economy; these are only the first steps and are directional: Jaitley.

India is an extensive buyer of defence equipment: FM

11:15 AM

India needs a boost for job creation: FM

11:14 AM

I propose to strengthen authority for advance ruling in tax: FM

11:14 AM

Goods and Services tax wait should come to end: FM

11:13 AM

We wish to provide an investment friendly taxation system: Arun Jaitley

11:13 AM

Aim to achieve 7-8% economic growth rate in next 3-4 years: FM

11:12 AM

No changes in taxes retrospectively, Jaitley says

11:12 AM

Assures that Union govt will be fair in dealing with states: FM

11:11 AM

We have no option but to take some bold steps to spurt economy; these are only the first steps and are directional, FM says

11:10 AM

Govt to form an xpenditure management commission: FM

11:09 AM

Target of 4.1% fiscal burden is daunting: FM

11:07 AM

The task before me today is very challenging; need to revive growth in manufacturing sector: FM

11:06 AM

We need to introduce fiscal prudence: Arun Jaitley

11:06 AM

Should we be victims of populism? Arun Jaitley asks

11:05 AM

We have to ensure that anti-poverty measures are well-targeted: FM

11:05 AM

There are green shoots of recovery in the global economy: FM

11:04 AM

We look forward to lower inflation, FM says

11:03 AM

People have voted for a change. India desires to grow: FM

11:01 AM

Madam speaker, I rise to present the Union Budget for 2104-15: FM

11:01 AM

Finance minister Arun Jaitley begins Union Budget presentation.

10:56 AM

"I think the same approach will be taken in Union Budget as the Rail Budget"

-Jay Panda, BJD MP

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