The only Winners...

The list of MLA's and their details.

With wonder we can look at just the declared assets, and imagine how much more in "binami" names/accounts!

A rich state indeed and the Gods in God's Own country have indeed been very benevolent to the poor people serving leaders.

The Congress Party and the rest..

and this contains the richest of the whole lot....

The Muslim League

The Communist Party

The privileged citizens...

These two news headlines explains much.

1. MLAs' assets grow more than all other investments in India

According to analysis of affidavits done by the Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch, the percentage rise in assets of re-contesting MPs in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections was 289%. In the recent assembly elections, ADR's comparisons based on assets of 337 re-contesting candidates from four states and one Union territory indicated an average increase of 71% to 195%. This is the increase recorded in the MLAs asset compared to the declaration in previous election.

Tamil Nadu topped the list with its 97 re-contesting MLAs having almost tripled their assets in the past five years, an increase of 195%. Assam was just a little behind with the average increase being 187% and Kerala another step back at 175%. Puducherry with an average of 136% growth in assets and West Bengal with 71% brought up the rear.

Article copied from IIK - Read more at http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=10840&SECTION=0#ixzz1MnN39E4q

The above is from the declared assets while one is still in the dark about those stashed abroad. And then we also have those on the "privileged" list who live on these elected representatives.

Do have a check on your MLA/MP and maybe you can keep a track of his/her "development" before the next election is due. The following site can help you in this.

http://myneta.info/


2. 59% of PDS grains do not reach households: World Bank



Despite India spending over two per cent of GDP in social protection schemes, returns in terms of poverty reduction are yet to reach full potential, a World Bank report has said, pointing to "high leakages" in PDS and "uneven implementation" of MNREGA across states.

According to the report "Social Protection for a Changing India", the effect of PDS on poverty reduction is low due to "high leakages to non-poor" and weak administrative features.



The following are excerpts from Global Monitoring Report 2011 by the World Bank:

Service delivery often fails the poor

A recent study reports results from surveys in which enumerators made unannounced visits to primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru, and Uganda. They recorded whether they found teachers and health workers in the facilities.On average, about 19 percent of teachers and 35 percent of health workers were absent, and many teachers and health workers in their facilities were not working. Across Indian government-run schools, only 45 percent of teachers assigned to a school were engaged in teaching at any given time.

In India, even though most children of primary-school age were enrolled in school, 35 percent of them could not read a simple paragraph and 41 percent could not do a simple subtraction.

Another dimension of information for accountability, tested in two studies in India,yielded mixed results. In both studies, villagers were provided with information about their rights and responsibilities for education, provision and oversight. One part of the country showed no impact from providing information alone, and a different part of the country showed some impact on student learning through improved service provision by teachers. It seems clear that, although providing information for accountability to citizens may be important, it is ineffective to simply give communities information on school quality without also increasing their ability to take action.

The following shows the estimates of poverty reduction on a poverty line of $1.25 and $2.00 a day, by region:

Swami Vivekananda.. we continue to uphold your words...

'I have wandered into a lunatic asylum!' said Swami Vivekananda while in Kerala.

And more than 100 years have passed, yet Keralites continue to prove him right. Looking at the way the nail biting election results played out and the ensuing dramas before and after the election can one say that caste/community/religious based feelings have all been dumped?

Will the present CM voluntary select a mental hospital to recuperate / escape lunatic Kerala?

As a woman, I continue to wonder how Kunjhalikutty managed to get such a thumping victory. As for PJ Joseph, he has been hopping from party to another very easily and barely managed to escape the sexual allegation against him. The mullahs and the priests have indeed done a great job!

How did one of the best ministers in the earlier government N K Premachandran lose?

Politicians and religious heads have made Kerala into a land of minorities and we have minorities even among the majority! Each party keeps evolving after every election and fine tunes their means to keep this trend running.

Should I not admit myself into a lunatic asylum if I ever hope for good governance in Kerala?

For further enlightment:


http://maddy06.blogspot.com/2007/09/vivekanadas-lunatic-kerala.html
http://www.hvk.org/articles/1105/52.html
http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/12/stories/2009051261710100.htm
http://www.minister-irrigation.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26
http://www.dailypioneer.com/336305/Left-reacts-wildly-to-NSS-criticism-against-VS.html
http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/30flip.htm

For another 5 years...

This election did in the end turn out to be exciting! At least it beat every analyst’s prediction and the voters have yet again proved that they have a mind of their own. Woo them, bribe them, threaten them and even shame them but in the end they will patiently wait to let the ink be stamped upon their fingers.

I am happy how it turned out in my own state Kerala. The arrogant leaders may now please listen to their CM or else the voters will never ever give you victory. Sure the money is there but without power how sweet can it be?

Yes, the voters have selected the “lesser evil”. This election has yet again proved that Indians have their heart in the right place and that hope is not all lost. I only pray that arrogance will not set in but the Congress will take this as an opportunity to amend their ways. Let this result give MM Singh the confidence to lead the country.

But it is sad to note that Rahul is taking all the credit. He gets to have the cake and eat it too!