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Thanks to 2009 and Hello to 2010

We reached the moon and found WATER with the US,An Army officer and a Judge trapped in a LAND grabbing case and Airhostess,pilot,Airlines issues in the Mid AIR are some breaking news this year.Oscar rain to Slumdog M and the pain of losing Michael Jackson,Bollywood with great flops and Hollywood flapping its wing with 2012 and Avatar,Nobel to Obama and Venky ,Jaswants Jinnah and Gorkhaland movement hotting up with Telangana announcement,Sikkim suffering the bandhs on NH 31A,Bear menace in Himachal & Sikkim,YSR tragedy a bad omen to Andhra,Andhra Governor N.D.Tiwari going underground with all his clothes during this winter ,Ruchikas case,Aruna's 36 yearold coma and euthanasia issue,gay rights ,Varun Gandhi,Sena,Manus and Media dominated the news this year.

Nanotech,LHC,makkimaar Obama,shoe throwing rebels wasted good chunck of news print leading to Copenhagen talks on Climate change wasting more newsprint to save the coming generation from the global warming and its effects,better ask the leaders to build their houses near the sea shore or shift all State capitals near the Sea to get the sinking feeling. Maldives and Nepal arranged for cabinet meeting under the sea and near a himalayan glacier respectively.Nepal before crawling in to democracy want to be an adult democracy like India.Copying others wont work,you have to invent/discover your own.

Usain Bolt broke records or made records.Mary Kom shouting at the Judges and P.T.Usha's plea

has shown us that how serious we are about Commonwealth Games and other sports except Cricket.Sachin and Baichung's achievement inspired us all this year.

Our Religion;Bollywood,cricket and Politics flourished well with 3 ideots earning 100 crores in four days of its release,number one ranking in test cricket and Mayawati's statues ,New generation politicians irking the old ( Tharoor's tweeting- tweaks,Rahul's dinner in the countryside)

Prabhakaran's(LTTE)end and Sarath Fonseka -the Military chief entering Politics,Kasab denying it,Swine flu,Liberhan Committee leaked report are some of the important 2009 stories.

Many anniverseries like 40th: Man's Moon walk,25th:Indira Gandhi's death,50th:Tibetan Government in-exile etc. were observed in this "International Year of Astronomy".

Now let us leave the history which is going to inspire us in the future and look forward to the"International Year of Bio-Diversity"Andaman and Sikkim are the places in India to look forward to , protect & preserve its Bio-Diversity .Island to highland:flora,fauna,inland,sea,tribal,traditional.....bayo!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY READERS AND WELL WISHERS!!!

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Wednesday,03rd March,	MUSIC CAR.VOCAL 031 MUSIC CAR.INS.MEL. 032 MUSIC CAR.INS.PER. 033 MUSIC HIND.VOCAL 034 MUSIC HIND.INS.MEL 035 MUSIC HIND.INS.PER 036
Friday,05th March	SOCIAL SCIENCE 087
Monday,08th March	URDU COURSE-A 003 PUNJABI 004 BENGALI 005 TAMIL 006 TELUGU 007 SINDHI 008 MARATHI 009 GUJARATI 010 MANIPURI 011 MALAYALAM 012 ORIYA 013 ASSAMESE 014 KANNADA 015 ARABIC 016 TIBETAN 017 FRENCH 018 PORTUGUESE 019 GERMAN 020 RUSSIAN 021 PERSIAN 023 NEPALI 024 LIMBOO 025 LEPCHA 026 BHUTIA 095 SPANISH 096 KASHMIRI 097 MIZO 098 BAHASA MELAYU 099 URDU COURSE-B 303
Thursday,11th March	MATHEMATICS 041
Saturday,13th March	PAINTING 049 ELEM. OF BUSINESS 154 ELEM BOOK-K & ACCY 254 TYPEWRITING-ENG 354 TYPEWRITING-HINDI 454
Monday,15th March	HOME SCIENCE 064
Wednesday,17th March	COMM. SANSKRIT 122
Friday,19th March	HINDI COURSE-A 002 HINDI COURSE-B 085
Tuesday,23rd March	ENGLISH COMM. 101 ENGLISH LNG & LIT. 184
Friday,26th March	SCIENCE-THEORY 086 SCIENCE W/O PRAC. 090
Monday,29th March	INTRODUCTORY I T 165
Wednesday,31th March	SCIENCE-PRAC SKLS 486

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The economic case for creating small states

S A Aiyar Sunday December 20, 2009,

Should India be broken up into smaller states? After the decision to give statehood to Telangana, many analysts want a new States Reorganization Commission.

India today has 28 states. Assuming 20% population growth since the last census, Uttar Pradesh has 198 million people, more than Brazil, Russia or Pakistan. Maharashtra has 106 million, West Bengal 96 million and Andhra Pradesh 90 million. All are much bigger than France or Britain. At the other end of the scale, Sikkim has just 0.6 million people, Mizoram 1.1 million and Arunachal Pradesh 1.3 million. Clearly, statehood has been determined by political expediency, not logic.

Is there an economic case for carving smaller states out of large ones? Some analysts say small states won’t be economically viable. Others believe small states will fare better, since ordinary people will have better access to power elites. Consider the record of three states carved out of larger ones in 2000 - Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand. Ignore data for the first few transitional years. Instead, focus on the average growth rate of gross state domestic product for the last five years, from 2004-05 to 2008-09.

Amazingly, all three new states have grown fabulously fast. Uttarakhand has averaged 9.31% growth annually, Jharkhand 8.45%, and Chattisgarh 7.35%. All three states belong to what was historically called the BIMARU zone, a slough of despond where humans and economies stagnated. Out of this stagnant pool have now emerged highly dynamic states.

Some caveats are in order. The central government exempted industries in Uttarakhand from excise duty, a concession already applicable to other hill states such as Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir and the north-eastern states. Many big industries rushed to Uttarakhand for the tax break, giving the state’s growth an artificial boost. Still, Uttarakhand easily outperformed Himachal Pradesh (8.47%) and Kashmir (5.98%). Remember, Uttarakhand was once considered the poorest, most backward part of UP. After statehood, it has become a growth champion.

Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh were the most backward parts of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, which in turn were among the most backward states of India. Yet, after becoming separate states, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have emerged as industrial dynamos. Both have large tribal belts with pathetic infrastructure. In Chhattisgarh, four-fifths of habitations lack road access. Both states have ample minerals like coal and iron ore. But this was not an economic advantage when they were part of larger states. Rather, their mineral revenues were diverted to state capitals. This diversion ended after they became separate states.

Their rapid economic growth has been tainted by massive corruption. Sheer money power enabled an independent, Madhu Koda, to become chief minister of Jharkhand and rule for years. He handed out dozens of mining licences, instead of auctioning them to the highest bidder. Alas, this problem affects the whole of India: Natural resources from coal to the telecom spectrum are constantly gifted to favoured parties instead of being auctioned, and this enables politicians to amass fortunes. But just as the telecom revolution has been good for India despite corruption, so has private entry into mining and processing.

Jharkhand and Chattisgarh are not growing fast simply through mining. They have experienced a manufacturing boom. Read what research firm Indicus Analytica has to show:

"Since 2001, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have moved up into the top 10 (industrial states), displacing Rajasthan and Punjab... The phenomenal growth in these two states has seen the share of manufacturing in their GDP rise dramatically as they have attracted industrial projects. Looking at the share of income that originates in the manufacturing sector, these two states have shown higher levels than Maharashtra, Haryana and Tamil Nadu...Being newer and smaller states, they responded more rapidly than their larger — and in some cases better endowed - neighbours… Raipur in Chhattisgarh has now entered the top 10 districts of India in manufacturing, with two industrial estates at Urla and Siltara".

Now, millions of tribals have been bypassed, especially in remote areas where Maoism flourishes. However, the biggest tribal agitations against giant mining projects are in Orissa. The big Jharkhand projects of Tata and Mittal are in limbo since the state has stalled land acquisition.

The neglect of tribals and consequent rise of Maoism is a blot on the record of Jharkhand and Chattisgarh. The creation of the vigilante Salwa Judum to counter Maoists in Chattisgarh has widely been condemned for violating civil rights.

The two states account for 68% of all Maoist attacks. That’s bad for civil rights and security. Yet, achieving fast growth amidst such insurgency is a major economic feat. It highlights the dynamism created when backward regions become separate states. Hopefully, this economic dynamism will help mitigate the backwardness on which Maoism thrives.

source:SWAMINOMICS(Times of India)

http://www.swaminomics.org

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The White Tiger-Aravind Adiga

Meet Balram Halwai, the ‘White Tiger’: servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer… Born in a village in the dark heart of India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coal and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape.

His big chance comes when a rich village landlord hires him as a chauffeur for his son. Arriving in Delhi with his new master, Balram’s re-education begins, as he learns of a new morality at the heart of a new India. As the other servants flick through the pages of Murder Weekly, Balram begins to see how the Tiger might escape his cage. For surely any successful man must spill a little blood on his way to the top?

The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram’s journey from the darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.

Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

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