Alert:
In his latest move to make the milk farmers #Aatmnirbhar & to double farmer's income - India's Modi is making a deal with Doland of the US.
India seeks concessions for 'generic drugs' which it exports to US in return for slashing tariffs on US dairy & farm products.
1. Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharmaceuticals is India's largest manufacturer of 'generic drugs' & an exporter to US. 2. There's a glut of milk in India esp in Maharashtra & Punjab.
3. Maharashtra farmers are agitating against Modi's decision to import milk powder
4. Presently, the issue of plight of milk producers is a political hot potato in Maharashtra.
5. Due to Covid-19 related lockdowns - milk farmers have suffered disproportionately. Milk procurement prices have remained subdued & it's uneconomical to the farmers.
6. India has reported a huge rise in the area under sowing this season. The rains have been decent & farmers are expecting bumper harvest. 7. It will surely lead to a widespread depression of farm produce prices. 8. On the side, Modi is weakening MSP procurement mechanism.
9. In these circumstances - farmers will be at a great loss. They will suffer deathly blow & may not recover from it as they are already beleaguered. 10. The proposed trade deal is ominous. It's another attempt to profit the 'Electoral Bond' buyers at the cost of the electorate
Here's a small incident to show how privilege works in India :
The son hasn't enrolled in #Aadhaar .
His College's Administration staff (one of the most prominent in Mumbai) told him :- either you'll have to enroll or forget about sitting for the Std XII Boards exam.
The 17 was made to stand outside the Admin block when he was trying to reason with the In-charge that Aadhaar is not mandatory for attempting Std XII exams.
Mr. Dubey, the all knowing God of Admin was pretty harsh to him.
Dubey: "Kya tum Indian citizen nahi ho"?
"Thumne ab tak #Aadhaar kyun nahi banaya"?
"Kya tum Pakistani ho"?
The 17 kept his cool. (He could have smashed Dubey ji to a pulp w/o consequences).
He : Sir, I don't have #Aadhaar & I'm not planning to get one. If you have any Circular from the Board, please share.
Have I understood it correctly?
On #PMLA SC has said : declaration by Parliament, ipso facto, satisfies the 'test' of compelling State interest.
Does that leave room for judicial scrutiny of a Law as all of them are passed / declared by the Parliament. Often, w/o debate.
More shocking is pulling up directive principles in support of upholding sections that are inversion of justice and due process.
Mind boggling is citation of State's obligation to prevent concentration of wealth in a few hands to justify draconian powers of arrest & detention.
SC completely missed the fact that ED's powers have actually been used by the State to concentrate wealth in a few hands - case in point - Mumbai Airport came to Adani only after ED booked GVK Group under PMLA.
That GVK owners weren't arrested can be attributed to sale to Adani
The least that's expected of a ruling dispensation is that it will not mislead the Parliament.
Mumbai has 5 Benches of NCLT.
Bench 1 & 2 are presided by the same members. Bench 1 in the morning session - from 11 AM to 2 PM & Bench 2 in post lunch - 3 PM to 4.30 PM
First up : fresh matters are taken up as Supplimentary board. Here, at the most, notices are issued. Zero adjudication.
Then, 1 or 2 heavy duty cases are heard where Sr. Counsels make never-ending arguments to end the session on being adjourned to some other day.
Other lawyers are given fresh dates and are expected to be glued to their screens on such adjourned dates for 2-3 hours - only to be given further fresh dates.
The funny (sic) part is - it's been happening for over a year now.
Minister @smritiirani takes to social media and makes all of us, lesser mortals, know that she's 'proud' of her daughter's achievement i.e. the restaurant.
Kahani mein twist:
A Goa based Adv finds out through RTI that the restaurant's liquor license stands in a dead man's name
A day spent in Malegaon: 1. The textile industry is in doldrums. The powerloom factories are working only for 3-4 days a week. Massive under costing. Losses per meter of cloth production are Rs.1 to 3 .
Same with cotton yarn prices. Despite 30 to 40 per kg fall- sales r subdued
It's a situation where cotton spinning mills of Tamil Nadu are making huge losses. Again, despite a steep fall in cotton prices.
Perils of non-existent demand.
India's economy is facing massive demand constraints. Exports are contracting.
Burrre din.
Let's talk about agriculture:
Indian government has screwed farmers, especially, cotton farmers by premature declaration of arrival of monsoon in Kerala in May end.
When it rained on 8-9th June - farmers thought it to be a regular monsoon.
They sowed cotton.