tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840925675300478162024-02-20T04:39:42.609-08:00RohitAnandRohit Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531058513035079216noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484092567530047816.post-57263399087436694832011-08-20T09:04:00.000-07:002011-08-20T09:04:31.065-07:00Lets know JAN LOKPAL Bill<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 604px;" x:str=""><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4827; mso-width-source: userset; width: 99pt;" width="132"><col style="mso-width-alt: 8667; mso-width-source: userset; width: 178pt;" width="237"><col style="mso-width-alt: 8594; mso-width-source: userset; width: 176pt;" width="235"></colgroup><tbody>
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</span><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><em>(CBI directly comes under PM, how will CBI investigate its own boss?)</em></span><span class="font8"><br />
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</span><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><em>(If govt doesn't want PM's corruption to be investigated, let them amend constitution upfront rather than making a pretense of investigation by CBI)</em></span></span></td></tr>
<tr height="112" style="height: 84pt;"><td class="xl26" height="112" style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: white 1.5pt solid; border-left: white 1.5pt solid; border-right: white 1.5pt solid; border-top: white; height: 84pt; width: 99pt;" width="132"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: x-small;">Corruption within Judiciary</span></td><td class="xl27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 178pt;" width="237"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A committee of three judges from same court will give permission for investigation against the accused judge.<br />
</span><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><em>(How will judge from the same court give permission to investigate their colleague judge?)</em></span></span></td><td class="xl28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 176pt;" width="235"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">A seven member bench of Lokpal will give permission after an open hearing.</span><span class="font6"><br />
</span><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><em>(Open hearing will give transparency to the whole process and definitely result into greater accountability of Judiciary system)</em></span></td></tr>
<tr height="160" style="height: 120pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl26" height="160" style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: white 1.5pt solid; border-left: white 1.5pt solid; border-right: white 1.5pt solid; border-top: white; height: 120pt; width: 99pt;" width="132"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: x-small;">Corruption of MPs</span></td><td class="xl27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 178pt;" width="237"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If a MP votes or puts up a question in parliament in return for a bribe, then he/she could be investigated by a committee of other MP's as in the present system.<br />
</span><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><em>(In the past 62 years, many instances of MP's taking bribe have surfaced but not even a single instance has been honestly investigated nor any MP sent to jail.)</em></span></span></td><td class="xl28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 176pt;" width="235"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The investigation would be done by an independent Lokpal.<br />
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</span><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><em>(Since Lokpal will be independent body, their will be conclusive investigation.)</em></span></span><span class="font5" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <br />
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<tr height="203" style="height: 152.25pt;"><td class="xl26" height="203" style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: white 1.5pt solid; border-left: white 1.5pt solid; border-right: white 1.5pt solid; border-top: white; height: 152.25pt; width: 99pt;" width="132"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: x-small;">Corruption faced by Common Citizen</span></td><td class="xl27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 178pt;" width="237"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Every department will declare its citizen charter specifying work to be done, the officer responsible and time required. However, it doesn't state what happens in case of dereliction of duty.</span><span class="font6"><br />
</span><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><em>(Today, any work like license, ration card, business permits, etc. in a government department requires the citizen to pay a bribe. Why will the department change from this modus operandi when there are no penalties for non-performance?)</em></span></td><td class="xl28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 176pt;" width="235"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">If the citizen charter is violated the the Lokpal would penalize the concerned officers and the penalty would go to the complainant as compensation<br />
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<tr height="194" style="height: 145.5pt;"><td class="xl26" height="194" style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: white 1.5pt solid; border-left: white 1.5pt solid; border-right: white 1.5pt solid; border-top: white; height: 145.5pt; width: 99pt;" width="132"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: x-small;">Selection of Lokpal</span></td><td class="xl27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 178pt;" width="237"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1. In a ten member selection committee, six <br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are politicians, of which five will be from <br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the ruling party.<br />
2. Selection process will be decided by <br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>selection committee.<br />
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<span class="font8"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><em> </em></span></span></span><span class="font7"><em><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">(This kind of system will increase the probability that a corrupt persons and those favorable to ruling party are finally selected)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></em></span></span></td><td class="xl28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 176pt;" width="235"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">1. Selection committee would comprise of two politicians, four judges and head of two independent constitutional authorities.<br />
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2. The search committee would comprise of civil society members and retired constitutional authorities.<br />
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3. A detailed selection process has been described which would be transparent and have people's participation.</span></td></tr>
<tr height="82" style="height: 61.5pt;"><td class="xl26" height="82" style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: white 1.5pt solid; border-left: white 1.5pt solid; border-right: white 1.5pt solid; border-top: white; height: 61.5pt; width: 99pt;" width="132"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: x-small;">Accountability of Lokpal Members</span></td><td class="xl27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 178pt;" width="237"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The members of Lokpal would be accountable to the government. Only government can file a petition in the Supreme Court for their removal.</span></td><td class="xl28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 176pt;" width="235"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>accountability of the Lokpal members would be to the public. Any citizen can file a petition in the Supreme Court for removal of a corrupt Lokpal member.</span></td></tr>
<tr height="82" style="height: 61.5pt;"><td class="xl26" height="82" style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: white 1.5pt solid; border-left: white 1.5pt solid; border-right: white 1.5pt solid; border-top: white; height: 61.5pt; width: 99pt;" width="132"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: x-small;">Corruption within Lokpal Staffs</span></td><td class="xl27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 178pt;" width="237"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lokpal itself will investigate complaints against its own staff, <br />
</span><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><em>(Thus creating serious conflict of interest.)</em></span></span></td><td class="xl28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 176pt;" width="235"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Complaint against Lokpal staff will be heard by an independent authority. Complaints will be investigated within a month and guilty will be removed from his job.</span></td></tr>
<tr height="159" style="height: 119.25pt; mso-height-source: userset;"><td class="xl26" height="159" style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: white 1.5pt solid; border-left: white 1.5pt solid; border-right: white 1.5pt solid; border-top: white; height: 119.25pt; width: 99pt;" width="132"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: x-small;">Jurisdiction of Lokpal</span></td><td class="xl27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 178pt;" width="237"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Only group 'A' officers of the central Government would come under the jurisdiction of Lokpal, while the lower level officers and the state employees would be left out.<br />
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</span><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma;">(So where would the common citizen go to complain about corruption in licensing, Panchayat, Schools, Hospitals, rations etc.</span><span class="font8" style="font-family: Arial;">)</span></span></em></td><td class="xl28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 176pt;" width="235"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">All the employee of Central Government will be under Lokpal's ambit. On similar patterns of Lokpal, Lokayaukta will be set up state level and all the employees of state government will be under its ambit.<br />
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<tr height="82" style="height: 61.5pt;"><td class="xl26" height="82" style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: white 1.5pt solid; border-left: white 1.5pt solid; border-right: white 1.5pt solid; border-top: white; height: 61.5pt; width: 99pt;" width="132"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: x-small;">Whistleblower's Protection</span></td><td class="xl27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 178pt;" width="237"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The CVC is responsible of protecting the whistleblowers. However, the CVC neither has the capacity nor the Legal powers required to protect whistleblowers.</span></td><td class="xl28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 176pt;" width="235"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">It should be Lokpal's responsibility to protect the whistleblowers. The Lokpal has been given sufficient power for the same.</span></td></tr>
<tr height="111" style="height: 83.25pt;"><td class="xl26" height="111" style="background-color: silver; border-bottom: white 1.5pt solid; border-left: white 1.5pt solid; border-right: white 1.5pt solid; border-top: white; height: 83.25pt; width: 99pt;" width="132"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: x-small;">Removal of Corrupt Officer's</span></td><td class="xl27" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 178pt;" width="237"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The power to remove officers lies with the minister of that particular department.<br />
</span><span class="font7" style="font-family: Tahoma;"><em>(Since the minister also gets a cut out of the money that is taken as bribe, corrupt officers are rewarded rather than punished)</em></span></span></td><td class="xl28" style="background-color: white; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; width: 176pt;" width="235"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The decision to remove a corrupt officer lies with a bench of Lokpal members which would hear such cases in public.<br />
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</tbody></table></div>Rohit Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531058513035079216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484092567530047816.post-47334825513210433222010-10-31T10:17:00.000-07:002010-10-31T12:17:43.807-07:00China's fast rise is an opportunity for India<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8pt;">China</span></place></country-region><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8pt;">’s fast rise is a perfect example of a big country’s transformation into a great power. The ambitious <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">China</place></country-region>’s is striving hard for # 1 position and doing everything from assertive trade policies to military expansion. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8pt;">Our PM has said in his recent visit to Malasyia, there is lot of space in world for both the rising powers <country-region w:st="on">India</country-region> & <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">China</place></country-region>. But contrary to <country-region w:st="on">India</country-region>, indistinctness in Chine’s policy has increased the fear that <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">China</place></country-region> will become more assertive as it grows richer and have real consequences.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8pt;">This has set of jitters cross the world, prompting new alliances all round to keep them out of Chiness influence. <country-region w:st="on">India</country-region>’s strength and parallel economy rise has made it a perfect player with ability to counterweight <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">China</place></country-region>. Even <country-region w:st="on">China</country-region> thinks so and working on encircling India in South Asia with its growing link with <country-region w:st="on">Pakistan</country-region>, <country-region w:st="on">Sri Lanka</country-region> and <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Nepal</place></country-region>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8pt;">In the new geo-political equation, <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">India</country-region></place> has emerged as a major power with well-built potential. Indian policy makers have quickly realised this fact and promoting itself throughout the region. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8pt;">No doubt the new spark in Indo-US relation is a result of this. After nuclear deal, <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">India</place></country-region> & US has tied up to lower the Chiness influence in African Continent. EU, <country-region w:st="on">Japan</country-region> and ASEAN countries are also working towards strengthing ties with <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">India</place></country-region>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8pt;">This all is working in favour of <country-region w:st="on">India</country-region> where <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">India</place></country-region> is definitely gaining ground with litter effort. So it may sound puzzling but <b>“<country-region w:st="on">China</country-region>'s fast rise is definitely an opportunity for <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">India</place></country-region>”</b></span></div>Rohit Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531058513035079216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484092567530047816.post-3543733133140808822010-10-18T14:01:00.000-07:002010-10-18T14:01:27.680-07:00INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DEVELOPING NATIONS<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Intellectual property rights give the owner of that property the exclusive right to use. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This creates monopoly where owner of the property allow others to use it for payment or fee.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The protection of IR is designed to ensure that inventors who invest their money and time in creative activity receive a return on their investments. This monopoly power generates monopoly rent and it is these profits that provide the incentive for engaging in further research to keep hold of the monopoly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Economy efficiency means knowledge should be made freely available, but the IR regime is intended to restrict usages. Somewhere this has definitely impaired the leverage of globalisation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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The fundamental criterion for a free market is the equal availability of information to all participants. But with the use of IR, information is packaged and sold as commodities and free market becomes the casualty. When two economies of uneven stages of technological development trade bilaterally, the trade surplus always remains in favour of advanced economy unless the trade negotiation is thought through by less advance economy. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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