Good Blog on Indian Space Mission, Poverty and Closet Racism - by Balaji Viswanathan
Reading This Blog Made Me Think :-
In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab
Goswami,
(Debate: Fireworks after launch - 1 / Debate: Fireworks after launch - 2 ) I Wish Arnab Goswami (the so-called moderator who is really a highly opinionated participant), and panellists Satinath Sarangi, Activist and Dr Bejon Misra, Consumer Expert had read this. The only sensible voice was G Balachandran, Consulting Fellow, IDSA; The other two panellists ( Dr K Santhanam, Former Scientist, DRDO; and Chetan Bhagat, Author; ) are supported the sensible view but rather incoherently and weakly.
(Debate: Fireworks after launch - 1 / Debate: Fireworks after launch - 2 ) I Wish Arnab Goswami (the so-called moderator who is really a highly opinionated participant), and panellists Satinath Sarangi, Activist and Dr Bejon Misra, Consumer Expert had read this. The only sensible voice was G Balachandran, Consulting Fellow, IDSA; The other two panellists ( Dr K Santhanam, Former Scientist, DRDO; and Chetan Bhagat, Author; ) are supported the sensible view but rather incoherently and weakly.
The point none of them made is :- 16,35,577 Crores is -
CONSOLIDATED FUND OF INDIA - REVENUE ACCOUNT - DISBURSEMENTS for 2013-14. Out
of which Other Scientific Research is 580.50 Crores , that's 0.035 %.. India
has reportedly spend more than Rs 450 crore, probably over a period of 2-3 years
on the mission...So, the point is there is all around poverty, rotting of food
grains in Govt.'s godowns , starvation, potholed roads, lack of electricity,
lack of potable water, lack of educational facilities, lack of
sanitation/toilets etc. due NOT to lack of funds, but happening due to
corruption and inefficiency. If ISRO efficiently uses the fund allotted to it and
achieves its objective, at least the process of efficient project management by
them should be appreciated and studied and learned.
No comments:
Post a Comment