Friday, May 24, 2019

Lying by Leaders and Great Leaders


Lying by Leaders, Great Leaders and World Leaders


You are a witness to lying by leaders. You are dejected.  You feel horrible. People are felicitating the leader who is a liar saying he is the most honest person. Person of integrity. A great benefactor of people. While you may feel dejected, sad and disillusioned, many people before had that same feeling. That is the nature of the world.  There is lot of published material on lying by leaders and many leaders might have read that literature and must have decided that lying is the way to go ahead in real life.  At some point in time truth may catch up with many persons. But leaders are living in the present. They are winning in the present. They are celebrating in the present. May be you don't know to keep you living what are sort of deceit has to be done by your defence forces. May be the leaders also indulge in lying many time to keep the society relatively stable.

What is the published material on lying by leaders?


Why Leaders Lie

Why Leaders Lie: The Truth About Lying in International Politics is a 2011 book by the political scientist John Mearsheimer.

The book argues that leaders lie to foreign audiences as well as their own people because they think it is good for their country.

Lying and leadership

8 Jul 2016|Joseph S. Nye
In his book, When Presidents Lie, the historian Eric Alterman concludes that presidential lies ‘inevitably turn into monsters that strangle their creators’.
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard and author of Is the American Century Over?  
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/lying-and-leadership/


Nov 15, 2015
Is It OK For Leaders To Lie?

Brook Manville
Darwinian explanation. People like winning, “Alpha Leaders;” their champion performance trumps the occasional lie. “Who cares if Pete Rose denied his gambling? He was an all-time baseball great, deserves the Hall of Fame.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookmanville/2015/11/15/is-it-ok-for-leaders-to-lie

Political Parties, Workers and Candidates - Vote Catching Activities - Relative Importance


There are a large number of activities to be done by political party office bearers, workers and aspiring candidates to get votes during elections.

Political Party Officer bearers

1. Political Party Officer bearers - Political Activities

2. Political Party Officer bearers - Social Activities

3. Political Party Officer bearers - Social Service Activities

4. Political Party Officer bearers - Visits of Party Workers' Homes

5. Political Party Officer bearers - Writing for News Papers and Magazines

6. Political Party Officer bearers - Social Media Web sites

7. Political Party Officer bearers - TV Channels Appearances

8. Political Party Officer bearers - Collection/Ascertaining Public Opinion

9. Political Party Officer bearers - Budget memorandums and Budget Commentaries.

10. Political Party Officer bearers - Interpreting Government Regulations to People

Political Party Workers

11. Political Party Officer bearers - Political Activities

12. Political Party Workers  - Social Activities

13. Political Party Workers  - Social Service Activities

14. Political Party Workers  - Visits to Houses of People in their area 

15. Political Party Workers - Social Media Participation

16. Political Party Workers - Interpreting Government Regulations to People/Informing schemes

17. Political Party Workers - Arranging meetings of people with office bearers

18. Political Party Workers - Visits to Government offices along with people

19. Political Party Workers - Taking care of public facilities of temples, hospitals, libraries and schools.

20. Political Party Workers - Arranging functions to felicitate achievers in the area.

Election Candidate

21.  Election Candidate - Political Activities

22. Election Candidate - Social Activities

23. Election Candidate - Social Service Activities

24. Election Candidate - Visits of Party Workers' Homes

25. Election Candidate - Visits to Houses of People in their area 

26. Election Candidate - Writing for News Papers and Magazines

27. Election Candidate - Social Media Web sites

28. Election Candidate - Collection/Ascertaining Public Opinion

29. Election Candidate - Budget memorandums and Budget Commentaries.

30. Election Candidate -  Interpreting Government Regulations to People

State and National Party Office Bearers






Election Time Efforts/Activities

Saturday, May 18, 2019

India - Economic Policy Suggestions - 2019



100 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA
VISION INDIA 2047 - $20 TRILLION DOLLAR GDP 

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2019 Rising India Summit - Develop Sunrise Sectors

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Provide 2 Crore Persons Jobs in Micro Units


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MPs have to prepare investment plans of their constituencies.

They have to make vision plans also.
Government has to plan a minimum number of Government and Corporate jobs every year. If private sector is not investing, Government has to invest in public sector companies
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Economic Times -10 Point Agenda - 22 January 2019


Economic Times 22 January 2019

10 Point Agenda given by Economic Times

*Improve ecosystem to help manufacturing to get to next stage

*Revitalise PPPs to attract more private investment in infrastructure.
*Stengthen the financials of state-run banks to get credit growth moving again


*Deepen financial inclusion to raise savings of ordinary Indian households.

*Raise tax-gdp ratio to create space for fiscal support to growth.


*Remove shackles on agriculture to make it more market oriented.

Sowing seeds for better farm growth
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/sowing-seeds-for-better-farm-growth/articleshow/67633643.cms

*Emphasis on health, education and skilling to improve manpower.

Making skilling part of education system a challenging task
By Yogima Sharma
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/making-skilling-part-of-education-system-a-challenging-task/articleshow/67633636.cms

*Improve ecosystem for exports to make them more competitive.

*More robust startup system to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship

*Comprehensive energy policy to protect economy from periodic crude shocks



Social Challenges That Need To Be Addressed:
Agrarian Stress: Create jobs to reduce dependence on farming.

Income Inequality: Provide income support to vulnerable till growth ends poverty.

Declining Women At Work: Provide right work environment & incentives.

Jobs: Labour reforms to encourage hiring over automation and capex.

Working group suggests measures to achieve $5 trillion economy by 2025

"India's potential to achieve a $5 trillion GDP by 2024-25 is within the realm of possibility," the report said.
Jan 16, 2019
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/working-group-suggests-measures-to-achieve-5-trillion-economy-by-2025/articleshow/67562058.cms


According to its report, agriculture and manufacturing sectors can contribute USD 1 trillion each, while the contribution from the services sector has been pegged at USD 3 trillion.


Raghuram Rajan on what India needs to do to get a $5-trn economy

ET Now| Dec 12, 2018

one must worry about the extent of job creation in India. Reports of 25 million people applying for 90,000 railway jobs is something that suggests there is not enough supply of jobs in the market.

We have to focus on improving the quality of research or the quality of our universities and as a by-product our companies will also get better.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/expert-view/raghuram-rajan-on-what-india-needs-to-do-to-get-a-5-trn-economy/articleshow/67060055.cms

11-December-2018

Year End Review 2018- Ministry of Commerce & Industry - Vision of a New India - USD 5 Trillion Economy

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=186255

How to future-proof India’s economy

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/new-india-how-to-future-proof-india-economy-reforms/


Management and India’s economic growth

Nirvikar Singh
University of California, Santa Cruz
Date 20 July, 2018
https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/productivity-innovation/management-and-india-s-economic-growth.html


The India Policy Forum 2018 - Presentations

July 10, 2018
http://www.ncaer.org/event_details.php?EID=226

Updated on 18 May 2019, 22 January 2019

19 May 2019 - Exit Poll Results of Lok Sabha 2019 Election



Political parties are doing the last minute work of Lok Sabha elections 2019. They want to mobilize voter booth wise through their booth committees. BJP made elaborate efforts to tone up their booth committees.

Majority of people are waiting for exit poll results. The channels are trying to air various programmes to vet the thirst of people for information.

ABP Live Video Link
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWVOgCYHUqo

Aaj Tak Live
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVeVtBxoImI


Zee Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKwrfD3FLnw
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Be ready for the shows.

Friday, May 10, 2019

Achievements of India in Science, Engineering and Technology



Math, Science, and Technology in India From the Ancient to the Recent
http://asiasociety.org/education/math-science-and-technology-india

2019

India - National Technology Day Greetings - 11 May


Developments in Industrial Engineering From India 


Knol Handbook of Industrial Engineering - 2019
https://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2019/05/knol-handbook-of-industrial-engineering.html

Introduction to Industrial Engineering - 2019 Knol Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/03/introduction-to-industrial-engineering_30.html

Human Effort Engineering - Knol Book
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2012/04/human-effort-engineering-knol-book.html



India - National Technology Day Greetings 

11 May

Article on India - National Technology Day - 11 May
https://nraonid.blogspot.com/2014/05/india-national-technology-day-11-may.html


Good number of tweets from CSIR-CMERI  @CSIR_CMERI on achievements of the organization. Visit Twitter and go through them.  I retweeted some of them on 11 May.  @knoltweet.


2018

December 2018

Came to know of development of a process of for making B6. Project led by Dr. T. Ravindranathan.
Came across the case study the book Indigenous R&D in India.


Also came across a patent
Novel substituted 2-(6-benzyl-5-oxo-3-phenyl-(S3,7S,7AR)- perhydroimidazol (1,5-C) (1,3) thiazol-7YL) compounds
Patent Grant No, EP1219625B1 date 2006-05-17

Inventors Subhash Prataprao Chavan, Amar Gopal Chittiboyina, Subhash Krishnaji,  Kamat Uttam Ramrao Kalkote, Thotapallil Ravindranathan

Current Assignee:  Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1219625B1/


January

A prototype of Saras, the country's first indigenously developed civil aeroplane, flew successfully on 23 January 2018
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-s-first-civic-plane-saras-takes-to-the-skies-after-nearly-a-decade-118012400539_1.html



15 May 2016
Indian Railways goes green as solar-powered train set for trial
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-Railways-goes-green-as-solar-powered-train-set-for-trial/articleshow/52249707.cms

Indian Railways’ First Solar Train Prototype Unveiled in Jodhpur
http://www.thequint.com/videos/2016/05/13/indian-railways-first-solar-train-prototype-unveiled-in-jodhpur


A Book Published by Institution of Engineers, India

Achievement of Engineering in India in New Milennium


https://www.ieindia.org/PDF_IMAGES/publication/Advancement%20of%20Engineering.pdf


September 2015

15 September - Engineers' Day in India

IIT-B - 10-inch netbook  costing less than $100
700g - Equipped with a 1GHz dual core processor, 1GB of memory and 8GB Nand Flash - Wifi enabled.
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/HK4y3fHG8kSts2cDK0ykJN/IITB-develops-10inch-netbook-that-costs-less-than-100.html


April 2015

State of the art Scorpene submarine which has superior stealth and has precision guided weapons was undocked on 6 April 2015 by Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar at Mazagon Dock Limited.  MDL has to make five more of these submarines.

January 2015


The 50-tonne inter-continental ballistic missile, Agni-V capable going up to 5000 Km, the country's first such missile, was tested for the first time in a canisterised version. This was the third test-firing of the three-stage missile but first time in canister version.

India's first successful double hand transplant


Indian doctors have registered a rare feat by conducting India's first successful double hand transplant in a 16-hour-long surgery.
It was conducted at Amrita Institute of Medical Science in Kochi on a 30-year-old train accident victim, who received both hands of a 24-year-old road accident victim.

This transplant has put the Indian scientific community among the league of a few developed nations in the field of composite tissue allotransplant.
Only 110 successful hand transplants have been conducted so far in the US, European countries, China and Australia.

The entire expenses for the transplant were borne by the Mata Amritanandamayi Math.




BMC Engineers repaired giant sewage pump check valve giving the ability to repair valves and prolong their life for some more years saving crores of rupees.
News reported in Mumbai Mirror, 7 January 2015
Reported by  Chaitanya.Mapakwar@timesgroup.com
Tweets@chaitanya_pm

Aurobindo Pharma and Lupin got FDA, USA approval for Valsartan

Aurobindo Pharma on Tuesday announced that the company has received final approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to manufacture and market Valsartan Tablets USP, 40mg, 80mg, 160mg and 320mg (ANDA 202223).

Valsartan Tablets are the generic equivalent to Novartis' Diovan Tablets, which is indicated for the treatment of hypertension to lower blood pressure. The product has a market size of approximately $2 billion for the 12 months ending October 2014, according to IMS.

January 06, 2015: Pharma Major Lupin Limited announced today that its US subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively Lupin) has launched its Valsartan Tablets USP, 40 mg, 80 mg, 160 mg and 320 mg, the generic for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s (Novartis) Diovan® Tablets 40 mg, 80 mg, 160 mg and 320 mg strengths, having received final approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Lupin's Valsartan Tablets 40 mg, 80 mg, 160 mg and 320 mg are the AB rated generic equivalent of Novartis’s Diovan® Tablets and is indicated for the treatment of hypertension and heart failure.
Diovan® Tablets had annual U.S sales of US$ 2.08 billion (IMS MAT September, 2014).
http://www.lupinpharmaceuticals.com/06Jan2015.htm

Updated on 2019  11 May
2018 - 2 Dec 2018, 25 January
  22 Decmber 2017,  26 Mar 2016, 12 Sep 2015

Sunday, April 28, 2019

Productivity - Important Issue in Make in India Mission



How Make in India will help revive and boost manufacturing
By Ashok Chaturvedi
Aug 11, 2015,
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-08-11/news/65452709_1_productivity-manufacturing-sector-india

High level of productivity: In economic parlance productivity is measured as the value of output obtained with each unit of input. It is well known that economic development can only happen when we move from low productivity to high productivity activities. Industrial productivity is low and it needs to be improved. Thousands manufacturers still not been able to solve the puzzle around getting the productivity up. Make in India has to address this issue which is as much a concern for the entire sector. 

Saturday, April 20, 2019

BJP - Winning Elections Based on Performance - 2019 Lok Sabha Elections - BJP Strategies



Social Media Reacts to BJP’s “Chowkidar” strategy with over 1.5 million tweets
March 19, 2019
https://www.whizsky.com/2019/03/social-media-reacts-to-bjps-chowkidar-strategy-with-over-1-5-million-tweets/

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP brass in a huddle to firm road map
Mar 12, 2019
https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-bjp-brass-in-a-huddle-to-firm-road-map/story-P3Zsey32fpEMx9k37QceNI.html




Winning Elections Based on Performance - 2019 Lok Sabha Elections - BJP Strategic Options

Can BJP increase its vote share in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections?

Votes garnered by Political Parties during 2014 Lok Sabha Elections




BJP  31.3%, 171,660,230

INC 19.5%, 106,935,942

AIADMK 3.3%, 18,111,579

AITC 3.8%, 20,378,052

BJD 1.7%, 9,489,946

SS 1.9%, 10,050,652

TDP 2.5% 14,099,230

TRS 1.2% 6,736,270

Refer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election,_2014



20 April

Chowkidar Narendra Modi Verified account @narendramodi
18 hours ago

Dear citizens,

Is removing terrorism more important or removing Modi?

Is removing poverty more important or removing Modi?

Is removing homelessness more important or removing Modi?

Why is the Opposition basing their campaign on removing Modi? Intellectual bankruptcy?
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1119640593347620865

April 8, 2019

The predicted vote shares are: 40.8% for NDA, 30.7% for UPA and 28.5% for others. The NDA may get 2.6% votes more than in 2014, when there was a Modi wave, but still end up shedding 57 seats.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/times-now-vmrs-opinion-survey-ahead-of-first-phase-polling-predicts-nda-just-past-halfway-mark/articleshow/68783210.cms



So BJP got 17.166 crore votes during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. It can increase the votes in its favour in 2019 Lok Sabha elections based on its claims regarding serving crores of people during the last four years.


1. Bottom of the Pyramid People Outreach Option

The Government claims that its performance is exemplary and its schemes benefited crores of bottom of the pyramid families. It made a website showcasing its performance during 4 years of rule. Does it believe that it delighted crores of individuals with its economic and social transformation policies? If the answer is yes, it can locate the beneficiaries and reach them for further support during 2019 Lok Sabha elections through its 12 crore members.

People Contact Effort by  BJP Field - Party Members


BJP as an incumbent government is truly at an advantage to motivate the beneficiaries of its schemes and programme to lend support. It has to martial its field members to contact the beneficiaries, find their further economic and social needs during the next five years and communicate them back to the party headquarters to include them in the next manifesto. Thus they can effectively capture the beneficiary votes through their past actions and future promises.


If BJP is able to to reach the beneficiaries effectively, Congress will be at a disadvantage. But at the moment, media analysis indicates that Congress has seized the initiative in building up news in its favour. In UP and Bihar, the combination of Akhilesh - Tejaswi - Jayant is being highlighted as the young new brigade that can upset BJP.


PM Personally Doing Outreach on His Government's Welfare Schemes

Economic Times 30 June 2018
Via Namo App
PM leads bid to create awareness on Central Schemes
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modi-leads-bid-to-create-awareness-on-central-schemes/articleshow/64801498.cms

5 June 2018 - Young entrepreneurs involved in startups and innovations (Mudra Yojana?)
7 JUne  - Aushadi Yojana and Stent price capping
15 June - Digital India beneficiaries
20 June - Farmers - Doubling farm incomes
27 - Social security and insurance programmes

What are the schemes of BJP - Modi Government that benefitted Crores of Persons and Families in the last Four Years?


Visit https://48months.mygov.in/


Impact of Various Schemes and Initiatives  scheme

LEDs Distributed under Ujala Scheme

LEDs Distributed
300,890,730 - 30 crores plus - 2 per family - 15 crore+ families benefitted.
31/05/2018
300,890,730


Loans Sanctioned under Mudra Yojana
Loans Sanctioned
129,073,857  -  12.90 crores loans sanctioned
31/05/2018
129,073,857


Households Electrified under Saubhagya since Oct. 2017
Total no. of Households Electrified
6,492,031  - 64.92 lakhs
31/05/2018
6,492,031


Children vaccinated under Mission Indradhanush
No. of Children vaccinated
31,500,000
31/05/2018
31,500,000


Soil Health Cards Dispatched
SHC Dispatched
134,546,471  - 13.45 crores 
31/05/2018
134,546,471


Direct Benefit Transfer since FY 2014-15
Direct Benefit Transfer since FY 2014-15
Rs. 3,821,785,000,000
31/05/2018
Rs 3,821,785,000,000

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Subscribers under Atal Pension Yojana
Number of Subscribers
More Than 10,000,000
31/05/2018
More Than 10,000,000


Gram Panchayats connected by Optical Fiber
Gram Panchayats connected by Optical Fiber
115,978
31/05/2018
115,978


Household Toilets Constructed under Swachh Bharat
No. of Household Toilets Constructed (Rural+Urban)
77,979,293   -  7.79 crore families provided toilets
31/05/2018
77,979,293


Length of Road Constructed under PM Gram Sadak Yojana Since FY 2013-14
Completed Length
171,659
Kms
31/05/2018
171,659 Kms


People Enrolled under PM Suraksha Bima Yojana
People Enrolled
135,341,000   -  13.53 crores
31/05/2018
135,341,000


LPG Connections Released under Ujjwala Yojana
BPL LPG Connections Released
41,030,010   -   4.10 crores families
31/05/2018
41,030,010


Beneficiaries under PM Jan Dhan Yojana
Total Number of Beneficiaries
316,700,000
31/05/2018
316,700,000


Open Defecation Free-Villages
Open Defecation Free-Villages
374,371
31/05/2018
374,371


Pensioners benefited by Jeevan Pramaan
No. of Pensioners submitted their Digital Life Certificates on Jeevan Pramaan
16,892,000
31/05/2018
16,892,000


MyGov Subscribers
Number of Registered Users
5,933,140
31/05/2018
5,933,140


Citizens Enrolled under PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
Citizens Enrolled
53,475,000  -  5.34 crores
31/05/2018
53,475,000


No. of Un-electrified Villages
Number of Un-electrified Villages under DDUGJY
0
31/05/2018
0


Fresh Registrations on National Scholarship Portal
Total Fresh Registrations
12,044,589
31/05/2018
12,044,589


Houses Completed under PM Awas Yojana
Number of Houses Completed (Urban + Rural)
10,000,000 - 1 crore families
31/05/2018


2. Intellectuals (Researchers and Developers) Outreach Option




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Numerous universities, 7 IITs, 7 IIMs, 14 IIITs, 1 NIT started functioning. AIIMS were also started.
PM Research Fellowship started.

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20 Institutes of Eminence will declared and funded.

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Government has promoted research and development through various higher educational institutes. It can initiate a dialogue with research and invention communities and explain their activities so far and can take inputs for the next five years.


Vigyan Se Vikas
Advertisement in Times of India and Economic Times dated 7 June 2018

Mann Ki Baat on 25 February 2018

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English translation
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176780

Updated  14 April 2019,  24 March 2019,  2 July 2018,  6 June 2018
First posted 3 June 2018