Is India really a Poor Country??

I got this mail from a friend. Liked it very much.........so thought of sharing with you all.

We all knew this existed, but the sheer magnitude surprised me. Do your bit to create the awareness and pressure.

IS INDIA A POOR COUNTRY?
by M R Venkatesh

Revelation of Swiss bank accounts

This is so shocking.... ...If black money deposits was an Olympics event.... India would have won a gold medal hands down. The second best Russia has 4 times lesser deposit. U.S. is not even there in the counting in top five! India has more money in Swiss banks than all the other countries combined!

Recently, due to international pressure, the Swiss government agreed to disclose the names of the account holders only if the respective governments formally asked for it... Indian government is not asking for the details..... ..no marks for guessing why?

So go and VOTE......and VOTE for CHANGE!!! The same party brought to power again and again means encouraging unabated corruption

Is India poor, who says? Ask the Swiss banks. With personal account deposit bank of $1,500 billion in foreign reserve which have been misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country?

DISHONEST INDUSTRIALISTS, scandalous politicians and corrupt IAS, IRS, IPS officers have deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal accounts a sum of about $1500 billion, which have been misappropriated by them. This amount is about 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. With this amount 45 crore poor people can get Rs 1,00,000 each. This huge amount has been appropriated from the people of India by exploiting and betraying them. Once this huge amount of black money and property comes back to India , the entire foreign debt can be repaid in 24 hours. After paying the entire foreign debt, we will have surplus amount, almost 12 times larger than the foreign debt. If this surplus amount is invested in earning interest, the amount of interest will be more than the annual budget of the Central government. So even if all the taxes are abolished, then also the Central government will be able to maintain the country very comfortably.

Some 80,000 people travel to Switzerland every year, of whom 25,000 travel very frequently.. 'Obviously, these people won't be tourists. They must be travelling there for some other reason,' believes an official involved in tracking illegal money. And, clearly, he isn't referring to the commerce ministry bureaucrats who've been flitting in and out of Geneva ever since the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations went into a tailspin!

Just read the following details and note how these dishonest industrialists, scandalous politicians, corrupt officers, cricketers, film actors, illegal sex trade and protected wildlife operators, to name just a few, sucked this country's wealth and prosperity. This may be the picture of deposits in Swiss banks only. What about other international banks?
Black money in Swiss banks -- Swiss Banking Association report, 2006 details bank deposits in the territory of Switzerland by nationals of following countries:


TOP FIVE
INDIA : $1,456 BILLION
RUSSIA : $470 BILLION
U.K. : $390 BILLION
UKRAINE : $100 BILLION
CHINA : $96 BILLION

Here's the interesting part.......
Now do the math's - India with $1,456 billion or $1.4 trillion has more money in Swiss banks than rest of the world combined. Public loot since 1947:

Can we bring back our money? It is one of the biggest loots witnessed by mankind -- the loot of the Aam Aadmi (common man) since 1947, by his brethren occupying public office. It has been orchestrated by politicians, bureaucrats and some businessmen.

The list is almost all-encompassing. No wonder, everyone in India loots with impunity and without any fear. What is even more depressing in that this ill-gotten wealth of ours has been stashed away abroad into secret bank accounts located in some of the world's best known tax havens. And to that extent the Indian economy has been stripped of its wealth. Ordinary Indians may not be exactly aware of how such secret accounts operate and what are the rules and regulations that go on to govern such tax havens. However, one may well be aware of 'Swiss bank accounts,' the shorthand for murky dealings, secrecy and of course pilferage from developing countries into rich developed ones.

In fact, some finance experts and economists believe tax havens to be a conspiracy of the western world against the poor countries. By allowing the proliferation of tax havens in the twentieth century, the western world explicitly encourages the movement of scarce capital from the developing countries to the rich. In March 2005, the Tax Justice Network (TJN) published a research finding demonstrating that $11.5 trillion of personal wealth was held offshore by rich individuals across the globe.

The findings estimated that a large proportion of this wealth was managed from some 70 tax havens. Further, augmenting these studies of TJN, Raymond Baker -- in his widely celebrated book titled 'Capitalism' s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free Market System' -- estimates that at least $5 trillion have been shifted out of poorer countries to the West since the mid-1970.

It is further estimated by experts that one per cent of the world's population holds more than 57 per cent of total global wealth, routing it invariably through these tax havens.. How much of this is from India is anybody's guess.

What is to be noted here is that most of the wealth of Indians parked in these tax havens is illegitimate money acquired through corrupt means. Naturally, the secrecy associated with the bank accounts in such places is central to the issue, not their low tax rates as the term 'tax havens' suggests. Remember Bofors and how India could not trace the ultimate beneficiary of those transactions because of the secrecy associated with these bank accounts?

The news channels a couple of days back said that Sonia Gandhi has assets worth of only Rs. 1.37 crores. :))) Do you really believe that ??

I repeat what i said earlier -Go and VOTE......and VOTE for CHANGE!!! The same party brought to power again and again means encouraging unabated corruption.

Are you sure the Media covers up the Entire Nation !!!

Lets look at some more facts about the current government ..........ready for few more surprises!! :))

How many states do we have in India? ............ are you sure u know the answer? or do you have to google it ?? :))
Well...... there are few states that do not get any attention from the media......... no matter how worse a condition exists there.

--> Situation in Assam
Our current Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has been elected to Rajya Sabha for the past eighteen years from Assam… either as an MP or as the PM. And amazingly he has never spoken a word about the illegal infiltration of Bangladeshis which challenges the population structure in seven districts of that State. Maybe they are the guys that vote him in?!

There was a case in Guwahati High Court. A Pakistani infiltrated into Assam via Bangladesh and got included in the voters list after obtaining a ration card by paying bribe to the local officials. After that, he contested in and won the Assembly election on 1996!! In its judgment, the Guwahati High Court expressed deep anguish and said that only in Assam foreigners could come to power and even make the native people minorities. :))

The Pakistani flag is now being hoisted in five districts of states like Assam where the Muslim population has gone up significantly. 92000 Hindusand 6000 Christians are now languishing in refugee camps. The government has turned a blind eye to this. In the name of security, innocent people have been put in jails, whereas people like Yaasin Malik who has 23 murder charges on him, are moving Scot free and gathering their own strength. Is it acceptable to any patriotic Indian?

--> Situation in Andra Pradesh
Thanks to the Congress led Government, out of 36000 temples in Andhra Pradesh, 28000 have closed down in the last five years. Do you want the same trend to continue in other parts of the country?

--> Situation in Nagaland
Why have the minorities in Nagaland, Mizoram & Kashmir not got the similar privileges like the minorities in other states? Why is the Govt following different rules for different religions?

--> Situation in Arunachal Pradesh
Do you know that China is gradually trying to extend its boundries and accquire Arunachal Pradesh? Infact it has already made claims that Arunachal Pradesh belongs to China. Has the govenrment or the Media spoken or responded to China about this? Just imagine how China will react if India claims to accquire any land that belongs to China.

Read more about it here - http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1063888

--> Situation in Jammu and Kashmir
Well........most of us are atleast aware of the situation in J&K. But do you know that on 14th August Pakistani flags are hoisted in this region....... and more over......... on 15th August, the India flag is BURNT in most of the parts. Which country would allow such acts to take place??. I guess i shamefully have to admit that ..."It happens only in India!!"

Such is the plight of most of the states in Eastern India and other parts of the nation. And nothing has been done apart from generating vote banks by dividing the nation into Majority and Minority. Can't Hindu's , Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsi's etc. and all religions keep aside thier religion and think for a moment that we are all Indians :))

Well....... you can act. Go and Vote.........and Vote for Change !!!

Game of Education and Money by our Current Government

Some more facts related to the education system handled by over current government :))

--> Exceptional Rise in educational fees:
Back in 1991, at IIT , the semester fees were Rs 20! Yup, you heard it right… Then the government started withdrawing financial aid to the IITs and today the semester fees in IIT is to the tune of Rs 20,000!! Forget about IIT, the absolutely pathetic state of the educational infrastructure of all government run institutions hits you right in the face! That’s one of the reasons they have reservation maybe, to cover up their absolute inability to impart any semblance of basic education to the children of our country.

--> Donating Money to Harvard and Cambridge
Now while our own education systems are in a pretty bad shape, our government gives out money to Harvard and Cambridge universities!! And says stuff like we were not sure that they would accept the money, we are so grateful that they did!! How much money? To the tune of Rs 50 crores!! Just because Mr. Nehru studied from there. Instead had that money been utilized for Indian Rural University /College development we would had best infrastructure for lakhs of Indian Students. In last one year there has been increase by 25% or more in fees in all Govt. Indian colleges and universities, and Govt is generously donating that money to Foreign Universities. (You can read more about this here - http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1150356 )

--> CBSE status for Madrassas
While Pakistan and some other islamic nations are closing down their madressas, there is talk of granting CBSE status to Islamic madressas in India, which means that people graduating with an almost jihadi "education" now could apply for government jobs! Which will mean that we won’t just have criminals in the bureaucracy and ruling us, we will have terrorists! They can be anyone, a Police officer, a Bus driver, a muncipal employee. Easy access to terrorism to enter into our system-- Jai ho! (Read more about this here - http://www.indianexpress.com/news/madrasa-certificates-will-now-be-cbse-equivalent/404478/
and here - http://www.sanghparivar.org/join-madrasa-why-sit-for-tough-cbse-board-exam)

We say India is a secular nation, then why cant we promote Muslim students to study in the mainstream schools with the rest? Why seperate the muslim students and encourage them to study in Madrassas? When Pakistan Govt. itself has realized that terrorism is breeding in some Madarasa and is keeping close watch on activities or closing many Madarasa in Pakistan, Our Indian Govt. is doing the opposite. In many Madarasa , only concept of Jihad is been taught and wrong education is been given .To secure Vote Bank , Congress has made the law for granting CBSE certificate and Job in Public Sector / Government to students passing from Madarasa

--> Scholarships for Minorities
In the passing they handed out scholarships to more than 25 lakh students in India… ALL minorities! When we say we Indians are ONE, they why the funda of minority or majority? What about those who are not a minority? Is this the right way to give scholarships, on the basis of minority or majority status?
All these issues are not been highlighted by the Media. Its just a one liner news and then its over. So we can easily tell who has pocketed the media:)).

So you see......... we cannot really trust the Media. This time go and vote......and Vote for CHANGE !!! :)

PS: These points are just the tip of the iceberg :)) .

Our Money used in Pak & Afgan !!! - Media is quiet ...sshhh!!!

Here are some facts about our money - the money all of us cough up as tax and are threatened with dire consequences if we don’t pay on time, etc, etc… The money that the government is supposed to be using for the welfare of the people… Well, here is what they have done with it…

--> Remember the Mumbai train blasts? Well, around that time India gave financial aid to Pakistan for earthquake relief… Rs 150 crores of it! . Oh, you guys came and blew up our trains… Thanks a lot, we needed new ones anyways! Here is some money for your efforts! We have soooo much money, we really don’t know what to do with it! Using it for education or slum rehab, really didn’t cross our minds at all… :))

--> Rs 3000 crores to Afghanistan! for infrastructure development… and i quote from the website: "In this case, India is providing three million dollars worth of gear. This includes 150 bullet-proof watch towers, 2,500 protective vests, and a lot of mine clearing equipment. So far, India has donated $700 million worth of good and services to Afghanistan, mostly for economic reconstruction." (Here is the link -http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/articles/20061223.aspx). Bullet proof watch towers and protective vests are economic reconstruction?!

--> After the 26th Nov mumbai attacks, government promised new weapons for the police department. Well, if you go to any police station and ask them, here is what they will tell you. "Yes, we have got new weapons. Previously we used weapons / Pistols / Rifles that fired only 2 rounds of bullets. But the current ones are 'supposed to' fire 24 rounds of bullets. Yeah, they are just 'supposed to' fire because these new weapons given to the police department are guns that are discarded by the Indian Army. So they look new, but who knows if they fire or not !!! "

This is how our current government is using the citizens money - utilizing it on countries like Pakistan and Afganistan that are already a threat to India.
And the best part is........ the Media does not highlight such issues. Thats the reason i said earlier.......the media just shows one side of the story ;))
Think about it. Vote for a Change !!!

PS: These are just some of the points that i have highlighted.......there are many such issues where our money has been utilized and not accounted for.

Vote for Change - Say No to Milli Jhulli Sarkar

The Election mania has started already. We all want a change in government. We all want a change in our (Indian) politics and politicians. However, the only power that we citizens posses is - " to vote ". I agree that 1 vote hardly matters. But nevertheless ........it does matter. I hope we all go and vote during this elections.

Since 1991, no party has won the elections with a majority. Its always been a coalition government (Mili Jhuli Sarkar). In such situations, the government spends more time, money and efforts in keeping the coalition together, so that they don't loose the majority; rather than serving / developing the country.

In the USA (and many other contries) , there are only 2 parties that contest the elections -
1) The Republicans and 2) The Democrats.
In India, i think there are hundreds :)) . And we all wish that we have only 2 political parties in our country..........don't we?
But if we look closely, even in India, there are 2 major National parties -
1) Congress and 2) BJP.

So if we neglect or avoid voting the regional parties, and keeping our Nation in mind, if we vote for either of the above 2 parties, then surely there will be a single government this time.

Agreed, both parties are equally bad, equally corrupt. But for the past 18 years, we have not had a single government. Lets kick out the Mili Jhuli Sarkar and vote to get a single government.
But which party to choose out of the two........... do your own research. And PLEASE don't believe the Media, News papers, TV Reports completely. They just show one side of the story :)))