Modiyum Velluvilikalum(3)

Abhijit wrote:

midhun wrote:

athippol election illallo.. avideyum BJP allae loskabhayil nettamundakkiyathu.. assemblyilum avarthikkum

enthokkeyaa misssion 44+ namukku kaanaam ...anti incumbency wave ulla sthalamaa

kathirikku
Mission 272 parnjappol, abhijith valiya kaliyakkal aayirunnallo.. Indial BJP ellayidathum illa ennoke aayirunnu parihasam.. result vannapol enthayi

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

modiyum thadiyumokke bharichu kulam thondatte enthelumundo ache din vaarthakal

petrol vila ethra kurachu.. diesle vila kurykkan pokunnu.. GDP ethra aayi ennni theeratha nikshepangalumayi modiji japanil ninnu vannu.. bullet train udan agrayil odan pokunnu..

enikku vayya petrol vila anthaarashtra vipaniyil kurachathu modi japanil poyittu....nerathe india japanum aayull tie up sthaapichathu modi show offiloode popular aakki ennalllathe enthonna kittiyathu...chenda kottiyathallaathe....bullet train ingerude aayussil odi thudangumo....kallapanam corruption daewood enthaayi vallom nadakkumo yevide delhiyil election pedichoru bhaaravaahi 2 kodi kodukkunnathokke national tvs kaanichathu midhun kandaarunno....white money aayirikkum

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

enthokkeyaa misssion 44+ namukku kaanaam ...anti incumbency wave ulla sthalamaa

kathirikku
Mission 272 parnjappol, abhijith valiya kaliyakkal aayirunnallo.. Indial BJP ellayidathum illa ennoke aayirunnu parihasam.. result vannapol enthayi

election okke prakhyaapichille octor 15no matto alle....kaanirikkunnu

Abhijit wrote:

midhun wrote:

petrol vila ethra kurachu.. diesle vila kurykkan pokunnu.. GDP ethra aayi ennni theeratha nikshepangalumayi modiji japanil ninnu vannu.. bullet train udan agrayil odan pokunnu..

enikku vayya petrol vila anthaarashtra vipaniyil kurachathu modi japanil poyittu....nerathe india japanum aayull tie up sthaapichathu modi show offiloode popular aakki ennalllathe enthonna kittiyathu...chenda kottiyathallaathe....bullet train ingerude aayussil odi thudangumo....kallapanam corruption daewood enthaayi vallom nadakkumo yevide delhiyil election pedichoru bhaaravaahi 2 kodi kodukkunnathokke national tvs kaanichathu midhun kandaarunno....white money aayirikkum

modi show off nadathiyengil athu modiyude midukku.. athupole thanne teachers dayile speechum.. eppola evide oru PM undenu jangalkku thonni thudangiyathu.. bullet train coaches okae pani kazhinju
manmohan sing PM aayappol Indiakku PM undo ennu vare thonni

Abhijit wrote:

midhun wrote:

kathirikku
Mission 272 parnjappol, abhijith valiya kaliyakkal aayirunnallo.. Indial BJP ellayidathum illa ennoke aayirunnu parihasam.. result vannapol enthayi

election okke prakhyaapichille octor 15no matto alle....kaanirikkunnu

BJP jayikkumenna karyathil oru samshayavum venda.. ennale news channel discussionil thanne parayunna kettathu, congress election fight thanne give up cheythenna.

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

enikku vayya petrol vila anthaarashtra vipaniyil kurachathu modi japanil poyittu....nerathe india japanum aayull tie up sthaapichathu modi show offiloode popular aakki ennalllathe enthonna kittiyathu...chenda kottiyathallaathe....bullet train ingerude aayussil odi thudangumo....kallapanam corruption daewood enthaayi vallom nadakkumo yevide delhiyil election pedichoru bhaaravaahi 2 kodi kodukkunnathokke national tvs kaanichathu midhun kandaarunno....white money aayirikkum

modi show off nadathiyengil athu modiyude midukku.. athupole thanne teachers dayile speechum.. eppola evide oru PM undenu jangalkku thonni thudangiyathu.. bullet train coaches okae pani kazhinju
manmohan sing  PM aayappol Indiakku PM undo ennu vare thonni

athee kaaryamilla midhune...japan oru kadayaanu ...avarude product aanu bullet train....63aayiram kodi mudakki oru mandan athu vaangikkaamennu paranjaal aarum thalayileduthu nadakkum...athinu futhi ennoru saadhanam i.llathirunnaa mathi

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

election okke prakhyaapichille octor 15no matto alle....kaanirikkunnu

BJP jayikkumenna karyathil oru samshayavum venda.. ennale news channel discussionil thanne parayunna kettathu, congress election fight thanne give up cheythenna.

nghaa oranjaaru statilenkilum ruling party bharichillel naanakedaarkkaa....indiakkalliyo

Abhijit wrote:

midhun wrote:

modi show off nadathiyengil athu modiyude midukku.. athupole thanne teachers dayile speechum.. eppola evide oru PM undenu jangalkku thonni thudangiyathu.. bullet train coaches okae pani kazhinju
manmohan sing  PM aayappol Indiakku PM undo ennu vare thonni

athee kaaryamilla midhune...japan oru kadayaanu ...avarude product aanu bullet train....63aayiram kodi mudakki oru mandan athu vaangikkaamennu paranjaal aarum thalayileduthu nadakkum...athinu futhi ennoru saadhanam i.llathirunnaa mathi

athoke nammude nattila undakunnathu abhijith vishamichittu onnum karyamilla, bharatha makkal modijiyude koode thanne aanu

Abhijit wrote:

midhun wrote:

BJP jayikkumenna karyathil oru samshayavum venda.. ennale news channel discussionil thanne parayunna kettathu, congress election fight thanne give up cheythenna.

nghaa oranjaaru statilenkilum ruling party bharichillel naanakedaarkkaa....indiakkalliyo

avasesikunna 5 states koodi BJP bharichal, congress muktha bharat aayi.. athu udan sambhavikkum

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

athee kaaryamilla midhune...japan oru kadayaanu ...avarude product aanu bullet train....63aayiram kodi mudakki oru mandan athu vaangikkaamennu paranjaal aarum thalayileduthu nadakkum...athinu futhi ennoru saadhanam i.llathirunnaa mathi

athoke nammude nattila undakunnathu abhijith vishamichittu onnum karyamilla, bharatha makkal modijiyude koode thanne aanu

ningade naattukaarkku paniyundaakkaaam ningalu labham koyytholoo ennokke paranju aaru vannaalum japanum chinayum americayumokke randu kayyum neetti sweekarikkum....avarkku lakshmi varunnathalle....athippo bnullet traino smart cityo ennaa aanelum...varanasiyiloru smart city possiblaannu mandanmaaril mandan maar polum parayilla....paranjavanagu pokaam kaaranam athokke practical aano allayo ennariyaan 30 varsham edukkum...appozhekku theri kelkkaanum kadam veettaanum vere aarenkilume kaanooo midhunannu marupadi parayaan undenkil paranjonam ...ithokke mms paranjaalum avaru sweekarichene pakshe angerkku ecnomics ariyaarnnu

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

nghaa oranjaaru statilenkilum ruling party bharichillel naanakedaarkkaa....indiakkalliyo

avasesikunna 5 states koodi BJP bharichal, congress muktha bharat aayi.. athu udan sambhavikkum

oho ipo 24 statum 7 kendra bharana pradeshangalum bjp aano bharikkunnathu...pathramokke vaayichittu kure aayi

Abhijit wrote:

midhun wrote:

athoke nammude nattila undakunnathu abhijith vishamichittu onnum karyamilla, bharatha makkal modijiyude koode thanne aanu

 ningade naattukaarkku paniyundaakkaaam ningalu labham koyytholoo ennokke paranju aaru vannaalum japanum chinayum americayumokke randu kayyum neetti sweekarikkum....avarkku lakshmi varunnathalle....athippo bnullet traino smart cityo ennaa aanelum...varanasiyiloru smart city possiblaannu mandanmaaril mandan maar polum parayilla....paranjavanagu pokaam kaaranam athokke practical aano allayo ennariyaan 30 varsham edukkum...appozhekku theri kelkkaanum kadam veettaanum vere aarenkilume kaanooo midhunannu marupadi parayaan undenkil paranjonam ...ithokke mms paranjaalum avaru sweekarichene pakshe angerkku ecnomics ariyaarnnu

MMinte ecnomics kooduthal parayenda.. CAG director Vinod paranjathoke kettillae.. kamal nadth shari vachallo

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

 ningade naattukaarkku paniyundaakkaaam ningalu labham koyytholoo ennokke paranju aaru vannaalum japanum chinayum americayumokke randu kayyum neetti sweekarikkum....avarkku lakshmi varunnathalle....athippo bnullet traino smart cityo ennaa aanelum...varanasiyiloru smart city possiblaannu mandanmaaril mandan maar polum parayilla....paranjavanagu pokaam kaaranam athokke practical aano allayo ennariyaan 30 varsham edukkum...appozhekku theri kelkkaanum kadam veettaanum vere aarenkilume kaanooo midhunannu marupadi parayaan undenkil paranjonam ...ithokke mms paranjaalum avaru sweekarichene pakshe angerkku ecnomics ariyaarnnu

MMinte ecnomics kooduthal parayenda.. CAG director Vinod paranjathoke kettillae.. kamal nadth shari vachallo

athippo oru pusthakam chilavaakkaan aarum enthum parayum....bharikkunnathu modiyalla...pidichakathidaan mele thettu cheythittundenkil

Abhijit wrote:

midhun wrote:

avasesikunna 5 states koodi BJP bharichal, congress muktha bharat aayi.. athu udan sambhavikkum

oho ipo 24 statum 7 kendra bharana pradeshangalum bjp aano bharikkunnathu...pathramokke vaayichittu kure aayi

congress muktha bharatham ennal congress bharikatha states ennartham.. pinne BJP yum kure regional partiesum mathrame kanu

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

oho ipo 24 statum 7 kendra bharana pradeshangalum bjp aano bharikkunnathu...pathramokke vaayichittu kure aayi

congress muktha bharatham ennal congress bharikatha states ennartham.. pinne BJP yum kure regional partiesum mathrame kanu

BJPyude bharikkunnathu ethra statilaannu paranjilla

Abhijit wrote:

midhun wrote:

MMinte ecnomics kooduthal parayenda.. CAG director Vinod paranjathoke kettillae.. kamal nadth shari vachallo

athippo oru pusthakam chilavaakkaan aarum enthum parayum....bharikkunnathu modiyalla...pidichakathidaan mele thettu cheythittundenkil

MMine charithram orkunnathu, Ecnomy nashipichu corruptionu kuda pidicha PM aayitakum.. congress enna partye oru oppoiston party polum aaktha tharathathil tholpicha PM

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

athippo oru pusthakam chilavaakkaan aarum enthum parayum....bharikkunnathu modiyalla...pidichakathidaan mele thettu cheythittundenkil

MMine charithram orkunnathu, Ecnomy nashipichu corruptionu kuda pidicha  PM aayitakum.. congress enna partye oru oppoiston party polum aaktha tharathathil tholpicha PM

ippo raadhaakkiya pala coal allocation ndayudeklthe aayirunnuvallo....ennittenthaa action edukkathe ....pidichakathidanam...poozhthivachathokke purathirangatte...nadakkumo

bharanathile erum mumbu kuttam paranja diesel subsidy, aadhaar, dbt ippo dhe lokayukthayile uturnum....

Abhijit wrote:

midhun wrote:

modi show off nadathiyengil athu modiyude midukku.. athupole thanne teachers dayile speechum.. eppola evide oru PM undenu jangalkku thonni thudangiyathu.. bullet train coaches okae pani kazhinju
manmohan sing  PM aayappol Indiakku PM undo ennu vare thonni

athee kaaryamilla midhune...japan oru kadayaanu ...avarude product aanu bullet train....63aayiram kodi mudakki oru mandan athu vaangikkaamennu paranjaal aarum thalayileduthu nadakkum...athinu futhi ennoru saadhanam i.llathirunnaa mathi

Bullet trains in India: Fast track to nowhere?



The Japanese want to sell their bullet-train systems to India, and so do the Chinese.

If some Indian Railways officers are to be believed, even the French are interested, except they don’t have the money that will help India make the investments.

Some would argue that it is too expensive for the cash-starved Indian Railways, and its cost far outweighs the benefits.

There are too many poor in India, others say, for the country to worry about such luxuries.

After all, unlike the spacecraft to Mars, this is not an inexpensive affair.

Laying a bullet-train corridor can cost up to Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) a kilometre.

With signals, rolling stock, etc, the cost can rise up to Rs 115 crore (Rs 1.15 billion) a km.




A 500-km line, like the first one proposed between Gandhinagar and Mumbai, will set the government back by over Rs 55,000 crore (Rs 550 billion).  


In 2009, it was announced that Japan was looking at opportunities to export the Shinkansen system.

But it was in 2004-05 that the Japanese had first offered to set it up for India.

However, at that time, the Indian Railways’ priority was to augment its freight network.

While passenger fares were -- and still are -- amongst the lowest in the world, the freight rates were amongst the highest.

That is why focus was diverted on the freight corridors.  

It was felt that this would help rein in prices and make Indian exports more competitive.

Though freight trains are not the core strength of the Japanese, they agreed to help with the corridors.

midhun wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

modiyum thadiyumokke bharichu kulam thondatte enthelumundo ache din vaarthakal

petrol vila ethra kurachu.. diesle vila kurykkan pokunnu.. GDP ethra aayi ennni theeratha nikshepangalumayi modiji japanil ninnu vannu.. bullet train udan agrayil odan pokunnu..

വ്യാവസായിക വളര്‍ച്ചയില്‍ ഇടിവ്; മെരുങ്ങാതെ പണപ്പെരുപ്പവും



കൊച്ചി: സമ്പദ് ഘടന മെച്ചപ്പെടുന്നതിന്റെ ലക്ഷണങ്ങളില്‍ കരിനിഴല്‍ വീഴ്ത്തി രാജ്യത്തെ വ്യാവസായിക വളര്‍ച്ചയില്‍ ദയനീയ പ്രകടനം. ജൂലായിലെ വ്യാവസായിക ഉത്പാദന സൂചിക 0.5 ശതമാനം എന്ന മോശം കണക്കാണ് പുറത്തുവിട്ടിരിക്കുന്നത്. ജൂണില്‍ 3.4 ശതമാനമെന്ന നേട്ടമുണ്ടാക്കിയിടത്തുനിന്നാണ് ഈ പിന്നോട്ടുപോക്ക്. നാലുമാസത്തെ കുറഞ്ഞ നിരക്കാണിത്. നേരിയ കുറവുണ്ടായിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിലും ഉപഭോക്തൃ വില സൂചികയെ അടിസ്ഥാനമാക്കിയുള്ള പണപ്പെരുപ്പവും പ്രതീക്ഷ പകരുന്നതല്ല. 7.96 എന്ന നിലയില്‍ നിന്ന് 7.8 ശതമാനമായാണ് പണപ്പെരുപ്പം കുറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നത്. അതേസമയം ഭക്ഷ്യസാധനങ്ങളുടെ വിലക്കയറ്റം 9.42 ശതമാനമായി ഉയര്‍ന്നു. ജൂണില്‍ 9.36 ശതമാനമായിരുന്നു ഇത്.

ആഗോള എണ്ണവില കുറഞ്ഞതും രൂപ അധികം ചാഞ്ചാട്ടമില്ലാതെ പിടിച്ചുനിന്നതും മണ്‍സൂണ്‍ മോശമല്ലാതെ കിട്ടിയതും വിപണിക്ക് ഏറെ പ്രതീക്ഷ നല്‍കുന്നതായിരുന്നു. പണപ്പെരുപ്പം വരുതിയില്‍ വരുമെന്ന പ്രതീക്ഷയില്‍ നിരക്കില്‍ മാറ്റം വരുത്തേണ്ടെന്ന നിലപാടിലായിരുന്നു റിസര്‍വ് ബാങ്ക്. ചില്ലറ പണപ്പെരുപ്പം 2016-ഓടെ ആറുശതമാനത്തിലേക്കെത്തിക്കുകയെന്നതായിരുന്നു ലക്ഷ്യം. ഇതിനായി കഴിഞ്ഞ പണ നയത്തിലും നിരക്കുകളില്‍ മാറ്റമൊന്നും വരുത്തിയിരുന്നില്ല.

പ്രതീക്ഷിത വളര്‍ച്ചാ നിരക്കില്‍ നിന്ന് ഏറെ അകലെയായിരുന്ന ഇന്ത്യ രണ്ടര വര്‍ഷത്തെ മികച്ച സാമ്പത്തിക വളര്‍ച്ച കാഴ്‌ചെവച്ചുവെന്ന സന്തോഷകരമായ കണക്കുകള്‍ വന്നിട്ട് അധികമായിട്ടില്ല. വ്യാവസായിക വളര്‍ച്ചയുടെ പിന്‍ബലത്തിലായിരുന്നു അത്. കേന്ദ്രത്തിലെ പുതിയ സര്‍ക്കാരിന്റെ നയങ്ങളും നടപടികളും സാമ്പത്തിക രംഗത്തുണ്ടാക്കിയ ഉണര്‍വില്‍ സമ്പദ് ഘടന തിരിച്ചുവരവിന്റെ പാതയിലാണെന്ന സൂചനകള്‍ക്കിടെയാണ് തിരിച്ചുവരവ് അകലെയാണെന്നതിന്റെ സൂചനകള്‍. വൈദ്യുത മേഖലയില്‍ ജൂണില്‍ 15.7 ശതമാനം വളര്‍ച്ചയുണ്ടായിരുന്നത് 11.7 ശതമാനമായി കുറഞ്ഞു. ഉത്പാദന മേഖലയിലാകട്ടെ നെഗറ്റീവ് വളര്‍ച്ചയാണുണ്ടായത്. 1.8 ശതമാനം എന്നതില്‍ നിന്ന് നെഗറ്റീവ് ഒന്നിലേക്കെത്തി അത്. ഖനന രംഗത്ത് 4.3 ശതമാനം വളര്‍ച്ച നേടിയതില്‍ നിന്ന് 2.1 ശതമാനത്തിലേക്ക് വീണു. അടിസ്ഥാന വസ്തുക്കളുടെ വളര്‍ച്ച ഒമ്പതു ശതമാനത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് 7.6 ശതമാനത്തിലേക്ക് ഇടിഞ്ഞു.

Ammu wrote:

Abhijit wrote:

athee kaaryamilla midhune...japan oru kadayaanu ...avarude product aanu bullet train....63aayiram kodi mudakki oru mandan athu vaangikkaamennu paranjaal aarum thalayileduthu nadakkum...athinu futhi ennoru saadhanam i.llathirunnaa mathi

Bullet trains in India: Fast track to nowhere?



The Japanese want to sell their bullet-train systems to India, and so do the Chinese.

If some Indian Railways officers are to be believed, even the French are interested, except they don’t have the money that will help India make the investments.

Some would argue that it is too expensive for the cash-starved Indian Railways, and its cost far outweighs the benefits.

There are too many poor in India, others say, for the country to worry about such luxuries.

After all, unlike the spacecraft to Mars, this is not an inexpensive affair.

Laying a bullet-train corridor can cost up to Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) a kilometre.

With signals, rolling stock, etc, the cost can rise up to Rs 115 crore (Rs 1.15 billion) a km.




A 500-km line, like the first one proposed between Gandhinagar and Mumbai, will set the government back by over Rs 55,000 crore (Rs 550 billion).  


In 2009, it was announced that Japan was looking at opportunities to export the Shinkansen system.

But it was in 2004-05 that the Japanese had first offered to set it up for India.

However, at that time, the Indian Railways’ priority was to augment its freight network.

While passenger fares were -- and still are -- amongst the lowest in the world, the freight rates were amongst the highest.

That is why focus was diverted on the freight corridors.  

It was felt that this would help rein in prices and make Indian exports more competitive.

Though freight trains are not the core strength of the Japanese, they agreed to help with the corridors.

Ammu wrote:

midhun wrote:

petrol vila ethra kurachu.. diesle vila kurykkan pokunnu.. GDP ethra aayi ennni theeratha nikshepangalumayi modiji japanil ninnu vannu.. bullet train udan agrayil odan pokunnu..

വ്യാവസായിക വളര്‍ച്ചയില്‍ ഇടിവ്; മെരുങ്ങാതെ പണപ്പെരുപ്പവും



കൊച്ചി: സമ്പദ് ഘടന മെച്ചപ്പെടുന്നതിന്റെ ലക്ഷണങ്ങളില്‍ കരിനിഴല്‍ വീഴ്ത്തി രാജ്യത്തെ വ്യാവസായിക വളര്‍ച്ചയില്‍ ദയനീയ പ്രകടനം. ജൂലായിലെ വ്യാവസായിക ഉത്പാദന സൂചിക 0.5 ശതമാനം എന്ന മോശം കണക്കാണ് പുറത്തുവിട്ടിരിക്കുന്നത്. ജൂണില്‍ 3.4 ശതമാനമെന്ന നേട്ടമുണ്ടാക്കിയിടത്തുനിന്നാണ് ഈ പിന്നോട്ടുപോക്ക്. നാലുമാസത്തെ കുറഞ്ഞ നിരക്കാണിത്. നേരിയ കുറവുണ്ടായിട്ടുണ്ടെങ്കിലും ഉപഭോക്തൃ വില സൂചികയെ അടിസ്ഥാനമാക്കിയുള്ള പണപ്പെരുപ്പവും പ്രതീക്ഷ പകരുന്നതല്ല. 7.96 എന്ന നിലയില്‍ നിന്ന് 7.8 ശതമാനമായാണ് പണപ്പെരുപ്പം കുറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നത്. അതേസമയം ഭക്ഷ്യസാധനങ്ങളുടെ വിലക്കയറ്റം 9.42 ശതമാനമായി ഉയര്‍ന്നു. ജൂണില്‍ 9.36 ശതമാനമായിരുന്നു ഇത്.

ആഗോള എണ്ണവില കുറഞ്ഞതും രൂപ അധികം ചാഞ്ചാട്ടമില്ലാതെ പിടിച്ചുനിന്നതും മണ്‍സൂണ്‍ മോശമല്ലാതെ കിട്ടിയതും വിപണിക്ക് ഏറെ പ്രതീക്ഷ നല്‍കുന്നതായിരുന്നു. പണപ്പെരുപ്പം വരുതിയില്‍ വരുമെന്ന പ്രതീക്ഷയില്‍ നിരക്കില്‍ മാറ്റം വരുത്തേണ്ടെന്ന നിലപാടിലായിരുന്നു റിസര്‍വ് ബാങ്ക്. ചില്ലറ പണപ്പെരുപ്പം 2016-ഓടെ ആറുശതമാനത്തിലേക്കെത്തിക്കുകയെന്നതായിരുന്നു ലക്ഷ്യം. ഇതിനായി കഴിഞ്ഞ പണ നയത്തിലും നിരക്കുകളില്‍ മാറ്റമൊന്നും വരുത്തിയിരുന്നില്ല.

പ്രതീക്ഷിത വളര്‍ച്ചാ നിരക്കില്‍ നിന്ന് ഏറെ അകലെയായിരുന്ന ഇന്ത്യ രണ്ടര വര്‍ഷത്തെ മികച്ച സാമ്പത്തിക വളര്‍ച്ച കാഴ്‌ചെവച്ചുവെന്ന സന്തോഷകരമായ കണക്കുകള്‍ വന്നിട്ട് അധികമായിട്ടില്ല. വ്യാവസായിക വളര്‍ച്ചയുടെ പിന്‍ബലത്തിലായിരുന്നു അത്. കേന്ദ്രത്തിലെ പുതിയ സര്‍ക്കാരിന്റെ നയങ്ങളും നടപടികളും സാമ്പത്തിക രംഗത്തുണ്ടാക്കിയ ഉണര്‍വില്‍ സമ്പദ് ഘടന തിരിച്ചുവരവിന്റെ പാതയിലാണെന്ന സൂചനകള്‍ക്കിടെയാണ് തിരിച്ചുവരവ് അകലെയാണെന്നതിന്റെ സൂചനകള്‍. വൈദ്യുത മേഖലയില്‍ ജൂണില്‍ 15.7 ശതമാനം വളര്‍ച്ചയുണ്ടായിരുന്നത് 11.7 ശതമാനമായി കുറഞ്ഞു. ഉത്പാദന മേഖലയിലാകട്ടെ നെഗറ്റീവ് വളര്‍ച്ചയാണുണ്ടായത്. 1.8 ശതമാനം എന്നതില്‍ നിന്ന് നെഗറ്റീവ് ഒന്നിലേക്കെത്തി അത്. ഖനന രംഗത്ത് 4.3 ശതമാനം വളര്‍ച്ച നേടിയതില്‍ നിന്ന് 2.1 ശതമാനത്തിലേക്ക് വീണു. അടിസ്ഥാന വസ്തുക്കളുടെ വളര്‍ച്ച ഒമ്പതു ശതമാനത്തില്‍ നിന്ന് 7.6 ശതമാനത്തിലേക്ക് ഇടിഞ്ഞു.

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A Tale of Two Cities: Kyoto, Varanasi Partner to Preserve Heritage

VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH: Tucked away in the quiet by-lanes of Pandey Ghat, at the Guest House she runs, we meet Kumiko, a Japanese national who moved to Varanasi almost two decades ago and today calls it home. Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Japan visit last month, where he was instrumental in sealing the Kyoto-Varanasi partnership between the two ancient cities, Kumiko has been flooded with queries about the ancient imperial capital of Japan.

"Kyoto is an ancient city, so is Benaras. Kyoto has thousands of temples, so does Benaras. If this city can learn a few things from there, I think that would be quite welcome. But I hope they model it after Kyoto, not Tokyo," she says in fluent Hindi.

The two cities have signed an agreement to ensure greater co-operation in the fields of art, culture, conservation and modernisation. The holy city of Benaras or Varanasi is often referred to as the oldest living city in the world and holds an important place in India's religious and spiritual map. Kyoto, often called the city of ten thousand shrines, was the ancient capital of Imperial Japan. Today it is confluence of modernity and heritage.

"Now tell me, do tourists come here to see malls? They come here to see the ghats and the by-lanes. That's our heritage. And we have to preserve it. Look at Kyoto, they have a very planned development, ours has been unplanned development," said Varanasi Mayor Ram Gopal Mohale.

Aijwa, a Japanese tourist visiting Varanasi, feels even residents need to contribute towards its upkeep. "Everybody should think about the city being littered. The lesser people will try, the dirtier it will get. To make their own city beautiful, they must do something."

From ancient cities dotted with shrines, with age-old traditions of weaving to manufacturing wooden toys, both Varanasi and Kyoto have a lot in common, but the partnership hopes to take it a step further as a part of the PM's plan of building smart cities.

Card Payment Network RuPay Sees Boost From Government Banking Scheme


Mumbai:
A government drive to expand banking services in India is giving a boost to home-grown card payment network RuPay, which expects to quadruple the number of users by March and make debit cards more acceptable in a nation where cash is still king.

Started in 2012 by a company owned by 10 local and foreign banks, RuPay competes with global payment firms Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc for the few customers in Asia's third largest economy able to afford a debit or credit card.

As of July, banks issued just under 435 million payment cards in India, a nation of 1.3 billion people. Most were debit cards.

RuPay's share of daily card transactions, however, remains small compared to the global firms, which are more established, offer both debit and credit cards and are accepted by more retailers. RuPay currently offers only debit cards.

RuPay users account for just 1.5 per cent of daily card transactions of almost one million at retailers, said A.P. Hota, chief executive of the National Payments Corp of India (NPCI), which runs RuPay.

Hota told Reuters the payments network was set to grow rapidly from the government's so-called financial inclusion scheme, which aims to ensure the majority of households has a bank account within months.

Under the scheme launched late in August, Indians who open a bank account for the first time automatically get a RuPay card.

Hota said the number of RuPay users has now almost doubled from 23 million at the end of July.

By March next year, he expects that number to rise to 160 million, with more than 60 per cent of the increase coming from the government scheme.

"Jan Dhan itself would provide a big opportunity for the domestic card brand to be a formidable force," said Hota, referring to the financial inclusion scheme, Jan Dhan Yojana, which means People's Wealth Scheme.

"(RuPay Card transactions are) just a drop in the ocean at the moment. But drop by drop we are increasing our size."

NPCI is also trying to lure more customers by charging banks lower fees than Visa and MasterCard, Hota added.

Visa and MasterCard did not reply to Reuters' requests seeking comment.

NPCI's shareholders include India's biggest bank, the State Bank of India, and foreign lenders Citibank and HSBC. The Reserve Bank of India bank has a nominee on its board.

The organisation plans to launch RuPay cards that will be accepted overseas through a partnership with Discover Financial Services, Hota said, and is also in talks with Japanese card network JCB about a partnership.

RuPay had aimed to issue credit cards by March 2015, but those plans have now been delayed by the government scheme, Hota said. "Rural acceptance of the Jan Dhan cards will be our priority," he added.

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PM Modi's 'Make in India' Push Gets Thumbs Up from Moody's Analytics
   

The opposition may be unimpressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first 100 days in office, but he has got a big thumbs up for his emphasis on making India a manufacturing hub, in a report by Moody's Analytics, a subsidiary of the global rating agency Moody's.

"Indian politicians are fond of such grandiose announcements, but in Modi's instance it may have some substance," wrote Glenn Levine, an economist with Moody's Analytics.

Last month, delivering his first Independence Day speech Prime Minister Modi had spoken of the need to strengthen the manufacturing sector. He has also appealed repeatedly to investors: "Come, make in India".

Glenn Levine's report, titled "India Outlook: Prospects Brighten," has drawn its optimistic conclusion from Mr Modi's 13-year tenure as Gujarat chief minister, when the state's GDP growth averaged 8.9 per cent as compared to the national average of 7.2 per cent. "As chief minister of Gujarat he helped provide a reliable electricity supply and attracted both local and foreign-owned manufacturing," the report says.

The government's push for manufacturing comes at a time when many global manufacturers are seeking an alternative to China as costs and risks there rise, the report notes.

Labour unrest has surged in China in recent months amid a slowdown in economic growth. That situation suits India and the new government, which won a historic mandate this May on the promise of faster growth and more jobs.

"Manufacturing offers the surest way to employ millions of workers in middle-income jobs, provide a stable source of foreign currency, and create a reliable path for development. India already has the cheap labour and large local market. Better infrastructure and easier regulations, especially around labour, will help propel manufacturing," the report says.

A majority of India's workforce consists of unskilled labour that has traditionally been absorbed by the manufacturing sector. However, the sector's contribution to India's GDP has remained largely stagnant at around 15 per cent of GDP for many years now.

The report also notes the "modest progress" made by the new government to liberalise labour laws -- an essential step towards becoming a manufacturing power.

The government has recently proposed changes to allow companies to make greater use of apprentices, allow workers to put in more hours more overtime, and allow women to work night shifts.

"All this adds upside to the outlook," the report notes.

According to Moody's Analytics, the Modi government has made some progress, but it should measure success by whether foreign manufacturers want to do business in the country.

"It is a difficult task, but if Modi achieves it he could lift India's long term GDP growth, which is the surest way to lift millions out of poverty," the report concludes.