Saturday, October 21, 2006

Grain Robbery

The Plan
Every year govt. spends crores of Rupees buying grains from farmers to be distributed among those below poverty lines, for free or at a subsidized rate. FCI/PDS is largely entrusted with this work.

Execution
  • This grain is transported across godowns in India, to be distributed among the needy.
  • The unscrupulous elements (caretakers, clerks, babu's, middlemen) - steal this grain, and sell it in open market or export it. The FCI marked grain sacks have been found at most unexpected places - being sold or exported.
Result
  • Nobody complains because, it is either recorded or declared that - the grain was distributed as planned Or Rats ate it Or It just rotted away.
  • Is Public Distribution System (PDS) working? It is believed that close to 50 per cent of food grains in PDS get stolen.

Thanks to NDTV for bringing this out. Complete Story: Here, and Here.

This is EXACTLY how we perpetuate poverty - by corruption, inefficiency, promoting the lazy and not questioning the obvious. Crores of Rupees vanish - just like that. Isn't that Tax Payer's money that was entrusted to Babu's, to use meaningfully for the countrymen?

Instead we have gimmicks like : Garibi Hatao, TV Set distribution, and berozgar bhatta. Stop this sloganeering and gimmicks - where are the results?

12 Comments:

At 2:50 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

For ur comment on my blog:

Medha Patkar is supporting farmer's rights. The food grains u & i eat r produced by these farmers not at our homes. Lets repect the fact that farmers hve the right to own their land. No rehabilitation compensation is given to them wen farmers r askked to evacuate, its jus on papers not pratised pratically.

What made u think we'd b back ward if Medha's support to farmers exists? Her fight for poor men's justice is justified.Even if v r citizens of deveeloping nation, atleast we live with dignity. Look at Japan, China & USA. Due to industrilization, there's so much pollution in those nations, they suffer from so many health problems. its all due to their greed.

u & i can't eat money to survive, can we? Farmers generate food.Who will protect famers wen all will turn into corporates?

Corporates shudn't b allowed to eat up the lands to build buildings & more buildings with higher electricity, water consumptions.

Poor & middle class people like me eventually are sufferers.

 
At 8:50 AM, Blogger Apun Ka Desh said...

Madhu Ahuja> You are yourself not sure about what you are saying.

Nevertheless - SEZs are NOT wrong. It is the corruption associated with it is that is wrong. Not giving appropriate compensation to farmers is wrong.
Get it ?

 
At 9:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great Point. If 50% of food grains are being stolen, thats a big big problem.

We need to Privatize everything.. like yesterday.

 
At 2:08 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

AKD - if we can increase education, awareness, reduce poverty and reinforce rationality eliminating the difference based on the caste religion or sex and start giving priority to individual skill and talent 90% of our problems will be solevd. Today we face political mismanagement in our country. As long as ignorance is there donkeys will rule us. It may take a generation in India when the people will demand accountability and will really value the output based system.. Happy Diwali and happy Eid..to all of u.

 
At 4:10 AM, Blogger Vinutha and Lingaraj said...

you have a nice blog out here...
will visit it often...

 
At 10:51 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dear Apun,

We need more privatization to reduce more corruption. Giving money as you said to farmer is wrong I am totally agree with you its not fault of business but the corrupt babu's.

 
At 11:13 PM, Blogger Musings on India said...

I actually had a question? Apart from RTI is there anything we can actually do to see that these things dont happen? I know voting is the most important tool but any suggestions on other tools?

 
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