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In which direction we are moving the Nation?

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In which direction we are moving the Nation? By: Vijay Sardana With imported pen ink, when we draft our national policy to make India economic superpower of the world, what do you think, what happen? We lack conviction and resolve to achieve it.  Is it possible to have such policy and action plan when we know today most of the pen used by policy makers are not made in India or belongs to a multinational brand. The fact is we have not even created a pen which can be proud off.  Our pen companies boldly write ink is from Japan or Germany or R and D from Japan and Germany. Why we are not able to produce any meaningful contribution for our own daily life as a nation?  Is it that difficult to have in-house R and D for ink of the pen?  Who failed us? Government sector or private sector or both? High time to think about it. Who will answer this?   Which law is stopping us from developing the ink for the pens? Can industry highlight the reason why we are borrowing R&D for

Technologies for Future Food Business

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Amazing Poetic Speech of Sh. Nadir Godrej which The President of India Enjoyed

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Poetic Speech on  Doubling Indian Agriculture By Sh. Nadir Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Agrovet Ltd., at Vigyan Bhawan in the Presence of Hon'ble President of India in the Inauguration Session on  1/2/2013 Sh. Nadir Godrej delivering his speech at the Conference... read the text below... I am honored and thankful to Sh. Nadir Godrej ji for forwarding me the softcopy of his speech on my request, so that I can share with you all. Please read the same, think about it and Enjoy... more than once... While agriculture plods along The other sectors have been strong. Our service sector is the star. And industry has come quite far Although right now it's been laid low Thanks to a crippling double blow. Recurrent scandals stemmed the flow Of coal and gas and iron ore, Preventing us from making more. As if that was not quite enough The RBI chose to get tough With interest rates that are sky high And make investors very shy. On this subject I

10,000 Page-views reached today... Big Thank You to all..

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Big Thank You to All of You...  Reached 10,000  Page-views Today Thank You to All my Well-wishers and  Readers " Vijay Sardana Online " Blog has reached the milestone of 10,000 views and we would like to thank all of our readers for helping to get us there. Profile of Audiences:  Entry Pageviews United States 5347 India 3671 Russia 231 United Kingdom 128 Canada 95 Germany 65 Thailand 41 Indonesia 25 South Korea 25 Australia 20 Readers from the following countries also visited:  Tanzania, South Korea, Hong Kong, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Sweden, etc.  In total, readers from more than 50 countries visited the Blog.  When I set up the blog this year, it was just to put my thoughts on blog for my own future use so that I can access them from wherever I want for the use them -  for my articles,  presentations and training programs. I never though

Should RBI Manage Food Inflation in the Non-Food Style?

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Is it wise to Manage Food Inflation in the non-food style? Relation between inflation and economic growth. As you know why Central Banks are desperate to control inflation. The current approach is restrict cash flow. Is this the only approach to control inflation?  Can we handle food inflation in the same manner, the way we handle non-food inflation? Approaches and methods may differ...!! !  What should be the correct approach to control food inflation?   To cut demand or to improve supply. What will be the implication on public health?  Do send your views...

Commodity Markets - Development, Regulations & Future

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Time to review India's Food Trade Policy

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Why India should rework its Food Trade Policy? Shortsighted Political decisions destroyed the Bargaining Power of Biggest Consumer Market i.e. India Sir ji, What is the way out? To, Honorable Prime Minister of India & Honorable Finance Minister of India New Delhi Dear Sir, It is the duty of the government to ensure food security for the masses and also to ensure that food security must be based on domestic production not based on imported food to protect our strategic and sovereign national interest. As you are aware, carbohydrates, oils & fats and protein are the basic food components for any living human beings and animals. Today we are self-sufficient in carbohydrates only due to our policies for wheat and rice. It is high time we should consider how to fill the gap for oils and protein. Unfortunately, our soil health is suffering, our hum health is suffering,  mal nutrition is a serious issue due to our economic policies which lacks qualitative focus a