A recent report by the Emerging Markets Forum for the Asian Development Bank asks whether India is moving towards oligarchic rather than competitive capitalism: “…there is a risk that India will evolve to a condition of oligarchic capitalism, in which the market and political power of major corporations will become a drag on long-term growth and a source of distortion in policy design.”

 

 

We see this manifest itself in land grabs under the guise of setting up special economic zones, the scandalous way telecom spectrum was handed over cheaply in 2008, the loot that goes on in the name of public-private partnerships and how the battle between the Ambani brothers messes up the distribution of natural gas.

Hope this post will not be DELETED again

I could have posted this topic on Praja myself as I found it interesting, but I chose to comment on the article at the news site itself as it is not a local issue to be discussed here. Most non local issues that I want to discuss, I take offline to my Blog and hope others do the same.

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Read the posting guidelines, and see what norms you have not followed

- Is this a local post? Not.

- Why have you tagged the post Bangalore? Which local area of Bangalore, or recent issue in the city does this post apply to?

- Why do you have to format the post so heavy - bold and italics. Over-formatted posts are hard to read. In case you DID NOT notice, some people moonlight here to correct overly-formatted and badly tagged posts from yourself and a few others.

Please read the moderation guidelines. It say very clearly that "I don't agree with you" is not the ground for moderation.

So please, either help us moderate and manage the site, or stick to posting guidelines. If you want to propogate ideologies without factual or citizen reporting aspects, may we suggest facebook, orkut, wordpress etc etc etc.Unlike water supply etc, Praja is not a public monopoly, there are options.

Now, you would say that other members post such stuff too. Those others post such stuff once in a while and not most of the time.

Cheers, and understand that people work behind this site to keep it relevant and focused. It is only a matter of respecting their time.

[Disclaimer - I was not the one who deleted your last post, another moderator would have. But I too would have deleted that post if that was all you posted.]

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Here, usage guidelines regarding posts, comments, tags and moderation:

http://praja.in/gyan/site-usage-guidelines

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Look at the ongoing healthcare post itself, despite losing his patience, asj has written long comments with examples, and context.

PA sir, if it makes you feel better, please ask murali, anatharam, syed me myself, and several others on how many times their posts too have been deleted by another moderator. If not liking the other view point was the criteria for moderation, your list of "posts from this member" might have been empty (see the list here http://praja.in/user/public-agenda). But is that the case?

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Dear IDS,

I posted it again since it was deleted and

in my post http://praja.in/discuss/forums/2009/07/kis-liye-jusco-mysore-aaya

I was referring to a support structure. Dear IDS and SB sir, that support structure

came out very well in the article from Mint quoting R Rajan (exIMF).

And that is very relevant here in Bangalore as much as Mumbai but less

so in Delhi and Kolkatta

I can refer some reading of the South Africa e.g by an Iranian prof.

This can be done offline

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that support structure came out very well in the article from Mint quoting R Rajan (exIMF).

Indeed he puts it eloquently and I agree as much in the comments on the site, but it is non-local, non-issue-specific, universally true statement. You could post it for all issues here on Praja. It is an ethical battle that needs to be fought and has to be a factor to be taken into consideration while designing systems. It will become like me quoting population control as solution for eveything. Overpopulation is a problem but that is a factor to be taken into consideration when designing systems. This mutual back scratching and oligarchic influences is as local as overpopulation is.

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PA,

The use of Praja resources specially its blog site is the privilege given to online community to promote citizen activism that could bring some sanity into our public utility services offered by civic agencies.

You have the privileges (not the right) as long as your agenda and Praja agenda is in sync. Anything beyond this, Praja stakeholders has right to stop you and others from using Praja to further your personal agendas which has no relevance to Praja's overall agenda.

It is in everybody's interest to see that they adhere to Praja's guidelines and use the Praja resources as privilege not as a right.

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