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CPI(M) manifesto - misleading facts and too broad?

silkboard - 22-MAR-2009

Writing this to point out what fact based means, this post is inspired by TN Ninnan's editorial in Saturday's Business Standard. He picked out a few statements from CPI-M's new election website, and argued that a few of them are not supported by facts, or even observations. Mr Ninnan has picked out certain statements from CPI-M manifesto (here), and taken objections to them:

Tried office commute using Big10 - a report

silkboard - 5-MAR-2009

Big10 inside 28.22 am - Wife dropped me at the main road outside our complex, a Big 10 was waiting right then and there. Even better, the driver stopped for me to save me a 50 m walk till the bus stand. Good or bad, I wonder, but I did say thanks to him.

Car Fuel Subsidised

Naveen - 23-FEB-2009

One of my danish colleagues had remarked that our country, instead of helping the poor & taxing the rich, was subsidising the car users with lower fuel costs since all oil imports were being sold at lesser price than what they actually cost in India.

Bus Routes and Fares

rs - 17-FEB-2009

I've recently started using the bus - I must admit it took my car being in the shop for a few days to trigger it - and have found it to be very easy and comfortable. But I'm curious about the fare system. The first couple of times I found a `Suvarna' bus and the fare, from Mathikere to Yelahanka, was Rs. 11. The bus was virtually empty, comfortable and smooth.

ABIDe's Bengaluru Governance Act: Basics getting in place?

idontspam - 5-FEB-2009

ABIDe ... has stressed on creation of a structure that would become the local planning authority for the city and the metropolitan region. Besides this ABIDe’s focus of citizen centric governance has been further enhanced by the proposal of a comprehensive development and co-ordinated execution of developmental projects. See: ABIDe presents Governance Bill

Is High Speed Rail at 300+ kph Economically Viable for India

Vasanth - 28-JAN-2009

* Yes * No

Railway Time Table needs Correction for effective utilisation

ajayrailway - 8-JAN-2009

Dear All We have one of the third class time table in world and we can say easily that one of the third class operational efficiency ( I AM TALKING ABOUT NEW DELHI -KANPUR SECTION ] ALLAHABAD JN FOR MUMBAI,varanasi AND SOUTH BOUND TRAIN, GAYA JN FOR PATNA BOUND TRAIN , THE OPERATIOnal effeciency of these station are very poor .

Scrutinizing environmental clerances (Prestige Exora.png)

silkboard - 23-DEC-2008

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Scrutinizing environmental clerances (Prestige Dynasty.png)

silkboard - 23-DEC-2008

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Scrutinizing environmental clerances

silkboard - 23-DEC-2008

Last month, I spotted two notices from Prestige Group announcing environmental clearances for their projects (Dynasty, Exora). What caught my attention was that document numbers and a website were mentioned, I assume for us, the public, to see the documents for ourselves.