It is not surprising that rich people are grabbing houses meant for poor. As a matter of fact all subsidies, aids, lands etc are grabbed by rich person in the area, politicians, middlemen and poor get a slice of the cake as a sympathetic contribution. Even good quality wheat and rice meant for distribution to ration card holders are bought by traders and sold in the market. Only rotten quality wheat which is not saleable in open markets are distributed through Fair price shops. Gas cylinders sold by Gas agencies at subsidized rates are mostly used by hotels owners, shop keepers, guest houses, wedding houses, factories, houses of middle class and rich class etc. Rural people or poor people cannot even dream of buying a gas cylinder. Government is selling Kerosene oil at very cheap rate and incurs huge loss due to this subsidized sale. But here also 80%of kerosene oil is bought by traders and sold in black market or bought by petrol and diesel dealers for adulteration in petrol and diesel.
Even schools free meals meant to attract poor students are eaten by teachers or sold to traders. Only a part of free meal which is rotten and of mean quality is served to enrolled students. Everyone knows very well how middlemen and politicians are looting fund under NREGA. Even then our clean Prime Minister claim of good governance and at least everyday he talks of GDP growth which he means to say Gross Domestic Product but actually for poor and rural people it is Garibi Development Project.
Government knows very well that fund given for development and poverty alleviation is mostly grabbed by middlemen, political leaders, and babus in government offices. All types of Construction work including Indira Awas construction carried out by government agencies involves distribution of illegal money in the shape of commission to dealing officers , monitoring agencies and politicians. Contractors cannot survive and cannot become wealthy person until he distributes at least 50% of contract amount among corrupt persons sitting in the administration and political workers called as dadagiri tax..
This is unending sad story of Indians and Indian administrations , more specially of Indian politicians and babus.
Danendra JAIN
Ganaraj Choumuhani
Agartala 04.04.2010
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