More than anything French want the huge Rafale contract and I admit by such posturing I only see the Rafale and additonal scorpenes as the big ticket purchases by India and why not.
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Retired Brig Asad Munir found dead in Islamabad: police - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
Family does not want autopsy....hmmmmm
Family does not want autopsy....hmmmmm
This is the kind of intelligent comment I expect from you- highlighting the article of a prominent BJP politician and ignorantly attacking it as NDTV
He quit the BJP long ago. I don't expect you to know that. Also as a media advisor, he effectively killed L. K. Advani's career. Then he was jailed in the cash for votes scam & is currently out on bail.
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So you had to post something but couldn't come up with a good retort. Much like the Congress and Pappu. Spit & run.
In your case posting 'something' is usually the objective. Our lives and time are extremely valuable.
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I wanted to explore the soundness of this statue building business as most of you seem to be in favor of this citing jobs and tourism that will be delivered as the states plan to invest close to 9000 cr for these three gigantic statues. So what exactly are the numbers, do we have any estimates of break even period for such investment, is this the best utilization of the state funds?
Take the case of Maharashtra's shivaji statue to honor Shivaji; Actual forts built/rebuilt by Shiviaji Maharaj's own guidance like Pratapgad, Sindhudurg, Raigad, even the pune's Sinhgad and shanivar wada lie in ruined state, all the while we want to built new monuments, When the ones which have ample historical value lie in ruins. Instead of spending money to fix heritage sights which have actual significance,and can surpass tourism value of the made in china monuments, wouldn't it serve the states better to fix it's existing tourism infrastructure.
List of forts in India - Wikipedia
And this is discounting for the fact that state like UP has massive mismanagement, children die in hospitals for lack of oxygen, while the CM appropriates the decision to build a Lord Rama's statue? Isn't there anything else left to do in the state, are all the metrics for development already exhausted in growth that such avenues of investment of tax payer funds need to be undertaken?
I wanted to explore the soundness of this statue building business as most of you seem to be in favor of this citing jobs and tourism that will be delivered as the states plan to invest close to 9000 cr for these three gigantic statues. So what exactly are the numbers, do we have any estimates of break even period for such investment, is this the best utilization of the state funds?
Take the case of Maharashtra's shivaji statue to honor Shivaji; Actual forts built/rebuilt by Shiviaji Maharaj's own guidance like Pratapgad, Sindhudurg, Raigad, even the pune's Sinhgad and shanivar wada lie in ruined state, all the while we want to built new monuments, When the ones which have ample historical value lie in ruins. Instead of spending money to fix heritage sights which have actual significance,and can surpass tourism value of the made in china monuments, wouldn't it serve the states better to fix it's existing tourism infrastructure.
List of forts in India - Wikipedia
And this is discounting for the fact that state like UP has massive mismanagement, children die in hospitals for lack of oxygen, while the CM appropriates the decision to build a Lord Rama's statue? Isn't there anything else left to do in the state, are all the metrics for development already exhausted in growth that such avenues of investment of tax payer funds need to be undertaken?
You know today I went to PDF after many days
PDF looks like a Scene from Breaking Bad
All of them are like Meth Heads
Statues alone will Not win any election
As Mayawati has seen in the past
If you can perform and deliver and
Then later on , also make a big Statue ,
only then you can talk about it
Right now in India
Nobody is talking of Statue of Unity
In Gujarat , Modi is not being judged for
Statue of Unity
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Where did elections come in? What is the advantage in building these statues, especially when heritage sites of much more significance lie i ruins?
But they are sanctioned instead of sanctioning renovating existing sites, or improving infrastructure, education public transport, law enforcement, or even refunding state taxes as incentives.
But Gujarat ranks 17th in literacy rate, has it exhausted all of the metrics for development that it had to build a 3000 cr statue, also given that it's claimed it will generate tourism and jobs, what exactly is break even period for the statue?
The Truth Behind the Gujarat Growth Model