Environmentalism is good business as well. It is illusory in economics understanding that government feed people, rather other way around, through taxes. Indian liberal politician Sharad Joshi writes “There is a lot of hue and cry about climate change and global warming, though nobody is very clear what it really means”. That is true but “A couple of decades earlier, there were similar tirades against “capitalist” growth by the Communists and fellow-travellers, who argued that growth in a capitalist economy was bound to suffer from intermittent cyclical depressions and economic crises”.
As I said earlier in one post, is worth to read some ideas from well experienced people like him. “The Communists who, in their heyday, ridiculed Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi as obscurantist charlatans, have taken to professing environmentalism after the fall of the Soviet Union. When Stalin lived and ruled, these very people championed the cause of establishing a Communist global hegemony as a legitimate revolutionary aspiration. Now, they are opposed even to the establishment of a set of rules of international trade under the World Trade Organisation.
Even if the fears of the environmentalists of an impending doomsday look like materialising, human ingenuity is capable of coping with it. Already, plans are afoot to create an artificial sundial in space to soften the effect of solar radiation.
Neighbouring planets are being explored with a view to finding a congenial environment for the settlement of generations to come. In fact, human ingenuity is such that, as Ayn Rand put it, even if the Sun itself were to collapse, human beings would be able to replace it with a Sun of their own creation.Malthus predicted widespread epidemics and famines in a situation where the supply of land was constant and the population increased in geometric proportion. He was proved false by technological innovations that permitted citizens of today to eat more and better than his forefathers did.
When the evil effects of technologies start manifesting, man has usually found a way to overcome them by innovating further towards a more advanced technology. Humanity will take the problem in its stride and find ways of overcoming them. Humanity lives by its more innovative and enterprising members. Human ingenuity is limitless. There is no doubt that each innovation may create some new problems. But those problems, one can be sure, will be overcome by man’s ingenuity”.
The full article is here. It is double worth to read with open mind.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Time to accept efficient Private Firm and inefficient Government schools by Chandra
The Chandigarh UT had announced to outsource education department housekeeping works to private sector. At least the time has come in north to outsource inefficient government departments works to efficient private sector.
I have pasted the whole news below.
Private firm to keep govt schools clean
Education Dept Outsources Housekeeping Work
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chandigarh: In order to overcome the problem of filthy toilets, dirty corridors, unclean classrooms, dangling electrical wires and overgrown gardens, the UT education department has handed over its housekeeping department into private hands. The oneyear-contract has been given to Sunrise Facilitators, which starts work on June 23, which is Monday. The general scope of the work would include cleaning and maintenance of building works, public health, gardening, electrical work and open spaces, said DPI(S) SK Setia. The contract would include all model and non-model schools of the city, he added. The pri vate company would be required to clean and maintain buildings with the latest mechanical and manual equipment as per the schedule prescribed. Gardening would include development and maintenance of grassland, lawns, regular cutting of grass, doing landscape, and regular cutting and keeping gardens clean and properly maintained. ‘‘The students’ health is of prime importance to us. So we’ve asked the agency to provide anti-mosquito treatment along with regular anti-termite control, rodent control and general pest control,’’ a DPI(S) official told TOI. The official added toilet blocks and urinals would need regular attendants so that cleanliness and hygiene could be maintained. ‘‘We will provide cleaning machines for quality services to the government schools ,’’ said the contractor, Gurdeep. ‘‘As the quotation given by the department is quite less, we would provide one full-time sweeper in small schools and two for the big schools . Apart from that, we’ll be giving two part-time sweepers for the second shift in all the schools . Our main concern is to provide quality work and manage things well in the government institutions,’’ he asserted. Talking about outsourcing, Setia said the manpower would be shifted to schools reeling under shortage. Eligibility criteria The department has set minimum eligibility for the manpower and the staff that would be provided by the agency. A three years’ experience is must for the supervisor and the electrician and plumber need to be ITI certificate holders in electrical and plumbing trade.
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOICG&login=default&AW=1214053373812
I have pasted the whole news below.
Private firm to keep govt schools clean
Education Dept Outsources Housekeeping Work
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chandigarh: In order to overcome the problem of filthy toilets, dirty corridors, unclean classrooms, dangling electrical wires and overgrown gardens, the UT education department has handed over its housekeeping department into private hands. The oneyear-contract has been given to Sunrise Facilitators, which starts work on June 23, which is Monday. The general scope of the work would include cleaning and maintenance of building works, public health, gardening, electrical work and open spaces, said DPI(S) SK Setia. The contract would include all model and non-model schools of the city, he added. The pri vate company would be required to clean and maintain buildings with the latest mechanical and manual equipment as per the schedule prescribed. Gardening would include development and maintenance of grassland, lawns, regular cutting of grass, doing landscape, and regular cutting and keeping gardens clean and properly maintained. ‘‘The students’ health is of prime importance to us. So we’ve asked the agency to provide anti-mosquito treatment along with regular anti-termite control, rodent control and general pest control,’’ a DPI(S) official told TOI. The official added toilet blocks and urinals would need regular attendants so that cleanliness and hygiene could be maintained. ‘‘We will provide cleaning machines for quality services to the government schools ,’’ said the contractor, Gurdeep. ‘‘As the quotation given by the department is quite less, we would provide one full-time sweeper in small schools and two for the big schools . Apart from that, we’ll be giving two part-time sweepers for the second shift in all the schools . Our main concern is to provide quality work and manage things well in the government institutions,’’ he asserted. Talking about outsourcing, Setia said the manpower would be shifted to schools reeling under shortage. Eligibility criteria The department has set minimum eligibility for the manpower and the staff that would be provided by the agency. A three years’ experience is must for the supervisor and the electrician and plumber need to be ITI certificate holders in electrical and plumbing trade.
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOICG&login=default&AW=1214053373812
Parents and students scrutinizes Teacher performance by Chandra
It is the best system to monitor the teacher is performance through children and parents satisfaction of learning instead the other way around.
In Chandigarh, there is innovative but not shocking one. I have pasted the whole story here.
Students to decide fate of teachers on contract By Dhara Katoch/TNN
Chandigarh: UT education department has come out with an assessment report of its SSA teachers working on contracts, which, interestingly, has been done by students of government schools. The initiative, undertaken by the UT education department, is first of its kind. According to Saroj Mittal, assistant director (vocational education), “We have covered 70% of rural and urban schools (both model and non-model) of the city.” She added, “We have decided to conceal students’ identity in order to avoid any kind of harassment by their teachers later,” she said. The department has received around 400 assessment forms from some of the schools and the analyses of which has already started. The assessment is being done under strict supervision of the counsellors. This will make chances of child being pressurized by teachers or school authorities very bleak, informed DPI(S) official. “The required action to be taken against the teacher will be decided only after thoroughly analyzing the report. Moreover, the renewal of the contract of SSA teachers will also depend on their assessment and points they have earned,” said SK Setia, DPI(S). While department officials are of the view that the idea will be helpful enough, the concept has not really been an impressive one for a few teachers. Sudesh Kaur, lecture, GMSSSS, Sector 8 said, “I don’t think it’s a great idea on the part of the department. How can students assess their teachers. They can be biased while giving feedback. It’s fine at the senior secondary level but not for the younger lot.” She suggested that senior teachers or officials from outside could visit different schools and assess the teachers. However, Sunita Kapoor, senior counsellor said, I’ve personally worked on the assessment project and it is a huge success. Students are satisfied and teachers have also realized that now they have to work hard.”
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOICG&login=default&AW=1214053373812
In Chandigarh, there is innovative but not shocking one. I have pasted the whole story here.
Students to decide fate of teachers on contract By Dhara Katoch/TNN
Chandigarh: UT education department has come out with an assessment report of its SSA teachers working on contracts, which, interestingly, has been done by students of government schools. The initiative, undertaken by the UT education department, is first of its kind. According to Saroj Mittal, assistant director (vocational education), “We have covered 70% of rural and urban schools (both model and non-model) of the city.” She added, “We have decided to conceal students’ identity in order to avoid any kind of harassment by their teachers later,” she said. The department has received around 400 assessment forms from some of the schools and the analyses of which has already started. The assessment is being done under strict supervision of the counsellors. This will make chances of child being pressurized by teachers or school authorities very bleak, informed DPI(S) official. “The required action to be taken against the teacher will be decided only after thoroughly analyzing the report. Moreover, the renewal of the contract of SSA teachers will also depend on their assessment and points they have earned,” said SK Setia, DPI(S). While department officials are of the view that the idea will be helpful enough, the concept has not really been an impressive one for a few teachers. Sudesh Kaur, lecture, GMSSSS, Sector 8 said, “I don’t think it’s a great idea on the part of the department. How can students assess their teachers. They can be biased while giving feedback. It’s fine at the senior secondary level but not for the younger lot.” She suggested that senior teachers or officials from outside could visit different schools and assess the teachers. However, Sunita Kapoor, senior counsellor said, I’ve personally worked on the assessment project and it is a huge success. Students are satisfied and teachers have also realized that now they have to work hard.”
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOICG&login=default&AW=1214053373812
Outsource all abysmal service of government department by Chandra
In this globalized era, the well known recent employment generator is outsourcing mania at least in India and developing countries. It is now time to outsource all poor (tax payers) funded government departments works to efficient private sector domain. But prompt monitoring is required in private sector otherwise the service will become endanger as it was in the government domain.
The Punjab government recently announced some of the government services to private sector to ensure the proper management and it reaches the needy people.
I have pasted the news as it is to use further in future.
State to outsourced mid-day meals
GAUTAM DHEER
Posted online: Thursday , June 12, 2008 at 02:45:19Updated: Thursday , June 12, 2008 at 02:45:19
The state government has decided to outsource mid-day meals in Punjab schools. A centralised kitchen, replacing thousands of make-shift cooking places within schools, will soon be set up for supplying fresh cooked food to children in primary schools.
The proposal, which has got the formal approval of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, will be first launched in three Punjab districts— Tarn Taran, Ferozepur and Nawanshahr. The project is expected to save hundreds of teachers from the daily grind.
The inspiration for outsourcing came from Delhi, where a similar model was set in place not long ago.
A senior official said, “The state government extensively studied the Delhi model and then decided to replicate it in Punjab.”
About 3.17 lakh students in as many as 2,233 primary and middle schools in the three districts will be covered in the first phase of the project. Under the existing system of mid-day meals, a schoolteacher is tasked with major part of the process, including procurement of raw material, storage, maintenance of accounts and arranging cooks (at a meagre wage of Rs 400 per month) among other things.
Once the centralised kitchen is put in place, schoolteachers can concentrate on academics. Talking to The Indian Express, Director General, School Education, Krishan Kumar said, “Tenders have been invited from NGOs and voluntary organisations. The state will pay them remunerative cost as per the instructions of the Centre. Wheat and rice will be supplied to them as per the original format.”
This year from March 31 onwards, the midday meal scheme has been extended up to class VIII. Krishan Kumar said the change would also ensure adequate checks and balances on not only hygiene and quality of food but also the calorie and protein content as per the laid-down norm.
Sources said if the pilot project yields encouraging results, it would be extended to other districts as well.
In Punjab, there are about 22 lakh children who are given mid-day meals for 220 days a year.
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/State-to-outsource-midday-meals/321836/
The Punjab government recently announced some of the government services to private sector to ensure the proper management and it reaches the needy people.
I have pasted the news as it is to use further in future.
State to outsourced mid-day meals
GAUTAM DHEER
Posted online: Thursday , June 12, 2008 at 02:45:19Updated: Thursday , June 12, 2008 at 02:45:19
The state government has decided to outsource mid-day meals in Punjab schools. A centralised kitchen, replacing thousands of make-shift cooking places within schools, will soon be set up for supplying fresh cooked food to children in primary schools.
The proposal, which has got the formal approval of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, will be first launched in three Punjab districts— Tarn Taran, Ferozepur and Nawanshahr. The project is expected to save hundreds of teachers from the daily grind.
The inspiration for outsourcing came from Delhi, where a similar model was set in place not long ago.
A senior official said, “The state government extensively studied the Delhi model and then decided to replicate it in Punjab.”
About 3.17 lakh students in as many as 2,233 primary and middle schools in the three districts will be covered in the first phase of the project. Under the existing system of mid-day meals, a schoolteacher is tasked with major part of the process, including procurement of raw material, storage, maintenance of accounts and arranging cooks (at a meagre wage of Rs 400 per month) among other things.
Once the centralised kitchen is put in place, schoolteachers can concentrate on academics. Talking to The Indian Express, Director General, School Education, Krishan Kumar said, “Tenders have been invited from NGOs and voluntary organisations. The state will pay them remunerative cost as per the instructions of the Centre. Wheat and rice will be supplied to them as per the original format.”
This year from March 31 onwards, the midday meal scheme has been extended up to class VIII. Krishan Kumar said the change would also ensure adequate checks and balances on not only hygiene and quality of food but also the calorie and protein content as per the laid-down norm.
Sources said if the pilot project yields encouraging results, it would be extended to other districts as well.
In Punjab, there are about 22 lakh children who are given mid-day meals for 220 days a year.
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/State-to-outsource-midday-meals/321836/
Price mechanism is free bird Kinemics by Chandra
It is the price kinemics that determine the individuals to indulge particular service or any other viable necessities. Here is an economist who gently explains the basic principle of price kinemics.
Consequently, the functions of price mechanism in both private goods and public goods is not perfect, the later is inefficient ends with poor quality of service and the farmer is efficient as the natural right to keep safe and productive with more care.
The interesting paragraphs to grasp quickly:
“In order to reduce the possible negative impact of increasing fuel price on economic welfare of the people, the Union finance minister advised the public to utilise public transportation system (PTS) as an alternative means of transportation.
The advice on switching over to PTS is based on the assumption that the PTS is a ‘perfect’ substitute for private mode of transportation. However, in many cases the PTS and the private mode of transportation are not perfect substitutes to each other.
Another fundamental economic issue to be addressed in the wake of the above piece of advice is that at what level of fuel price, the owners of private vehicles will switch over to PTS? Simple economic principle says that costs and benefits of both private mode of travel as well as travel by the PTS will have to guide the commuters’ decision to opt for either of the systems.
More precisely, a commuter will switch over to the PTS only if the relative cost of travel in PTS is lower than that of the private mode of travel, when there is a change in the price of fuel. Let me take my own case. I have got a two-wheeler, which is my private mode of travel. Every day I have to travel eight kilometres up and down to work. At the fuel efficiency of 60 kilometres per litre, I can make six trips at the cost of Rs 55 (at today’s petrol price in Chennai).
However, if I travel by the PTS I could make approximately four trips with the same amount (@ Rs. 14 per trip). On the basis of direct cost of travel, the economics of private mode of travel still works out to be ‘relatively’ cheaper. But, if I travel by ‘low fare bus’, at Rs 7 per trip, then I could make eight trips which works out better than the private mode of travel. Unfortunately, this option is ruled out because of ‘inequitable’ distribution of the low-fare services, especially during peak hours. In addition to the direct cost, there are indirect costs involved in travelling in the PTS, such as, opportunity cost of extended travel time, psychological costs due to congested travel and breakdowns, etc. Even though concessions on season tickets may reduce the burden of the direct cost, it is these ‘indirect costs’ that make the PTS less preferable. Taking into account all kinds of costs, the PTS becomes more costly than the private mode of travel. Simple economics says that even with the current increase in the petrol price owners of private vehicles, like me, will not switch over to the PTS permanently. So, the advice of the finance minister will be taken seriously only when the PTS is strengthened by inducting more number of low-fare but high quality services, apart from other measures”.
Read full article here.
Consequently, the functions of price mechanism in both private goods and public goods is not perfect, the later is inefficient ends with poor quality of service and the farmer is efficient as the natural right to keep safe and productive with more care.
The interesting paragraphs to grasp quickly:
“In order to reduce the possible negative impact of increasing fuel price on economic welfare of the people, the Union finance minister advised the public to utilise public transportation system (PTS) as an alternative means of transportation.
The advice on switching over to PTS is based on the assumption that the PTS is a ‘perfect’ substitute for private mode of transportation. However, in many cases the PTS and the private mode of transportation are not perfect substitutes to each other.
Another fundamental economic issue to be addressed in the wake of the above piece of advice is that at what level of fuel price, the owners of private vehicles will switch over to PTS? Simple economic principle says that costs and benefits of both private mode of travel as well as travel by the PTS will have to guide the commuters’ decision to opt for either of the systems.
More precisely, a commuter will switch over to the PTS only if the relative cost of travel in PTS is lower than that of the private mode of travel, when there is a change in the price of fuel. Let me take my own case. I have got a two-wheeler, which is my private mode of travel. Every day I have to travel eight kilometres up and down to work. At the fuel efficiency of 60 kilometres per litre, I can make six trips at the cost of Rs 55 (at today’s petrol price in Chennai).
However, if I travel by the PTS I could make approximately four trips with the same amount (@ Rs. 14 per trip). On the basis of direct cost of travel, the economics of private mode of travel still works out to be ‘relatively’ cheaper. But, if I travel by ‘low fare bus’, at Rs 7 per trip, then I could make eight trips which works out better than the private mode of travel. Unfortunately, this option is ruled out because of ‘inequitable’ distribution of the low-fare services, especially during peak hours. In addition to the direct cost, there are indirect costs involved in travelling in the PTS, such as, opportunity cost of extended travel time, psychological costs due to congested travel and breakdowns, etc. Even though concessions on season tickets may reduce the burden of the direct cost, it is these ‘indirect costs’ that make the PTS less preferable. Taking into account all kinds of costs, the PTS becomes more costly than the private mode of travel. Simple economics says that even with the current increase in the petrol price owners of private vehicles, like me, will not switch over to the PTS permanently. So, the advice of the finance minister will be taken seriously only when the PTS is strengthened by inducting more number of low-fare but high quality services, apart from other measures”.
Read full article here.
Freedom to private participation means freedom for poor by Chandra
The economicus of private sector role in economy is perhaps less understood by policy maker in India, of course few who are pioneer in that system. Where the competition premised the products are get touched door step even the customer not interested to buy, it approaches often as grain with hand in mouth, beside the good quality products get bite by affordable price discovery by both sellers and buyers. On the other hand the monopoly system which produces products and delivers on the road step but poor quality products example are many like government education system, road, power, water etc.
Here is a minister who is against of both and tells something else which is mixed but flowed to damage the economy than the individuals get freedom to accumulate wealth.
“The poor have not got poorer. But the rich have got infinitely richer”. For which we don’t have evidence to prove in either way. But commonly felt feeling is poor got benefited from economic reform and even biggest benefits from globalisation.
It at all the rich become richer it is their handwork and honest business of making every day margin of profits. Why government envoy? Instead it should deliver what is stipulated in the Constitution
“Income and wealth may be unequal but each vote is equal”. True, the former is historically reported every humanity because (s)he is unequal naturally but the later ‘each vote’ is later emergence of humanity which valued as welfare cost or currency to become rich. Every time the election come the vote value remain the same but few who give corrupt money is different but still the promise for each vote is the same. But the delivery of promise is quite unequal which is never a got value to each vote that were brought in the election examination. Where the politicians write wrong answers to each vote, no matter how the poor is ignorant about the candidate profile.
Do read the full article my recommendation is rather little grasp what the “Not bureaucratic development but participative development”
Here is a minister who is against of both and tells something else which is mixed but flowed to damage the economy than the individuals get freedom to accumulate wealth.
“The poor have not got poorer. But the rich have got infinitely richer”. For which we don’t have evidence to prove in either way. But commonly felt feeling is poor got benefited from economic reform and even biggest benefits from globalisation.
It at all the rich become richer it is their handwork and honest business of making every day margin of profits. Why government envoy? Instead it should deliver what is stipulated in the Constitution
“Income and wealth may be unequal but each vote is equal”. True, the former is historically reported every humanity because (s)he is unequal naturally but the later ‘each vote’ is later emergence of humanity which valued as welfare cost or currency to become rich. Every time the election come the vote value remain the same but few who give corrupt money is different but still the promise for each vote is the same. But the delivery of promise is quite unequal which is never a got value to each vote that were brought in the election examination. Where the politicians write wrong answers to each vote, no matter how the poor is ignorant about the candidate profile.
Do read the full article my recommendation is rather little grasp what the “Not bureaucratic development but participative development”
Buoyant government by Chandra
Since some time now more people loud their voice on Indian IITs and IIMs in Higher education and KVs, NVs CBSC etc elite about the buoyant role of government achievements. They don’t understand the difference between these institutions and other specific regional State Government run schools and institutions. The later kills million of students instead to teach them to get employed and grow economy. It is also often get sucked debate on China and India’s economic development.
Here is an interesting yet quite acceptable argument between these two countries despite their diversity. Again it is from Economist Ajay Shah.
“How important is exchange rate policy in explaining the gap between Chinese and Indian growth?
In India today, it is fashionable to suggest that India should do Chinese-style exchange rate policy on the grounds that this will induce Chinese-style growth in India. There are three problems with this proposition. First, there are many important elements of the Chinese growth advantage - the contribution of exchange rate policy is small at best. Second, there is no switch inside the central bank which can be thrown to achieve Chinese-style exchange rate policy. A full reckoning of the cost and complexity of setting up that configuration must be put on the table. Third, Chinese exchange rate policy is breaking down.
It is important for us in India to closely study the Chinese growth miracle. Six critical components of that experience can be identified, which differ from India:
When their economic reforms started, China was near universal literacy, while we are still far from this.
China has sound law and order, in contrast with the banditry that afflicts a third of India.
China has no trade unions, in contrast with the difficulties faced by Indian firms.
China has high quality roads, railways, ports and airports; in all four areas, India is lagging far behind.
China has near-zero tariffs, in contrast with India which is still quite protectionist.
China had a one-child policy, which led to a compression of the demographic transition into a short period.
Before we embark on Chinese-style undervaluation, we need to take in the full costs of this strategy. India is on the path to building sound institutions, in the context of an open democracy and free press, and aspires to become a mature market economy. All the elements of the Chinese strategy are antithetic to this goal”.
Don’t miss reading full article if you do no option to me to energies your muse!
Here is an interesting yet quite acceptable argument between these two countries despite their diversity. Again it is from Economist Ajay Shah.
“How important is exchange rate policy in explaining the gap between Chinese and Indian growth?
In India today, it is fashionable to suggest that India should do Chinese-style exchange rate policy on the grounds that this will induce Chinese-style growth in India. There are three problems with this proposition. First, there are many important elements of the Chinese growth advantage - the contribution of exchange rate policy is small at best. Second, there is no switch inside the central bank which can be thrown to achieve Chinese-style exchange rate policy. A full reckoning of the cost and complexity of setting up that configuration must be put on the table. Third, Chinese exchange rate policy is breaking down.
It is important for us in India to closely study the Chinese growth miracle. Six critical components of that experience can be identified, which differ from India:
When their economic reforms started, China was near universal literacy, while we are still far from this.
China has sound law and order, in contrast with the banditry that afflicts a third of India.
China has no trade unions, in contrast with the difficulties faced by Indian firms.
China has high quality roads, railways, ports and airports; in all four areas, India is lagging far behind.
China has near-zero tariffs, in contrast with India which is still quite protectionist.
China had a one-child policy, which led to a compression of the demographic transition into a short period.
Before we embark on Chinese-style undervaluation, we need to take in the full costs of this strategy. India is on the path to building sound institutions, in the context of an open democracy and free press, and aspires to become a mature market economy. All the elements of the Chinese strategy are antithetic to this goal”.
Don’t miss reading full article if you do no option to me to energies your muse!
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