So many people around the world want to know that "What is the Net
Worth of Ratan Tata"?
TATA Group is running 96 businesses and out of which 28 Companies are
publically listed on the various stock exchanges. Tata Group is world's top 50 Group according to Market capitalization and Reputation.
Have you ever thought why Ratan tata's name is not in the list of billionaire's club? why Ratan Tata is not a billionaire on the Forbes magazine list of billionaire people of the world?
The reason is that, TATA Group's 96 companies are held by its main Company "TATA Sons" and the main owner of this TATA Sons is not Ratan Tata but various charitable organizations developed and run by TATA Group.
Out of which JRD TATA Trust & Sir Ratan Tata Trust are the main. 65% ownership of TATA Sons which is the key holding company of the other 96 TATA Group Company is held by various charitable organizations.
So this 65% ownership ownership of Tatasons Limited is not reflected on Ratan Tata's personal Financial Statement but on the various charitable organizations. and this is the reason why Ratan Tata is not in the list of Billionaire club.
if we put this 65% ownership of Tata Sons in Ratan TATA's own personal financial statement then Ratan Tata's Net worth can become more than $ 70 billion. and that's much more than the Warren Buffet's Current Net Worth of $ 62 billion, the world's richest person according to Forbes magazine 2008.
However, it doesn't mean that Ratan Tata is poor. In one interviews he had told the reporter that, "I have my own Capital". He is the chairman of Tata Group so obviously he earns lots of money every year as a bonus, remuneration and salary. However, Ratan Tata's Net worth
is not $ 1 Billion.
He is not a billionaire on paper. but in reality he is the richest person of the world. His net worth in reality is more than Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.
SO the good thing about Tata Group is that, They do Charity out of their Money...
And that is the reason TATA Group has generated so much of Goodwill over last 5 generations.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Love the people
While a man was polishing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked a stone & scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child's hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using an iron wrench. At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father.... with painful eyes he asked 'Dad when will my fingers grow back?' Man was so hurt and speechless. He went back to the car and kicked it a lot of times. Devastated by his own actions... sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches, his child had written 'LOVE YOU DAD'. The next day that man committed suicide... Anger and Love have NO LIMITS - choose the latter to have a beautiful & lovely life... THINGS are meant to be USED and PEOPLE are to be LOVED ...but the problem with today's world is that... People are used & Things are loved!!! We can change if we want to.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Sanjay to Varun
It is now proved beyond doubt that Varun Gandhi is truly son of Sanjay Gandhi. What Sanjay started during 70s, Varun wants to complete after winning the election. But the people who are condemning the speech of Varun Gandhi belong to same old Congress Party of Indira Gandhi who supported Sanjay Gandhi's drives, be it at "Turkman Gate" or "Forcible Family Plannings". But greatest irony of this issue is, present CEC-designate Mr.Navin Chawla was once close to Sanjay Gandhi and was a key person to all those "drives" as Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
Good Article from Mr.A Surya Prakash
In a planned and systematic effort to gain unfair advantage over other political parties, the Congress party has named all major Government programmes, projects and institutions in the country after three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family — Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru — who are its icons, and disturbed the level playing field in the electoral arena.
Over the last 18 years, on a rough estimate, about 450 Central and State Government programmes, projects and national and State-level institutions involving public expenditure of hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees have been named after these three individuals. While it is the prerogative of a Government to name an institution after a person whom it considers to be a national or State leader, Government programmes which have been initiated to ameliorate the lives of millions of citizens (like drinking water, housing and employment guarantee schemes and old age pensions) fall into an entirely different category. If the nomenclature of these programmes is not politically neutral, the sanctity of the democratic system would be in jeopardy.
Among the big ticket programmes that have been cleverly named after members of this family by the Union Government to extract unjust electoral mileage is the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (rural electrification programme), which involves an outgo of Rs 28,000 crore during the Eleventh Plan period (Rs 5,500 crore in fiscal 2008-09). The drinking water mission, with an allocation of Rs 21,000 crore over three years (Rs 7,300 crore in 2008-09 and Rs 7,400 cr in 2009-10) is also named after him and is called the Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission. Other schemes, touching millions of people, which bear his name are the Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme for Children of Working Mothers; the Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana (to promote small enterprises); the Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana and the Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana (both insurance schemes).
Likewise, there are many mega-programmes named after Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru by the Centre. For example, there is Indira Awas Yojana. The budgetary allocation for this programme to house the poor is Rs 7,919 cr in 2008-09 and Rs 7914.70 cr in 2009-10. Also named after her is the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (Rs 3,443 cr in 2008-09). Programmes named after Jawaharlal Nehru over the last two decades are the Jahawarlal Nehru Rojgar Yojana and the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission. The Rojgar Yojana, which later metamorphosed into Jawaharlal Gram Samruddi Yojana was meant to provide employment to millions of unemployed citizens. The Union Government proposes to spend Rs 50,000 cr over seven years on the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (allocation of Rs 10,447.98 cr in 2008-09 and Rs 10,713.84 cr in 2009-10).
This trend is even more apparent in States which have vied with each other to name programmes and schemes after these three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family whenever the Congress Party was in power. Here is a sample: Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme, Pondicherry; Rajiv Ratna Awas Yojana, Delhi; Rajiv Arogyasri Health Insurance Scheme, Andhra Pradesh; Rajiv Gandhi Computer Literacy Mission, Assam; Rajiv Gandhi Bridges and Roads Infrastructure Development Programme, Haryana; Rajiv Gandhi Vidyarthi Suraksha Yojana, Maharashtra; Rajiv Gandhi Tourism Development Mission, Rajasthan; Indira Kranthi Patham Scheme and Indira Jeevitha Bima Pathakam, Andhra Pradesh; Indira Gandhi Niradhar Yojana and Indira Gandhi Landless Agriculture Labour Scheme, Maharashtra; Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Vivah Shagun Yojana, Haryana; Indira Gandhi Calf-Rearing Scheme, Andhra Pradesh.
A perusal of these programmes and schemes shows a systematic attempt by the Congress Party to name every Government programme concerning every citizen - man, woman, child; every possible circumstance in the life of every citizen - child bearing, child rearing, education of children, food, education of youth, employment, marriage, unemployment, destitution, handicap; and every possible challenge flowing out of lack of infrastructure - drinking water, electricity and housing after just three members of this political family who are icons of the Congress Party.
Obviously, the plan is to ensure maximum recall of Brand Congress among voters at every stage in life. Therefore, nothing is left out. The crèche for children of the working poor is named after Rajiv Gandhi. So is a breakfast scheme for poor children. The parents need to remember him for a host of other reasons - rural drinking water, rural electrification or scholarships. Indira Gandhi comes in when the poor want a house subsidised by the Government and you think of Nehru when urban renewal programmes come into play. The Congress Party has taken its obsession with this family to such an extent that even calf-rearing schemes are named after them. Shockingly, even Brand IIM had been tinkered with. While all institutes of management started by the Centre go under the IIM brand, the Congress Party has mischievously named the IIM in Shillong as the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management.
The list of 450 Government programmes, schemes, institutions etc named after these three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family broadly fall into the following categories: Central Government programmes and projects (12), State Government programmes (52), Universities and educational institutions (98), Ports and airports (6), Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships (66), Sports tournaments, trophies and stadia ( 47), National parks and Sanctuaries (15), Hospitals and medical institutions (39), National scientific and research institutions, chairs and festivals (37), Roads, buildings and places (74).
Apart from violation of basic democratic norms and electoral laws, the naming spree has crossed all limits of decency. Every major sports tournament has been named after the Nehru-Gandhis, as if nobody else matters, not even the greats in Indian sports. Among tournaments named after Rajiv Gandhi are national and international tournaments in football, basketball, judo, roller skating, beachball, kabaddi, rural cricket, gymnastics, boxing, the Delhi Marathon and the Kerala Boat Race. If anything is left out, it has been named after Indira Gandhi and Nehru. The same pattern is repeated in major national parks, universities, fellowships and scholarships. Such is the obsession of Congress Governments with this family that they name India's biggest open university after Indira Gandhi and name fellowships granted there after Rajiv Gandhi. Similarly, the centre for advanced scientific research in Bangalore is named after Nehru and the science talent fellowships awarded there are named after Rajiv Gandhi. For long years, we are all familiar with the Fullbright Scholarships. The Manmohan Singh Government has ensured that this is now known as the Fullbright-Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship! We are unlikely to see anything so gross even in dictatorships like in North Korea.
This blatant attempt to package and market Government programmes run on public money as munificent offerings from a single family to the people has made a mockery of the Model Code of Conduct drawn up by the Election Commission for observance by all political parties.
I have, therefore, petitioned the Chief Election Commissioner and requested him to immediately issue directions to the Union Government and to all the Governments in the States to remove the names of individuals, who are seen by the people as icons of specific political parties, from all Government programmes and schemes funded by the exchequer and to immediately give these programmes politically neutral names. Such a direction from the Election Commission will ensure enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct in letter and spirit and will also be in consonance with the various directions and instructions issued by the Commission from time to time
Over the last 18 years, on a rough estimate, about 450 Central and State Government programmes, projects and national and State-level institutions involving public expenditure of hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees have been named after these three individuals. While it is the prerogative of a Government to name an institution after a person whom it considers to be a national or State leader, Government programmes which have been initiated to ameliorate the lives of millions of citizens (like drinking water, housing and employment guarantee schemes and old age pensions) fall into an entirely different category. If the nomenclature of these programmes is not politically neutral, the sanctity of the democratic system would be in jeopardy.
Among the big ticket programmes that have been cleverly named after members of this family by the Union Government to extract unjust electoral mileage is the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (rural electrification programme), which involves an outgo of Rs 28,000 crore during the Eleventh Plan period (Rs 5,500 crore in fiscal 2008-09). The drinking water mission, with an allocation of Rs 21,000 crore over three years (Rs 7,300 crore in 2008-09 and Rs 7,400 cr in 2009-10) is also named after him and is called the Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission. Other schemes, touching millions of people, which bear his name are the Rajiv Gandhi National Creche Scheme for Children of Working Mothers; the Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana (to promote small enterprises); the Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana and the Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana (both insurance schemes).
Likewise, there are many mega-programmes named after Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru by the Centre. For example, there is Indira Awas Yojana. The budgetary allocation for this programme to house the poor is Rs 7,919 cr in 2008-09 and Rs 7914.70 cr in 2009-10. Also named after her is the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (Rs 3,443 cr in 2008-09). Programmes named after Jawaharlal Nehru over the last two decades are the Jahawarlal Nehru Rojgar Yojana and the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission. The Rojgar Yojana, which later metamorphosed into Jawaharlal Gram Samruddi Yojana was meant to provide employment to millions of unemployed citizens. The Union Government proposes to spend Rs 50,000 cr over seven years on the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (allocation of Rs 10,447.98 cr in 2008-09 and Rs 10,713.84 cr in 2009-10).
This trend is even more apparent in States which have vied with each other to name programmes and schemes after these three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family whenever the Congress Party was in power. Here is a sample: Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme, Pondicherry; Rajiv Ratna Awas Yojana, Delhi; Rajiv Arogyasri Health Insurance Scheme, Andhra Pradesh; Rajiv Gandhi Computer Literacy Mission, Assam; Rajiv Gandhi Bridges and Roads Infrastructure Development Programme, Haryana; Rajiv Gandhi Vidyarthi Suraksha Yojana, Maharashtra; Rajiv Gandhi Tourism Development Mission, Rajasthan; Indira Kranthi Patham Scheme and Indira Jeevitha Bima Pathakam, Andhra Pradesh; Indira Gandhi Niradhar Yojana and Indira Gandhi Landless Agriculture Labour Scheme, Maharashtra; Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Vivah Shagun Yojana, Haryana; Indira Gandhi Calf-Rearing Scheme, Andhra Pradesh.
A perusal of these programmes and schemes shows a systematic attempt by the Congress Party to name every Government programme concerning every citizen - man, woman, child; every possible circumstance in the life of every citizen - child bearing, child rearing, education of children, food, education of youth, employment, marriage, unemployment, destitution, handicap; and every possible challenge flowing out of lack of infrastructure - drinking water, electricity and housing after just three members of this political family who are icons of the Congress Party.
Obviously, the plan is to ensure maximum recall of Brand Congress among voters at every stage in life. Therefore, nothing is left out. The crèche for children of the working poor is named after Rajiv Gandhi. So is a breakfast scheme for poor children. The parents need to remember him for a host of other reasons - rural drinking water, rural electrification or scholarships. Indira Gandhi comes in when the poor want a house subsidised by the Government and you think of Nehru when urban renewal programmes come into play. The Congress Party has taken its obsession with this family to such an extent that even calf-rearing schemes are named after them. Shockingly, even Brand IIM had been tinkered with. While all institutes of management started by the Centre go under the IIM brand, the Congress Party has mischievously named the IIM in Shillong as the Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management.
The list of 450 Government programmes, schemes, institutions etc named after these three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family broadly fall into the following categories: Central Government programmes and projects (12), State Government programmes (52), Universities and educational institutions (98), Ports and airports (6), Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships (66), Sports tournaments, trophies and stadia ( 47), National parks and Sanctuaries (15), Hospitals and medical institutions (39), National scientific and research institutions, chairs and festivals (37), Roads, buildings and places (74).
Apart from violation of basic democratic norms and electoral laws, the naming spree has crossed all limits of decency. Every major sports tournament has been named after the Nehru-Gandhis, as if nobody else matters, not even the greats in Indian sports. Among tournaments named after Rajiv Gandhi are national and international tournaments in football, basketball, judo, roller skating, beachball, kabaddi, rural cricket, gymnastics, boxing, the Delhi Marathon and the Kerala Boat Race. If anything is left out, it has been named after Indira Gandhi and Nehru. The same pattern is repeated in major national parks, universities, fellowships and scholarships. Such is the obsession of Congress Governments with this family that they name India's biggest open university after Indira Gandhi and name fellowships granted there after Rajiv Gandhi. Similarly, the centre for advanced scientific research in Bangalore is named after Nehru and the science talent fellowships awarded there are named after Rajiv Gandhi. For long years, we are all familiar with the Fullbright Scholarships. The Manmohan Singh Government has ensured that this is now known as the Fullbright-Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship! We are unlikely to see anything so gross even in dictatorships like in North Korea.
This blatant attempt to package and market Government programmes run on public money as munificent offerings from a single family to the people has made a mockery of the Model Code of Conduct drawn up by the Election Commission for observance by all political parties.
I have, therefore, petitioned the Chief Election Commissioner and requested him to immediately issue directions to the Union Government and to all the Governments in the States to remove the names of individuals, who are seen by the people as icons of specific political parties, from all Government programmes and schemes funded by the exchequer and to immediately give these programmes politically neutral names. Such a direction from the Election Commission will ensure enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct in letter and spirit and will also be in consonance with the various directions and instructions issued by the Commission from time to time
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Terror Alert..
In case you come across any suspicious activity, any suspicious movement or have any information to tell to the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), please take a note of the new ALL INDIA TOLL-FREE Terror Help-line "1090". Your city's Police or Anti-Terror squad will take action as quickly as possible. Remember that this single number 1090 is valid all over India . This is a toll free number and can be dialed from mobile phones also. Moreover, the identity of the caller will be kept a secret. Let us make each and every citizen of India aware about this facility. Let us fight the terror being a common man.
Did you know?
Section 49-O of the Constitution…
Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section '49-O' that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked, and convey the presiding election officer that he / she doesn't want to vote anyone!
Yes, such a feature is available, but obviously these seemingly notorious leaders have never disclosed it. This is called '49-O'.
Why should you go and say 'I VOTE NOBODY'? ... Because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received '49-O' votes more than 123, then that polling will be cancelled and will have to be re-polled. Not only that, but the candidate of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them.
This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way, of our whole political system... it is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public.... Please spread this news to as many as you know... Seems to be a wonderful weapon against corrupt parties in India... show your power, expressing your desire not to vote for anybody, is even more powerful than voting.
So either vote, or vote not to vote (vote '49-O')…
Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section '49-O' that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked, and convey the presiding election officer that he / she doesn't want to vote anyone!
Yes, such a feature is available, but obviously these seemingly notorious leaders have never disclosed it. This is called '49-O'.
Why should you go and say 'I VOTE NOBODY'? ... Because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received '49-O' votes more than 123, then that polling will be cancelled and will have to be re-polled. Not only that, but the candidate of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them.
This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way, of our whole political system... it is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public.... Please spread this news to as many as you know... Seems to be a wonderful weapon against corrupt parties in India... show your power, expressing your desire not to vote for anybody, is even more powerful than voting.
So either vote, or vote not to vote (vote '49-O')…
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Who has to lead us?
Whenever there is a terrorist attack on our country, politicans start yelling that it is a act of cowardice and give excuses of rogue neighbour. They act as if nothing is in their hand and everything has to be done by almighty. Coward is one who do not act even if somebody attacks on him, repeatedly. So it is upto us to decide who are cowards. Of course, one cannot expect more, as we elect them based on their emotional speeches and religeous sentiments and not on their capacities to run the Government and lead us during emergencies. We allow these people to divide us under all categories those are possible under the sun. But Alas!! the AK-47s and grenades of terrorists do not understand this mathematics and they kill those who appear infront of them.
These AK-47s have definitely taught us an important lesson that we cannot get anything more by these netas. The time has come when we all should be considering the security and safety of our people in the light of these worrying trends.
a. Let us not waste time on national holidays, Instead let us get trained in First aid, safety and security. Industries, local fire fighting department, hospitals can help in getting this done. We can ask the district administrations to hold mock drills on this account.
b. Let us be more vigilant, observed things little more closely. We can be eyes and ears of our security agencies. Our neighbours, household, city to be looked as if we are going to have a terrorist strike tomorrow.
c. Emergency cells can be set up across the main cities which can have public participation along with police, which can recieve complaints on any suspicious activities.
c. Finally let us not blame politicans, instead we will demand national security to be an important agenda for the next election.
Let us not get carried away by emotions and instead hon the politicians on their capabilities of handing emergencies. Next time when we elect our representatives, let us think from emergency handling point of view also.
These AK-47s have definitely taught us an important lesson that we cannot get anything more by these netas. The time has come when we all should be considering the security and safety of our people in the light of these worrying trends.
a. Let us not waste time on national holidays, Instead let us get trained in First aid, safety and security. Industries, local fire fighting department, hospitals can help in getting this done. We can ask the district administrations to hold mock drills on this account.
b. Let us be more vigilant, observed things little more closely. We can be eyes and ears of our security agencies. Our neighbours, household, city to be looked as if we are going to have a terrorist strike tomorrow.
c. Emergency cells can be set up across the main cities which can have public participation along with police, which can recieve complaints on any suspicious activities.
c. Finally let us not blame politicans, instead we will demand national security to be an important agenda for the next election.
Let us not get carried away by emotions and instead hon the politicians on their capabilities of handing emergencies. Next time when we elect our representatives, let us think from emergency handling point of view also.
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