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FW: Why we should respect Gujarat's governance and economic achievements

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Money                                       Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Why we should respect Gujarat's governance and economic achievements

Other states and the Centre should learn and adopt its approach to economic management and governance

Mukul G Asher As the state of Gujarat nears completion of the first decade of the 21st Century, its achievements in economic management and in governance merit respect and closer study. Between, 1999-2000 and 2007-2008, Gujarat's gross state domestic product (GSDP) in nominal terms grew at a compound annual rate of 15.8% (13.8% in per person terms). By 2010, its GSDP is approaching $100 billion, and its per capita income around $1,600, over a fifth higher than the national average.

Gujarat's economy is well-balanced, with primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors contributing 21%, 33%, and 46%, respectively of GSDP in 2007-08. The manufacturing sector, key to India's future, accounted for 41% of employment, the largest share. Gujarat, a mid-sized state, accounts for 5% of India's population but contributes 21% to India's exports and 13% to the industrial production. Its literacy rate is higher than the national average. While the sex ratio needs to improve (there were only 920 females per 1,000 men in 2001), consistent with international norms, females in Gujarat live nearly four years longer than men. Gujarat's achievements have been a result of combining the following set of characteristics consistently and skilfully, with the particular mix and sequencing to suit particular context and conditions. Narendra Modi, Chief Minister, Gujarat

Outcome or result orientation: Such an orientation has helped minimise political or outmoded ideological considerations (such as the public sector being better than the private sector) in economic decision making and in project management. This has been the case in social sectors such as health and education, infrastructure provision, or in actively seeking new growth opportunities to help diversify sources of competitiveness and livelihoods for a growing number of workers. It has facilitated combining knowledge, resources, energies and management skills of public, private and not-for-profit sectors for addressing specific public policy challenges. It is only in the last decade that plans to use the state's 1,600 km long coastline to generate broader regional growth have made progress. Gujarat's private and joint sector ports will positively contribute to India's rapidly growing international trade; to industrialisation; and to support future development of inland transport to reduce congestion and reduce transport and logistics costs.

Willingness to explicitly address business environment: The mix of factors which impact business environment include supply of resources and inputs; progressiveproductivity oriented industrial relations environment, regulatory framework; physical and social infrastructure; and where appropriate, fiscal incentives involving taxes, subsidies and budgetary expenditure. The emphasis on addressing supply side constraints in infrastructure; in real estate amenities, matching human resources and skills with projected demands; and improving urban amenities, including innovations in public transport (such as Ahmedabad's Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)), sets Gujarat apart from most other states in the country. India is rapidly urbanising, and Gujarat is expected to experience majority urban population in the not-too-distant future. Its urban management experiments should therefore be of relevance elsewhere in the country. BRTS in Ahmedabad, for example, is raising resources from the market for expanding its reach. With tight fiscal constraints in urban areas, such a capability will be increasingly needed to provide urban amenities, and sustain competitiveness, while improving the quality of everyday life of the people. Gujarat is among the handful of states where the state government has framed clear policies in vital areas such as agriculture, ports, power, roads and education. This has helped create greater certainty and consistency, two important aspects of business environment. Gujarat's share in the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is 62% of the total area and 74% of the population. Its share in the 1,500 km-long Delhi-Mumbai dedicated freight corridor (DFC) is 38%. Its readiness to leverage these to enhance its competitiveness in attracting new economic activities is illustrated by the speedy and smooth allocation of Tata's Nano car project and the rapid industrial development of the town of Sanand, near which the Nano plant is located. Its ability to address issues surrounding land acquisition and development fairly effectively is a particularly strong advantage as compared to other states. To give another illustration, the Kutch region, traditionally arid, is being transformed through what a magazine has recently termed as 'Green Revolution Lite'. This is an improved, compacted, and eco-friendly version of the earlier Green Revolution in Punjab and elsewhere. It is led by ordinary farmers, but under state policies to address their business environment. The two characteristics noted above have contributed to improving Gujarat's power supply capabilities in an environmentally sustainable manner while contributing to India's energy security. Thus, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd, its state electricity utility, has signed power purchase agreements with 26 solar power project developers for 365 mw of electricity. Its electricity regulator has fixed tariff for solar power. The state has formulated a solar park scheme, which is expected to contribute to increasing the share of renewable energy in India's energy consumption.

Governance philosophy and vision: The third key characteristic has been the governance philosophy, which has emphasised the vision of India emerging as a major power by transformation into a knowledge-based economy and society, while approaching the country's history from a more balanced and empirical-based perspective. A good illustration is the Statue of Unity Project after Sardar Patel, who politically unified India after Independence. Characteristically, the project also includes a research and academic centre for preserving the unity and integrity of India, on agriculture to improve land productivity and yields, and on tribal life to empower them to earn livelihoods from a wide variety of activities over large geographical areas, rather than continuously depending on government initiated and funded programmes. The Unity project aims to balance national, academic, historical and spiritual values. Gujarat has also demonstrated strong skills in social entrepreneurship, defined in simple terms as meeting everyday needs of ordinary people in an affordable manner by capitalist means. This philosophy, sometimes pursued in partnership with the government organisations, is much more sustainable and useful than large centrally planned ill-designed schemes, which make reversibility difficult even when they are demonstrated to be ineffective. Gujarat's people, its political leadership, particularly chief minister Narendra Modi, its business sector, labour leaders and social-entrepreneurship oriented not-for-profit sector all have contributed to Gujarat's achievements and to laying a solid foundation for its future, though it should not become complacent and regard future progress as automatic. India would clearly be in a better position to emerge as a major power if more states and the Central government learnt and adapted the state's approach to economic management and governance. The writer is a professor of public policy at the National University of Singapore and can be reached at sppasher@nus.edu.sg.

 

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What a TVC!!! May be repeated one…

 

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

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FW: Are you loves speed driving...just see this... (A Video must be seen by all members)

Just gr8! TVC … this will surely force you to think twice before accelerating your car

 

"Remember folks. Traffic lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph."

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8QxZJZfU5Q

 

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FW: good morning : How do you get rid of stress? How can you be tension free?

A good lesson…

 

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

~~~ Elmer G. Letterman

 

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Hi Good morning

How do you get rid of stress? How can you be tension free?

 

Look at tension. Isn't it about what happened yesterday or the day before? Ten years ago? You're holding onto the past,

which has gone! All your anger is about the past, isn't it? Can you get the past back?

At any moment, see what your mind is doing. It is going into the past... It is angry about the past or anxious about the future, isn't it?

Do you remember the 10 years ago? Just look back and see. Weren't you anxious? Five years ago, weren't you anxious? ... What will happen? .. But you have moved through life haven't you?

By looking at your own life, you can see it was useless to be anxious about the future: "What will happen?" - its a waste of time, a waste of energy.

When this oscillation of the mind stops, THAT is when you get in touch with the source of energy, which is YOU.

Live in the moment. NOW!

Have a nice day

Daily Gyan : Don't judge life by one difficult season

Good one…

 

Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so.

--Shakespeare

 

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Daily Gyan
Don't be Judgemental, Dont judge too quickly

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.

FW: New symbol for Indian rupee

Very funny…

 

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

~~~ Elmer G. Letterman

 

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FW: Funny Company Names

May be repeated one… but good fun…

 

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

~~~ Elmer G. Letterman

 

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NIIT : Not Interested in IT

 

WIPRO : Weak Input, Poor & Rubbish Output

 

HCL : Hidden Costs & Losses

TCS : Totally Confusing Solutions

INFOSYS : Inferior Offline Systems

HUGHES : Highly Useless Graduates Hired for Eating and Sleeping

 

BAAN : Beggars Association and Nerds

 

IBM : Implicitly Boring Machines

 

SATYAM : Sad And Tired Yelling Away Madly

 

C-DOT : Coffee During Office Timings

AT&T : All Troubles & Terrible

CMC : Coffee, Meals and Comfort

 

DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) : Drifting & Exhausted Computers

 ORACLE : Online Romance And Chatting with Lady Employees

 

PATNI: Pathetic Appraisal Techniques, No Increments

FW: Time Line Chart - Internet History

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Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.

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FW: Speed of Trust - By Stephen Covey - Summarized

Big one… 62 slides BUT very very effective & useful…

 

Regards,

chirag

 

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~~~ Confucius

 

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Trust is so integral to our life both in personal & professional platform . We often take relationships for granted. In an era marked by business scandals and a desire

for ownership & accountability this book by leadership expert Mr. Covey is a welcome guide to nurturing trust in our lives.

 

Drawing on anecdotes and business cases from his years as CEO of the Covey Leadership Center , the author effectively reminds us that there's plenty of room for

improvement on this virtue. Following a touching foreword by father Stephen R. Covey (author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and related books), the

junior Covey outlines 13 behaviors of trust-inspiring leaders, such as demonstrating respect, creating transparency, righting wrongs, delivering results and practicing

accountability.

 

Mr. Covey’s down-to-earth approach and disarming personal stories go a long way to establish rapport with his reader, though the book's length