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Utpal Ray The govt. is only helping the industrialists and hoarders to get back the return on their investments during the elections! This is the price of a v.. more
Thu, 19 Nov, 2009
Lakhman Modhvadiya we all Dr.Mnmohan Singh knows very well how to control economy and how to execute dream of developed india. this only will happen if india `s ma.. more
Sat, 05 Dec, 2009
Debojit Das
Topic owner: Debojit Das: Well i can clearly say this because its been a while, i have started going for shopping for groceries and essential commodities, the prices just seem to be on the rise.

Looks like there is no check at all, especially the pulses, my entire budget for the month is going topsy turvy...
Is the govt even listening ??
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Harminder Singh
Harminder Singh The Minister in Charge of Food and Agriculture is of a "Coalition Partner " in Indias "Polity" as on today.



Therefore any direct action taken by the UPA Govt to correct price rise ,(which can be solved if the political will is there) will be construed as "interference " in the ministry.



This will "UPSET" "current political equation" which " the congress can illafford



Therefore Congress will just eat humble pie and so will its spineless PM and UPA Chief



The other issue is that the Agriculture Minister is earning huge amount of kickbacks in sugar import which , as usual , he refuses to "share" with anyone else.The minister is one of the well known hoarders of illgotten wealth in india.



The above are the BASIC issues.












on Sat, 30 Jan, 2010
P M Lakhotia
P M Lakhotia I would invite embers of the group to go through two blogs on Price Rise vs. Our Life Style written by me.
on Sat, 26 Dec, 2009
Keizer Soze
Keizer Soze The developement of a nation has nothing to do with politics, there are many things that hamper our growth, first, the useless caste system probabaly one of the biggest tradition related problem in the country, mass inequality, mass ignorance, mass corruption (not just in politics), no dignity of labour, no civic sense and not being able to identitfy 'chutiya' leaders. If politics is a problem its the people's fault coz they vote for extremists who will tear down temples and forever change the image of secular India, support criminals who want states divided, the solution for all our problems apprently is destroying state property, some idiot says, 'fast unto death', 1000 more student idiots follow him, set busses on fire, create bandhs and disrupt daily business and work. why is it that in every party there are MP, MLAs with active or yet unresolved criminal cases and why is it that they are in politics. how on earth can we expect the police to be 'honest' when a hawaldar gets 5000 per month when criminals on any day will give more than 4 to 5 times more. Why is it that people have no respect for public property?? This is not about politics or crime anymore, its about human weakness, you cant kill that with a gun and there is no vaccine for it. It all begins with correct upbringing. So yes when all the well educated, sensible Indians leave all you are left with scum who will find their way into politics. Hence for a few years India should be under 'military law', people have no fear of law. Without fear of law civilization cannot thrive.
on Tue, 08 Dec, 2009
Robin Roy
Robin Roy The aam admi is always at the receiving end, whats new about it guys ? Our issues are only important before elections. Well the govt. clearly is busy with issues like terrorism, maoism so our aam admi issues are lost somewhere in all this.
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
P M Lakhotia
P M Lakhotia I am afraid that the hope that any Governmet will be able to help control prices when there is an increasing propensity among the people in country to buy anything irrespective of prices, is going to be a blank hope. Wages and salaries are increasing but proportionate buying is decreasing on one side and lot more things are being added to the shopping list. If supplies are plenty, prices will but fall. The best examples (1) durable consumables - prices are coming down each year, supplies are increasing; (2) quick consumables eg. provisions - prices are increasing andper capita availability is decreasing. A consumer must exercise certain discipline. We would like to be Americans in one night. Look at the demonstrative expenditure of the most common man!!!
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Rahul Julka
Rahul Julka Why does something which effects atleast 85% of Indias population does not make Headlines on TOI. My contention is that this newspapaer is always writing pro congress. Instead of writing about chandra shekhar raos dilemma or Ram janm bhoomi 17years old issue why cant the newspaper discuss more contemporary issues and can become voice of masses.
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Rahul Julka
Rahul Julka Why does something which effects atleast 85% of Indias population does not make Headlines on TOI. My contention is that this newspapaer is always writing pro congress. Instead of writing about chandra shekhar raos dilemma or Ram janm bhoomi 17years old issue why cant the newspaper discuss more contemporary issues and can become voice of masses.
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Shaik Shams
Shaik Shams Did I miss the TOI article on why the price of food stuff is on the rise. We all have our theories but does TOI have a story?
on Sun, 06 Dec, 2009
Aisi K
Aisi K After figures of GDP growth of 7.9% in the last quarter it can be predicted that we are heading towards a STABILIZED period but as far as food inflation is concerned monetary tools can only solve this problem. Both government and RBI have to solve this. Government will and is definitely trying to sought out this crisis. For that they have decided to increase the CRR , reverse repo rates and the interest rates too. This would ensure us that there is no much of money or liquidity in the market and when people would not have enough money in their hands, the prices of essentials commodities or food has to GO DOWN. But unfortunately these measures are to be implemented from the next year starting April. Hence until then we can remain happy by hoping the farmers to gain some profits.
on Sat, 05 Dec, 2009
Pallavi Agrawal thnx 4 d info...realy meaningful..
on Sun, 06 Dec, 2009
Lakhman Modhvadiya
Lakhman Modhvadiya we all

Dr.Mnmohan Singh knows very well how to control economy and how to execute dream of developed india. this only will happen if india `s main poorest people will become rich. if price will rise farmers will get benefit and their life will improve, more prople will do farming in advance way, as untiill now only industries used to get benefit of development and poorer was there and here. i think is very good initiatives to bring farmes life better

well i got lanfd in india, and all my brother doing farming , and they making good amount of money earning about 15-20 lakhs from 25 acre land. thanks to BJP for soem fantastic irrigation programme.
on Sat, 05 Dec, 2009
Vikram Sharma Indian economy is developing very fast and it is now a part of world investments and growth.Inflation in India by using monetary tools can be really controled without hampering the countries growth ,requires expert opinion.This much can be commented upon that if it is a economic fraud being commited to give benefits to certain people, it should be dealt and it is a demand of the democratic morality. But as we know, we all know everything that how the things are decided in this country.Without personal gains 'political and administrative' government doesnot work
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Robin Roy Navin Bhansali is saying absolutely right fact. The middlemen are the most befitted from the transaction.
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Pallavi Agrawal @ Navin Bhansali--absolutely right...
on Sun, 06 Dec, 2009
Navin Bhansali My dear Ignorant friend let me a brief you about how food is distributed and who is really benefited from the price rise. It is not the poor and illitrate farmers but the rich traders and brokers of food comodities that benefit from this price rise. The farmers even dont know the exact pricing of the comodities and sell them in the same price they used to do like 5 years back with a very small margin of increase. These traders who take food and pulses from the farmers and distribute around the country and also stock them for import are the ones who benefit the most. It's high time such malpractices and corruption must get over. Moreover the global warming is also affecting the production so we must also check the environment. It is we the people who can do this and educate the poorest and the weaker sections so that they can be at par with us and henceforth take active part in the development of our country as a whole.
on Sat, 05 Dec, 2009
Bhanu Negi
Bhanu Negi This price is gov created than why gov stop it. Gov raise salries of its employee,so its natural price of food hike.This price hike good ,bcoz this way advantage of money pumped by gov distribute evenly

I want to ask a qus, why do not think this is positive to raise food price, bcoz if this not happen gov servant buy car, wooden sofa,these both things harmful for environment.we have to pay high food price ,& high price for small service. So people who really effected by this price rise have some relief .

I don't think middle class effect much by it, they just have to forget follow upper class eg think about lcd tv, car,all thing related to luxurious item.

So don't cry about price rise ,lets fight together.
on Tue, 01 Dec, 2009
R Srinivasan
R Srinivasan Ministers are willing to be a ministers for life time , if they are really worried about public and price increase the might not enter into politics.Becaus they are not spending money from their pocket and they were not aware of the prices.Again politicians like kamaraj and kakkan should enter ionto politics. Also our public should open their mouth. What ever the price increases they are simply paying for that or asking their employer for salary hike.
on Mon, 30 Nov, 2009
Lakhman Modhvadiya dear my friend , all ministers are not like this, some ministers are doing really good job, otherwise they know they will get throw away in next election. look at MODI how hantastic minister he is? he makde all lazy govt. workers to made work, doing very good for industries, attracting foregn investment, for developments, and same time farmers are very happy.
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Rajasekar Ramachandran
Rajasekar Ramachan.. farmers ask more price for paddy sugarcane they are always poor in between brokers get more profit govt make direct purchase it is usefull
on Thu, 26 Nov, 2009
Lakhman Modhvadiya well i am not sure about sugar cane but in gujarat govt. st up soem very good marketing yards, which but product directly from farmers and if priice goes up they pay higer amount to farmers. as my bro. sellis peanut and always get extra money after price goes up.
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
R Srinivasan goodpoint. farmers should allowed to sell their products to the public by Govt. and the Govt must be very harsh on brokers.
on Mon, 30 Nov, 2009
Ravi Verma
Ravi Verma Sharad Pawar is responsible for price rise.Commodity trading is key behind price rise.Sharad Pawar favors rich traders to become them more rich and poor be become more poor.Shame on Pawar..
on Tue, 24 Nov, 2009
Khan Mohammad
Khan Mohammad The govt. is just blessing people around for their co operation in the elections, at least they have shown enough moral to payback the cash in kinds.
on Tue, 24 Nov, 2009
Shashank Basargekar
Shashank Basargeka.. government is controlled by marketeers & they have good reason to show bad monsoon & floods etc they are taking their toll of election
on Mon, 23 Nov, 2009
Bhompal Rathore
Bhompal Rathore thats it absurd if govt.declared 6th pay commision ,that doesnt mean they are hiking food prices as they wnt...

then will be the benefit for that comm.

i think govt. should check the hike in food price or it will create serious problems among the common people of india..

both will counterbalance and the result wiil be zero.
on Sun, 22 Nov, 2009
Dr Mohd Naushad Khan
Dr Mohd Naushad Kh.. it is not a puzzle to understand why this hike in prices of essential commodities is going on, ever increasing population,use of fertile land in industrial and other non agricultural purposes ,sharply increasing cost of agricultural inputs mainly due to hike in deisel prices, declined profitability of agricultural producer, huge commission of mediators all that cumulatively responsible for price hike, inspite of all that , the actual producer remained bare hands, they get tears and pain nothing else, if govt manage the marketing part , she can effectively controlled the price hike--dr khan udaipur
on Sat, 21 Nov, 2009
Shivani Bhardwaj
Shivani Bhardwaj aap bekar main itne pareshan ho rahe hain jab sarkar ne 6 th pay commission main itni tankhaw badhayee hai to saak sabzi ,daal chini,chawal, ke daam aasmaan to chhooyengi hi chahe aap kitna bhi chillao unke kaan pai zoon nahin rengegi ooper se hamare mantri pahle hi jamakhoro ko hints de dete hain ki ab chini bhar lo godown main ab chawal bhar lo kiyon ki is baar paidawar kam hogi ........

in netaone beda garak kar rakha hai desh ka in ki saari sampatti sarvjanik ghoshit karni chahiye taaki desh ka paisa baahar nikle aur desh samridhi ki aur chale
on Sat, 21 Nov, 2009
Navin Bhansali Bilkul sahi kaha apne.... In ko sabak sikhana hi hoga... but kese. Hum inka zulam sehte hai aur inhi ko phir se kursi pe betha dete hai .... free will hai curroption toh karenge hi... abb haath aayi laxmi ko kon thukrata hai...
on Sat, 05 Dec, 2009
Pallavi Agrawal
Pallavi Agrawal it ws a few months bck wen d who's who of india were pleading d common man dt v shd cast our vote..some of us did coz v ewere told dt 2 chng d system v ve 2 b part of d system..

least v cud do 2 bcum part of d system ws "cast our vote"...but nothng chngd..only d ministers portfolios chngd,the bank balances chngd,nd d celebrities who were requesting us 2 vote thr bank balances chngd..."d common man" remained d same...



why always its d common man who's at d recieving end?

prices r rising bcoz d government is sleeping...

nw d que is nt of who's d ruling party...d concern is whoevr rules doesnt care abt d common man..."EITHER DEY R CONCERNED OF MINORITIES OR D INDUSTRIALISTS".... nobody thinks of d midle cls....so it doesnt matter whether d congress rules or d bjp...dey all r alike...



waise v shd'nt b 2 worried abt des issues coz bcoz d "SARCASM" lies in d fact dt wen d government cnt save thr own ministers frm d wrath of sum "manoos" who openly slap dem nd destroy thr own property, hw cn v xpect dt dey'll b able 2 care 4 us...

so whr d basic prices of commodities r rising d biggies r filling thr pockets...



nw whr r d celebrities who were 1ce asking us 2 vote?..nw why dey dont cum foward n raise "THeRe VOICES AGAINST D RISING PRICES"...bcoz d common man is not able 2 pay dem d hefty amount dey hd got wen dey promoted d politicians nd d system of voting(moreoevr dey r not affected by d rising prices)...if v cud pay dem as much d politicians did den d celebrities wud ve cum 2 support our cause too..



so v see dt neither d politicians r at fault nor d biggies r at fault..its d common man who's at fault...

(TOLD YOU ITS D COMMON MAN WHO'S ALWAYS AT D RECEIVING END..HEHEHE!!!)
on Sat, 21 Nov, 2009
Lakhman Modhvadiya Dear Pallavi,
this is true, we all know what problem is? do we have any solution, ? not ? then what is point of making complaint?
not all politiciasns are bad, look at modi he is doing Fantastic job for public.but wee need to choose better one among thieves. we as a public often need to protest againt anything wrong in system, but we do not have time and then we blame politicians.

on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Ajay Kumar
Ajay Kumar all major parties have failed us. i am not a communist. but i feel they should be given a chance. they are the only organised party left. if only they were a little flexible on non core issues. they are too rigid / adamant in their stands. they are our only hope for the aam aadmi. the present govt.s inaction has let us all down very badly. also we should not wait till the next elections. the time to act is now. lets start getting organised and show our dissatisfaction in the by.elections and state elections which keep happening. will the communists take the lead. also they need to be less china oriented. look inwards comrades, not outwards. ajay
on Sat, 21 Nov, 2009
Paddy R
Paddy R One can't complain if one has voted for this Govt.



Our Hon'ble Minister Mr.Sharad Pawar is right now busy stashing money (BCCI anyone?) for a very comfortable retirement, so we lesser mortals have to wait.
on Fri, 20 Nov, 2009
Navin Bhansali there is something we can do... but for that we have to be united... let the poor know how they are used as an instrument for casting votes and teach the illitirates of their rights. As we know these food trades take advantage of the ignorant and poor farmers and purchase the food in less than half the price and then sell them in more than twice the amount citing the reasons like low production and filling their loose pockets. Moreover they keep the stocks of grains, sugar, aloo-pyaaz in the godown and ultimately when the demand is more than supply they take out all with increased prices. This is how the system works and only by aducating the poorest and the ignorant we can protect them from being exploited. But for that we have to be united and work for the rights of all the sections. But we are busy in our own world and dont bother about all the situations and carry on with our lives with this "Chalta hai" attitude that has ruined us since ages. The Mughals, British and now our very own govt exploiting us.
on Sat, 05 Dec, 2009
Pallavi Agrawal absolutely right..wait nd wwatch...dts all v indians ve been doing since independence..nd thr's nothng else v cn do...
on Sat, 21 Nov, 2009
Muqsit M
Muqsit M The goddamn problem is that to tackle the ill happenings in this country the people concerned would have to leave their daily earning and keep fighting for a change. On one side the Indian economy is crossing all limits in earning global accolades, earning higher GDP and attracting FDIs but those who have actually worked on this national success are being ill treated by our own elected government. We have millions in our exchequer's reserves for the stupid politicians, millions for their frauds and trillions siphoned in the swiss bank but they cant spend money to stabilize daily bread prices for its own people. Shame on these clowns. I just hope somebody from our rulers reads all the discussion we are having and works on our plight...
on Fri, 20 Nov, 2009
Sarthak Sahoo
Sarthak Sahoo Actual thing is that the pre crisis era which closely Hitted upon by global economy-crises, which ultimately affect the RBI- So itmight be an initiative Bakup Or else Post 6th pay era inflation might be Govts plan to recover from AAM AADMI
on Thu, 19 Nov, 2009
Utpal Ray
Utpal Ray The govt. is only helping the industrialists and hoarders to get back the return on their investments during the elections! This is the price of a vote cast by the stupid citizens of the this country! Do not expect the prices to fall - rather eat less and keep healthy!
on Thu, 19 Nov, 2009
Navin Bhansali @ lAKHMAN let them succum to death.... atleast population will go down and those who are to blame will harvest crops and enjoy the leisures. We are nothing in the eye of those who cut our throat and taste blood and wine
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Lakhman Modhvadiya but what about who is already eating less??
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on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Navin Bhansali Indian politics is in a dark phase... full of idiots... may it be Cogress who exploit AAM Aadmi by increasing prices of everything and anything, hiking taxation or BJP which is so unstable that it can't be trusted. The era of Vajpayee ji rule has gone. Those 5 yrs show great progress and determination in our country... say it nuclear power, kargil war, industrialization, global economy, roads connectivity and a lot more he has done or initiated in those 5 yrs, not afraid of America. But today BJP is without Vajpayee ji who is too old to rule. Congress and more imp our Mr. PM is a mere puppet of Sonia and American Style. Signing a nuke deal but all in vain as no fruitful result is shown yet. Instead America is trying to impeach their demands on Us and make us slaves for every piece of Uranium to enrich nuclear power
on Sat, 05 Dec, 2009
Muqsit M ok my friend tell me, if not congress then who else? Is there a party you can vote and they let you live peacefully and satisfied? The point is the AAM ADMI doesnt have any option. I would say we should have a presidential rule rather than a democracy ruled by a bunch of fools
on Fri, 20 Nov, 2009
Kalluri Sastry
Kalluri Sastry The price rise is not pinching our great congress leaders because they get everythig free.The rich and the poor are well off.the middle class has to count every ruppe they spend.My opinion about inflationery figures are all humbug and bogus

Pl comment
on Thu, 19 Nov, 2009
Vikram Sharma
Vikram Sharma Because it is helpless,no will to do better of country,nor they or the administrative system is educated and qualified for that. They are simple,and "rolling on"with the time,hence idealy corrupt.
on Thu, 19 Nov, 2009
Jitendra Verma
Jitendra Verma I think its the case with every Government not only Congress. I can't understand why the price hike majority is on the common needs..why the prices for all high electronic media is going down..look at the prices of laptops, multimedia phone. etc. I think we can increase the price of such things because these things rae not highly used by every middle man, the person who use these things can afford a bit hike in such electronic stuff and also these things a person used to purchase once in a long time..but the basic need's prices must be reduced to get ease for every common people..i hope the politicians can understand this thing easily if they want to ...
on Thu, 19 Nov, 2009
Navin Bhansali Well the prices of electronic goods is controlled by private sector and they are not corrupt like our govt. Privatization know only profit and it electronic goods prices are increased then the demand will go down and hence the profit. This is, I think, is not a solution to food price hike. Instead govt. must concentrate on agriculture and technology to improve food yield. One way is to privatize a share of agriculture. This will help the farmer to get better facilities and even better standard of living as they will be employed under private sectors who will look after the food yield and provide and educate them with new technology so that they can ensure better farming and more food yield and thus higher production. Well, I am not saying to completely privatize it as govt must keep a check if things are working in a fine manner. So a mutual colabration is necessary.
on Sat, 05 Dec, 2009
Matthew Moore
Matthew Moore All politicians, are corrupted.



Not give vote to congress, in next election.



I don't know why people give vote to this kind of party.



Their policies not clear.

Congress only do politics of vote.



But other stupid people give vote to them.



Because of that they do that kind of activity.


on Thu, 19 Nov, 2009
Lakhman Modhvadiya why so negative about our leaders, few are good, atleast praise them. those are corrupt, throw-away in next elections. this is standadisation procedure and will take some time if young and good people think to go into politics. and involve more.
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Ritu Raina
Ritu Raina our govt is busy with the global issues and policies....and have no time for such issues....only the shoe wearer knows where the shoe pinches....i wonder how common people manage such hike in food prices?????
i think even common people are responsible....ask them to protest on stupid religious issues??? but on such issues ...they accept them as they are...
on Thu, 19 Nov, 2009
Prakash Priyadarshi
Prakash Priyadarsh.. from the point of my view , the government is thinking

for the price rise but the major thing is the unavailability of the recourses that the government is trying to fulfill from the other foreign markets.
on Thu, 19 Nov, 2009
Bhanu Negi
Bhanu Negi Why we cry now ,when builder build there project on fertile land ,at that time we are silent. If farming land convert 2 building than proudication will automaticaly decrease which result 2 high price. So this is long time phenomena which draw attenation this time . So if a stich on time that could save the nine. But now we bond 2 give price. Another thing responsible for it is high rise in salriy. by sixth pay commison. If more money in market than automatically people rise there services.

Goverment left all to market , now only on the hand of traderes rise & fall of rate of food. Because when time 2 react gov don't react on it . Food price & other commidity long term phenomenon. These can not check certianlly.
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Lakhman Modhvadiya my friend, do not forget, less rain this seaason , and still govt doing good to keep economyu growing , while most developed country economy is shruinking.
by increasing wages of govet. worker will minimise corroptions. atleast will allow few to work acc. rules and regulations which are formed for meaning.so please stop crying
on Mon, 07 Dec, 2009
Dd
Dd the aam admi is always at the receiving end, whats new about it guys ? Our issues are only important before elections
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Rohan Sharma
Rohan Sharma well the govt. clearly is busy with issues like terrorism, maoism so our aam admi issues are lost somewhere in all this.
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Sreelekha Das
Sreelekha Das I have cut down on the comsumption , ''Earlier i sue to make dal with every meal, once in the afternoon, once in the evening. Now i make dal once a week and try to make it last for a few days
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Ekta Talwar
Ekta Talwar i have just shopped for dals yesterday, so here is my bill

Rs 95 Tuar Dal, 85 for the moong dal and 70 for masoor and 65 for urad, what should the aam aadmi do ???
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Thirankara Venugopal
Thirankara Venugop.. leave alone everything, dal which i think all of us have, has gone out of my means and reach, i am sure it is with u people too.

Dal is like a luxury now, its more than the price of chicken
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Dipankar Roy
Dipankar Roy @ members, its the weak public distribution system, which is at fault more than the govt policies, though i do agree there are half hearted measures,
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Ashish Gupta
Ashish Gupta its the slack-attitude of the govt. they leave it to market speculation, bec the aam admi can be taken for granted // like always.
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Advesh Gowarikar
Advesh Gowarikar @Debojit- Brother its not with any particular govt only, No government is bothered to check price rise, since they have to return the favours to hoarders and black marketeers for funding the elections .....So we the comman man have to suffer ...
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
Navin Bhansali wait for another election? It is 4 and a half years more to go.... till that tym our pockets will be all empty and we wl have only anghutha to cast vote and to whom..?? Kon hai jo in sab baaton pe dhyaan dega... sab toh ek hi thali mein khate hai.... aam aadmi ko nanga karte hai, unke hi kapre pehnte hai and says... "Govt. for common people". Our country is in a terrible state. We dont have a good leader who can take us out of these crisis may it be food price hike, terrorism, security, education. Everything is seeing its down phase. Thanks to private sectors... We are still one of the finest economy in the world and only privatization of more public sectors( if not all) can save us.
on Sat, 05 Dec, 2009
Mousumee At this stage common people cannot do anything.We have no option but to wait till next election.Both the Centre and State Government are not bothered about price rise and they think that they can easily win the election using their money and muscle power
on Wed, 18 Nov, 2009
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