| Lok Satta attacks irrational, arbitrary oil policy, Demands subsidy for public transportation (Telugu) Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:55 AM PDT |
| Lok Satta Municipolls training classes begin tomorrow (Telugu) Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:54 AM PDT |
| Lok Satta attacks irrational, arbitrary oil policy, Demands subsidy for public transportation Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:51 AM PDT
Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan today asked the Government of India to subsidize diesel consumption by public road transport systems and the Railways.
Commenting on the deregulation of petrol prices and a hike in diesel, kerosene and LPG prices, Dr. JP said that the public road transport systems consumed about 500 crore liters and the Railways about 250 crore liters of diesel a year. If the Government extended a subsidy of say Rs.10 per liter consumed by these two major transport systems, the burden on the exchequer would not exceed Rs.7500 crore, hardly 10 percent of the Rs, 74000 crore subsidy the Government is extending as of now.
Pointing out that the Government subsidy policy has been ad hoc, arbitrary and irrational, Dr. JP suggested provision of fixed subsidy on both kerosene and LPG. The Government could bring down kerosene consumption and the subsidy burden on it by supplying solar paneled LED lamps to the poor. It could promote mass transport by buses with excise duty relief.
He wanted the Government to promote public transport by extending diesel subsidy and by undertaking capital works in urban areas. Such a policy will minimize the burden on the common person and contribute to economic growth. The Government should realize that people go in for their own vehicles because the public transport system in India is in a shambles.
Dr. JP is communicating his ideas to the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister, the Oil and Gas Minister, and the Planning Commission.
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| Lok Satta Municipolls training classes begin tomorrow Posted: 25 Jun 2010 04:51 AM PDT
The Lok Satta Party is organizing training classes for its district leaders to galvanize them for the municipal elections scheduled to take place soon.
Party senior leaders will be imparting the training for three days beginning tomorrow (June 26, 2010) at four places in the State – Hyderabad (for Telangana districts), Visakhapatnam (North Coastal Andhra including East Godavari) Ongole (South Coastal Andhra) and Tirupati (Rayalaseema districts).
Messrs G. Raja Reddy, P. Bhaskara Rao, and Karthik Chandra will be the master trainers in Hyderabad, D. V. V. S. Varma, Y. D. Rama Rao and Bhisetty Babji in Visakhapatnam, Katari Srinivsara Rao, P. Panduranga Rao and Madhav in Ongole and V. Vijayender Reddy, Bandaru Ramamohana Rao and Venkata Ramana in Tirupati.
The training will encompass preparation of ward manifestos with specific solutions to people's day-to-day problems, importance of promoting voting in local elections and campaign against unbridled liquor consumption.
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