Skill cycle
The suggestion to use NREGA funds for developing skills required for industrial and corporate sectors is innovative and should be considered by the government. (Audit objection,IE,July 18). Special skills will get workers better wages. They will also increase productivity,which will contribute to economic growth. This,in turn,will create more jobs for skilled workers. At present,the scheme is drawing criticism for not being productive. The UPA needs to think out of the box and beyond vested interests to put the NREGA to good use.
Satwant Kaur
Mahilpur
Friend in need
APROPOS UPAs Pawar cut (IE,July 17),Sharad Pawar,who has been the UPAs most consistent ally so far,was treated shabbily by the Congress,which is yet to master the art of coalition politics. Fickle allies like the Trinamool Congress have not made the UPA value its loyal ones more.
Bal Govind
Noida
Look within
BARACK OBAMAS comments on the investment climate in India may affect the volume of FDI flowing into the country and turn investors against India (Obama said it,IE,July 17). However,our own policies and bad governance are to blame for poor investor sentiment. Instead of blaming Obama or his pro-China stance in Asia for our economic ills,we need to set our house in order.
Ved Guliani
Hisar
THE editorial Obama said it drives home the point that instead of reviving our crumbling economy,we are busy creating obstacles for investors. On account of our faulty policies and the lack of monitoring,the telecom sector as well as other sectors like metals,automobiles and IT are suffering. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had promised in 2009 that price rise,black money and corruption would be brought under control soon. Three years have passed and this remains a promise. Nothing concrete has been done to rejuvenate the ailing economy. Inflation continues and the current account deficit is spiralling out of control.
Sharda Bhargav
Dressing down
THIS refers to Women should dress carefully: NCW chief (IE,July 18). Head of the National Commission for Women,Mamta Sharma,has made news in the past for controversial comments. In the current instance,it is a shame that the NCW head blames incidents of molestation on the way women dress,rather than criticising male attitudes towards women. Even if a woman dresses provocatively,it does not give men the right to molest them. The comment shifts the blame on to the victims and tries to justify the culprits actions. Sharma is no different from the Canadian policeman whose remarks on women drew protests worldwide. It is alarming that someone with such views heads the NCW.
Ashok Goswami
