[Assam] [WaterWatch] Mukesh Ambani Seeks Linking of Rivers

Mon Sep 3 20:06:51 CDT 2007

WHY DON'T YOU recount your personal observation? We will all learn.
Where does the middleman chain vanish to?
Case in point--Assam Tea-leaves garden 40/- at Kilo-and YOU pay400/- at Kilo! in Ambani Packets.
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To: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.comFrom: nandini at arghyam.orgDate: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 14:34:38 +0530Subject: RE: [WaterWatch] Mukesh Ambani Seeks Linking of Rivers

I agree with what Rina says. I have personally seen the difference that eliminating middlemen can make to the farmers.

Nandini Ram

From: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.com [mailto:WaterWatch at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of rina mukherjiSent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 6:59 AMTo: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.comSubject: RE: [WaterWatch] Mukesh Ambani Seeks Linking of Rivers

Mukesh Ambani talks of hybrid crops and interlinking of rivers, both of which are environmentally and ecologically wrong. Yet, few dare question him at public fora. The problem is, he commands so much of wealth at his disposal that everyone is in awe of him. Where making undue claims about his degree is concerned, he does so since he can get away with it. Besides, it gives him credibility among our English-educated upper classes who cannot accept home-grown intellectuals.

But it is important to never lose sight of certain advantages the retail revolution can have. We need to cut out middlemen, and that is where sourcing directly from farmers can help rural India. I have been reporting from the interiors, and I know, it is the lack of marketing facilities that hamstrings the best producers of foodgrains and vegetables. Middlemen hold everyone to ransom. The recent protests by farmers in Bengal (in favour of Reliance Fresh)prove it. Often, protests gainst industrial groups are spearheaded by middlemen and politicians to protect their own vested interests. The collapse of the co-operative movement and the removal of subsidies for weavers has, I have found, benefited middlemen alone. Activists must take this into account too.

Rina Mukherji

Kolkata

srinivas murthy konda <ksmurthylaw at hotmail.com> wrote:

Mukesh Ambani and his likes Jindals ( who are for minig bauxite in eastern ghats killing 13 rivers) get the social respectability by the deeds of people like us. Let them be snubbed let them not be respected and if possible ridicule them. Lets not be desperate. We have to keep on questioning the powerful and influential Like Mukhesh never got his MBA. Can some one file petition in the Registrar of companies for furnishing the wrong information.? A share holder will be suitable. Let such people feel that they can not take things for granted.They will hire the journalists and electronic media to heckle us tarnish us. We jabe to be on watch and keep on raising the issues without losing the focus or getting frustrated.SRINIVAS MURTHY>From: mc mahant >Reply-To: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.com>To: , >Subject: RE: [WaterWatch] Mukesh Ambani Seeks Linking of Rivers>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:29:05 +0530>>>>cooperation and partnership between the producer and consumer;between >shareholder and consumer; between managers and employees; andbetween >corporates and government.Hindustan Times>>>Looks like he is going to take over India on lease from Sonia.>Good!>>>MM>>>To: WaterWatch at yahoogroups.comFrom: mediavigil at yahoo.co.inDate: Wed, 29 Aug >2007 17:50:03 +0000Subject: [WaterWatch] Mukesh Ambani Seeks Linking of >Rivers>>>>>Moderator's Note:Mukesh Ambani on 22 August was reported as seeking >convergence of civil engineering and agriculture can build a trans-India >water resources system by linking rivers. In 1980 Congress Party won the >elections and the most noteworthy person at the victory rally was Dhirubhai >Ambani. Since then several years have passed and now the proximity of >Mukesh Ambani with Sonia Gandhi is a public knowledge.Saifuddin Soz in an >interview on Lok Sabha TV on 29 August reiteratedthat the annual monsoon >flows in the rivers in the northern, easternand northeastern parts is >reaching the sea is waste and therefore,the linking of rivers is still >going on.After parting ways with the National Conference Soz joined >theCongress on August 8, 2002 ,saying that it was the only party with >thewherewithal to confront "parochial and communal forces'' in the country. >According to Dr. Soz, he had decided to accept Ms. Sonia Gandhi's >invitation to join the Congress as it is "not just a party, but a >movement''. Its movement to promote the ideals of likes of Ambani. In >January 2006, Soz was nominated to the Congress Working Committee. He was >also Minister of Environment and Forests in the nineties.Do we still need >to know that who all the people who are pushing forthe mega project along >with Dr Kalam?These are the people who will have us believe that the water >flowingdown to sea during monsoon is a wasted precious resource.Do we need >to underline the Obscenity of farmers' suicide and thebuilding of a new >home in the financial hub of Mumbai: a 60-storeypalace with helipad, health >club and six floors of car parking.??Special Economic Zones and the >proposal of linking of the rivers arequite linked. Microsoft CEO Ballmer >drops a bombshell, says he and Mukesh D. Ambanidropped out of Stanford MBA >class but after Ambani returned to Indiafrom the US in 1981, he "always >been claiming he holds a MBA degreefrom Stanford University instead of >stating that he merely studiedthere. The ˜fact" of his holding an MBA has >been explicitly statedtime and again in various official documents such as >annual reports ofcompanies in the Reliance group, including the group's >flagshipReliance Industries Limited.."Such are the credentials of the >supporters of interlinking of rivers.....As long as political parties get >corporate funding SEZs and megaprojects like linking of rivers will always >find favours with >politicians.Moderator----------------------------------------------------------Reliance >Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman and managing director MukeshAmbani on Tuesday >said technology could help marginal farmers breedagricultural produce which >in turn can meet critical energy needs."A convergence between energy and >agriculture can address energysecurity while raising income levels of >farmers. This can be donethrough a biofuels revolution. It is possible to >develop hybrid andtransgenic technologies to use marginal lands for >producing biofuelcrops, Ambani, whose group has interests in both >biotechnology and fuels, said in a memorial lecture for late industrialist >Darbari Seth in New Delhi."It is possible to have a development model which >improves the qualityof output, raises producers incomes and delivers >products at lowerprices. It can be done by a convergence of organized >retailing andagriculture." said Ambani, whose venture Reliance Retail is >attemptingto directly procure farm produce from farmers while cutting >downmiddlemen.RIL chairman said a convergence of civil engineering and >agriculturecan build a trans-India water resources system by linking >rivers. "Wecan converge electronics and new-age materials to build a >devicesecosystem."He called for a new development model that can be built >on the valuesof cooperation and partnership between the producer and >consumer;between shareholder and consumer; between managers and employees; >andbetween corporates and government.Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, August 22, >2007>>>>>>>_________________________________________________________________>Download the latest version of Windows Live Messenger NOW!>http://get.live.com/en-ie/messenger/overview_________________________________________________________________Catch all the cricketing action right here. Live score, match reports, photos et al. http://content.msn.co.in/Sports/Cricket/Default.aspxYahoo! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WaterWatch/<*> Your email settings:Individual Email | Traditional<*> To change settings online go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WaterWatch/join(Yahoo! 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