Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Serenading subcontinent
Her name recognition and popularity might rival even that of President Barack Obama. Her admiration and affection for India may be a given. Her determination to take U.S.-India relations to new heights, or what is being referred to as "Version 3.0," may be unquestionable. But has she accomplished what she set out to in her first visit to India as secretary of state? The jury is still out.
During her three-day visit, Hillary Rodham Clinton held parleys with senior Cabinet members, met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had photo-ops with a number of political leaders, including Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, her parliamentarian son Rahul Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani. She interacted with corporate leaders, members of the civil society and even a Bollywood matinee idol. In a gesture rich in symbolism, she stayed at the Mumbai Taj Mahal Hotel, the scene of the terrorist attack last November.
Clinton pitched the expanding India-U.S. relations on to even higher ground than the previous administration. "I can pledge more than what President (Bill) Clinton and (George) Bush did.
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During her three-day visit, Hillary Rodham Clinton held parleys with senior Cabinet members, met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had photo-ops with a number of political leaders, including Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, her parliamentarian son Rahul Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani. She interacted with corporate leaders, members of the civil society and even a Bollywood matinee idol. In a gesture rich in symbolism, she stayed at the Mumbai Taj Mahal Hotel, the scene of the terrorist attack last November.
Clinton pitched the expanding India-U.S. relations on to even higher ground than the previous administration. "I can pledge more than what President (Bill) Clinton and (George) Bush did.
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Labels: cabinet members, civil society, clinton popularity, first visit to india, Hillary Clinton, l k advani, mumbai taj hotel, political leaders, Rahul Gandhi, symbolism
Monday, June 15, 2009
The importance of being Rahul Gandhi
The Congress Party is celebrating the arrival of Rahul Gandhi. Loyalists waiting to offer his leader ship a grand legitimacy grabbed the opportunity to hail him as an astute political brain and the architect of the party's showing in the national elections.Even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not hold back accolades and publicly wooed the reluctant crown prince to join his Cabinet even as the results were coming in.
Yet, amid the extreme flattery and adulation, Rahul betrays no emotions – neither joy, nor relief, nor even the strains of impending responsibilities. In fact, Rahul was absent from the postpoll celebrations. He was at the memorials of his grandmother, Indira Gandhi, and father, Rajiv Gandhi, quietly dedicating the victory to them.
As the clamor for granting Rahul a Cabinet post gained ground, he declined, opting to work for the party instead.
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Yet, amid the extreme flattery and adulation, Rahul betrays no emotions – neither joy, nor relief, nor even the strains of impending responsibilities. In fact, Rahul was absent from the postpoll celebrations. He was at the memorials of his grandmother, Indira Gandhi, and father, Rajiv Gandhi, quietly dedicating the victory to them.
As the clamor for granting Rahul a Cabinet post gained ground, he declined, opting to work for the party instead.
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Labels: congress, Indira Gandhi, national elections, post poll celebrations, Rahul Gandhi, rajiv gandhi
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
On U.S.-India civil nuclear deal - Nuclear-deal has spin-off;100,000 new jobs, more research opportunities
O ne of the spin offs of the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal coming through will be the creation of 100,000 new jobs for the 30-odd reactors that India hopes to set up to meet its nuclear power deadline of 20,000 MW by 2020, experts say.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi highlighted the fillip the deal is expected to give to employment generation and the energy sector. Interacting with students of Ravindra Bharati in Hyderabad on July 26, Gandhi said, "The nuclear deal means millions and millions of jobs, and lights in the houses of the poor in this country."
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power, Jairam Ramesh, visiting the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)'s Kalpakkam campus in Tamil Nadu, said, "Nearly 10,000 MW of nuclear power would be generated from indigenous reactors, 8,000 MW from light water reactors and 2,000 MW from Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR)." Thousands of engineers, technicians and scientists would be needed to run these establishments, he underlined.
"India's 17 nuclear reactors have the capacity to generate 4,120 MW, but in 2007 they could produce only 1,800 MW due to lack of fuel," Ramesh said.
By 2020, India is likely to import six light water reactors while six nuclear plants are under construction to beef up generation capacity, said Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd Technical Director S.A. Bhardwaj.
The total expansion is valued at nearly $300 billion."India's Department of Atomic Energy employs about 70,000 experts today," M.R.
Srinivasan, former chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission, told the media at a function in Kalpakkam.
The new nuclear power plants on the cards are expected to create at least a 100,000 new jobs in India, experts say.
Not just in India, the nuclear deal is expected to give a fillip to the industry in the U.S. also.
In 2007, Ron Somers, president of the U.S.India Business Council, supporting the IndoU.S. Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, said,"The deal would create 27,000 high-quality jobs a year for the next 10 years in the U.S.
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi highlighted the fillip the deal is expected to give to employment generation and the energy sector. Interacting with students of Ravindra Bharati in Hyderabad on July 26, Gandhi said, "The nuclear deal means millions and millions of jobs, and lights in the houses of the poor in this country."
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Power, Jairam Ramesh, visiting the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)'s Kalpakkam campus in Tamil Nadu, said, "Nearly 10,000 MW of nuclear power would be generated from indigenous reactors, 8,000 MW from light water reactors and 2,000 MW from Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR)." Thousands of engineers, technicians and scientists would be needed to run these establishments, he underlined.
"India's 17 nuclear reactors have the capacity to generate 4,120 MW, but in 2007 they could produce only 1,800 MW due to lack of fuel," Ramesh said.
By 2020, India is likely to import six light water reactors while six nuclear plants are under construction to beef up generation capacity, said Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd Technical Director S.A. Bhardwaj.
The total expansion is valued at nearly $300 billion."India's Department of Atomic Energy employs about 70,000 experts today," M.R.
Srinivasan, former chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission, told the media at a function in Kalpakkam.
The new nuclear power plants on the cards are expected to create at least a 100,000 new jobs in India, experts say.
Not just in India, the nuclear deal is expected to give a fillip to the industry in the U.S. also.
In 2007, Ron Somers, president of the U.S.India Business Council, supporting the IndoU.S. Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, said,"The deal would create 27,000 high-quality jobs a year for the next 10 years in the U.S.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com/
Labels: Business Council, congress, employment, india, jobs, nuclear deal, Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu, US
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