Amazing.. Many people feel that assamese are too generous - they don't feel asking return what they have contributed . D Dt
--- On Tue, 6/17/08, Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [asom] Assam & Crude To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 9:17 AM I did a calculation of vanishing resources that has not benefited Assam sometime back. Some are lumpsum figures. Feedback will be welcome:- Natural Resources taken out from Assam AND NOT PAID FOR-A Partial List (At current prices) Item name Average Annual Unit No. of Years Current average market price per unit($) Total Amount per year (US$ Billion) Total since 1947 (US$ Billion) Basis Crude Oil + Natural Gas, All Waxes, PetCoke 4.5 Million+ 5.5 Million MT 47 since 1961 $805 4.4 208.0 1MT=7.2 barrels (Oil India produces 3.4 Mn MT per year and ONGC produces 1.2 Mn MT per year- ONGC used to produce upto 3 Mn MT sometime back) Tea 475 Million Kg 61 5 2.4 144.9 India produces 850 mn Kgs of tea per annum, Assam's share is 55%) Timber 50 Million Cft 35 3.5 0.18 (not to be added to current year) 6.1 (Assam used to supply upto 90% of India's plywood demand. The log felling ban has put an end to legal logging operations) Coal 10 Million MT 61 150 1.50 91.5 (Annual average production of NECF is about 10 lakh MT. Price of Steel grade is Rs. 7500 per MT and for non Steel Bamboo LS - 30 - 0.50 15.0 (HPC and paper mills outside Assam has been exploting the bamboo wealth of Assam for past 30 years) Others LS - 61 - 2 122.0 Others like Agar, agarwood, Shellac, minerals, silk, medicinal herbs, spices, animal produce etc. Total 14.3 801 At $Bn=4000 croreRs. The amount becomes Rs. 32 Lakh Crores. 32,000,000,000, 000= Thirty two Trillion Rs
