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[email protected] Today's topics: * Mass Candlelight Vigil on October 2nd, 2007 to support Indian farmers and Agriculture - * Please Participate *! - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/df4204f1b4ecb96a?hl=en * These two SC Judg. can be a trendsetter in State Functioning................. .................. - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/00c7b43d2b600868?hl=en ============================================================================== TOPIC: Mass Candlelight Vigil on October 2nd, 2007 to support Indian farmers and Agriculture - * Please Participate *! http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/df4204f1b4ecb96a?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Tues, Sep 25 2007 12:06 am From: "Bharat Uday Mission - National Executive" *Bharat Uday Mission with AID India announce* *Mass Candlelight Vigil and Protest on October 2nd, 2007 to support Indian farmers and Agriculture* *To Highlight the Indian Agrarian Crisis! Save Farmers, Save India !* *Why* Indian Government has *completely failed to protect* our Farmers' interests. Farmers in India are in extreme social and economic distress. With huge inflation and raising input costs but lesser and lesser price for his production has left him in neck-deep debts and huge social and economic distress! *Suicides of Farmers* in many states of the country are nothing but a reflection of the Agrarian Crisis that has engulfed the country... Government policies have resulted in complete breakdown of the rural ecosystem ... In a country where 70% of the population is directly dependent on agriculture, this is intolerable! *What* Mass *Candlelight Vigil and Protest* on *Gandhi Jayanti* to support Indian farmers and Agriculture and Solidarity *Hunger-strike*. *Where* *Everywhere!* ... Join in the protest wherever you are ! Call all to join us.. More than 40 cities already participating .. get registered at * http://agri.aidindia.org/node/12* *to show our solidarity with the cause!* *Goal * Let Indian Government know that we will not tolerate this *injustice to Indian Agriculture and the farmers *and they have to protect their interests. *Let's stand up together on Oct 2!* *For Our Farmers, Our Sisters and Brothers in distress!* *Plan of Action* *First*: Sign up for solidarity Hunger strike and vigil here: *http://petitions.aidindia.org/october2/index.php * *Second*: Please organize to hold a vigil in your BUM chapter city. Pick as many public spots as possible, talk to people around there, distribute the above pamphlate among people. Protest in a peaceful manner. Host documentaries, short films (some links given in the Literature). *Coordinate with the AID-india members in your city* and *all willing organizations.* *Third*: Please SPREAD the word in all possible ways and bring more people to join in to show solidarity to our farmers. Get your BUM chapter registered at *http://agri.aidindia.org/node/12*. *Fourth: *Invite people who have been activists in this area to speak in the protest and in other programs that you may organize.* * * * *Literature* *Agrarian Crisis in India:* *http://agri.aidindia.org/node/7* *P Sainath's (Magasaysay award winner) articles:* *http://www.indiatogether.org/opinions/psainath/suiseries.htm* *Documentary: " I Want my father back" - On the Agrarian Crisis in Vidarbha (Maharashtra)* *http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6063387598655207801* *http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1482107411279204352 * *Documentary: An IAS officer talking on the issue ** http://video.google.com/url?docid=8832149543261604706* *Documentary: P Sainath at University of Massachussets and others ** http://video.google.com/url?docid=5578288341126886347* *Farmer's suicides: **http://video.google.com/url?docid=-1551578811813630239 * *http://video.google.com/url?docid=668636749757446165* * http://video.google.com/url?docid=1400566991335926014* (Videos can also be obtained from [EMAIL PROTECTED], * [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) *Literature:* *Introductory writeup by somu kumar (AID India)* "The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them", said Joseph Heller - such a thoughtful statement, indeed. A Farmer tills not for himself but for the entire World and the World will certainly be unimaginable without farmers. He sweats in his land to put food in our table and we share such natural connection with him. When we are very happy to be receiving his fruits of labor and are thankful to him, we have failed to look out for his wellness and prospects. Indian Government has completely failed to protect our Farmers' interests. Farmers in India are in extreme social and economic distress. In our mad rush in 'development' path, we certainly have left behind our farmers who are facing oppression from our very Government, which is not providing them the minimum support and the giant corporations, which are taking away their indigenous seeds and pushes them into state of despair. With huge inflation and raising input costs but lesser and lesser price for his production has left him in neck-deep debts and huge social and economic distress. This situation has led farmers to take extreme step of suicide, but not before his years of fighting this social discrimination and call for support, leaving the families in acute pain and dismay. Our apathy and lack of action and support is the main reason for this mounting tragedy, which has claimed an estimated *100,000 poor farmers* to have killed themselves over the last ten years in India's "suicide region" - it was 1,442 farmers who ended their lives in 2006 in the Vidarbha region alone and over 560 farmers so far this year; many more farmers in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Punjab. The man/woman, who feeds us every meal, cannot put two square meals to his/her own children. What a sad irony? If we don't wake up from our slumber and stand up for farmers' 'Right to Live', farming community will soon be extinct and so will human race. Let us connect our food directly back to our farmers and look out for his well-being. On *October 2nd*, birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who always put farmers as heart of our nation, we will act together for our farmers. This *Candlelight vigil* across the globe is a show of solidarity and support with our farmers as well as to send a strong message to Government that we will NOT tolerate this indifference anymore. ============================================================================== TOPIC: These two SC Judg. can be a trendsetter in State Functioning............ ....................... http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/browse_thread/thread/00c7b43d2b600868?hl=en ============================================================================== == 1 of 1 == Date: Thurs, Sep 27 2007 1:37 am From: "Sundeep Jalan" Friends, Importance of irrigation to agri-culture and to the Paramount and Profound development of a Nation cannot be over emphasised or overstated and that to a Nation which needs to feed its billion population twice daily and which has not been done so far,a Nation where people and children dying of hunger is rampant, a Nation where the sector is instrumental in reducing poverty and giving livelihood to a massive 60% of the work force. Just as Easement{Right to passage} is imperative for the beneficial enjoyment of an Immovable property, Irrigation is an inalienable component of Agri-Culture. The Writer is founding his arguements on Constitutional Provisions and its Philosophy, Viz: Article 19(1)(g) which Guarantees all Citizen to have right to Practice any Profession or to carry on any Trade or Occupation And other Constitutional provisions. Irrigation is a State subject; In Our Country if any Person intends to purchase Agricultural Land , She/He must be a FARMER. It follows the Govt. has itself recognised farming as an Occupation. Besides, having regard to the Fundamental rights of a Citizen Of India as stated hereinbefore, it becomes Imperative on the State to ensure adequate Irrigational Infrastructure & water to all Farmers and they cannot be allowed to plead inadequacy of Funds as a defence for not ensuring the same. The "Reasons" - 1) The State has Power to impose Taxes for generating revenue. 2) The State has unfettered powers in framing its Economic and Fiscal policies, allocations and Programmes without even subject to Judicial review. The Writer is not even talking about rampant corruption exist in the State machinary. Power Comes with Responsibilities. *A BROADER VIEW On FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS:* Taking a cue from the ruling established in the Keshavananda Bharati case in which the Hon. SC recognized that, among others, Fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution is the basic features of the Constituion which is beyond the plenary amending powers of the parliament, it is submitted that- "It is not suffice that no legislation can be made which abridge the fundamental rights but at the same time these fundamental rights must be ensured. In the present state of affairs, though the State is restrained from making any law which dilutes or abridge any fundamental right, State has rather grossly failed to ensure even the most bare necessities of Life to the masses, forget the full set of Fundamental rights. What we really mean by Basic Structure Doctrine,"You cannot dilute Fundamental rights" is that You must ensure these Fundamental rights. States' inability to ensure the same on the pretext of paucity of funds cannot be accepted on the ground that thy have, among others, powers to impose taxes for generating revenues and has complete freedom in framing their economic and fiscal policies even without subject to judicial scrutiny. Any and every violation of fundamental right inevitably 'damage', 'emasculate', 'destroy', 'abrogate', 'change' or 'alter' the 'basic structure' or framework of the constitution. To quote Dr.M S Swaminathan, the Father of Green Revolution in our Country, "if the Agri sector cannot go right, nothing else has a chance to go right in the country." Questions to be Answered: 1) Is it lawful for the State to plead paucity of funds as a defence for its inability to ensure basic fundamental rights ? Ans: The landmark judgment given by Hon.SC in Municipality of Ratlam V Vardichand(1980). The Hon. Court, thru Justice Krishna Iyer, Categorically rejected the contentions of Municipality,the plea of Paucity of funds as defence,for its failure in the due discharge of public duties. The Court Said, "The Criminal Prcocedure Code(as in the instant case) operates against Statutory bodies and Others regardless of the Cash in their coffers even as human rights under part Three of the Constitution have to be respected by the State regardless of Budgetary provisions. Likewise, Sec 133 of the said Act has no saving clause when the Municipal council is penniless. Otherwise a profligate Statutory body or pachydermic Govt.Agency may legally defy duties under the Law by urging in self defence a self created bankrupcy or perverted expenditure budget.That cannot be." Sandeep Bharat. Mumbai-57. ============================================================================== You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BM_discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] or visit http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion?hl=en To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change the way you get mail from this group, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/BM_discussion/subscribe?hl=en To report abuse, send email explaining the problem to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================================== Google Groups: http://groups.google.com?hl=en
