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THE SHINING STARSThe newly-appointed Cabinet of ministers
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Portfolios Other responsibilities
1 RtHon John Key
Prime Minister
Minister for National Security and Intelligence
Minister of Tourism
Minister Responsible for
Ministerial Services
2 Hon Bill English
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Finance
Minister Responsible for HNZC
3 Hon Gerry Brownlee
Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery
Minister of Defence
Leader of the House
Minister Responsible for the
Earthquake Commission
4 Hon Steven Joyce
Minister for Economic Development
Minister for Regulatory Reform
Minister of Science and Innovation
Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and
Employment
Minister Responsible for Novopay
Associate Minister of Finance
5 Hon Paula Bennett
Minister of Local Government
Minister for Social Housing
Minister of State Services
Associate Minister of Finance
Associate Minister of Tourism
7 Hon Dr Jonathan Coleman
Minister of Health
Minister for Sport and Recreation
8 Hon Amy Adams
Minister of Justice
Minister for Courts
KNOW YOUR STATESHIP ! Swati Sharma
Anyone who says, he is not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water- Mahatma Gandhi
Whether you are from India or NewZealand or any other part of the world,a basic knowledge about the politics and
politicians of the country you are living in, is a
must. Afterall they are the ones who are taking
important decisions for the whole country. If
you have interest in politics, great; if not, its
never too late!
National government after winning the third
term and New Zealanders hearts is back to
work now after all ministers have been assigned
their respective ministries.We have already covered about how three
Kiwi-Indian MPs - Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi,
Mahesh Bindra and Dr.Parmjeet Parmar,
are providing more representation to the
community in NZ Parliament.
To widen your knowledge about the
countrys politics we have decided to come upwith this weeks special feature on the newly-
appointed Cabinet of ministers.
This week we bring you whos doing what in
the current government, whos handling which
ministry, what are the responsibilities of the
three Kiwi-Indian MPs, what are expectations
of our community from the government thistime and more.
The Cabinet
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Photo credit: Davinder Singh Photography
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
List member, National Party
Current Parliamentary Roles
Deputy Chairperson,
Law and Order
Committee
Member, Commerce
Committee
Mahesh Bindra
List member, NZ First
Current Parliamentary Roles
Member, Law and
Order Committee
Spokesperson,
Corrections
Spokesperson, Ethnic
Affairs
Spokesperson, Land
Information New
Zealand
Spokesperson, Customs
Dr Parmjeet Parmar
List member, National Party
Current Parliamentary Roles
Member, Social
Services Committee
Member, Transport and
Industrial Relations
Committee
The three Kiwi-Indian MPs in the Parliament
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Top Guns in the newly-appointedCabinet of ministersBILL ENGLISHDeputy Prime Minister and
Finance Minister
Bill English is the Deputy Prime Minister,
Deputy Leader of the National Party, Minister of
Finance, Minister for Regulatory Reform, and
MP for Clutha / Southland. He was rst elected
to Parliament in 1990 as MP for Wallace, a large
rural electorate covering the deep south-west
end of New Zealand. Bill was born in Dipton,
Southland, and farmed in the area.
He completed a Bachelor of Commerce
degree at Otago University, followed by a
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English Literature at
Victoria University in Wellington.Bill held ministerial posts in education,
health, revenue and nance and he was leader
of the National Party from October 2001 to
October 2003.
Bills wife Mary is a General Practitioner
and they have six children, Luke, Thomas,
Maria, Rory, Bartholomew and Xavier.
Courtesy of http://www.billenglish.co.nz/
PAULABENNETTMinister of local government,
Minister of Social Housing, Minister
of State Services, Associate Minister
of Finance, and Associate Ministerof Tourism
Paula lives in Waitakere, West
Auckland, and has lived in the City of
Sails since 1992. She grew up in Taupo.
Paula raised her daughter single-handedly. She
worked in hospitality, secretarial and retail
roles. Realising her opportunities were limitedwithout an education, Paula went to Massey
University as an adult student. Although she
originally studied social work, she ended up
with a degree in social policy.
Paula has worked in human resources and
recruitment with a variety of clients across
various industries, from banking and nance
to manufacturing. Her rapid promotion saw
her managing an Auckland human resources
company before resigning to pursue a career in
politics.
Her mantra? Self-belief - with a dose of
hard work - can make anything possible.
Paula became a National Member of Parliament
in September 2005. After three years in
Opposition as a list MP, the public of Waitakere- her Westies chose her as their electorate MP
and representative in Wellington.
Paula is passionate about ensuring a brighter
future for all New Zealanders. As the Minister
for Social Development, she believes shes
been given a great opportunity to affect positive
change in peoples lives, the lives of their
families and their communities.
Courtesy of http://www.paulabennett.co.nz/
STEVENJOYCEMinister for Economic Development,
Regulatory Reform, Minister of
Science and Innovation, Ministerfor Tertiary Education, Skills and
Employment, Minister Responsible
for Novo Pay, Associate Finance
Minister
After completing a zoology degree at
Massey University, Steven started his rst radio
station, Energy FM, in his home town of New
Plymouth, aged 21. Along with two business
partners, he built up RadioWorks over 17 years
until, as a listed public company, it consisted of
22 local radio stations and four national radio
networks with 650 staff in twenty branches
around New Zealand.Along the way he developed nationwide
music brands The Edge and The Rock.
In 2000 RadioWorks was purchased by
Canadian company Canwest. Steven retired as
Managing Director in April 2001 on his 38th
birthday.
Steven then entered politics, chairing
the National Partys three person Campaign
Review after the 2002 election, and a full
reorganisation of the Party in April 2003.He then took on the role of being the Partys
rst General Manager, and managed the
2005 election campaign for the Party.
He retained an involvement in the business
sector, serving as a director and then Chief
Executive of Jasons Travel Media, and as
a director and then Chairman of Taranaki-
based hospital bed manufacturing and export
company Howard Wright.
Steven chaired the National Partys
successful 2008 national election campaign
and was elected as a list MP at the same
election. He was appointed directly to cabinet
as Minister of Transport and Minister of ICT
and associate Minister of Finance. Major
projects in that rst term included the Roads ofNational Signicance, the Kiwirail turnaround,
the Ultra-fast Broadband and Rural Broadband
packages, and a series of road safety initiatives
that helped reduce New Zealands road toll.
In early 2010 Steven was also appointed
Minister of Tertiary Education, where he has
led changes to improve results and performance
across the tertiary sector, re-launched
apprenticeships and industry training, and put
an increased emphasis on relevant skills for
employers.
After chairing the 2011 election campaign
for National, Steven was given responsibility
for Economic Development, Science and
Innovation, and Skills and Employment while
retaining tertiary education. In those roles he
has led the Governments Business Growth
Agenda, and developed projects as diverse as
the National Science Challenges, Callaghan
Innovation, the NZ International Convention
Centre, and international education marketer,
Education New Zealand.
Steven spends any spare time he has
developing his seven acre lifestyle property at
Albany, north of Auckland, where he lives with
his young family, Gemma the Retrodoodle, and
assorted ducks, geese and wild rabbits.
Courtesy of http://www.stevenjoyce.co.nz/
SAMLOTU-IIGAMinister of Corrections, Minister of
Ethnic Communities, Minister for
Pacic Peoples, Associate Minister of
HealthPeseta Sam was born in Apia, Samoa and
moved to New Zealand with his family when
he was a child. He grew up in Mangere and
was educated at Mangere Central School and
Auckland Grammar School. He graduated from
the University of Auckland with a Masters in
Commerce (Hons), Bachelor of Commerce and
Bachelor of Law degrees.
After graduating, he joined Russell McVeagh
McKenzie Bartleet & Co. as a solicitor, working
in the area of corporate and commercial law. He
later moved to England, where he worked for
Bankers Trust as a nancial analyst. While in
England he graduated with an MBA from the
University of Cambridge (Queens College).
He has worked as an executive consultant
with Macquarie Bank in Sydney before
returning to New Zealand to work as
a management consultant and advisor.
In 2008, Peseta Sam was elected as the MP forMaungakiekie and has held the seat since. He is
an active leader in the Pacic community and
holds the high chief (alii) title of Peseta.
Locally, Sam is patron of the Maungarei
Cadets, the Dolphin Theatre and the Onehunga
Bowling Club. He is an active member of the
Royal Oak Baptist Church and belongs to the
Rotary Club of Penrose.
Prior to parliament, Peseta Sam was
elected to the Tamaki-Maungakiekie seat on
the Auckland City Council and was appointed
Chairman of the City Development Committee.
In January 2014, he was appointed as Minister
of Pacic Island Affairs and Associate Minister
of Local Government.
Peseta Sam is currently the Minister of
Corrections, Minister for Ethnic Communities
and Minister for Pacic Peoples (formally
Minister of Pacic Island Affairs). He
is also the Associate Minister of Health.
Peseta Sam lives in Onehunga with his wife
Jules and daughter Hope.
Courtesy of http://www.lotu-iiga.com/
Paula is passionate
about ensuring a
brighter future for
all New Zealanders.As the Minister for
Social Development,
she believes shes
been given a great
opportunity to affect
positive change
in peoples lives,
the lives of their
families and their
communities.
- Paula Bennett
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University tutor and market research
consultant
Its not thatthe nationalgovernment has
been completely
ineffective in
their past term.
The fact that
New Zealand
managed to
barely escape the
economic downturn, could, aside from being
hugely just lucky, be also in part attributed to
efforts made by the state.
In their new term the government should
primarily focus on overhauling and oiling the
economy. Eco-industrialisation could be New
Zealands next niche and an example could be
a big boost to renewable energy sector. This
land is rich with wind and water and can well
use these resources to carve a global niche.
Such activities will not only boost economic
growth and local employment but also attract
expertise and talent from overseas.
There are in place some nancial help
policies for migrants, say from India. However,
better incorporation of the skilled migrant
category in the work force will essentially help
in turning the economy as well as creating
employment for others. This would mean
considering migrant overseas qualications
and experience and recommending local
industry to acknowledge these. The Education
Ministry could look into better accreditations
with various overseas institutions to be able to
accept degree/ certicate courses on a par with
NZ institutions.
Extending easy loans for entrepreneurial
ventures to migrants is also an initiative that
will promote economic activity and attract
foreign funds.
Shubhranshu Mehanwal
Software engineer
Thegovernmentneeds to make
more investment
in start-ups
and emerging
businesses. Try
to move away
from milk and
cow and sheep.
It is okay to get your bread and butter from
dairy/ farming, but also look at emerging
industries to sustain in the long run. Invest in
technology and research.
So far the government has been going
good. But they should stop asset sale and be
responsible towards their own country. Not
let foreigners buy the country. Then the local
people will get poorer and the rich people
even more richer. To counter this, it will be
a good idea to introduce capital gains tax.
Government should make sure its harder to
own more properties.
Shruthi Nair
Chemical engineer
Immigrationlaws arebecoming stricter
every year and
this will make it
difcult to stay
back and work
in this country
after you nish
education. The
immigration instructions are often not clear.
You are forced to spend on lawyers and
random agents to understand what the rules
mean. At this rate we will see more people
leaving the country.
Arijit Chakraborty,
Doctoral researcher, Neuroscience
Unless the
government
funds higher
research, the
ranking of
universities
in NZ will
continue to go
down. Science
and technology
survives on research. The number of citations
and patents from University of Auckland
shows that the academics here engage in
reasonably high levels of research. Lack of
funding will only discourage them to continue
with their hard work and intellectual output
will reduce. NZ is facing a massive brain drain
at present. This can be curtailed by taking
indigenous research and development needs
seriously.
Prem Kumar
Postgraduate student
As aninternational
student, I have
concerns about
the government
turning a
blind-eye to
Level 7 and
under courses
run by PTEs to make money and later their
certicates have visa issues. These students
agree to work under minimum wage and most
of them leave NZ because they cannot nd a
proper job.
So it should be discouraged at rst instance
by not permitting international admission
programmes in these institutes. It is time to
limit the number of visas issued per year.
IELTS should be strictly implemented for
all students. This is for the greater good of
Indian students who can plan their overseas
career with long term vision, and also for their
parents back in India.
As told to Paula Ray
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Present perfect, progressive futureLooking into the future of our current government, let us round-up thepromises and rein-in the surprises in the next three years Paula Ray
Disclaimer
Reforms or the impact of changes brought
in by governmental policies can be measured
or manifested only over the span of a decade or
more. Three years are too less a time to arrive at
conclusive statements.
The present
The two main elements that work in favour
of the current government led by Prime
Minister John Key: rstly, for the rst time
in about 20 years a government has come to
power with an almost majority; secondly, the
same government continues to be in power for
the third consecutive term.
Both of these factors together make for a
strong and stable government. It gives them
immense potential to implement changes than
any other government could achieve in the
recent past. Being able to continue with the
same policies for almost a decade strengthens
the implementation of those decisions. Even
though there might be dissention, stable policies
bring stability to the nation. There will be few
surprises for the people to deal with.
Key has already warned his elected
colleagues against complacency. The entire
Cabinet of ministers who have been allotted
their portfolios have a legacy to uphold a
legacy of policies for which the government
will be known by and revered for, irrespective
of their political afliations.
As such, there is little doubt that the currentgovernment will jeopardise this hard-earned
position. And thats the hope we live for.
Room for improvement
New Zealand has a geographical advantage
in relation to all its island neighbours in South
Pacic region. The current government should
ensure policies that make the most of it, over
other competitors. Kiwis share cultural ties
with their South Pacic brethren, which helps
empathise with their neighbours. Foreign
investors will nd this barrier difcult to
overcome.
The government also needs to increase its
funding for tertiary education. Else, the local
skills will continue to look for opportunitiesoutside of the country. The consequent brain-
drain is not going to help the economy.
There is need for investment in research and
development, and not rely on the US to come
up with innovations. The national government
potentially has a key role to play in shaping
policy-decisions to cater to this gap.
Broadly speaking, the country needs to look
beyond its agricultural and farming industries
for long-term returns. Any investment in
technological, transport and supportive
infrastructural industries will be a legacy the
government will be reckoned with.
The future
If we look back in history, Aotearoais primarily an immigrant country and its
economy is shaped by migrant investments.
Many of these migrants, over the course of
years, have made New Zealand their home.
The British arrived on this land about 250
years ago. But, in more recent times, it is
the Chinese and Indian migrants who are the
dominant migrant communities here. Keys
government needs to come up with policy-
decisions that would not only involve the
migrants but also continue to attract skilled
migrants to the shores of this island nation.
Some of the time-tested means to achieve
this is by concentrating on the following
industries: Education Attracting skilled
migrants through quality education comes
with a lot of promise. But these students need
to be given opportunities to continue living in
the country. Otherwise, it leads to brain drain,
which is quite rampant at present.
Trade Forging trade relationships with
the home countries of the migrant community,
helps the migrant settle down in their new-
found home. The trade relations manifestat mass level in the form of local stores and
cultural exchange between the two countries,
giving the migrant an option to nd familiar
and comfortable surroundings to settle in.
Immigration Keys government can
perhaps iron up the recent hiccups with regard
to immigration laws. Making them clearer and
transparent can keep the confusions at bay.Housing Adequate housing facilities can
bring down the unrealistic price of properties.
With the current rate of employment, young
Kiwis will seldom nd the nancial means to
buy their rst property. Thats a crucial area for
improvement.
That apart, for its existing residents and
citizens, the government will have improved
policies and increased investments on the
welfare system (to minimise abuse), make
health facilities more affordable and convenient,
and ensure eco-friendly measures to maximise
natural energy resources.
Of course, three years of tenure of the
current government will not be enough to
notice the changes.
Ethnic ties
Indians are the second largest migrant
community in New Zealand. It will work
in favour of the government to develop a
relationship with Kiwi-Indians who can, in
return, forge ties with the Indians back in India.
What helps is that the current government in
India is extremely trade-friendly. Working
towards a Free Trade Agreement with the
Indian government will be promising.
This will not only make the Kiwi-Indians
feel valued on this land, but also boost the
economic development of the nation as well as
attract quality immigrants to its shore.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi isdiaspora-friendly, as was evident from his
Madison Square Garden speech in the US,
where he promised all Persons of Indian Origin
(PIO) cardholders a life-time visa. This means
India will engage with its diaspora in NZ
constructively and productively.
Its unfortunate that
Modi will be in
Australia in a few days
time, followed by a trip
to Fiji, bypassing New
Zealand on his way.
It is an opportunity
lost.
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Auction (unless sold prior)
11am, Wednesday 3rd December 2014
Maritime Square, Ground Floor
4 Viaduct Harbour Avenue
Auckland, New Zealand
Simon Aldridge
M +64 21 774 951
B +64 9 489 0982
[email protected] Howe-Smith Realty Ltd, Bayleys,Licensed under the REA Act 2008
Damian Stephen
M +64 21 80 80 92
B +64 9 489 0810
[email protected] Howe-Smith Realty Ltd, Bayleys,Licensed under the REA Act 2008
Deep Purohit
M +64 21 190 9494
B +64 9 489 0981
[email protected] Howe-Smith Realty Ltd, Bayleys,Licensed under the REA Act 2008
www.bayleys.co.nz/377286
Boundary lines are indicative only
Calling all Tenants, Owner-Occupiers and Investors
Unit 17, 18 Link Drive,Wairau Valley, Auckland
Trevor Duffin
M +64 21 245 9731B +64 9 489 [email protected] Howe-Smith Realty Ltd,Bayleys, Licensed under the REA Act2008
Deep Purohit
M +64 21 190 9494B +64 9 489 [email protected] Howe-Smith Realty Ltd,Bayleys, Licensed under the REA Act2008
Adam Curtis
M +64 21 720 997B +64 9 489 [email protected] Howe-Smith Realty Ltd, Bayleys,
Licensed under the REA Act 2008
www.bayleys.co.nz
Unit 18, 18 Link Drive,Wairau Valley, Auckland
364m floor area + 11 carparksFantastic opportunity for owner-occupieror add value investorLocated in Aucklands bulk retail meccawith existing fit out
A range of national bulk retail tenants nearby
Expressions of interest closing 4pm, 5th ofDecember 2014. 29 Northcroft St, Takapuna
Unit 18, 18 Link Drive, for sale as atenanted investmentEstablished tenant, leased untilSeptember 2019.
Annual rental return $69,152pa net.380m floor area + 9 carparks.IEP of 90%.
Auction 11am, 3rd December 2014(unless sold prior) 4 Viaduct Harbour Ave,
Auckland
Its unfortunate that Modi will be in
Australia in a few days time, followed by a trip
to Fiji, bypassing New Zealand on his way. It is
an opportunity lost.
More representation of the community
through Members of Parliament, something
that 2014 elections have successfully achieved,
is another factor that can work in the favour
of the government. It represents increased
interest and involvement of Kiwi-Indians in
policy-making at governmental level. This
also represents a new-found interest in politics
among the migrant community. But, of course,
this interest is limited to the settled segment of
the Kiwi-Indian community who have already
established themselves in the new land.
If these representatives manage to
communicate well with their community
brethren, the possibilities for the government
to harness resources among this hard-working
community will be immense. And that is a
potential as yet untapped. In return, this will
not only strengthen trade and economy of
the country, but also increase support for the
government in power.
Let us look at some statistics. Kiwi-Indians,
the second largest Asian ethnicity, form ve per
cent of the national population, but contribute
more than eight per cent to the countrys
economy. The current population of Indians in
New Zealand stands at 1,55,000. Hindi is the
fourth most spoken language after English,
Maori and Samoan. Needless to mention, Indian
takeaways, restaurants and spice stores are very
popular among the local people. The presence
of the community is felt in business, medicine,
engineering, information and technology, small
business owners, art and culture.
The present composition of the government
shows that Kiwi-Indians are ready to transfer
their professional success to political
representation. This can be harnessed via trade
relations between the two countries. New
Zealand as a country has to improve its exports
ratio, which is currently half of its neighbour,
Australia (after accounting for the size of the
economies). The current governments vision
is to double exports and increase the ratio of
exports to GDP from 30 per cent to 40 per cent
by 2025. Forging economic ties with India will
help further this mission.
The icing on the cake is perhaps the fact that
a strong and stable Prime Ministerial tenure
of Key overlaps with the tenure of an equally
trade-friendly Prime Minster in India. Thus
said, bilateral relations can only improve under
the Key-Modi partnership.
Kiwi-Indians, the
second largest Asian
ethnicity, form ve per
cent of the national
population, but
contribute more than
eight per cent to the
countrys economy.
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MULTI-INCOME STREAMS - 5 TENANCIES Howick
180 Moore StreetD High profile corner site with
multiple access
D Returning $122,105pa net(approx.)
D Future development potential
Auction (unless sold prior)
11am, Wed 3rd Dec 2014
4 Viaduct Harbour Ave, Auckland
www.bayleys.co.nz/1900055
Tony Chaudhary
M 021 995 121
Shane Snijder
M 021 730 488
[email protected] REAL ESTATE LTD,MANUKAU, LICENSED UNDER THEREA ACT 2008.
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RETAIL & RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT Manukau
46 Eugenia RiseD Four retail premises & One
basement flat
D Returning $75,051.85pa(approx.)
D Seismic Rating (A+) 125%
Auction (unless sold prior)
11am, Wed 3rd Dec 2014
4 Viaduct Harbour Ave, Auckland
www.bayleys.co.nz/1900054
Tony Chaudhary
M 021 995 121
Janak Darji
M 021 047 1290
[email protected] REAL ESTATE LTD,MANUKAU, LICENSED UNDER THE
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TIDY AND AFFORDABLE RETAIL Panmure
8 Basin View LaneD Bite-size
D In close proximitly to Town
Centre, Train Station
D Ideal for add value investors
and owner occupiers
Auction (unless sold prior)
11am, Wed 3rd Dec 2014
4 Viaduct Harbour Ave, Auckland
www.bayleys.co.nz/1900062
Tony Chaudhary
M 021 995 121
Janak Darji
M 021 047 1290
[email protected] REAL ESTATE LTD,MANUKAU, LICENSED UNDER THE
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BITE-SIZE RETAIL - MUST SELL! Papatoetoe
Unit H, 258 Puhinui RoadD Affordable and tidy retail unit
D Neighbouring tenancies
include a Superette, Liquor
Shop, Doctors etc.
D Established residential and
industrial area
Deadline Private Treaty
(unless sold prior),
4pm, Tue 9th Dec 2014
1 Allens Road, East Tamaki
www.bayleys.co.nz/1900056
Tony Chaudhary
M 021 995 121
Janak Darji
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SALE
up to
30%off
Resene Premium Paintand Wallpaper
0800 RESENE (737 363)www.resene.co.nz
Discounts off the normal retail price 1 Oct - 2 Nov 2014 at Resene owned ColorShops and participating resellers.Paint offers also available at participating Mitre 10 MEGA/Mitre 10 stores. Valid only with cash/credit card/EFTPOSpurchases. Not available in conjunction with account sales, promotional vouchers/coupons or other offers. Excludestrade, ECS and Crown products and PaintWise levy. IN
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MOTIVATED & REALISTIC VENDOR East Tamaki
386 Ti Rakau DriveD Great exposure
D
Significant land holding of2121m (approx.)
D Returning $261,183pa net(approx.)
D Close to The Hub, BotanyTown Centre etc.
Auction (unless sold prior)
11am, Wed 3rd Dec 2014
4 Viaduct Harbour Ave, Auckland
www.bayleys.co.nz/1900061
Tony Chaudhary
M 021 995 121
Shane Snijder
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CHEAP LAND! MUST SELL! Manukau
18 Oak RoadD Significant land holding of
approx 2664mD Centrally located in the
industrial precinct of
Manukau
D In close proximity to both
South Western & Southern
motorways
D Zoned Business 6
Deadline Private Treaty
4pm, Friday 5th Dec 2014
1 Allens Road, East Tamaki
www.bayleys.co.nz/1900072
Tony Chaudhary
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NEW ZEALAND
MAYORALDRIVENews from the Counci l
Auckland Councilpostpones indoor redecision
Auckland Councils Governing Bodylast week made a decision to postponethe passing of the Air Quality Bylaw. The
proposed bylaw aims to manage indoor res
to reduce air pollution and meet National
Environmental Standards for Air Quality
(AQNES).
Councillors agreed that further discussion
was needed with the government to meet their
legislative requirement and garner support for
the large number of Aucklanders this bylaw
will affect.
Councillor Calum Penrose, Chair
Regulatory and Bylaws Committee says, We
have over 80,000 households in Auckland that
currently use open res and old wood burners.
We would like the government to work
with us in providing people with clean heat
alternatives and support the more vulnerable
in our community whose only form of heating
is open res.
Cr Penrose recognised that the proposedbylaw needs to be put through to meet the
AQNES and also for the overall health of
the wider Auckland community 110 people
dying a year from illnesses due to ne particle
emissions from indoor res is another vital
reason to rectify this problem.
The proposed Air Quality Bylaw will go
back to the Regulatory and Bylaws Committee
in February 2015 with further clarication on
support for alternative heating options. The
overall timeframe of an indoor re ban in late
2018 is not expected to change.
Aucklanders asked tohelp shape downtownpublic spaces
Aucklanders are being asked to help plan anetwork of high-quality public spaces setfor Downtown Auckland.
Auckland Council says there is an
opportunity to create several quality spaces in
the area from Lower Queen Street through to
the waterfront areas between Princes Wharfand Captain Cooks
Wharf. Each could
perform a different
role; for example
allowing a focus on
events and gatherings
in one space, eating
and relaxing in
another, and play
and recreation in yet
another.
An online
survey accessed
through shapeauckland.co.nz asks people
what they would most like to see and do in
these spaces. This follows the publication ofthe Downtown Framework last month, which
highlighted the opportunity for more and better
public space.
Aucklanders want and deserve world-class
design, with places designed for people, says
Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse.
Downtown Auckland will be transformed
over the next decade, and that includes a really
exciting opportunity for much more attractive,
vibrant, useable public spaces. This will benet
all those who live, work and study in the city
centre, as well as businesses, visitors and
shoppers.
Fixing Aucklandstransport
Last week saw a critical step in the mostimportant funding debate Auckland hasever had: whether or not Aucklanders are
willing to pay for the transport system this
city desperately needs to keep it moving, says
Mayor Len Brown.
Auckland faces a $12 billion transport
funding gap to build the new roads, rail,ferries, busways, cycleways and supporting
infrastructure needed to cope with a
population set to hit 2.5 million in the next
three decades.
Two reports were released to Auckland
Councils budget committee. The rst from
the Independent Advisory Body (IAB)
presents two alternative funding pathways for
Auckland to raise $12 billion to achieve the
fully-integrated transport network promised
in the Auckland Plan.
The second report, from Auckland Council
group, presents two different transport
budgets: one which shows the limited number
of transport projects the city can afford using
current revenue streams, and a second budget
that would use alternative funding pathways
to build the Auckland Plan transport network
Aucklanders have said they want.
Auckland Council will consult
Aucklanders from January 2015 on which
transport budget option they want - the basic
or the full Auckland Plan network - and if
they choose the Auckland Plan network,
how they would prefer to pay for it. The nal
decision will be made during the Long-term
Plan 2015-2025 adoption process throughout
May/June 2015.
Mayor proposesbalanced rates policy
Mayor Len Brown has proposed a changeto Auckland Councils rating policyfor its upcoming Long-term Plan 2015-2025,
in light of recent changes in property values
across Auckland.
The latest revaluation gures in Auckland
have altered the balance between business
and residential ratepayers. While the averagecapital value in
the business sector
rose 15.8 percent,
residential properties
rose by an average of
34.8 percent.
The increase
in the value of
Auckland properties
makes no difference
to how much money
council receives
in rates, but the
resulting distribution of the payment of rates
would mean business pays 8 per cent less,
while residential ratepayers face an average
5 percent increase this doesnt seem fair to
me, says Mayor Brown.
The Mayor is proposing to offset the impact
of revaluations by holding the business sector
contribution to rates at the same proportion as
2014/2015 (33.3% of $1.4 billion), this will
prevent additional rates being transferred to
residents.
From 2016/17 this proportion will start to
decline again until it reaches 25.8 percent in
2025/2026.
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POWER COLUMN
Commemorating World War I
Acentury ago this weekend New Zealandtroops and their Australian friends sailedtogether for the battleelds of World War I.
Prime Minister John Key and Australian
Prime Minister Tony Abbott are marking the
occasion in Albany, near Perth, where that rst
contingent of troops left from. It was the rst
time New Zealand and Australian troops had
ever deployed together.
On 1 November 1914 nearly 8500 Kiwi
men were aboard the convoy of New Zealand
and Australian ships that departed for Egypt.
The Albany Convoy Commemorative Event
honours them and the more than 90,000 other
troops and nurses who later followed in their
footsteps during the 1914-1918 First World
War.
The Australians and New Zealanders
from this rst convoy went on to ght on the
Gallipoli Peninsula. More than 2700 New
Zealanders lost their lives serving as part of the
Australia New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)
that landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.
Anzac Day next April will be a key milestone
of New Zealands centenary commemorations
for World War I, which was one of the most
signicant events of the 20th Century and had
a deep and lingering impact on New Zealand
society. Ten percent of our population of one
million served overseas more than 18,000
died and over 40,000 were wounded or fell ill.
Nearly every New Zealand family was affected.
Our centenary commemorations include the
opening next year of the Pukeahu National War
Memorial Park in Wellington. The park will be
our lasting legacy to all service men and women
who have fought for this country.
To date, there are almost 500 projects
and activities scheduled over the course of
the centenary from re-enactments of troop
departures, theatre and musical performances,
museum and art gallery exhibitions to academic
lectures, digitisation of family mementoes, and
television documentaries and dramas.
The centenary is not only an opportunity to
remember and reect on all New Zealanders
service and sacrice during World War I, it is
also a time to better understand what we stood
for and why.
Through our experience in this conict,
New Zealands identity and values became
more distinct at home and abroad.
I encourage all New Zealanders to take
part in the centenary programme to better
understand our past and how it still shapes us
today whether you reect on the nature of
war, remember family members who served,
visit a memorial, or think about how your
community was affected by events long ago.
It is also an opportunity to pay tribute to
our more contemporary veterans, recognising
the courage and commitment of all men and
women who have served for our country.
Authorised by Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, MP, 1/131
Kolmar Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland.
Housing of no concern, only cash from big sell-off
There is no government plan to improvehousing for all New Zealanders.The government has put the Housing
portfolio under three ministers and we now
have a confused state of affairs.
The Ministers have been wafing and
talking new jargon but it is all a disguise. The
real purpose is to cash up state assets. Thats
Nationals real agenda, not housing new
Zealanders.
We had the big show at Budget time of a
surplus, but that was manipulated. Now the
government is focusing on another asset sale to
raise easy money.
The Minister of Finance Bill English has
refused to specify how money from the sales
will be used. He has not declared whether sales
income will be put into building more houses
despite long waiting lists.
Minister for Social Housing Paula Bennett
has been making a lot of media appearances but
what she is saying is anyones guess.
There was a secret plan before the election
to sell off houses, but nothing was said. After
all, the Prime Minister had promised Genesis
was the last state asset sale.
There was no goal for the betterment of
housing Kiwis, and that is why the Housing
Ministers can now only talk in a confused
and minimalist manner. If any other political
leader had similar vague notions they would be
railroaded.
Winston PetersNZ First leader
How to find out moreand provide feedback:
Online:www.AT.govt.nz/NewNetwork
In person:Come along to an event
In writing:Fill out the feedback formin the West Consultation Brochure
(available at our eventsor from libraries, service centresand local board offices)
By phone:Call (09) 366 6400
What do you think? Give your feedback, from 21 October to 1 December 2014,on proposed changes to bus services.
Help us improve bus servicesfor West Auckland
5057_10.14_AT
We are making changes to bus and train services in West Auckland, including Helensville. These current bus services will
change: 04X, 07X, 09X, 11X, 13X, 15X, 048, 049, 060, 061, 070, 079, 080, 081, 082, 085, 087, 090, 091, 092, 093, 095, 097, 113, 115,
121, 130, 135, 136, 145, 149, 153, 154, 156, 224, N05, N13.
*** These proposals do not affect the services which have been in effect from 3 August 2014 in Green Bay, Titirangi,
Blockhouse Bay, Wood Bay, French Bay, Tanekaha, Laingholm and Kaurilands.
Date Location Time
Sunday 26 October Avondale Markets 8am to 12pm
Tuesday 28 October New Lynn Interchange 2.30pm to 6pm
Thursday 30 October Henderson Interchange, Council Airbridge 2.30pm to 6pm
Sunday 9 November Te Atatu Peninsula Markets 7.30am to 12pm
Tuesday 18 November Westgate Bus Interchange 2.30pm to 6pm
Sunday 23 November Hobsonville Point Markets 9am to 1pm
Kanwaljit Singh BakshiNational List MP
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OPINION / EDITORIAL
ncademic
ccountProf Sekhar BandyopadhyayDirector of New Zealand India Research Institute
Indians in New Zealand
While the two lascars who came on boarda French ship in 1769 were the rstIndians to visit New Zealand, the rst settler
was another lascar who deserted his ship City
of Edinburgh in 1810, married a Maori woman
and settled down in the Bay of Islands. He was
followed by six others who also jumped ship
in 1814 from Matilda and settled in the South
Island.
The number of Indians settling down in New
Zealand in the nineteenth century remained
small. We know of Edward Peters from Goa
who came in 1853. Locally known as BlackPeter, he was the rst person to discover gold
in Otago, although credit for that is usually
given to the celebrated Gabriel Read. The other
early settlers for whom we have historical
records are the two brothers, Bir Singh Gill
and Phuman Singh Gill who arrived in New
Zealand in c.1890 from Punjab.
In the twentieth century the number of
Indians coming to New Zealand gradually
increased. They came mainly from Gujarat
and Punjab and were therefore a homogenous
community. It was predominantly a male
population, who did mainly manual jobs, like
scrub-cutting, bottle collecting and hawking,
serving communities in some of the remotest
parts of the country. In other words, they
contributed to the colonization of the land.Gradually they moved into small retail trade
and market gardening and thus contributed
further to its economy.
So when we talk about New Zealands
national identity, we need to keep in mind that
Indians were a part of that national community
from historical times.
While during the inter-war period migration
of Asians remained limited because of a
restrictive immigration law, Indians continued
to come, as they were the subjects of the
British Empire. Professional skilled migration
increased after immigration restrictions were
lifted in 1987, reaching 155,178 or 3.9% of the
national population in 2013. To them we must
also add the 10,929 Indo-Fijians.
Hindi is now the fourth most commonly
spoken language in New Zealand, spoken by
66,309 people.But more importantly, Indians are now
a successful minority ethnic group in New
Zealand. It is not just we nd people of Indian
origin in high prole public positions, from
Governor-General, Members of Parliament
to CEOs. According to 2006 census gures,
analysed by Arvind Zodgekar, Indians are a
highly qualied group: 29.4% of the adult male
and 29.8% of the adult female population have
Bachelor degree or above; comparable gures
for NZ European population are 13.1% for male
and 13.9% for female. Also occupationally
they are highly placed: 64.2% of them are in
top four occupational categories, compared
with 64.09% among the NZ European. But
this does not mean that they have no problems;
despite being more qualied, unemploymentrate among them is much higher - 6.30%,
as compared with 3.90% among the NZ
European population. The 2013 census data,
not yet properly analysed, will possibly show
further improvement to their position, due to
the enterprising spirit of these skilled Indian
migrants. But more about that later.
India received its second serving of MannKi Baat from the Prime Minister NarendraModi where he pledged in his radio address, to
bring back every bit of unaccounted wealth
stashed abroad and said his Clean India drive
had become a mass movement.
Speaking on a variety of subjects in the
20-minute programme, the prime minister said
that Khadi Gram Udyog Bhavan authorities had
reported a hike of 125 percent in sales since he
urged people earlier to go for khadi.
Addressing the nation for the second time
in a month on All India Radio -- the address
was heard on Doordarshan too, Modi said his
government was on the right track to bring
back black money and there would be no bias.
I reiterate that, as far as black money is
concerned, please have faith on this pradhan
sevak (prime servant) of yours, and it is an
article of faith for me.
Every bit of the money of the poor that
has been stashed abroad has to be brought back.
This is my commitment, he said.
Modi said there could be different opinions
on the process to bring back the unaccounted
wealth. But based on my knowledge and
understanding of the subject, I can assure you
that we are on the right path.
Modi touched upon a range of subjects
including on peoples feedback on the Swachh
Bharat or Clean India campaign and on the
human resource development ministrys effort
to help disabled children in the wake of his
reference to them in his last radio talk Oct 3.
Modi said he would discuss the effects of
drugs in his next radio address. He asked people
to share information with him on the subject.
He also said that citizens who do not have
access to social media and the internet can write
to him at Akashwani and he would seriously
consider various suggestions.
The prime minister said his reference to the
needs of the specially-abled children during
his last radio address had inspired the human
resource development ministry to think of
schemes to help such children.
One scheme was to provide 1,000 such
meritorious children with scholarships to study
in technical institutes. The other was to provide
Rs.1 lakh to each Kendriya Vidyalaya and
central university to create infrastructure for
the disabled such as ramps and special toilets.
He referred to his visit to Siachen on Diwali
Oct 23 and congratulated an Indian Army team
for winning the gold medal at the Cambrian
Patrol event in Britain while competing against
more than 140 teams.
Saying that a new change was sweeping
through Indian society, Modi said that when
people come to visit him, they speak a lot about
the problems of the society and how they can
help -- and less about their own matters.
Sardar Patel: The man whoforged the Indian union Mayank Chhaya
There was once a time, not too long ago inhistorical terms, that there may not havebeen India as it exists today but a fractious
collection of nearly 600 princely states. If
a nation-state called India emerged in 1947
from the staggering ruins of close to 200 years
of colonial plunder, to a signicant extent the
credit settles on one man - Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel.
Described by The New York Times as
leather tough, Patel, whose 139th birth
anniversary is celebrated today, is in the midst
of a major national revival. For someone on
whom fell the enormous task of nation-building
and political regeneration, Patel has for decades
remained in the towering shadows of Mohandas
Gandhi on the one hand and Jawaharlal Nehru
on the other, the father of the nation and the
rst prime minister respectively of India.
In recent years, there has been growing
popular awareness and eminently justiablecelebration of the dening role that Patel played
in bringing together sometimes vain, sometimes
egotistic, sometimes deluded and almost always
utterly self-absorbed rulers of 565 princely
states to join the Indian union. A country of
some 300 million in 1947, impoverished by
two centuries of brutal colonial exploitation
and torn asunder by religious and cultural
bloodletting, it needed the quietly rm and
unassailable resolve of Patel to re-emerge. Patel
had to use a combination of statecraft, attery,
coercion and whatever else he was required to
muster to forge a nation-state out of what by
the time the colonial British rule ended in India
was, for want of a better word, a bloody mess.
Vallabhbhai Patel was an extraordinary
gure sandwiched between Gandhis loftystubbornness and Nehrus urbane western-
inuenced liberalism. Although closer in age to
Gandhi (he was six years younger than Gandhi),
for many history has cast Patel as an implacable
adversary of Nehru, who was 14 years his
junior. There is really no comparable gure in
modern world history to Patel simply because
there has not been anyone anywhere who was at
the center of uniting an undened geographical
entity claimed in pieces by 565 self-serving
princes, satraps and kings whose loyalties
swung between their self-aggrandizement and
crafty but obliging colonial masters.
It was Gandhis return from South Africa
and his extensive tours throughout India rallying
the people around the cause of independence
that drew Patel into public life. Eventually,he forsook his Britain-inuenced lifestyle,
including English clothes, for a wholly Indian
outlook as dened by Gandhi. Early on, Gandhi
saw in Patel a quietly steely resolve and the
eagerness to get down to the task of ring up
the grassroots. His rise as one of a handful of
luminaries of Indias independence movement
was not necessarily meteoric but steady and
solid.
It was a measure of Patels personality that
both Gandhi and Nehru had extremely high
praise for him despite the fact that he often
diverged from the formers saintly renunciation
and the latters aristocratic urgency. Gandhicalled him a colleague who was most
trustworthy, staunch and brave, while Nehru
called him the builder and consolidator of
India...a great captain of our forces in the
struggle for freedom...a tower of strength that
revived wavering hearts. By all accounts, Patel
was an equal member of the Gandhi-Nehru-
Patel triumvirate in his lifetime unlike the often
unfounded assertions to the contrary by new
generations of politically dogmatic Indians.
There have been frequent speculations about
how different India might have turned out had
Gandhi chosen Patel over Nehru to be Indias
rst prime minister but many historians have
pointed out that being a near contemporary of
Gandhi, he never really saw himself in that
role. By the time India became independentand a union of states, the latter thanks in very
large measure to Patel, he was already 72
years old compared to Nehrus 58. Patel died
Dec 15, 1950, barely a year after it became an
independent republic by adopting a constitution
Jan 26. Patel was among key players in the
Constituent Assembly of India tasked with
framing the constitution. If of all the illustrious
leaders of the day, there was someone who was
a completely hands-on, nuts and bolts gure, it
was Patel.
Although Patel was very much in the
tradition of pre-independence open-minded
consensus man, his views on the formation of
Pakistan, the division of Kashmir and generally
the question of how to unify the countrys
Muslim minority were at serious variance with
a disillusioned Gandhi and impatient Nehru.
Patel was known have taken a characteristically
unemotional view of the countrys partition
and, unlike Nehru, who was for a collective
national effort to make Muslims want to stay
in India, Patel was in favour of leaving it to
individual choice.
It was this approach that has in recent years
particularly endeared him to Indias political
right symbolized by the now ruling Bharatiya
Janata Party and its several cultural offshoots.
Even before he became prime minister,
Narendra Modi, as the chief minister of Gujarat
state, had cleared plans to build a 597 feet
high statue of Vallabhbhai Patel at the cost of
close to $500 million. The construction of the
statue is scheduled to begin to coincide with the
leaders birth anniversary today.Although he was deputy prime minister and
home minister, Patel was by a wide consensus
the man who was involved in every aspect
of nation-building. As someone who chaired
committees dealing with the rights of the
minorities and tribes, fundamental rights and
provincial constitutions, Patel was at the very
heart of creating a nation-state that is now the
worlds largest democracy. If Nehru was the
articulator of a grand vision of India as a new
democracy, Patel was the executor of that idea
from so many different and often conicting
vantage points.
He was uninchingly loyal to Gandhi, o ften
at the expense of his own ideas of operative
politics. It was that loyalty to Gandhis idea
of India that Patel, despite his enormous and,in many ways, greater capabilities than Nehru
that he chose the role as a behind-the-scenes
man. His forging of the Indian union alone
guarantees him a permanent position among the
countrys pantheon but he also happens to have
shaped Indias destiny in so many diverse but
quantiable ways that he remains without peer.
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FIJI
Indian PM Modi to visitFiji enroute to Australia Paula Ray
Barring most of the African Union countries, IndianPrime Minister Narendra Modi will have met leadersof most countries of the world, including Fiji, by the end
of the year. This reects a heightened emphasis on foreign
policy by the new Indian government that took power in
May. The 15th Indian Prime Ministers economic policies
have received positive vibes from across the international
community.
Setting off a foreign policy buzz, Modi started with
inviting eight of the South Asian neighbours of India to his
swearing-in ceremony, including Pakitani Prime Minister
Nawz Sharif. Modi also made it a point to met big powers
like the US, China and Russia in a row.
The Indian PMs agenda for November includes meeting
the Southeast Asian leaders at the ASEAN summit in
Myanmar, as well as the East Asia Summit (EAS) leaders at
capital Nay Pyi Taw, which is held at the same time.
Besides the 10 ASEAN nations, the EAS members
include Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea,
Russia and the USA.
Modi is scheduled to y to Fiji from Australia on
November 19, where he will meet Prime Minister Frank
Bainimarama. This will be a moment to remember for the
Fiji-Indians who left their ancestral homeland a few hundred
years ago.
Perhaps this will be the beginning of a new era in Indo-
Fiji relations.
Akbar promisesrosy future Paula Ray
Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation promisesimproved access of their services to those who are entitled tothe various schemes administered by the ofce. Minister Rosy Akbar
said this in response to the numerous complaints raised in recent
times.
The minister said, Social welfare clients in rural and remote areas
who had faced difculties in accessing their monthly allowances will
now be relieved to know that the relevant ministry is exploring new
ways to reach out and assist them.
While visiting Nadakuni village in Naitasiri, Akbar explained,
I am aware that there are clients, particularly the senior citizensreceiving social welfare in rural communities who face difculties
in having to spend money on transport to travel all the way down
to towns to withdraw their monthly allowances. This was even
highlighted at the consultations held in Navua this week (last week),
Ms Akbar said.
The ministry will work on a program so the social welfare ofcers
will come right out to your village to make the payments, so that you
wont be burdened with transport expenses incurred in accessing the
social welfare allowances.
Whether you are a mother who needs women empowerment or
senior citizen who is assisted under our social pension scheme, we
are here to assist everyone that meets the eligibility criteria for the
social welfare programs, Akbar said, in an attempt to reach out to
the citizens.
Fiji prepares for Indian PM visit
The Fijian government, on the other hand, has startedpreparing for Modis visit. He would be the secondIndian PM to visit Fiji, the rst being the late Indira Gandhi
who visited Fiji in 1981.
The Ministry of Information states that Modi will pay
a courtesy call to the President, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau,
following which he will meet with his Fijian counterpart
Rear Admiral (Ret) Voreqe Bainimarama and other Cabinet
ministers.
These meetings will be an opportunity to discuss bilateral
relations between the two countries on developmental
issues.
During his visit, Modi will attend the unveiling of
a plaque for the parliamentary library gifted by the
Government of India, and tour the new Fijian Parliament.
Modi will also meet with other Pacic Island leaders.
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Shape up babu or ship out! Maya Shivam
Once upon a time there lived a bureaucrat
in the capital city of Delhi. He had a
dream life and a dream job. His work day
started whenever he felt it was time; he would
then break for a beer with lunch at the plush
Gymkhana Club; about four, it would be time
for golf followed by a leisurely evening with
the family. Every once in a while he would
travel overseas on a work trip. Of course, the
wife would accompany, the couple travelled
rst class all expenses paid, and have a good
holiday.
As they say, all good things must come to an
end and so did this dream life. Narendra Modi
got elected as the Prime Minister of India and
with that, suddenly the work-life situation of all
the Babus seems to have taken an about turn.
The Delhi Gymkhana Club, now has enoughroom for its other members and business people.
Tables for lunch are easy to come by, and the
sights of bureaucrats throwing their weight
around have suddenly gone missing. The Delhi
Golf Club bears a deserted look during work
hours and the swimming pools are near empty.
The India International Centre, once a popular
hangout, now seems to be missing its hustle-
bustle. The work-life (im)balance that once so
easily existed has now become non-existent.
Work has piled on, while life has shrunk the
dream life is now a thing of the past.
Though ofcials of the Central Government
still have a ve day week, they are now
constantly seen along the corridors of South
Block along with their staff, catching up on
work, prepping and updating les, lest the
Prime Minister calls for an update on them. To
make matters worse, even at late hours.Gone are the days when ofcials delayed
decisions for ulterior motives or procrastination.
Right or wrong there are orders to take
decisions to move les along, citing reasons
either way. Should they bear a Cabinet note,
les have to be cleared within three days. The
upright ofcials, who earlier faced frequent
transfers, are now happy with a work culture
of fast paced decision-making devoid of
corruption, and favouritism.
Alongside, the number of feedback meetings
has increased and stricter deadlines are in place.
Ofcials are reporting that attendance at these
meetings has improved and les are getting
cleared faster. Senior bureaucrats of various
ministries are now required to forward periodic
updates to the PMO on the progress of projects
under their jurisdiction even if no progress has
been made since last reporting.There have been reports that PMO is tracking
attendance and punctuality through a unique
biometric identication system. All Central
Government ofcials and junior staff have been
asked to get their new biometric cards made to
enable their entry and exit record under the new
system. The data, to be updated in real-time,
is likely to be monitored by the PMO. That is
good governance and delivery for you.
Globetrotting with the spouse in tow, is no
longer a perk of the job, nor is travelling rst
class. It has also been indicated that spouses
will not be covered by the State and will need
to pay for their own travel.
Not only has the PMO made it mandatory
to submit an outcome report after every
foreign trip, Modi has ordered ofcials to
forgo the luxury of ying rst class, avoid
holding conferences at ve-star hotels and stop
buying cars. Ofcials are advised to use video
conferencing for meetings wherever possible,
and also barred the creation of any new posts in
the government.
The cleaning of all Government ofces is
another step that is being pushed by the PMO
with the same passion that it drives the Swachh
Bharat mission.
For now, it seems this is how the new life
of a Babu may be proled. It sounds like great
news for the country to know that it is being
led by one who is not just a taskmaster, but also
leads by personal example. Although, it may
seem inconvenient for the class of Babus that
have been sucking the system dry for years,
the more honest ones feel empowered andmotivated to do better.
The Prime Minister is believed to have shared
his telephone number with the Secretaries and
encouraged them to contact him directly if
there is an urgency. There have been reports
of ofcials doing just that; and in some cases,
even bypassing their direct bosses. Should
the machinery of our Central Government get
ship-shape and well-oiled like Modi is trying
to make it the day will not be far when India
comes together to emerge as the power that the
world is expecting it to be. That is when we will
see India truly Modi-ed.
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Fadnavis sworn in asMaharashtra CM
Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in as thechief minister of the rst BJP governmentof Maharashtra at a gala public function here
Friday. Nine other ministers also took the oath.
Maharashtra Governor C. V. Rao
administered the oath of ofce and secrecy
to Fadnavis (44) and the others at a glittering
ceremony in the sprawling Wankhede Stadium
witnessed by over 30,000 people.
Present on the historic occasion were Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata
Party president Amit Shah, business tycoons,
lm personalities, sportspersons and celebrities
from different walks of life.
The ministers sworn-in include Eknath
Khadse, former minister and also former
leader of opposition in the last assembly and
Vinod S. Tawde, the leader of opposition in the
legislative council.
Former state unit president Sudhir S.
Mungantiwar, former Mumbai unit chief
Prakash M. Mehta, late union minister
Gopinath Mundes daughter Pankaja Munde-
Palwe, Chandrakant Patil and the partys tribal
face Vishnu R. Savra also took oath as cabinet
ministers.
Fadnavis oath-taking was cheered loudly
by the massive crowd of BJP activists which
packed the stadium this afternoon.
Other prominent personalties present
included senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani and
Murli Manohar Joshi, former chief minister
Prithviraj Chavan, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav
Thackeray, chief ministers of several states
including Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab,
and Haryana, and business tycoon Anil Ambani.
New twist to Goas peculiardual nationality issue Mayabhushan Nagvenkar
Portugals new consul general in Goa hasgiven a new spin to the simmering rowon the eligibility of indigenous Goans for
Portuguese nationality, an issue that has forcedthe state government to approach the central
government for help.
On a day when Goa Chief Minister Manohar
Parrikar attended a meeting at the home
ministry in Delhi seeking a dual nationality-
type for thousands of Goans who have opted
for Portuguese nationality under Portuguese
laws for some of its former colonies, Rui
Caravalho Baceira told media that the identity
card was proof of Portuguese citizenship.
If you obtained the Bilhete de Identidade
de Cidadao Nacional, then you are a Portuguese
national, Baceira said here.
Baceiras comment comes when the police
are reluctantly probing a First Information
Report (FIR) led by an activist claimingseveral politicians, even legislators, police
ofcers, bureaucrats, lawyers and thousands of
Goans have over the years applied and availed
themselves of the Portuguese identity card, also
referred to as the Bilhete.
Police initially refused to le the complaint
led by Kashinath Shetye but later registered it
on the directions of a trial court.
The FIR says people (several of whom are
named) who have the identity card should
surrender their Indian passports. It wants
government ofcers and politicians in this
category to resign.
The dual citizenship issue has become a
political hot potato with two ruling legislators,
Glen Ticlo and Caitu Silva, being accused of
having Portuguese passports and processing
their Bilhetes after formally registering their
birth in Portugal. Both have maintained that
their documentation in Portugal was processed
by agents without their knowledge.
If Baceiras logic is applied, both could
stand to lose their legislatorship.
Caitu Silva is already facing a petition led
by his political rival in the Panaji bench of
the Bombay High Court which claims he is a
Portuguese national and, therefore, cannot be
elected to political ofce in India.
The Bilhete is in fact a much misunderstood
document. While the Portuguese government
issues it as a national identity card, most Goans
who register their birth in Portugal, as one of
the rst steps towards obtaining a Portuguese
passport, assume that citizenship is obtained
only once the passport has been issued.
A Portuguese passport and nationality
automatically has opened doors of the EuropeanUnion for several thousand Goans over the last
three decades. Being a Portuguese citizen helps
them bypass stricter European laws against
employing foreigners versus local talent.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led
coalition government has been claiming that
the Bilhete alone is not proof of Portuguese
identity and the individual continues to be
an Indian citizen. The government has also
promised to offer a solution to the vexed issue,
with Parrikar lobbying with the home ministry
for a one-time solution to Goans who have
availed of Portuguese nationality.
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New computeriseddriving-testing systemAcamera-based innovative driving testingsystem that will ensure a technology-oriented assessment of the driving quality of
license-seekers without human intervention
will be inaugurated by union Road Transport,
Highways & Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari
in Pune last week.This technology at the Institute of Driving
Training & Research (IDTR) will enable
promotion of a corruption-free platform for
granting driving licenses and selection of
drivers, ensuring the applicants quality.
The camera-based system has been
developed by the Central Institute of Road
Transport (CIRT), Pune as an advanced version
of the earlier sensor-based testing technologies
which are in place at some locations.
The CIRT is a part of the road safety
initiatives taken by Gadkari as transport
minister, a ministry release said.
Eight IDTRs are being set up across the
country under the aegis of the ministry during
the 11th Five Year Plan. CIRT also plays the
role of monitoring agency on behalf of the
ministry for setting up the IDTRs. The IDTR
at Pune has been set on a PPP basis with Tata
Motors.
The IDTR has state-of-the art facilities,
including spacious class rooms equipped
with audio visual facilities, a driving range
for imparting driving practice on the road
for various maneuvers, a driving laboratory
displaying aggregate and cut-section models,
a testing laboratory for checking physical
characteristics, a workshop for routine
maintenance activities, a library and a hostel
with a capacity of 75 participants. Two driving
simulators have also been installed in the IDTR
for imparting pollution-free training to the
trainees on a range of cognitive skills to deal
with complex roadway and trafc conditions.
The training will be conducted by well-
trained driving instructors to impart practical,
systematic and scientic training to new drivers
as well as in-service drivers along with trainers.The IDTR also proposes to train exclusive
batches of women drivers for city cabs. This
will give a boost to the road safety initiative of
the road transport ministry and will also play a
catalytic role for the governments development
programme.
India has one of the highest rate of road
accidents in the world and the new government
has set a target of reducing the accident rate by
50 percent in the next ve years. This would be
achieved with improved driver training, better
road conditions, efcient enforcement and safer
vehicle technologies, the ministry said.
The ministry has already released a draft
of the new Road Transport & Safety Bill
2014 inviting suggestions from the public
and stakeholders. It has also discussed the
provisions of the bill in the recently concluded
Transport Development Council meeting with
the transport ministries of various states. The
ministry aims to introduce the bill in the winter
session of Parliament in November-December.
Nokia will not makehandsets in India anymoreNokia, once an iconic mobile handsetmaker, shut down its India plant at
Sriperumbudur.
As announced earlier (Oct 7), we are
stopping handset production at our Chennai
plant from tomorrow (Nov 1) in the absence of
orders from our new parent rm (Microsoft),
which terminated the mobile purchase
agreement, a Nokia India ofcial said.
Global software major Microsoft, which
acquired the Finland-based Nokias global
devices and services business, including assets
in India for $7.2 billion April 25, decided
to suspend manufacturing handsets from
its Chennai plant though it could not take
possession of it due to legal battles over a tax
notice from the Tamil Nadu government and
the Supreme Court in March.
We can conrm that constructive
discussions with union representatives and
the labour commissioner have resulted in an
agreement on a nancial package for Chennai
factory personnel, the spokesperson said in a
statement a day after a tripartite meeting here
between company ofcials, union members and
the top labour ofcer.
At the time of closing down the operations,
about 1,100 employees were working in the
plant, including 900 on the assembly lines.
Of the 6,600 employees the company had on
rolls till March, 5,500 opted for VRS (voluntary
retirement scheme) it offered and left.
Nokia made a cumulative investment of
$300 million (Rs.1,800 crore) in the Chennai
factory over the last eight years.
Touted as Nokias largest production fac ility
outside Europe, the Chennai plant started
rollout out initially low-end mobile handsets
from January 2006 after it was unveiled by
then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the
presence of his Finnish counterpart Matti
Vanhanen.
The asset freeze by the state tax department
has prevented us from transferring the factory to
any other mobile handset maker despite having
a fully functional electronics manufacturing
system, the ofcial said.
The state government slapped a Rs 2,400
crore notice to Nokias India subsidiary in
March, accusing it of selling the handsets from
the Chennai plant in the domestic market than
exporting them.
In another tax case, the apex court
directed Nokia India in March to furnish a Rs
3,500-crore guarantee before transferring the
plant to Microsoft.
According to the companys employees
union, as Microsoft kept out the Chennai plant
from its acquisition deal with Nokia, the facility
turned into a contract manufacturing unit and
production slumped to four million handsets
per month in March from 13 million units at one
time in the past when about 8,000 employees
were working in three shifts.
Once a dominant player in the burgeoning
mobile phones segment across India, with over
80 percent market share, Nokia lost out to rivals
like Samsung, Apple, Sony and Panasonic in
the next-generation handsets, popularly known
as smart-phones over the last couple of years.
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