Blowing Cash

Far better things to do with the poll money

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Updated on: 5 February 2022 11:31 pm

Updated on: 5 February 2022 11:31 pm

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Blowing Cash

Blowing Cash

Total expenditure on Elections 99 is Rs 1,900 crore. government will spend Rs 900 crore, and the rest, political parties. Roughly Rs 1,800 crore was spent on the mid- term elections. That adds up to Rs 3,700 crore for two avoidable elections.

With Rs 3,700 crore you could do any of these...

Set up a 1,000- MW power plant, which could light one million rural households, or 250,000 urban houses

Build new highways from Chennai to Nellore, Bangalore to Chennai, Surat to Manor, Jaipur to Ajmer

Build 8,000 top- of- the- line hospital rooms

Set up 1,233,333 low- cost houses at Rs 30,000 for single- room dwelling with a kitchen and toilet

Set up a 620- MW nuclear power plant

Take care of ISROs entire budget for two years

Buy 24 Sukhoi 30s for the Indian Air Force

Buy two second- hand aircraft carriers

Clean up the Ganga and the Yamuna and have Rs 2,000 crore left over

IF POLLS ARE IN SEPTEMBER

India loses out on commiments to the World Trade Organisation

No public sector disinvestment possible

Rs 33,600 crore of power sector investment proposals remain stuck

India cannot sign the Comprehensive Test Ban

50 BUSINESS - RELATED BILLS HANG FIRE

Securities Contract Regulation(Amendment) Bill

Prevention of Money Laundering BILL

Lok Pal Bill

Foreign Exchange Management ACT(Amendment) Bill

Recovery of Debt due to Banks Financial Institutions (Amendment) BILL

Geographical Indications and Biodiversities Bill

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