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To: ratan lal who wrote (6218)	9/2/1999 11:58:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

IT sector 'revaluation' to add 1% to GDP Ratan: Speaking of GDP, check this out. ==================== Date: 9/2/99 11:57:22 AM (Courtesy:Probity Research) India?s GDP is expected to swell by an additional Rs180bn. This will be assisted by the Central Statistical Organisation?s (CSO) updating of its methodology to capture the actual value addition by the the information technology (IT) sector. The change will take effect from this fiscal. According to officials, the contribution of the IT sector is not adequately reflected on the current GDP estimates leading to an under valuation of the country?s GDP. The CSO, which currently estimates only about Rs5bn which is considerably low than the value added estimated by the CSO, which is expected to be around Rs180bn. According to the secretary, department of statistics, R S Mathur, ``The government was looking at realistic estimates compiled by the department of electronics which puts the IT sector?s contribution to the GDP at Rs180bn.? This addition of Rs180bn from the IT sector will lead the GDP to expand by an additional 1%. The government is also planning to create a central data warehouse under the aegis of the CSO which is expected to bring all government data under one roof.

To: ratan lal who wrote (6218)	9/2/1999 1:25:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 12475

So, somebody has taken over from Thackeray after he switched over from hating Tamilians and other "outsiders", to hating Muslims? (Not that Thackeray couldn't start scapegoating Tamilians and other "outsiders" again. He would do that if it suits his agenda).

To: ratan lal who wrote (6218)	9/2/1999 1:37:00 PM
From: JPR	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

Ratan: I happened to see this piece in DAWN. TRhere is no mention about minorities in Sindh. Not quite what Sindh needs SINDH could have done without the advisory council which has been thrust on it by Syed Ghous Ali Shah, the prime minister's adviser on Sindh affairs. What will this mishmash achieve and whom is it likely to convince? Some sitting MPAs and a few people with a claim to a political past adorn this hybrid body. But with the political parties that matter in the province likely to pour scorn over this invention, its utility is far from obvious. The people of Sindh already have no say in how their province is being run. They could be spared more reminders of this distressing circumstance. As it is, the PPP is disaffected. So is the MQM. That leaves the rump around the banner of the PML-N which can hardly be expected to fill the void created by the absence of representative rule in the province since the end of October last year. Sindh needs an end to the confusion besetting its affairs. Governor's rule has gone on for much too long and now, far from solving anything, is itself becoming a problem. The Sindh assembly is in a state of suspended animation. It is there but it is not allowed to do anything. In the emptiness created by this situation the loudest sound is that of Syed Ghous Ali Shah's tough and uncompromising rhetoric: which usually in these charged times is of how he will not allow this or that thing. The latest in this genre is the stern assurance to a delegation of Karachi transporters that on September 4 when a strike has been called by traders and opposition parties, they will be provided full protection and that if any "terrorists" approach their vehicles, the police and rangers will "shoot on sight". At this time there is a need for all concerned, and especially the Sindh government, to steady its nerves and act coolly and sensibly. Mr Shah's prescription points in just the opposite direction. The major problem of course is that the centre seems not to have the faintest idea of what it wants to do in Sindh. There is nothing even remotely visible that could be dignified by the name of a strategy. This omission is feeding a sense of drift in Sindh which in turn is giving rise to the feeling that whatever happens in the province cannot be of much concern to Islamabad. This is not a happy development. Hitherto, since the end of martial law in late 1985, Sindh has always faced one of two situations: if the Muslim League was in power the PPP was disaffected; if the PPP was in power the MQM was disaffected. It is the peculiar thrust and wisdom of the PML-N's policies that for the first time we are seeing discontent sitting heavy on both the PPP and the MQM. Can this lead to a modus vivendi between these two parties, previously so bitterly hostile to each other? It will be a good thing if it does. But meanwhile the drift exemplified by Syed Ghous Ali Shah's uncertain stewardship should not be allowed to continue for this will darken the already tense and uneasy mood in the province. For its own good the PML-N should not seem bent on creating unnecessary problems.