Unlike
Mr. Jaswant Singh, our top-brass hides its ignorance by spreading canards in unintelligible
gobbledegook. The article clearly
argues that agriculture and the multi-layered retail market activity can offer
a community-centric solution to Indian economy. We may borrow technology from US, but it is
foolish to ape the West even in planning our economy. An economic model that
does not care for our kirana shops, owner-run-general stores, paan-beedi shops,
convenience stores, and hand-cart and pavement vending is of no use to us—even if
that model worked wonders in a different country. Provisional
shops opened by Reliance, More… on the lines of Walmart are
neither cost-effective, convenient, nor reliable—and do not mean much to common
people. Every rupee that we place in our
economy has to enrich our land, benefit our people, and cut down our subsidized
policies. That is how we weed out parasites and help self-made people to climb
up the ladder of their lives and enrich our economy!
from: Suryaprakash Rao Mothiki
Posted on: Jul 29, 2012 at 14:10 IST
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