Our Export-Imports.

WE ARE AT HOME IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS.

Our Import-Export policy book is voluminous, cumbersome. Government has
to come out, of the play of words. The game lies in its effective implementation. By mere mis-description of goods under import-export, there are scams after scams. Their eyes do not open. Import-export and foreign trade is governed by a few houses for years. They dictate terms to the Government. This situation needs a jolt, an about-turn with radical changes to bring about speed in this area. Much needs to be done. Fast track-powers are to be delegated to a few selected loyalists to meet with the world pace of import-export and foreign trade.

Countries of the Asia-Pacific like South Korea are doing wonders in the field of electronics.
Samsung Electronics Co. besides being its largest, is the world's second biggest semi-conductor maker followed by Intel Corporation. It vies with domestic rival LG Philips LCD Co. for the top spot among manufacturers of liquid crystal displays. (LCDs.) This electronic giant has doubled its R&D jobs as it builds on success in TV and cell phones. Newspaper reports indicate that China's export of passenger cars soared by two hundred percent on a surge in sales of small economy models to neighbouring countries. Its export of parts of vehicles, complete sets of parts for assembly at site of destination also far exceeded its other vehicle exports. Japan Taiwan Korea Singapore Hong Kong Shanghai have achieved great heights in the matter of foreign trade, import-exports. We have to follow them.

The Commerce Ministry has to take a trip to the world of reality. Dreams cannot be sold forever. You have to come to reality. Public awareness is felt. Do not miss the bus. You have to fulfill the promises you made. There is little, or, so to say, no change whatsoever in the state of affairs of the country, before and during this year. They overplay incident of terrorism to scare the public.
They can not do anything. They have bullock cart ideas. They have to go now.

Based on the familiar tale of a young kitten, who believes the sky is falling. It so happened that on its roaming around the trees, in search of some adventure, the small kitten was struck by a fruit falling from a tree. In the entire narration, the kitten is at the center of a global crisis which had pulled the alarm bell that the sky was falling. The kitten described the event as a big rock from the sky falling which caused it to hit the alarm button. Public opinion can be like
this. There are instances of kingdoms lost on small issues. Do not give rise to small issues to enlarge. They can bring about disastrous effect. Public anger can prove and do anything.

Global trade is advancing in leaps and bounds. Asia-Pacific countries are heading towards great national progress. Forget about China and Japan. It is an accepted fact that none can beat China today. All are awed at what China gained especially in and after the nineties. Today China is the world leader. All criticism about China's human rights-record, and lack of democracy etc. is forgotten and forgiven. All bow to the Might. China is the Might today. Might is always Right. Its economy has turned sturdy despite floods earthquakes, hurricanes, other disasters which are rampant in China. There is no effect whatsoever of natural calamities on its economy. We have to learn a lesson from China. The leaders of this nation were busy building up the country for future development, silent all the time, consolidating its basic infrastructure on war footing.

All these years our Government blew bugles songs of their achievement. On the other hand China was busy all the time, in building, consolidating the country by providing modern infrastructure on priority basis. Our country is lacking in infrastructure in every field. We have no infrastructure as such. It is now too late to start all over again. Moreover it is a costly game. Wherefrom the money will come? For the past fifty-eight years nothing has been done. Everything, every construction is over-due for replacement. Bridges, roads run-ways have outlived their life period. All our money was wasted in fruitless schemes, plans and projects from which middlemen, party workers got their share and flourished at our expense. A sort of jungle of mal-practices prevails. Old habits die hard. The tendency to waste public money is not forgotten. Strict measures are over-due. Otherwise it will be too late. They have taken home public money.