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Multi-billion dollar investments pour into Gujarat
The rush of investments from Corporate India to Gujarat continues through Vibrant Gujarat 2011 summit that was kicked off on January 12. So from the Adanis to the Ambani brothers to the Tatas to the Essar group, the biennial event was packed with every corporate house announcing mammoth projects which looked like a bid to outdo each other.
Clearly the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi looked pleased. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he was “personally” committed to Gujarat’s growth as this was crucial for India to become a major economic power.
“India is on the path of becoming a major economic power in the world. I have personally been committed to Gujarat’s growth for India’s growth,” Mr. Modi said while making a pitch for investment in the State.
"In the first few hours of the summit the speakers have already pledged around $50 billion," he said.
“The objective of this summit is not merely to attract monetary investments. This is an attempt to unite all those who are concerned about the well-being of humanity,” he said.
At the last Vibrant Gujarat summit in 2009, MOUs worth Rs. 12 lakh crore were signed in power sector alone and estimates are that top corporate houses have already committed to invest over Rs. 180,000 crore in Gujarat in various sectors.
Ahmedabad based Adani group led the pack announcing an investment of over Rs. 80000 cr in port, power generation and infrastructure followed by Anil Ambani who announced plans to invest Rs. 50,000 crore in the state in next 5-7 years in power and cement.
Essar Group said it will invest Rs. 30,000 crore in Gujarat for projects in various sectors, including power and refinery while L&T committed investment of Rs. 15000 crore in various infrastructure projects.
Mahindra & Mahindra also signed six MoUs with the state government to invest Rs. 3000 crore to step up presence in the hospitality and real estate sectors in the state.
But the big man of Corporate India, RIL’s Mukesh Ambani did not make any announcements this time but reiterated his commitment to the state of Gujarat.
“Narendrabhai is a leader having a grand vision and (he) also has the strength to connect this vision to reality. Gujarat is emerging as a superpower of the 21st century under him.”
"We would insist that Reliance must always sustain the spirit of being a Gujarati company," he said.
“After Mahatma Gandhi, it is under the leadership of Mr. Modi that the State is seeing a phenomenal progress. My father Dhirubhai Ambani, after meeting Mr. Modi, had said he will go a long way,” ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani said.
Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata too was all praise for the Chief Minister.
“By your exemplary leadership, you are establishing new grounds in industrial development. The Chief Minister is also looking for rural development and we will have a tie up with the State in this sector soon,” he said.
President of US-India Business Council, Ron Sommers said that Gujarat was a State with a business environment and extraordinary work ethic. “This time Japan and Canada are partner countries in this summit and I will try that next time US is also a partner country,” he said.
But will this rush of investments translate into actual projects? While Narendra Modi's detractors may argue that Vibrant Gujarat is nothing but hype, there is no doubt that Modi has yet again managed to attract the top guns of corporate India to invest in his state.
The rush of investments from Corporate India to Gujarat continues through Vibrant Gujarat 2011 summit that was kicked off on January 12. So from the Adanis to the Ambani brothers to the Tatas to the Essar group, the biennial event was packed with every corporate house announcing mammoth projects which looked like a bid to outdo each other.
Clearly the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi looked pleased. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he was “personally” committed to Gujarat’s growth as this was crucial for India to become a major economic power.
“India is on the path of becoming a major economic power in the world. I have personally been committed to Gujarat’s growth for India’s growth,” Mr. Modi said while making a pitch for investment in the State.
"In the first few hours of the summit the speakers have already pledged around $50 billion," he said.
“The objective of this summit is not merely to attract monetary investments. This is an attempt to unite all those who are concerned about the well-being of humanity,” he said.
At the last Vibrant Gujarat summit in 2009, MOUs worth Rs. 12 lakh crore were signed in power sector alone and estimates are that top corporate houses have already committed to invest over Rs. 180,000 crore in Gujarat in various sectors.
Ahmedabad based Adani group led the pack announcing an investment of over Rs. 80000 cr in port, power generation and infrastructure followed by Anil Ambani who announced plans to invest Rs. 50,000 crore in the state in next 5-7 years in power and cement.
Essar Group said it will invest Rs. 30,000 crore in Gujarat for projects in various sectors, including power and refinery while L&T committed investment of Rs. 15000 crore in various infrastructure projects.
Mahindra & Mahindra also signed six MoUs with the state government to invest Rs. 3000 crore to step up presence in the hospitality and real estate sectors in the state.
But the big man of Corporate India, RIL’s Mukesh Ambani did not make any announcements this time but reiterated his commitment to the state of Gujarat.
“Narendrabhai is a leader having a grand vision and (he) also has the strength to connect this vision to reality. Gujarat is emerging as a superpower of the 21st century under him.”
"We would insist that Reliance must always sustain the spirit of being a Gujarati company," he said.
“After Mahatma Gandhi, it is under the leadership of Mr. Modi that the State is seeing a phenomenal progress. My father Dhirubhai Ambani, after meeting Mr. Modi, had said he will go a long way,” ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani said.
Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata too was all praise for the Chief Minister.
“By your exemplary leadership, you are establishing new grounds in industrial development. The Chief Minister is also looking for rural development and we will have a tie up with the State in this sector soon,” he said.
President of US-India Business Council, Ron Sommers said that Gujarat was a State with a business environment and extraordinary work ethic. “This time Japan and Canada are partner countries in this summit and I will try that next time US is also a partner country,” he said.
But will this rush of investments translate into actual projects? While Narendra Modi's detractors may argue that Vibrant Gujarat is nothing but hype, there is no doubt that Modi has yet again managed to attract the top guns of corporate India to invest in his state.
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See whenever I add pakistan with word "T" this kinda images flashes all over my screen.
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Gujarat: Energising the nation with power, natural gas
Virendra Pandit
Gujarat is one of the few states in India which supply power round-the-clock in most of its towns, cities and villages. Power situation in this industrialised state has been satisfactory and people in most towns and cities have not known load-shedding or power cuts for a long time, although due to rise in demand during harvesting season, power supply is sometimes rationed in rural areas. Electricity reforms and strict observance of law have reduced transmission losses and theft to the minimum. Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB), which had accumulated losses of more than Rs. 2,500 crore over the past few years, turnaround in the wake of these reforms and registered a net profit of Rs. 200 crore last year.
Gujarat has also become the first state in India where electricity has reached all the 18,065 villages, in the far flung areas, which now have access to three-phase uninterrupted electricity supply round the clock.
The State Government commissioned a network of 56,599 km long cables and 12,621 new transformers under its ambitious Jyoti GramYojana in a record time of 30 months with an investment of about Rs.1,500 crore for this purpose.
Installed capacity
Currently, Gujarat’s installed capacity of power production is 9,700 MW. Further, an additional 4,200 MW is available from captive power plants. The demand for power is projected to be 14,031 mw in 2011-12.
A number of coal-based thermal power plants are coming up that would contribute more than 6,000 mw in the next few years. The State is also awaiting Central nod for gas-based power plants. Gujarat has also firmed up plans to add a capacity of another 11,000 MW of power generation in the state at an estimated investment of Rs.4,500 crore in the next five years.
The power generation capacity is targeted to go up to 20,725 MW by the end of 2011-12. The MoUs signed during recent Investors’ Summit will generate 8,200 MW with private sector investment. In addition, there will be a nuclear power plant with a generation capacity of 7,400 MW.
One of the 10-odd ultra mega power projects (UMPP) in India is coming up with an investment of Rs 20,000 crore at Mundra in Kutch district. Tata Power Company, which is constructing the 4,000-MW power plant on 2,700 acres of arid land, in public-private partnership, would provide power at the low rate of Rs.2.26 per unit.
super-critical units
The project, based on imported coal, comprises five super-critical units of 800 MW each and is likely to be completed in the 11th Five-Year Plan, by 2012. This would supply electricity to Gujarat (1,900 MW), Maharashtra (800 MW) and Punjab (500 MW), besides Haryana and Rajasthan (400 MW each).
Another major power plant is also coming up just about 10 km from the Tata’s. This 2,640 MW thermal power plant, also based on imported coal, is being developed by the Adani Group which is investing nearly Rs.10,000 crore in the vicinity of the Mundra Port and SEZ it is developing.
The Adanis are also working on another coal-based plant of 1,320 MW. The Torrent Group would construct a 1,000 MW plant near Surat. Besides, Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) would also add 115 MW during the 11th Plan (2007-12).
Besides, the Union Power Ministry is scouting for a location to set up either a mega or ultra mega power project somewhere in the western part of the country preferably in the vicinity of port areas of Gujarat.
The power generation capacity of the proposed project would either be 2000 MW or 4000 MW, depending upon the port capacity and infrastructure facilities available at the location.
The project, which will supply power to more than one State, would have an investment of around Rs. 20,000 crore.
It will be the second ultra power project in the State, the first being the one under development by the Tata Group at Mundra in Kutch.
The Sanghi Group is also setting up a 1,200 MW power project with an investment of Rs.1,800 crore in the same district.
In another major initiative, seven PSUs viz. Gujarat Power Corporation, Gujarat State Investment Ltd., Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation, Gujarat Industrial Power Co., Gujarat State Fertilizers Company Ltd, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals are forming a joint venture company, known as Bhavnagar Energy Company, for setting up a large lignite-based single power project with a capacity of 480 MW and having investment of Rs. 2,300 crore at Ghogha in Bhavnagar district.
The agreement for the power project was signed on July 25, 2007.
This new company will be set up with an initial capital of Rs.625 crore. The wind energy sector has also attracted investors with massive investments. The installed capacity through wind farming in Gujarat grew fourfold to 455 MW during the last five years. It is likely to cross 600 MW by October 2007.
Wind farm policy
To further encourage this activity, the State Government recently announced New Wind Farm Policy making it more attractive for private investors.
The companies entering this sector can now sell power to any entity and earn higher prices.
Earlier, manufacturing units were allowed to generate power for captive consumption and the surplus power could only be sold to the Gujarat Electricity Board. The State Government has also revised the tariffs, from Rs. 2.60 per unit to Rs. 3.37 per unit.
In addition, investors have been exempted from the payment of electricity duty.
Now, Gujarat is preparing to come out with a Solar Power Policy covering various incentives to attract investors in this sector also.
The plan is to go for solar cities, solar offices, etc. The incentives will cover benefits of solar energy in terms of prices on long-term basis. The concept of increase in power generation through non-conventional resources will also help for environment conservation.
Oil & Natural Gas
Gujarat has been one of the earliest oil and natural gas producing States in India, with reserves located at Ankleshwar, Mehsana, Tapti High (India’s second largest gas producer), Hazira, Bharuch, Gandhar, Dahej, Jambusar, Palej, Kalol and Ahmedabad.
This State is also the only Indian state with more than one gas producer. Thus, apart from ONGC, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), Cairn Energy and Nico Resources are also involved in the process of production of natural gas in Gujarat.
Some private players like the British Gas and the Adani Group, besides public sector companies like GAIL, BPCL and GSPC, are in the gas distribution business.
Besides, Hazira and Dahej have the only LNG terminals in India. Similar terminals are proposed to be set up at Mundra and Pipavav.
Gas transmission
Gujarat also has an extensive gas transmission network. A gas grid of some 2,200 km length is being developed for urban gas distribution system with nearly a quarter of it already under operation.
The state-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) has recently struck huge oil reserves estimated at about seven million barrels recoverable from the first well of Miroli in Olpad and Cambay fields in Central Gujarat.
The oil was found at a depth of 2,479 metres onshore in Miroli. This discovery was made with partners like Jubilant, Geo Global Resources and Prize Petroleum under the first phase of oil exploration in this region. Oil extraction is likely to start soon.
In 2005, GSPC had struck a huge gas reserve in K-G Basin off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. Earlier GSPC had also struck both oil and gas in Dholka region of Ahmedabad district.
Gujarat also has three underground coal gasification (UCG) projects under implementation and one more is on the cards.
The State is all set to emerge as the hub of underground coal gasification in the country, marching ahead of other States in its quest for producing gas through this process.
The first pilot UCG project is expected to come up in 2008 at Mangrol in Surat. Another project, being developed by Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) and ONGC, is at an advanced stage, with the hydrological study pending. Its pilot project is expected to start next year in Bhavnagar district. Besides, the Reliance Group has also tied up with GMDC to start a similar project at Valia in Bharuch District.
A UCG project is under consideration by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation and ONGC, for which, both the companies are in the process of identification of location in Gujarat
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Virendra Pandit
Gujarat is one of the few states in India which supply power round-the-clock in most of its towns, cities and villages. Power situation in this industrialised state has been satisfactory and people in most towns and cities have not known load-shedding or power cuts for a long time, although due to rise in demand during harvesting season, power supply is sometimes rationed in rural areas. Electricity reforms and strict observance of law have reduced transmission losses and theft to the minimum. Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB), which had accumulated losses of more than Rs. 2,500 crore over the past few years, turnaround in the wake of these reforms and registered a net profit of Rs. 200 crore last year.
Gujarat has also become the first state in India where electricity has reached all the 18,065 villages, in the far flung areas, which now have access to three-phase uninterrupted electricity supply round the clock.
The State Government commissioned a network of 56,599 km long cables and 12,621 new transformers under its ambitious Jyoti GramYojana in a record time of 30 months with an investment of about Rs.1,500 crore for this purpose.
Installed capacity
Currently, Gujarat’s installed capacity of power production is 9,700 MW. Further, an additional 4,200 MW is available from captive power plants. The demand for power is projected to be 14,031 mw in 2011-12.
A number of coal-based thermal power plants are coming up that would contribute more than 6,000 mw in the next few years. The State is also awaiting Central nod for gas-based power plants. Gujarat has also firmed up plans to add a capacity of another 11,000 MW of power generation in the state at an estimated investment of Rs.4,500 crore in the next five years.
The power generation capacity is targeted to go up to 20,725 MW by the end of 2011-12. The MoUs signed during recent Investors’ Summit will generate 8,200 MW with private sector investment. In addition, there will be a nuclear power plant with a generation capacity of 7,400 MW.
One of the 10-odd ultra mega power projects (UMPP) in India is coming up with an investment of Rs 20,000 crore at Mundra in Kutch district. Tata Power Company, which is constructing the 4,000-MW power plant on 2,700 acres of arid land, in public-private partnership, would provide power at the low rate of Rs.2.26 per unit.
super-critical units
The project, based on imported coal, comprises five super-critical units of 800 MW each and is likely to be completed in the 11th Five-Year Plan, by 2012. This would supply electricity to Gujarat (1,900 MW), Maharashtra (800 MW) and Punjab (500 MW), besides Haryana and Rajasthan (400 MW each).
Another major power plant is also coming up just about 10 km from the Tata’s. This 2,640 MW thermal power plant, also based on imported coal, is being developed by the Adani Group which is investing nearly Rs.10,000 crore in the vicinity of the Mundra Port and SEZ it is developing.
The Adanis are also working on another coal-based plant of 1,320 MW. The Torrent Group would construct a 1,000 MW plant near Surat. Besides, Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) would also add 115 MW during the 11th Plan (2007-12).
Besides, the Union Power Ministry is scouting for a location to set up either a mega or ultra mega power project somewhere in the western part of the country preferably in the vicinity of port areas of Gujarat.
The power generation capacity of the proposed project would either be 2000 MW or 4000 MW, depending upon the port capacity and infrastructure facilities available at the location.
The project, which will supply power to more than one State, would have an investment of around Rs. 20,000 crore.
It will be the second ultra power project in the State, the first being the one under development by the Tata Group at Mundra in Kutch.
The Sanghi Group is also setting up a 1,200 MW power project with an investment of Rs.1,800 crore in the same district.
In another major initiative, seven PSUs viz. Gujarat Power Corporation, Gujarat State Investment Ltd., Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation, Gujarat Industrial Power Co., Gujarat State Fertilizers Company Ltd, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals are forming a joint venture company, known as Bhavnagar Energy Company, for setting up a large lignite-based single power project with a capacity of 480 MW and having investment of Rs. 2,300 crore at Ghogha in Bhavnagar district.
The agreement for the power project was signed on July 25, 2007.
This new company will be set up with an initial capital of Rs.625 crore. The wind energy sector has also attracted investors with massive investments. The installed capacity through wind farming in Gujarat grew fourfold to 455 MW during the last five years. It is likely to cross 600 MW by October 2007.
Wind farm policy
To further encourage this activity, the State Government recently announced New Wind Farm Policy making it more attractive for private investors.
The companies entering this sector can now sell power to any entity and earn higher prices.
Earlier, manufacturing units were allowed to generate power for captive consumption and the surplus power could only be sold to the Gujarat Electricity Board. The State Government has also revised the tariffs, from Rs. 2.60 per unit to Rs. 3.37 per unit.
In addition, investors have been exempted from the payment of electricity duty.
Now, Gujarat is preparing to come out with a Solar Power Policy covering various incentives to attract investors in this sector also.
The plan is to go for solar cities, solar offices, etc. The incentives will cover benefits of solar energy in terms of prices on long-term basis. The concept of increase in power generation through non-conventional resources will also help for environment conservation.
Oil & Natural Gas
Gujarat has been one of the earliest oil and natural gas producing States in India, with reserves located at Ankleshwar, Mehsana, Tapti High (India’s second largest gas producer), Hazira, Bharuch, Gandhar, Dahej, Jambusar, Palej, Kalol and Ahmedabad.
This State is also the only Indian state with more than one gas producer. Thus, apart from ONGC, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), Cairn Energy and Nico Resources are also involved in the process of production of natural gas in Gujarat.
Some private players like the British Gas and the Adani Group, besides public sector companies like GAIL, BPCL and GSPC, are in the gas distribution business.
Besides, Hazira and Dahej have the only LNG terminals in India. Similar terminals are proposed to be set up at Mundra and Pipavav.
Gas transmission
Gujarat also has an extensive gas transmission network. A gas grid of some 2,200 km length is being developed for urban gas distribution system with nearly a quarter of it already under operation.
The state-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) has recently struck huge oil reserves estimated at about seven million barrels recoverable from the first well of Miroli in Olpad and Cambay fields in Central Gujarat.
The oil was found at a depth of 2,479 metres onshore in Miroli. This discovery was made with partners like Jubilant, Geo Global Resources and Prize Petroleum under the first phase of oil exploration in this region. Oil extraction is likely to start soon.
In 2005, GSPC had struck a huge gas reserve in K-G Basin off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. Earlier GSPC had also struck both oil and gas in Dholka region of Ahmedabad district.
Gujarat also has three underground coal gasification (UCG) projects under implementation and one more is on the cards.
The State is all set to emerge as the hub of underground coal gasification in the country, marching ahead of other States in its quest for producing gas through this process.
The first pilot UCG project is expected to come up in 2008 at Mangrol in Surat. Another project, being developed by Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) and ONGC, is at an advanced stage, with the hydrological study pending. Its pilot project is expected to start next year in Bhavnagar district. Besides, the Reliance Group has also tied up with GMDC to start a similar project at Valia in Bharuch District.
A UCG project is under consideration by the Neyveli Lignite Corporation and ONGC, for which, both the companies are in the process of identification of location in Gujarat
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Growth rate: Gujarat leads rest of India
It is a record growth rate that any Indian state would love to boast of. Western Indian state of Gujarat, headed by Chief Minister Narendra Modi [ Images ] has recorded the highest growth rate - 12 per cent - among the Indian states.
While India's [ Images ] economy is expanding at over 8 per cent, Gujarat has ended 2006-07 with a growth rate of more than 12 per cent.
Agriculture sector posted a robust 10.2 per cent growth, taking the overall economic growth of the state to 12.17 per cent in the last financial year, a Gujarat government press statement said here.
The state, which incurred 22 per cent higher expenditure than the original outlay in 2006-07, has been allocated Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion) for this fiscal. This is an increase of 25 per cent than the approved plan outlay of last fiscal.
Accolades for achieving the sterling growth rate has come for Gujarat from Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia [ Images ].
Ahluwalia complimented the state for the bold economic reforms and for working towards creating an investor friendly environment. He appreciated the revenue surplus budget of the state even after giving tax sops of Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion).
Gujarat Chief Minister Modi said the state has grown at 10.6 per cent for the last four years. From a revenue deficit of Rs 6,731.54 crore (Rs 67.32 billion) in 2001-02, the state recorded a surplus of Rs 1,802.85 crore (Rs 18.03 billion) in 2006-07, the chief minister pointed out.
In the state plan period, a relief of Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) was granted in taxes for the current year. Allocation for the social sector increased by 41 per cent to Rs 6,265.05 crore (Rs 62.65 billion) from Rs 4,426.24 crore (Rs 44.26 billion).
Modi's Gujrat^^^^
It is a record growth rate that any Indian state would love to boast of. Western Indian state of Gujarat, headed by Chief Minister Narendra Modi [ Images ] has recorded the highest growth rate - 12 per cent - among the Indian states.
While India's [ Images ] economy is expanding at over 8 per cent, Gujarat has ended 2006-07 with a growth rate of more than 12 per cent.
Agriculture sector posted a robust 10.2 per cent growth, taking the overall economic growth of the state to 12.17 per cent in the last financial year, a Gujarat government press statement said here.
The state, which incurred 22 per cent higher expenditure than the original outlay in 2006-07, has been allocated Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion) for this fiscal. This is an increase of 25 per cent than the approved plan outlay of last fiscal.
Accolades for achieving the sterling growth rate has come for Gujarat from Planning Commission Deputy Chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia [ Images ].
Ahluwalia complimented the state for the bold economic reforms and for working towards creating an investor friendly environment. He appreciated the revenue surplus budget of the state even after giving tax sops of Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion).
Gujarat Chief Minister Modi said the state has grown at 10.6 per cent for the last four years. From a revenue deficit of Rs 6,731.54 crore (Rs 67.32 billion) in 2001-02, the state recorded a surplus of Rs 1,802.85 crore (Rs 18.03 billion) in 2006-07, the chief minister pointed out.
In the state plan period, a relief of Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) was granted in taxes for the current year. Allocation for the social sector increased by 41 per cent to Rs 6,265.05 crore (Rs 62.65 billion) from Rs 4,426.24 crore (Rs 44.26 billion).
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See whenever I add pakistan with word "T" this kinda images flashes all over my screen.
Please dont put Taliban pics. We know there are never ending pics of T's and its gruesome. Let the loser post pics of the riots!!
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team has indicted Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 riots. The SIT has concluded that the meeting Modi called at his residence in Gandhinagar on the night of 27th Feb. 2002 after returning from the Godhra train burning site incited Hindu mobs to vent their anger.
Tehelka magazine has scooped 600-page Godhra SIT enquiry report into Narendra Modi's alleged role in the 2002 massacre in which 2000 people mostly Muslims were killed by the Hindu mobs backed by police and ruling politicians.
Tehelka's Editor Investigation, Ashish Khetan has scooped the sensational enquiry report by the Supreme Court constituted Special Investigations Team into Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's alleged role in the 2002 pogrom, the magazine disclosed it in a press statement this evening.
This damning report -- published as Tehelka’s cover story "The Smoking Gun" in the current issue of the magazine, volume 8, issue 6 -- which also has Modi's ten hour long deposition blows craters into the BJP propaganda that the SIT had exonerated Modi and vindicated his handling of the 2002 riots.
Here are a few of its key findings:
1. The report says, 'The chief minister had tried to water down the seriousness of the situation at Gulberg Society, Naroda Patiya and other places by saying that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.' (Page 69 of the report)
The enquiry officer also notes: 'His (Modi) implied justification of the killings of innocent members of the minority community read together with an absence of a strong condemnation of the violence that followed Godhra suggest a partisan stance at a critical juncture when the state had been badly disturbed by communal violence.' (Page 153) SIT chairman RK Raghvan further comments that Modi's statements were sweeping and offensive coming as it did from a chief minister, that too at a critical time when Hindu-Muslim tempers were running high.' (Page 13 of Chairman's comments)
2. The report says, in an extremely 'controversial' move Modi had placed two senior ministers-Ashok Bhatt and IK Jadeja, whose cell phone records showed that they were in touch with rioters-in the Ahmedabad city police control room and the Gujarat state police control room during the riots with 'no definite charter', fueling the speculation that they 'had been placed to interfere in police work and give wrongful decisions to the field officers.'
3. The report affirms that police officers who took a neutral stand during the riots and prevented massacres were transferred by the Gujarat government to insignificant postings in a highly 'questionable' manner (Pages 7-8 of Chairman's comments).
4. The report says 'The Gujarat government has reportedly destroyed the police wireless communication of the period pertaining to the riots.' It also adds, 'No records, documentations or minutes of the crucial law and order meetings held by the government during the riots had been preserved.' (Page 3)
5. The report says Modi displayed a 'discriminatory attitude by not visiting the riot-affected areas in Ahmedabad where a large number of Muslims were killed, though he went to Godhra on the same day, travelling almost 300 kms on a single day.' (Page 67)
6. In a highly unethical move, the report confirms that the government appointed VHP and RSS-affiliated advocates as public prosecutors in sensitive riot cases. The report states: 'It appears that the political affiliation of the advocates did weigh with the government for the appointment of public prosecutors.' (Page 77)
7. According to the report, the Gujarat government did not take any steps to stop the illegal bandh called by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on 28.02.2002. On the contrary the BJP had also supported the bandh. (Page 69)
8. The SIT report also says that, in an inexplicable move, the police administration did not impose curfew in Naroda and Meghani Nagar (Ahmedabad city) until 12 and 2 pm respectively on 28.02.02. By then, the situation had severely deteriorated at both places.
9. The SIT discovered that the state police had carried out patently shoddy investigations in the Naroda Patia and Gulberg Society massacre cases and deliberately overlooked the cell phone records of sangh parivar members and BJP leaders involved in the riots.
10. The SIT has also found evidence against the then minister of state for home Gordhan Zadafia (who was reporting directly to Modi) and tops cops like MK Tandon and PB Gondia for his complicity in the riots. (Page 168, 169)
The content of the report which has found Modi guilty on over a dozen counts is shocking and will come as a serious blow to the carefully cultivated image of Modi as an able administrator and man of governance.
But the SIT has concluded the report by saying that the above allegations which have been found to be true can't be further investigated under the law. By doing so SIT has hinted at the lack of adequate legal provisions to punish government functionaries guilty of adding and abetting communal massacres as the conspiracy is hatched at highest levels and no documents of evidentiary value like minutes of the meetings or explicit orders are recorded or left behind.
At the same time SIT has listed the constraints and difficulties faced in the probe and has said that it was a mere fact-finding exercise and not an investigation under the CrPC which would given the SIT teeth and legal powers to carry out a full- fledged investigation.
SIT has also said that no police officer or bureaucrat was ready to speak up against the Chief Minister as most of them have been accommodated in lucrative post-retirement assignments.
The SIT has now put the ball in the court of the three judge bench-- D K Jain, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam -- which will convene on March 3 and decide the future course of action
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