Pay for anti-separatist drive: B'desh minister to India

[LaBong]

hassaina came in power in late 2008... During BNP time things were moving towards positive direction... n everyone was expecting to achieve 7% gdp growth on 2007 from 6.7% on 2006. But during caretaker government everything gone backward and during awami duration it has yet to achieve 7% gdp growth this year which should have been achieved on 2007. So, if you really need to praise anyone it should be the BNP led government. Though corruption was the black spot during BNP time but definitely they did better then Awami league in terms of economy so far that we have seen.

N that world bank data was based on the data that Indian government provided... it isnot like that if it is 29% it can not be increased. Indian government is still not sure what should be the BPL thats why they needs to withdraw the new proposed BPL of 30 rupee.

India's official poverty line doesn't measure up | Jayati Ghosh | Global development | guardian.co.uk

N your previous world bank data of 1.25 dollar is not a valid measure to define poverty because in Bangladesh food price is cheap due to government subsidy ... so BD people can buy more food with same amount or same amount of food with less then 1.25 dollar then India and this access to food is one of the most important measure to define poverty. Education is free for both India and Bangladesh. That is why BD had 40% people below poverty line in 2005 despite 50% people used to earn less then 1.25 dollar if that was indeed a valid data. So far what I have seen India provide subsidy only to the people BPL.

What's this incoherent gibberish supposed to mean? Let me ask you a simple question before proceeding with further discussion with you, do you know that to compare two things we need to have identical metrics? Like if want to compare 2 pound with 1 kilogram, we either need to convert the pound to kilogram or vice versa.

 

[Ganga]

It's nothing but an attempt by a politician to appease the Jamatis and other hard line Islamic groups who view India as an infidel imperialistic country eager to eat up Bangladesh's resources .Can Bangladesh show the bill they have incurred in helping India.I doubt it is even 10 crore Indian rupees.

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

What's this incoherent gibberish supposed to mean? Let me ask you a simple question before proceeding with further discussion with you, do you know that to compare two things we need to have identical metrics? Like if want to compare 2 pound with 1 kilogram, we either need to convert the pound to kilogram or vice versa.

not really... price of food / how many people has access to it is one of the most important measure to define poverty level... Price of food is cheaper in Bangladesh than India that makes it easier for a huge segment of people to get access to it then that of India. So equal earning does not apply here. If that would not be the case then there would be no poor in USA. But USA has 15% people living below poverty line and poverty line is earning of 22500 USD a year. In India last year it has been said they are defining poor based on whether they have the access to food, education and heath care. I have already discussed about food. For education it is free for Bangladesh up to grade 8 for both male and female and up to grade 12 for the females and government has a plan to increase it up to b.sc/b.com/b.a level. I think it is also free for India. N for health normal average cost is 40 taka per month though it is quite and It is also quite low compared to the food cost. So, It can be ignored. I think it is also not that high for India though it has more malnutrition children, High Infant Mortality Rate and other diseases related to poor sanitation (29 dollar for bd vs 48 dollar for India per capita), AIDS infected patient then that of Bangladesh. Hence health care related cost is higher for India then Bangladesh. If you compare all these you will find that to have these basic needs food, education, health cost India more then that of Bangladesh. So, it is not valid to measure poverty on the basis of a certain value. For example with 1.25 dollar the food that you can buy in India... you can buy more then that in Bangladesh....


But recently Oxford poverty and human development initiative and UNDP have measured poverty based on multi dimensional poverty index for all the countries in 2010 based on different categories.On that Bangladesh did better then India 73rd vs 74th.
Intensity of deprivation is 50% for Bangladesh vs 53.5% for India... Bangladesh is ahead of India in this index which is based on various factor even though most of the data for Bangladesh is of 2005.

http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Table5_reprint.pdf


I hope I have given enough explanation why it is not feasible or valid to measure poverty based on a single value of certain currency instead of measuring based on certain quantity.

N world bank is not fool enough to accept the figure of 31.5% if it is not valid. Access to certain calories of food is the most important measure for measuring this number of poor people which varies from country to country due to difference in food prices.

 

[jetti]

This seems like a good technique to earn money without doing much.. We should probably train some terrorists to attack Bangladesh and then ask BD government money to leash them.

yeah. nice strategy... you know what BD should pay us money. If they kept all those terrorists then they would be called as state sponsor of terrorism and have sanctions slapped on them. that becaue of india will not happen.

 

[Avisheik]

yeah. nice strategy... you know what BD should pay us money. If they kept all those terrorists then they would be called as state sponsor of terrorism and have sanctions slapped on them. that becaue of india will not happen.

Bangladesh didnt sponser anyone. The liberation groups only used bd as a safehouse. And since they are not attacking bd interests, they arent terrorists to us. Why should we send our men to hunt them, they have not broken any rules in our country, they use us as a refuge from indian soldiers.

 

[ashokdeiva]

Bangladesh didnt sponser anyone. The liberation groups only used bd as a safehouse. And since they are not attacking bd interests, they arent terrorists to us. Why should we send our men to hunt them, they have not broken any rules in our country, they use us as a refuge from indian soldiers.

but they break our rules operating from your country. Do you want us to behave like US, where we carry out invader kind of operation and make a joke of your soverignity in the international arena.
Come on man once the ULFA its done with us, it will turn for new targets and you will be the first among the first in their list.

 

[Roybot]

Bangladesh didnt sponser anyone. The liberation groups only used bd as a safehouse. And since they are not attacking bd interests, they arent terrorists to us. Why should we send our men to hunt them, they have not broken any rules in our country, they use us as a refuge from indian soldiers.

They break Bangladesh's rule by entering your country illegally. Unless of course Bangladesh gives them visa.

 

[Zabaniyah]

Bangladesh didnt sponser anyone. The liberation groups only used bd as a safehouse. And since they are not attacking bd interests, they arent terrorists to us. Why should we send our men to hunt them, they have not broken any rules in our country, they use us as a refuge from indian soldiers.

Irregardless, I'll never tolerate foreign armed groups in my country. I don't care what their problem is, they should just get the **** out.

 

[Avisheik]

but they break our rules operating from your country. Do you want us to behave like US, where we carry out invader kind of operation and make a joke of your soverignity in the international arena.
Come on man once the ULFA its done with us, it will turn for new targets and you will be the first among the first in their list.

But we dont support them like the talibans supported the terrorists. If we want them to be caught, pay us. Why should we waste our time, manpower, ammo, fuel on them, when they did nothing to us. Why will we be first in their list?

 

[Zabaniyah]

But we dont support them like the talibans supported the terrorists. If we want them to be caught, pay us. Why should we waste our time, manpower, ammo, fuel on them, when they did nothing to us. Why will we be first in their list?

Still, they mustn't be in our territory. Driving out foreign armed groups is actually not that hard.

 

[Avisheik]

They break Bangladesh's rule by entering your country illegally. Unless of course Bangladesh gives them visa.

But they invest thousands of dollars in our market dont they. Why arrest illegal immigrants who helps out our companies more than our neighbours

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Still, they mustn't be in our territory. Driving out foreign armed groups is actually not that hard.

Bro, politics is more f-ed up than that. ULFA is a group that we can use as bargain chip with india to give us a upper advantage in bilateral deals.

 

[Roybot]

But they invest thousands of dollars in our market dont they. Why arrest illegal immigrants who helps out our companies more than our neighbours

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Bro, politics is more f-ed up than that. ULFA is a group that we can use as bargain chip with india to give us a upper advantage in bilateral deals.

You are not a nuclear armed Pakistan, you are a tiny country surrounded by India on all sides. You try to pull that sh*t again you ll be paying dearly for it.

 

[Zabaniyah]

Bro, politics is more f-ed up than that. ULFA is a group that we can use as bargain chip with india to give us a upper advantage in bilateral deals.

Well, first of all our overall military is not as powerful as that of India. Both outnumbered and outgunned.

Secondly, we do not have nuclear weapons. And never will. It's hard to get them nowadays.

Whatever is going on in NE India is really not our problem.

 

[fallstuff]

After Hasina is gone, I say look the other way once again.

NE freedom seekers need a heping hand. It is actually a perfect case requiring urgent Nato attention !!!

 

[Zabaniyah]

After Hasina is gone, I say look the other way once again.

NE freedom seekers need a heping hand. It is actually a perfect case requiring urgent Nato attention !!!/

Extremely, extremely, extremely unlikely.

I don't think NATO would be interested, especially in today's economic environment.

The US has listed ULFA as "groups of concern". Also, India is increasingly buying many weapons from Western countries, and it is a big market. Especially considering India is currently the largest importer of foreign-made weapons. So, it's a big source of income for the arms manufacturers.

In the US, the arms manufacturing sector is one of the few viable export oreinted industries. This is why they tried so hard to sell the F-16 and F-18 to India during the MMRCA competition, where the Eurofighter and the Rafale are the final contendors.

Who knows, maybe China might be interested.

Although, I do hope that the current vermin in office is voted out, or simply kicked out.