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Gurbani (14-53)
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Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
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Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
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Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 135105" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><u><span style="color: red">FOCUS:</span></u></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy"><strong>Populist politics dominates over good governance </strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Gobind Thukral – South Asia Post – October 15, 2010</span></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.southasiapost.org/2010/20101015/badal1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">FOR politicians electoral considerations often over run other concerns. Good economic management and bold decisions that finally bring in prosperity and social justice are often victims of expediency. Punjab is a sad witness to that tragedy that became more pronounced during the heydays of militancy. Increasing dependence on borrowing for funding state expenditure and increasing borrowing costs is now the most significant source of the fiscal problem. The heavy burden of salaries adds to the woes. Add the misgoverned over the years starting from governor’s rule and we have receipt for disaster. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Now this mess with over Rs 71,000 crore of debt and an annual interest of Rs 8,000 crore besides a heavy budgetary deficit is turning into a political muddle . As usual the young scions of the ruling Badal family are at daggers drawn. The Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has fired his salvo. </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">He went public with his plan to meet the challenge of heavy debt and deficit after it was discussed at an informal meeting of the Punjab cabinet. Manpreet agreed the Centre wanted essentially a political consensus roadmap that puts Punjab back on the road to recovery. He says, “The center wants us to curtail the free power subsidy of Rs 3,100 crore to at least Rs 1,000 crore in five years. Union finance minister Parnab Mukherjee is asking us to impose house tax and water charges, plug the annual Rs 200- crore loss of transport department and disinvest the publis sector units in the red. Plus, they expect audit of all local bodies, Rural Development Fund and the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board be put under CAG.” In return The Union government has in principle agreed to waive off nearly Rs 35,000 crore debt of Punjab. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Taking a diverse view Sukhbir Singh Badal, deputy chief minister and Akali Dal President found this formula as devoid of any political rationale. Terming the Centre’s pre-conditions as “stringent and impractical,” Sukhbir views Manpreet’s rollback-all subsidies stance as a recipe for losing the party’s support base in rural Punjab. He has coming assembly elections in mind. This statement is also being interpreted as a political snub to Manpreet, who steadfastly swears by his reformist agenda. Manpreet to have shot back, casting aspersions on the ability of Sukhbir as a minister. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Manpreet thinks that the package is going to be a game-changer for Punjab. It will determine whether the state comes out of the morass or leave the burden to the future generations. He finds no merit the arguments of Sukhbir and opines, “We can turn the political tables by taking the credit for such a huge loan waiver. Scaling back subsidies and levying taxes can earn us Rs 7,000 crore a year, which can significantly enhance the level of education, health and power. This can actually put us in the victory lap. The farmer paying for power will see so much else happening too.” This has been his theme for too long and both his colleagues in the cabinet and the party have rejected this. It was last rejected at Shimla where a committee consisting of Sukhbir and senior BJP minister Manoranjan Kalia was formed. The government implemented certain tax proposals which were implemented by the government. But it did not bail out the government. Huge deficit and debt burden besides the heavy salary bill haunts the government. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Afterward, Sukhbir had taken upon himself the task of steering the policy matters on finances and economy, much to discomfiture of his cousin and finance minister. Now Manpreet comments: “I was disappointed over not being kept in the loop of the Sukhbir-Kalia committee. What took them months to decide, I would have done in minutes because I know the finances like the back of my hand”. But he clearly he too has not come out with any concrete proposals except that subsidies must go. In India, neither the central government nor any state government can completely do away with subsidies. Same is the position at the international level. These can be rationalized and made to reach the targeted beneficiaries. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Notwithstanding Sukhbir’s stand against the Centre’s riders on loan waiver, Manpreet is determined to pursue the proposal. “I will thrash out the whole issue in a fortnight or so, and try and convince my party,” he asserts calls it a litmus test on whether people are just paying lip service or are willing to make sacrifices for the sake of Punjab’s future”. Manpreet is likely to push the issue of subsidies and could well emerge as a flashpoint between him and the party. For now, the gloves are clearly out between the two heirs apparent of the Badal clan. Akali Dal’s Political Affairs Committee has sought action against Manpreet. This would naturally call for the intervention of the Chief Minister, Mr. Parkash Singh Badal who apparently cannot be happy with this kind of public feud. Earlier also, he has intervened to cool down the temperatures. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Agricultural other subsidies are important part of the expenditure, the bulk of which are power subsidies in Punjab. During in 2009-10, out of the estimated Rs 3,072 crore worth of subsidies, Rs 2,600 crore constituted subsidies in the power sector. This needs to be rationalised in the context of challenges that the agricultural sector is facing because of the adverse impact of larger macro-economic management in the country, the environmental challenges from the rice-wheat crop cycles and pressures from global institutions for the agricultural sector. Over ten lakh farmers have left their age old work. This agrarian crisis in the farm sector has lead to suicides in certain areas. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The State Plan for 2009-10 was fixed at Rs 8,625 crore. Out of this, central assistance is for Rs 968 crore, leaving the state with the task of mobilising Rs 7,657 crore. Unfortunately, the government is in deficit in its own funds (Rs 2376.94 crore and PSUs are in losses to the tune of Rs 2,707 crore). This means the state has to find resources to pay for the deficit, losses and fund the Plan. This funding is being met through borrowings. A sum of Rs 5,441 crore is the budgetary borrowing; this includes all sources like the LIC, NABARD, Provident Fund, small savings, bonds, debentures, etc. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">An additional Rs 6,500 crore is being raised by the erstwhile PSEB despite that it is in losses on its own and, therefore, can generate these resources only by leveraging its assets. An additional Rs 800 crore is being raised by the PIDB. This means that all plan resources, except what is coming through the Centre, are being funded through borrowings, thereby increasing the interest and repayment burden for the future and bloating the revenue expenditure further. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Punjab’s Reform Commission has pointed out Punjab “requires a governance fix not a mere fiscal correction” to reduce the ills facing the state. There are departments and a large number of employees whose output is exactly zero in the best of times and they contribute negatively occasionally. The focus should be on capacity building of the institutions and on the citizen-centric delivery of services. In one good governance. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">In the next 15 days, Manpreet will go to Delhi and ask the exact amount the government of India is willing to write off, and the conditions — both maximum and minimum. Then he would like to thrash it out within the party. In all probability his ideas would find no favour. Meanwhile, like BJP minister kalia who reprimanded Manpreet for going public with his plan and sided with Sukhbir, more and more leaders are gunning at Manpreet. It is as yet not clear how the party would take the call at the political level. The fiscal mismanagement in Punjab clearly shows that populist politics dominates over good governance. It has to be reversed. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>source:</strong> </span><a href="http://www.southasiapost.org/2010/20101015/focus.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: navy">http://www.southasiapost.org/2010/20101015/focus.htm</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 135105, member: 884"] [U][COLOR=red]FOCUS:[/COLOR][/U] [SIZE=5][COLOR=navy][B]Populist politics dominates over good governance [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=navy]Gobind Thukral – South Asia Post – October 15, 2010[/COLOR] [IMG]http://www.southasiapost.org/2010/20101015/badal1.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=navy]FOR politicians electoral considerations often over run other concerns. Good economic management and bold decisions that finally bring in prosperity and social justice are often victims of expediency. Punjab is a sad witness to that tragedy that became more pronounced during the heydays of militancy. Increasing dependence on borrowing for funding state expenditure and increasing borrowing costs is now the most significant source of the fiscal problem. The heavy burden of salaries adds to the woes. Add the misgoverned over the years starting from governor’s rule and we have receipt for disaster. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Now this mess with over Rs 71,000 crore of debt and an annual interest of Rs 8,000 crore besides a heavy budgetary deficit is turning into a political muddle . As usual the young scions of the ruling Badal family are at daggers drawn. The Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal has fired his salvo. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]He went public with his plan to meet the challenge of heavy debt and deficit after it was discussed at an informal meeting of the Punjab cabinet. Manpreet agreed the Centre wanted essentially a political consensus roadmap that puts Punjab back on the road to recovery. He says, “The center wants us to curtail the free power subsidy of Rs 3,100 crore to at least Rs 1,000 crore in five years. Union finance minister Parnab Mukherjee is asking us to impose house tax and water charges, plug the annual Rs 200- crore loss of transport department and disinvest the publis sector units in the red. Plus, they expect audit of all local bodies, Rural Development Fund and the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board be put under CAG.” In return The Union government has in principle agreed to waive off nearly Rs 35,000 crore debt of Punjab. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Taking a diverse view Sukhbir Singh Badal, deputy chief minister and Akali Dal President found this formula as devoid of any political rationale. Terming the Centre’s pre-conditions as “stringent and impractical,” Sukhbir views Manpreet’s rollback-all subsidies stance as a recipe for losing the party’s support base in rural Punjab. He has coming assembly elections in mind. This statement is also being interpreted as a political snub to Manpreet, who steadfastly swears by his reformist agenda. Manpreet to have shot back, casting aspersions on the ability of Sukhbir as a minister. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Manpreet thinks that the package is going to be a game-changer for Punjab. It will determine whether the state comes out of the morass or leave the burden to the future generations. He finds no merit the arguments of Sukhbir and opines, “We can turn the political tables by taking the credit for such a huge loan waiver. Scaling back subsidies and levying taxes can earn us Rs 7,000 crore a year, which can significantly enhance the level of education, health and power. This can actually put us in the victory lap. The farmer paying for power will see so much else happening too.” This has been his theme for too long and both his colleagues in the cabinet and the party have rejected this. It was last rejected at Shimla where a committee consisting of Sukhbir and senior BJP minister Manoranjan Kalia was formed. The government implemented certain tax proposals which were implemented by the government. But it did not bail out the government. Huge deficit and debt burden besides the heavy salary bill haunts the government. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Afterward, Sukhbir had taken upon himself the task of steering the policy matters on finances and economy, much to discomfiture of his cousin and finance minister. Now Manpreet comments: “I was disappointed over not being kept in the loop of the Sukhbir-Kalia committee. What took them months to decide, I would have done in minutes because I know the finances like the back of my hand”. But he clearly he too has not come out with any concrete proposals except that subsidies must go. In India, neither the central government nor any state government can completely do away with subsidies. Same is the position at the international level. These can be rationalized and made to reach the targeted beneficiaries. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Notwithstanding Sukhbir’s stand against the Centre’s riders on loan waiver, Manpreet is determined to pursue the proposal. “I will thrash out the whole issue in a fortnight or so, and try and convince my party,” he asserts calls it a litmus test on whether people are just paying lip service or are willing to make sacrifices for the sake of Punjab’s future”. Manpreet is likely to push the issue of subsidies and could well emerge as a flashpoint between him and the party. For now, the gloves are clearly out between the two heirs apparent of the Badal clan. Akali Dal’s Political Affairs Committee has sought action against Manpreet. This would naturally call for the intervention of the Chief Minister, Mr. Parkash Singh Badal who apparently cannot be happy with this kind of public feud. Earlier also, he has intervened to cool down the temperatures. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Agricultural other subsidies are important part of the expenditure, the bulk of which are power subsidies in Punjab. During in 2009-10, out of the estimated Rs 3,072 crore worth of subsidies, Rs 2,600 crore constituted subsidies in the power sector. This needs to be rationalised in the context of challenges that the agricultural sector is facing because of the adverse impact of larger macro-economic management in the country, the environmental challenges from the rice-wheat crop cycles and pressures from global institutions for the agricultural sector. Over ten lakh farmers have left their age old work. This agrarian crisis in the farm sector has lead to suicides in certain areas. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The State Plan for 2009-10 was fixed at Rs 8,625 crore. Out of this, central assistance is for Rs 968 crore, leaving the state with the task of mobilising Rs 7,657 crore. Unfortunately, the government is in deficit in its own funds (Rs 2376.94 crore and PSUs are in losses to the tune of Rs 2,707 crore). This means the state has to find resources to pay for the deficit, losses and fund the Plan. This funding is being met through borrowings. A sum of Rs 5,441 crore is the budgetary borrowing; this includes all sources like the LIC, NABARD, Provident Fund, small savings, bonds, debentures, etc. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]An additional Rs 6,500 crore is being raised by the erstwhile PSEB despite that it is in losses on its own and, therefore, can generate these resources only by leveraging its assets. An additional Rs 800 crore is being raised by the PIDB. This means that all plan resources, except what is coming through the Centre, are being funded through borrowings, thereby increasing the interest and repayment burden for the future and bloating the revenue expenditure further. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Punjab’s Reform Commission has pointed out Punjab “requires a governance fix not a mere fiscal correction” to reduce the ills facing the state. There are departments and a large number of employees whose output is exactly zero in the best of times and they contribute negatively occasionally. The focus should be on capacity building of the institutions and on the citizen-centric delivery of services. In one good governance. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]In the next 15 days, Manpreet will go to Delhi and ask the exact amount the government of India is willing to write off, and the conditions — both maximum and minimum. Then he would like to thrash it out within the party. In all probability his ideas would find no favour. Meanwhile, like BJP minister kalia who reprimanded Manpreet for going public with his plan and sided with Sukhbir, more and more leaders are gunning at Manpreet. It is as yet not clear how the party would take the call at the political level. The fiscal mismanagement in Punjab clearly shows that populist politics dominates over good governance. It has to be reversed. [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]source:[/B] [/COLOR][URL="http://www.southasiapost.org/2010/20101015/focus.htm"][COLOR=navy]http://www.southasiapost.org/2010/20101015/focus.htm[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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