This
is a very important issue. It is
nice it has been brought up for an
open debate. I would like to take
you back to the undivided Bihar
which was the richest State in India
as far as Mineral wealth was
considered. There were may
Industries, Mines and so on so
forth. It provided jobs, but
unfortunately the head offices of
these organisations were either in
Calcutta now Kolkata or Bombay now
Mumbai . This meant that all the
revenue from the sales proceed were
collected in these states and
nothing in Bihar. If the CM of Bihar
contacts Mr Tata and finally a
project comes to Bihar then he must
make it very clear that the Revenue
in the form of taxes and sales tax
will be collected in Bihar otherwise
it only means we are supplying cheap
labour and Bihar and Bihari’s shall
remain poor labourers while others
will prosper economically at their
cost. - Dr Murli Sinha, Pleck
Health Centre, 16 Oxford Street,
Walsall, WS2 9HY - Sept. 2, 2008
It
is a very good point by Vineet
Anand. Our state can offer a place
near West Bengal like in Jha Jha or
localities near WB-Bihar border.
Even we can convince him by saying
that Bihar is the first place where
Tata started his dreams, and now it
is one of the biggest industrial
setup in the world. Our problem is
to attract the first 10 industries
in our state; after that without any
issue our state starts getting
proposal from different companies
for industrial setup.
I think it is the best time to make
a deal with TATA. As we know, Bihar
is suffering badly due to flood but
meanwhile we have to look for
opportunities also. - Gopal
Krishna - Sept. 16, 2008
Inviting industries in modern times
is a national and international
concern like life and death issue.
Bihar has so far done nothing in
this field. Bihar failed drastically
to invest in building infrastructure
needed by the industries. In fact,
Bihar is living in a past world
where industries have no place. We
cannot expect Tata or other
industries to risk investments in
such backward places where nothing
has been done to attract the
capital. We must do the home work to
attract industries. Emotional and
wishful thinking does not attract an
industrialist.
The Govt. of Bihar should have the
gut to talk to small, medium and
large industries to know their
needs.
I have a business in Germany since
1981 and have extensive dealings
with European companies. I know how
the Europeans are fighting to
attract major investors. -
Khursheed Hamil, Germany - Sept. 21,
2008
Views of both Vineet and Dr. Murli
are worth considering. While
Vineet’s view is one sided, Dr.Murli
has hinted on the other side. When I
had read about the Nano problem in
Singur, I was of a strong opinion
that Bihar should come forward to
impress the Tatas to install the
Nano factory in Bihar as it will
give various opportunities of more
jobs, more industries and likewise
as Vineet says. But all the pros and
cons must be considered with a view
to considering the welfare and good
future of Biharis, as Dr. Murli has
pointed. However, approaching Ratan
Tata by the CM would always be
beneficial. - V. Narain - Sept.
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