Iran needs $15bn in investment to develop mineral sector
By Presstv.com
According to the Sixth Economic Development Plan, Iran needs
USD 15 billion in investment to develop its mineral sector and increase
production capacity of steel, aluminum, and copper industries. . Mehdi
Karbasian, deputy minister of industry, mine and trade, said on Sunday
that according to the Sixth Economic Development Plan, the total
capacity for production of steel in Iran must increase from the current
figure of about 23 million tonnes to 40.3 million tonnes by 2020. Mehdi Karbasian, deputy minister of industry, mine and tradeThe
official’s remarks came in an address to the inaugural ceremony of Iran
Mines and Mining Industries Summit, IMIS 2015, which opened at the
international conference center of Milad Tower in Tehran. . He added
that according to the development plan, output hike for copper and
aluminum industries has been set at 400,000 tonnes and 800,000 tonnes,
respectively. . Karbasian, who also heads the board of Iranian Mines
and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO),
noted that more than 68 different types of minerals have been
discovered in the country, adding, “Iran ranks among 10 top countries in
the world in terms of mineral resources with mineral reserves amounting
to 60 billion tonnes.” The official stated that more than 70 percent of about 6,000 mines in the country are currently active. . Karbasian
mentioned young, educated manpower as well as a big domestic
consumption market as major advantages of Iran's mineral sector. . The
deputy industry minister added that Iran's position in terms of mineral
industries is unique in the Middle East and the country accounts for
about 25 percent of Middle East’s minerals market. . “At present,
Iran ranks 14th in the world in terms of steel production, 9th in cement
production, 10th in iron ore reserves, 25th in aluminum production and
2nd in terms of decorative stones.” File photo shows an aluminum plant in Iran.He noted that Iran's mineral sector has created about 620,000 direct and indirect jobs. . Iran
Mines and Mining Industries Summit, which has been organized by IMIDRO,
was inaugurated in Tehran on May 31 and will continue on June 1. . The
event is attended by 118 participants from 20 countries including
Germany, Sweden, Finland, China, India, Japan and Canada, in addition to
230 domestic companies. . On May 13, Karbasian said more than 200 mineral projects ready for investment will be presented during the summit. . “The
most important topic to be discussed at the conference is the mineral
sector and its role in creating new jobs and helping development of the
country,” he added.
Iran's petrochemical production to hit 180mn tonnes despite sanctions
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By Presstv.com
An Iranian deputy minister of petroleum says the country’s
petrochemical production capacity will reach 180 million tonnes in next
10 years despite international sanctions imposed on Iran's energy and
financial sectors. . Mohammad Hassan Peivandi, Iran's
deputy minister of petroleum and managing director of the National
Petrochemical Company (NPC) was quoted by Iranian media as saying that
after provision of necessary financial resources, Iran will increase it
petrochemical output to 180 million tonnes a year, ranking the first
among Middle Eastern countries in this regard. . He added that
during the next 10 years, the public sector will implement projects to
increase petrochemical output by 60 million tonnes, while the private
sector is also expected to supply needed funds to cause a further boost
of 60 million tonnes in the country’s petrochemical production capacity. . “The
National Petrochemical Company has been able to garner needed credits
for financing petrochemical industry projects and even if international
sanctions against Iran are not lifted, these projects will be financed
through domestic banks,” Peivandi noted. . Sanctions were imposed on
Iran's energy and financial sections at the beginning of 2012 by the US
and European Union (EU) claiming that there is a military aspect to
Iran's peaceful nuclear program; an allegation Iran categorically
rejected. . The Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group of countries –
the US, the UK, France, Germany, Russia and China – reached an interim
agreement on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in the Swiss city of
Geneva last November, which led to relative loosening of sanctions
against Iran, paving the way for further cooperation in various economic
fields between Iran and other countries. . The two sides also
reached a mutual understanding on April 2 in the Swiss city of Lausanne,
which is considered a prelude to the achievement of a comprehensive
deal before a self-designated deadline at the end of June. A key point
of Lausanne statement was a promise to lift a series of economic
sanctions on Iran – including those on the country’s oil industry. . Peivandi
stated that Iran's petrochemical output will hit 120 million tonnes in
the next four years with propylene production being a priority because
production of its precursor, methanol, will increase from the current
figure of 5 million tonnes to 24 million tonnes in the next few years. . The
official noted that given the possibility of removal of sanctions and
the subsequent need to attract new investment in Iran's petrochemical
industry, necessary infrastructure for the attraction of foreign
investment should be provided. . The official’s remarks came after
an NPC official announced earlier in May that Iran is planning to bring
three new petrochemical plants on-stream before the end of the current
Iranian calendar year (ends March 20, 2016). . Maryam Shahedaei, the
official in charge of projects at the National Petrochemical Company
said the three plants will be located along the path of the West
Ethylene Pipeline in West Azarbaijan, Kordestan and Lorestan provinces. . “When
the projects become operational, the country’s production of light and
heavy varieties of polyethylene will increase by about 900,000 tonnes,”
she added.
Besides the usual infiltration, greater resources and a clear strategy must be directed against Pentagon/CIA heroin from Afghanistan, via Pakistan.....into the Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Fake currency.
The
entry and capture of a white pigeon, apparently from across the border,
in a border village of Pathankot in Punjab on Thursday has caused a
flutter among intelligence sleuths and Punjab Police. This
comes two days after an Intelligence Bureau (IB) alert to Punjab Police
on the possibility of Indian Mujahideen being active in Jammu and
Pathankot areas. . The fact that the avian 'intruder' bore a
stamped message and had a wire-like object on its body made the security
agencies take a closer look at its flight into India. A part of the
message was in Urdu, but the numbers appeared to be that of a landline
telephone in Pakistan's Narowal district. The bird landed at the mud and brick house of barber Ramesh Chandra in Manwal village, 4km from Pakistan
border, around 6.30pm on Wednesday. The suspicions of the barber's
14-year-old son were aroused by the Urdu markings, and he went to the
nearest police post around 9pm with the "spy bird". His arrival there
with the bird perched on a wire mesh along with Chandra's chicken
created a stir. "Unfortunately, mobile phones rarely work in the border areas. My son ran to the nearest police post," Chandra told TOI.
The cops then took the bird to a veterinary hospital in Pathankot for
an X-ray. This did not throw up any clues. "Nothing adverse has been
found, but we have kept the bird in our custody," said Pathankot senior
superintendent of police (SSP) Rakesh Kaushal.
"This is a rare
instance of a bird from Pakistan being spotted here. We have caught a
few spies here. The area is sensitive, given its proximity to Jammu,
where infiltration is quite common," said Kaushal.
Cops at Bamiyal police post made a diary entry terming the bird as a "suspected spy", and sent a communication to BSF and IB.
The bird was found on a day when an inter-state meeting on security was
being held among officials of Punjab Police, Indian Army as well as
those from Kathua and Jammu districts.
"It was a meeting to
launch joint search and combing operation in the respective areas. The
security of Ranjit Sagar Dam was also discussed and decision has been
taken to strengthen the security setup in and around the areas," said
Punjab Police inspector general (border range) Ishwar Sharma.
U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif for
six hours on Saturday trying to overcome obstacles to a final nuclear
agreement, a month ahead of a deadline for a deal between Tehran and six
world powers.
. They
were the first substantive talks since Iran struck an interim accord
with the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China on
April 2.
.
"Secretary Kerry
and Foreign Minister Zarif, along with their teams, had a thorough and
comprehensive discussion of all of the issues today," a senior State
Department official said, without elaborating.
.
One
of the issues still to be resolved is the push by the world powers for
international access to Iran's military sites and its team of atomic
experts. For its part, Tehran wants sanctions to be lifted immediately
after a deal is reached.
(No....No....The nuclear inspections by the IAEA are not fishing expeditions that should cover ALL of Iran's conventional military capabilities. This would amount to unprecedented IAEA inspections, the like of which has never been exercised by the IAEA against any country, least of all Israel which does have a clandestine nuclear weapons program....so helpfully looked over by the IAEA.
No! 12 years of very intrusive IAEA inspections, through hardline and moderate Iranian governments is enough. The US intelligence says Iran does not have a nuclear program, even after trying to sell nuclear bomb technology to the mullahs (baiting)...and that the American intelligence say they will know in a minute should the mullahs begin one (Humint?) AND Israeli security establishment concurs with their USA counterparts. Benny the Yahoo says give $1.5 billion and I'll shut up about Iran's nukes. 1. Iran must not allow IAEA inspections of conventional military sites. 2. Iran must not allow Israeli spies posing as IAEA inspectors with monitoring equipment into Iran's security sites. 3. ALL sanctions must be lifted immediately, so that Rohani can take it to the people as a validation of his policies. 4. Iran should not seek extensions of talks into July 2015. 12 years of on off discourse around the matter is enough.
.
A
senior U.S. official said earlier there had been substantial progress
in negotiations in Vienna in recent weeks on drafting a political
agreement and three technical annexes on curbing Tehran's nuclear
program.
.
The United States has said it will not extend the talks beyond the June 30 deadline.
.
"We
really do believe we can get it done by (June) 30th and we're not
contemplating an extension. We just aren't," said the official traveling
with Kerry to Geneva, adding that Kerry's schedule for June had been
cleared to focus on the talks.
.
But
France, which has demanded more stringent restrictions on the Iranians,
has indicated discussions are likely to slip into July. Iran's senior
nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi also warned that the deadline might
need to be extended.
.
Kerry was due to visit Paris on Monday after a quick trip to Madrid on Sunday.
. INSPECTIONS
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A
Western diplomat said inspections of military sites by U.N. watchdog
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and access to Iran's
scientists were critical to checking whether Iran was pursuing a
clandestine nuclear weapons program.
.
"If the
IAEA can't have access to (the scientists) or the military sites then
its a problem," the Western diplomat said. "The IAEA needs sufficient
access quickly to those sites to ensure things don't just disappear."
.
The State Department official took a similar view, saying without access "we're not going to sign" a deal.
.
Iran denies any ambition to develop a nuclear weapon and says its program is purely peaceful.
"The
issue of interviews with nuclear scientists is generally off the table
as well as the inspection of military sites," Araqchi told reporters as
he arrived for the talks with Kerry. "How additional protocol would be
implemented is still a matter of disagreement that we are still talking
about."
Iran's
demand that sanctions be rescinded immediately after a deal is also
holding up a settlement as the powers' have said they can only be
removed in staggered phases.
.
Tehran-based
analyst Saeed Laylaz said he expected a deal to be finalised despite
resistance from opponents in Iran and the United States.
.
"Neither
America nor Iran have a choice but to reach a deal," he told Reuters.
"Failure to reach a deal will fuel tension in the region."
.
Mark
Fitzpatrick, a former State Department official now at the
International Institute for Strategic Studies, said an agreement was
likely some time in July.
.
"The
most difficult compromises have already been made," he said. "But the
Iranians could overplay their hand on the incorrect assumption that
(U.S. President Barack) Obama needs a deal more than they do."
.
_________________________________________________________ (Additional reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Ankara, John Irish in Paris and Lou Charbonneau at the United Nations Editing by Pravin Char and Crispian Balmer)
'Lost in India', a prospective film came about after Xi told Modi that a
2012 Chinese blockbuster, 'Lost in Thailand', resulted in a burst of
Chinese tourists to Thailand. (Modi could have told him about 'Zindagi
Na Milegi Dobara' and Indian tourists flocking to Spain). 'Lost in
Thailand' was a Chinese slapstick low-budget comedy which tickled every
funny bone among Chinese viewers and even overtook 'Titanic' in box
office collections.
Bollywood, which also specializes in an Indian version of slapstick
stuff, will have to take up the challenge of making 'Lost in India'
funny to both Indians and Chinese. It's not easy, but if Bollywood can
crack this, it might get an entry into the world's largest movie market.(Will the Chinese actors be forced to sing horrible Bollywood groupie songs?)
Two other films will be co-produced — one a feature film on Xuanzang
(Hiuen Tsang), and another on yoga. Yoga is kosher in China, and after
the high level endorsement along with tai-chi at the Temple of Heaven,
the Chinese will enthusiastically celebrate World Yoga Day on June 21
with over a dozen programmes across the country.(Is Zuanzang going to sing his way from China to India and back? With Sunny Leone item numbers....if she is included, please reserve my ticket)
This year was
the first time China purchased four Indian films. China buys 34 foreign
films every year, most of them Hollywood blockbusters. Indian films
barely get in edgeways. But the summit proved to be a good reason to do
so. Aamir Khan, whose '3 Idiots' was a runaway hit in China, sold two of
his big films to the Chinese market this year. 'PK' was a massive
success, showing in over 4,600 screens across China and pulling in big
bucks. It's important to remember that while '3 Idiots' was a hit, it
never showed in movie theatres, but only on the DVD circuit.
The Chinese have also bought Aamir starrer 'Dhoom 3' and Shah Rukh
Khan's 'Happy New Year' where Khan dramatically saves a little Korean
boy from tumbling to certain death. Bollywood will have to feel its way
in this market. Central Asia, Gulf and Middle East, even Africa have
been converted to the Bollywood way. It remains to be seen whether the
Chinese succumb.
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. Although the American writer seems a little indignant of the Israeli approach I can't see the problem with this. More American money and more weapons will ease Israeli anxiety. The $1.5 trillion unofficial security leviathan of the USA Empire, can spare a lot of cash.
I believe during the Camp David Peace Agreement, Israel and Egypt got quite a few goodies from the USA for signing up to peace.
A mere $1.5 billion is the difference between Iran having nuke bombs or otherwise, from an Israeli perspective. The USA has also destroyed Iraq, Syria, Tunisia and Libya for Israel. AND mobilized the Crypto-Jews in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar to wage Jihad against fellow Muslims. The Jew must show gratitude to the USA, even as it eventually collapses under the weight of Israeli demands and needs.
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‘Netanyahu to US: Give 50% more money, we’ll shut up’
By Presstv.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu is asking the United States to provide Tel Aviv 50 percent
more money for weapons and “we’ll shut up” on Iran nuclear talks, an
author and investigative journalist in Philadelphia says. . Dave
Lindorff made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on
Wednesday while commenting on a report which says Israel has asked
Washington to increase its annual military aid by 50 percent. . “The
idea that Israel would be asking for more money, it’s basically an
extortion of the politicians in Washington in order to get Israeli
support for the Obama administration’s negotiations with Iran over a
nuclear deal,” said Lindorff. . Iran
and the P5+1 – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany –
are negotiating to work out a comprehensive agreement aimed at ending
the longstanding dispute over the Islamic Republic’s civilian nuclear
work. . The two sides reached a landmark framework agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program on April 2 in the Swiss city of Lausanne. Now they are set to start drafting a final accord, which is expected to come until the end of June. . On
March 3, Netanyahu, on the Republican invitation, addressed a joint
session of the US Congress, where he ranted for nearly 40 minutes
against the Iran nuclear talks, warning Washington that it was
negotiating a “bad deal” with the Islamic Republic. . “You
have Israel opposing that even to the point of the Prime Minister
[Benjamin Netanyahu] coming to the US and speaking at Congress and
attacking the plan, which is a kind of appalling,” Lindorff stated.
“Now basically Netanyahu is saying ‘alright, give us 50 percent more money for weapons and we’ll shut up,” he added.
“It’s really kind of insulting. "So if the US goes along with this, I think there's gonna be a lot of outrage in the US,” noted the author of The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office. . "It's
certainly outraged me. All kinds of social programs are being cut in
the US, and the idea that we'd be giving an extra $1 1/2 billion to a
country [sic] that is sticking its thumb in our eye is kind of beyond
belief," he concluded. . Citing an
Israeli security source, Defense News reported that Israel has asked the
Obama administration to increase its annual military assistance by 50
percent to an average of $4.5 billion a year over the 2018-2028 period. . Under the existing agreement
that was signed in 2007 and expires in 2017, annual military assistance
to Israel grew to about $3 billion a year. . US
President Barack Obama agreed in principle with Netanyahu to increase
the follow-on aid package to between $4.2 billion and $4.5 billion, the
Defense News report said.
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. India is rich, as the third richest nation on earth with a PPP GDP of $5.5 billion.....and a budget of $370 billion 2015-2016.
On the other hand India may be considered poor as the country contains 850 million people who live on just $2 a day and ONE MEAL consisting of just white rice a day. India also takes foreign aid to the tune of billions, STILL. It would be thus paradoxical for such a needy country to give out foreign aid simultaneously, when it has such acute needs at home. Indeed it gives out far less foreign aid than China, overall. Logically when poverty stricken INDIA does give out foreign aid it should be carefully measured and considered in terms of overall strategic value, in such ways where rich Sweden may not give such considerations. MONGOLIA is a small country in the realm of Indian strategic thinking, in many senses. A Mongolian ruler probably has not visited India for a long time and vice versa. There is probably zero interaction between India and Mongolia in the realms of trade, education, tourism, investment, security exchange and political interaction. The Mongols last attempted to conquer India in the 13th century, but were soundly defeated by the Turkic rulers of India......and that is the sum total of Indian-Mongol relations. In 1337 a Chinese-Mongol army (China was under Mongol rule) defeated an invading Turkic Indian army of 100,000 in Tibet. Mongolia has a population of 2.8 million. Mongolia is a satellite state of Russia. Why in such a scenario should INDIA give so much money to such an insignificant country?
Could the money have not been given to the poor of India, in order to accelerate DEVELOPMENT in the country, in such ways as to benefit the poor who have been waiting patiently since 1947, since independence for the fruits of freedom? Are the Chhattisgarh Maoists going to wait indefinitely for the Indian rulers to get their finger out of their asses, so that they can deliver DEVELOPMENT? Could the money have not been given to neighboring Nepal, with a personal visit by Modi with a fat cheque in their hour of need and tragedy? What an impact that would have made to Indo-Nepal relations!!!!! Rather than the clumsy BUT sincere peace meal help India had given to Nepal?
The answer lies with the BJP, and its RSS spiritual masters, with their close links to Israel. The RSS was covertly founded by the British, like so many other fascist groups in the 1920's (Mussolini's black shirts, Nazis in Germany, Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.........the Criminal UK state is a right royal trouble making nation that is not equaled by any other nation). Whilst Indians fought for independence generally, the British used the RSS and Muslim League dogs to counter the Indian independence movement.
In the last 90 years, since its inception, the RSS true to its communal roots has developed close relations with Israel. 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'....something crude like that. Since the ascendency of the BJP from a tiny two seat insignificant fringe party, with guidance from Israel and London, India has gotten closer to Israel, especially in the realms of security, defense contracts and so forth. India turned to Israel for over priced expensive munitions during the Kargil confrontation of 1999. A whole host of Israeli security personnel have come into India, to advise and train Indian security.....and look at security through the lens of Israel. Indian security was thus 'rewarded' when the FBI asked RAW of India to draw up the list of the so called 19 Arab Hijackers of 9/11 residing in and near American military/security installations in 2001. The culmination of this closeness, has been the increase in Saffron terror within India, and 26/11 which was carried out by Mossad, RAW, RSS, Shiv Sena, CIA and the CIA funded and run ISI.....with foreign gora mercenaries in broad daylight killing Indian citizens in the streets of Jew smelling Mumbai. Help the BJP into power, with elections pending in several states. Help ignite war between India and Pakistan. Back to Mongolia......what the fuck does all this have to do with MONGOLIA? Mongolia has two things which the Jew loves, and worships (Besides the fact that Khazar Jews are racially linked to the Mongols)
(i) Overt machismo, war likeness, primal animal toughness. For the Jew living in the fringes of European society for so long after the Roman sacking of Jerusalem, quietly serving the gentiles subserviently, until the Rothschilds came along...the sight of physical and military strength and power, ESPECIALLY when exercised against others was to be worshiped. This is in certain senses also relate to Jewish homosexuality.....and why Jews love war.
(ii) The Primitive savage Mongols destroyed 4 great civilizations....The Chinese, which they eventually took over; The Russian....The Golden Horde; The Iranian Khorassani Empire and the Arab Empire centered around Baghdad. For the anti civilization Jews this was GREAT work...rather in the manner Palestinians clapped and cheered as Saddam Scuds hit Israel in 1991. And thus, this is why Modi gave insignificant Mongolia $1 billion dollars. Modi will be the first Indian PM to visit Israel. Modi will go there and pay homage to the RSS-Israeli links.
If poor impoverished India can give insignificant Mongolia $1 billion, why can't the USA give Israel more money annually?
Mongolia gets $1bn while Maharashtra farmers die, says Sena
.
Ambarish Mishra of the Times of India Continuing to play hardball with the Modi regime, Shiv Sena
through its mouthpiece 'Saamna' rapped the Prime Minister on the
knuckles on Wednesday for extending a $1 billion credit line to
Mongolia, while ignoring the dire needs of debt-ridden Maharashtra
farmers, many of who have been driven to suicide.
Modi
announced the credit line on Sunday during his two-day visit to
Mongolia, saying it was for bolstering the Asian country's economic
capacity and infrastructure. But, Saamna said the PM should have spared
a thought for Maharashtra's farmers while offering such huge credit to
Mongolia.
"Maharashtra farmers are caught in a debt trap.
Thrashed by unseasonal rains and hailstorm, they are eagerly awaiting a
financial package from the Centre...The Union minister for agriculture
has said Maharashtra farmers cannot be given a package as the Centre
hasn't received a formal proposal from the state government...However,
people of Mongolia are fortunate. The PM has shown India's fiscal
strength by declaring a loan of one billion dollar to Mongolia," the
leader said.
Saamna's attack on Modi in the run up to the first anniversary of the
NDA government has upset many in Maharashtra BJP. Saamna's daily comments are a source of embarrassment and consternation to
the party, a key BJP official said.
"Saamna should realise that
the Sena is a constituent of NDA. It shares power with our party in
Maharashtra. The central leadership of our party is upset with the Sena
over Saamna's frequent onslaughts on the NDA government," he said.
The issue will be taken up at a meeting of the state executive
committee, it's learnt. BJP chief Amit Shah will address the conclave at
Kolhapur this weekend.
This grim reality of the critical shortfall in
ammunition reserves adversely impacting the operational readiness of the
1.18-million Army as well as the problems dogging the Tejas fighter,
which has led to a sharp fall in the number of IAF fighter squadrons,
has been repeatedly highlighted by TOI.
On Friday, it was made
official by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. In reports
tabled in Parliament, the audit watchdog attacked the Tejas Mark-I jet
for being just about 35% indigenous and falling short on as many as 53
technical requirements, greatly reducing its capabilities and
survivability in combat.
It also slammed the defence establishment for the dismal management of
ammunition in the Army, expressing shock that there was total
"disregard" of the policy to hold ammunition for 40 days of "intense"
fighting under the war wastage reserves (WWR).
Stocking of 125
of the 170 different types of ammunition was not enough for even 20 days
of war-fighting or "minimum acceptable risk level" requirements.
"Further, in 50% of the types of ammunition, the holding was critical or
less than 10 days in March 2013," said CAG.
The situation has
not changed much since then. As reported by TOI, the approved Army
"ammunition roadmap" holds the desired 40-day WWR will only be possible
by 2019, which as things stand now does not seem achievable.
The CAG said while the Ordnance Factory Board was failing to meet the
requirements due to its limited production capacity, the import route
was also proving to be "unreasonably" slow. "In 17 import cases (total
imports worth Rs 16,594 crore) for which acceptance of necessity was
accorded in July 2013, no contract could be concluded by December 2014,"
it said.
As for Tejas, the CAG held the fighter was "dependent on foreign
sources" for important components such as engine, multi-mode radar,
radome, flight control system actuators, multi-functional display system
and the like.
Moreover, Tejas Mark-I is "deficient" in
electronic warfare capabilities as the self-protection jammer could not
be fitted on it due to space constraints. "The radar warning
receivers/counter-measure dispensing systems fitted on the aircraft are
also having performance issues," it said.
The Tejas Mark-II,
with more powerful engines and weight reduction, which is what the IAF
wants, is still on the drawing board. As of now, the fighter cannot fire
BVR (beyond-visual range) missiles or drop laser-guided bombs, nor is
capable of undergoing mid-air refueling. It, hopefully, will be able to
do so when the Mark-I gets its final operational clearance (FOC) by
December 2015.
"IAF would be constrained to use Mark-I, which
has reduced survivability, lower performance, lower range and endurance,
reduced pilot protection, reduced operational capability and reduced
weapon accuracy," it said.
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. Sadly LAND POWER India is building another aircraft carrier, the third in its arsenal, which will be ready by 2025, using American technology, based on EXISTENTIAL THREATS from CHINA, just as Modi visits China. How wrong can this get? It gets more wrong as money meant for a Mountain Strike Corps to meet REAL THREATS, as a pose to imaginary ones is siphoned off to pay for the aircraft carrier. Clearly London Sahib had a hand in this utterly stupid decision. The RSS emerged and blossomed during British colonial rule, as a ruse to polarize Indian society through rabid extremist religious dogma.....just as the Muslim League was Christened by the British Raj in Bengal in 1905, on the eve of dividing Bengal on religious lines. The RSS now bow to London Sahib wishes, by this simple act of diverting MSC funds for a white elephant aircraft carrier project, to be built by 2025 using American technology. FUCK! London Sahib has been encouraging both India and Iran through their spies, to divert vital military resources of two developing nations (who don't spend a lot on their military---because they distrust them...(Iran 3% of GDP....India 1.7% of GDP) into the NAVY. In the case of Iran, even though the Israelis for the better part of 20 years have been threatening air strikes with America on LAND TARGETS in PERSIA a billion times......the Israeli spies in Iran's security keep shouting about the navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy. navy, navy and navy.Fucking navy! India has fought a good many wars UP THE MOUNTAIN.....1948....1962....1965......1971 was undertaken on the basis that the mountain passes would be snowed under......1999 Kargil. Saichen Glacier 1990---2002? There are daily incursions, and exchange of fire in the LOC...and LAC.....since 1947. During the recent Chinese Premiers visit to India, Chinese troops invaded and occupied Indian territory, indicating that a Busharaf fraction exists in the PLA.....who don't want peace and co -existence with India. China claims Arunchal Pradesh. Pakistan still claims Kashmir. You would think that a nation that spends so little on defense, BUT has fought so many defensive wars should hedge its bets on the VERY REAL threats, rather than on Existential threats....from the future.
But no, the ass fucks in the RSS have decided to honor the intrigues of London Sahib for allowing them to exist and blossom during the British Raj.....1921? Just after Gandhi began his non-violent campaigns, and other Indian revolutionaries intensified their campaign for Independence. The RSS emerged and intensified their Hindutva campaign, specifically at that time. They channeled their energy fighting fellow Indians.....both Muslim, and specifically Hindu Indian leaders (Gandhi).
THE DREADNOUGHT FEVER BEFORE WWI. The British built the first dreadnought in 1906.
With the launch of the dreadnought, a dreadnought fever developed in ALL powers and would be powers to build such ships. Wiser counsel would say that certain not so great LAND POWERS should have pooled their meager resources into their army, where the critical and decisive battles would be fought that would ultimately decide the fate of the overall war beyond all else....but no! The ever weakening Ottoman Empire was one such victim of the dreadnought fever.
The Jewish Young Turks were maneuvered into power by the Rothschilds of London (Just as the RSS have been in India) The Young Turks sounded like the RSS......appealing NOT to the unity of the country in a COSMOPOLITAN nation, but to Pan-Turanic nationalism that was in all cases illusionary, impractical and dangerous.
The Ottoman Empire lost the Balkans war of 1912-1913. You would think that given their very recent experience ALL resources would be funneled into the army, mobilizing to 360,000 on the eve of WWI.......NO...the Jewish Young Turks installed by the Rothschilds of London, instead opted for a big navy, including the purchase of 2 modern dreadnoughts from who??????...................................from the UK. Not Mausers and Krupps artillery from Germany, OR the upgrading and EXPANSION OF their meager 2 munitions factories built by the French in the 19th century.
In order for poor poverty stricken Ottoman empire to be able to purchase modern dreadnoughts...a pathetic melodrama of epic cinematic proportions took place where the Jewish Young Turks appealed to the nation to give their ALLfor their country....a Dreadnathon Charity took place...and old people, young children, poor families across the country gave their life savings to be able to purchase the two British Dreadnoughts.(1913-1914).
War broke out, organized by the Rothschilds and NY bankers...and the Jew Young Turks NATURALLY looked to London for an alliance OF-COURSE......after all London was their original patron. The Jew Young Turks approached London 3 times for an alliance ........BUT the Rothschilds...sorry London refused the Turkish overtures. The Ottoman Empire had to be destroyed, so that Israel could be created....and the Jewish Young Turks would help London achieve this objective. To encourage the Jewish Young Turks to choose the wrong/right side in the war, the British immediately confiscated the 2 dreadnoughts being built in the UK meant for the Turkish navy. Then mysteriously two German dreadnoughts sailed from the other side of the Mediterranean UNHINDERED by the Royal navy into Turkish waters, where many British and French warships would be sunk subsequently by the Turks....AND the Germans went to Istanbul and told the Jewish Young Turks...'ich liebe dich' and handed over the two ships free to the Turks. The Germans then sent a military delegation to guide the Ottoman empire's ARMY...ARMY...ARMY.....led by General Liman Von Sanders a Crypto-Jew......who would play a decisive role at Gallipoli, along with the other crypto-Jew in that sorry saga, Colonel Kemal.
Dreadnought fever also caught Imperial Russia.....another poverty stricken would be power, which relied on French handouts to a certain extent to build its strategic infrastructure.
Imperial Russia lost the war against Imperial Japan in 1905. The decisive factor was the defeat on LAND, in Manchuria. The Jews sensing a weakness in the regime after its defeat organized a REVOLUTION in Russia, where the Czar conceded many of his powers.......loss of legitimacy.
You would think given that experience there would be a massive re-organisation of the Imperial Russian army officered up to 50% by the nobility inept officer class....and greater expenditure on maxim guns and artillery....and overall modernisation of the ARMY....NO! The Czar decided that what LAND POWER Russia needed was a bigger and better navy.....spending $600 million into that direction between 1908-1914. Ultimately Russia lost the GREAT WAR on the land....and through the inappropriate readiness and archaic nature of the Russian army.
Just before PM Narendra Modi left for China on Wednesday night, the
Manohar Parrikar-led DAC cleared a flurry of long-pending projects for
ultra-light howitzers, medium-transport aircraft, light utility
helicopters and the like worth over Rs 25,000 crore, as reported by TOI.
But tucked away in the approvals was the relatively minor
amount of Rs 30 crore for the indigenous aircraft carrier-II (IAC-II).
But its potential is huge, and very significant for a country that is
vying with China for the same strategic space in the Indian Ocean Region
(IOR).
Carrier battle groups are the final word in raw power
projection around the globe, capable as they are of travelling 600
nautical miles a day with their supersonic fighters and missiles as well
as accompanying destroyers, frigates and submarines.
Officials said there were three main reasons for the DAC's green signal
to the "commencement of preparatory work for construction of IAC-II".
INS Vishal is likely to have nuclear propulsion for greater endurance as
well as CATOBAR (catapult assisted take-off but arrested recovery)
configuration for launching fighters as well as heavier aircraft from
its deck.
The first obviously is the increasing presence of the Chinese Navy in
the IOR, coupled with its assiduous attempts to establish logistical
bases in the region. "After inducting its first carrier Liaoning in
2012, China is building four carriers, two conventional and two
nuclear-powered. The latter will be over 90,000-tonne super carriers
like the American Nimitz-class ones," said an officer.
Two, the
56-year-old INS Viraat will retire early next year, leaving India with
only one operational aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. The 40,000-tonne
IAC-I or INS Vikrant being built at Cochin Shipyard will be ready for
induction only by 2018-2019, as earlier reported by TOI.
"It
will take well over a decade to build INS Vishal. Its size, propulsion,
its aircraft etc will have to be finalized before the construction can
actually begin," he added.
Finally, India and the US are now
set to collaborate on aircraft carrier technologies, with New Delhi
having asked Washington to share technology for EMALS (electromagnetic
aircraft launch systems) developed by General Atomics, under the
bilateral Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI). "US defence
secretary Ashton Carter and the top brass of General Atomics are slated
to come to India in the first week of June," said another official.
All Indian carriers till now have had angled ski-jumps for fighters to
take off under their own power in STOBAR (short take-off but arrested
recovery) operations. But this limits operations to only fighters like
MiG-29Ks. With CATOBAR, IAC-II will be able to handle more as well as
heavier aircraft for surveillance, early-warning, electronic warfare and
other operations.
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. India's trade is about $822 billion for 2014, and about 15% of the $5.5 trillion PPP GDP. India's growth has not come from EXPORTS, but from domestic investment and consumption. So a slump in Exports from the $336 billion figure of 2014 is nothing to worry about in any real sense. AND again NO......there is no correlation between India's domestic investment and consumption led growth, and general global decline in demand due to the slowing of the Chinese economy, Europe and an USA economic collapse.
India needs to re-orientate its focus on trade with STILL buoyant economies like Japan, South Korea.....yes China, Russia, Persia, SAARC neighbors, ASEAN ........and so forth in anticipation of economic slump in the EU and North America. Readjustment of trading priorities to meet the very reasonable figure of $900 billion exports for 2019. The Indian government may wish to play a significant role in this direction. AND finally I repeat again, the Soviet model under Comrade Stalin between 1928--1941...where his command economy, under detailed planning achieved on average 20% GDP growth rates year in year out. Obviously the totalitarian government exacted a heavy sacrifice from the population (butter and jam tomorrow), which would be politically unacceptable in Democratic India. BUT that is not the point of the argument. The point is that despite sanctions by the Western powers, and the Great Depression of the late 1920's and early 1930's.....the Soviet Union still achieved through heavy INVESTMENT in INDUSTRY and INFRASTRUCTURE remarkable economic growth.......and the secret source of China's economic miracle since 1980, with the aid of foreign capital investment, and Capitalist legal instruments in specialized trading Zones, through the far sighted leadership of Deng Xiaoping.
India's exports slumped
for the fifth straight month in April from a year earlier, dragged down
by fall in global demand that has cast a shadow over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of achieving over 8 per cent growth in 2015/16 fiscal year.
The ongoing weakness in merchandise exports, which account for about 16
per cent of India's roughly $2 trillion economy, will weigh on January
to March economic growth numbers due to be released on May 29.
Modi sees manufacturing and export-led growth as the best way to create
jobs for the millions of young people who helped him gain power last
year.
He aims to almost double goods and services exports to $900 billion in the next four years.
But merchandise exports contracted 14 per cent in April. The trade
deficit narrowed to $10.99 billion as oil imports declined by more than
42 per cent from a year earlier, data released by Ministry of Commerce
and Industry showed on Friday.
Exporters said falling
global commodity and crude oil prices had so far partly offset their
lower overseas sales, but they fear more gloom - as demand is falling
further, particularly in oil exporting and Latin American countries.
"There is a fall in order booking for coming months, particularly from
buyers in the Middle East, Africa and Latin American countries," said
Ajay Sahai, a senior executive at the Federation of Indian Export
Organisations.
He warned that exporters could be forced to lay off workers if sales orders continued to decline over the next 4-5 months.
Some relief could come from the Reserve Bank of India, which has cut
policy rates twice this year to 7.5 per cent because of slower consumer
inflation, and is expected to make borrowing cheaper again when it meets
for a policy review on June 2.
To counter slack global demand, Modi has vowed to modernise overloaded
roads, ports and railways in a bid to make India's exports more
competitive. This week, he is visiting top trading partner China, hoping
to invigorate exports.
India's economy expanded 7.5 per cent
year-on-year during the three months ending in December, higher than
China's 7.3 per cent growth recorded in that quarter.
Manimugdha S Sharma by Times of India The Akbar vs Rana Pratap debate is driven by myth-making rather than facts, say scholars.
In the latter half of the 16th century, when Elizabethan England was
persecuting Catholics and the Spanish Inquisition had become an
instrument of terror, one Indian ruler had established the first nursery
of Indian secularism at Fatehpur Sikri. He held socio-religious and
spiritual discussions with men of different faiths at the ibadatkhana. That was Mughal emperor Akbar, a man far ahead of his time.
But the emperor's legacy is now under siege. Last week in Delhi,
members of a Hindutva outfit defaced the signage of a road named after
Akbar and several other Muslim rulers. They wanted these roads renamed
after Hindu rulers like Shivaji and Maharana Pratap.
Days
later, Union home minister Rajnath Singh demanded the epithet 'great'
for Rana Pratap. He also said that the rest of the country should follow
Rajasthan's example and devote a full chapter to the Mewar ruler in
history textbooks. Many interpreted this as an official signal to knock
down one of India's most remarkable rulers.
A smear campaign
against the emperor seems to be currently running on social media.
Tweets, Facebook posts, blogs and chainmail are calling Akbar a "rapist,
looter and killer coming from a family of drunkards, illiterates,
homosexuals and child molesters". And all sorts of falsehoods culled
from TV serials, myths, legends, and propaganda are being passed off as
the "real history of Akbar".
"It's unfortunate that people are
so gullible that they lap up fiction as fact. While there can be no
doubt that Maharana Pratap was an important figure in history, it's
unfair to compare him with Akbar," says archaeologist and historian Dr
KK Mohammed, who discovered Akbar's ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri in the
1980s.
The scholar elaborates his point with a historical
anecdote: "Once in Hormuz, some Portuguese had tied a copy of the Quran
around the neck of an ass and released it in the market. When Hamida
Bano Begum, Akbar's mother, learnt about it, she asked the emperor to
tie the Bible around a dog's neck and release it in Agra. Akbar refused.
If the actions of the Portuguese were wrong, then this would be wrong
too, he reasoned. His stance showed his remarkable mind and spirit."
Professor Jos Gommans of Leiden University says for the cohesion of
India as a nation, Akbar will do a much better job as a hero than Rana
Pratap or Shivaji. "Akbar inspired even Dutch liberals in the mid-19th
century to build a secular society without religious interference."
Dirk Collier, author of The Emperor's Writings: Memories of Akbar the
Great, points out that historical facts are being ignored in the debate.
"The resistance of Maharana Pratap against Akbar has often been
portrayed as a desperate and noble struggle for Hindu independence
against the overwhelmingly superior forces of a Muslim invader, but, as
most historians agree, it was hardly that. The Hindu kings of Amber,
Bikaner and Bundi sided with Akbar, and even Rana Pratap's own brother
Sagaraj did the same. Pratap's army, on the other hand, included large
Afghan contingents. Only 30 years before the fall of Chittor, an earlier
Rana of Mewar had marched against the neighbouring king of Malwa in
alliance with the Muslim sultan of Gujarat. In other words: the Mewar
conflict was essentially one of local rivalries," he says.
A
current television serial eulogises Rana Pratap and vilifies Akbar as an
ever-scheming, bloodthirsty bigot. Its impact has been such that one
blogger says her five-year-old neighbour is yet to study history but
already hates Akbar. But, argues historian Tripta Wahi, Akbar's
secularism remains unmatched even today. "He separated religion from the
state — his Tauheed-i-Illahi or Din-i-Illahi was essentially a
reflection of that policy. It was Akbar who had abolished slavery in
India. He also abolished sati in his empire, centuries before Sir
William Bentinck," she says.
Wahi also points out that in the
1560s, when the Mughals were trying to create a bigger state system, the
indigenous states, Hindu as well as Muslim, were resisting it. "Akbar
was resisted by the Sharqis of Jaunpur, the Afghan sultans of Bengal,
the Bahmani kingdom and its splinter states, Gujarat and Malwa — all
these were Muslim kingdoms. And some of them resisted for far longer
than Mewar. Yet you don't hear the proponents of Hindutva talking about
Chand Bibi or Malik Ambar of Ahmednagar sultanate."
The
historian points out that Akbar made intelligent use of secularism in
his statecraft. For instance, post-war, he treated defeated Rajputs and
Muslims differently. He returned to Rajputs their vatanjagirs
(patrimonial estates) and gave them high mansabs in his military
bureaucracy. Neither favour was granted to defeated Muslim landed
gentry. Akbar wanted the Rajputs to become important shareholders in his
successes. Across the border in Pakistan, Akbar is not seen as a great
ruler either. Islamic hardliners there sometimes dismiss him as the
"infidel king" for his secular views. All of Pakistan's missiles or
weapon systems are named after Babur, Ahmed Shah Abdali, Mahmud of
Ghazni or Muhammad Ghori but none after Akbar.
Ironically
enough, in India, there are no public buildings or spaces named after
the Great Mughal. But there are roads, universities and public buildings
— including an airport — named after Maharana Pratap.
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