Arun Kumar JagatramkaChairman & Managing Director

Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd

HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY..

A PRESENTATION ON

SUSTAINABILITY

One must

care about

a world

one will

not see

~ Gandhiji

What are we leaving for our future generation?

A parched earth ???

Water Riots ???

Finally…A Depleted Future for all

Need to….

ENSURE PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION

After all, its our world

USE BIOFUELS

To reduce carbon emissions

ENGAGE IN COMPENSATORY AFFORERSTATION

To save our forests

IT IS HIGH TIME THAT We …

SAVE WATER

For Water Security

ENGAGE IN CONTINUOUS R & D

In quest of developing suitable

alternatives to conventional thoughts

REDUCE URBAN WARMING

• By reducing traffic congestion

• Using flyovers

• LPG fuelled vehicles

DEVELOP ALTERNATE SOURCES OF ENERGY

CLIMATE CHANGEThe demand angle

• Energy & Power – electrical appliances

• Water

To be economical in consumption of

The demand angle

• Paper- Print less – Save Paper, Save Trees

• E meetings –Video Conferences/ Web Casts/ Tele Presentations

Need to cut down all unnecessary travel

The demand angle

• Efficient Transport development

Car Pools

Public Transport

Restrained goods movement through roadways

The demand angle

• Do away with artificial man made

boundaries in terms of trade embargoes &

trade barriers

coz’ ultimately they find an alternative-longer route

Or Else..Mankind would be

found repenting in a

QUAGMIRE of LOST OPPORTUNITIES

Human Being

as we know

today has

marched a

long way from

being Barbaric

to become Civilised by wheeling the

cycle of Innovation

Globalisation has

turned companies into global institutions

challenged daily economic life and national identity

created a persistent movement toward cultural and business homogenization

As we tighten our belts

and prepare for the take-off to

be an Economic Superpower

The development needs to SUSTAINABLE

1 Billion PlusPeople on the marchNeed for inclusive Growth

Fueling Rapid Consumption

Cannot be ignored by “the Developed”

whether within or outside the country

Social Malaise

engulfs development and

ravishes the very fabric

of our society

After six decades of Freedom

We still remain, Hindus and Muslims;

Madrasi’s and Marathi’s and Bihari’s;

Dalits and Brahmins …….

In the great land of India,

there being no true Indian

Technological Advancement has been a Hallmark of Modern Society

And Corruption

itsBane…….

Hardly 10% of Government’s Social Sector spending reaches the needy

• Rs. 883 crore was paid as bribe by

people BPL in an year in India

• Poorest household paid Rs.215

crore to police as bribe

We need a robust poverty

alleviation mechanism through

proper implementation &

monitoring so that the benefit

reaches the poor

Corruption affects the poor the most

PDS is a glaring example of Corruption affecting the poor

• Ration shops remain empty or closed

• Items meant for PDS find their way to regular kiranastore and sold at market price

• License to open and operate Ration shop is a separate scam due to huge margin involved

In the words of Prof C K Prahalad:

• Human Development is not

More Resources but less

Corruption in Deployment

of Resources

• Good Governance ( less

corruption) leads to High

Levels of GDP/Capita; not

the other way around

Focus on Human Development (Focus on Individuals)

and not Groups’ Rights leads to Rapid Economic

Development (GDP/Capita)

The poor isolated from “India Shining”

Falls easy prey to the divisive elements

How Often do we talk of our Demographic Dividend….

Majority of Indian Population below 25 years of Age…

Youth Power set to drive India to Development and Prosperity in coming decades

But this latent power house of energy may soon turn to be Nightmare….

If we do not channelize the energy in right direction

If we do not put our systems right and make our society conducive for an honest living

A Society built on the Foundation of TRUST

We must learn to Trust. For several centuries, Indians have been brainwashed to distrust other Indians. This saps national energy. Distrust kills initiative. Distrust compels people to maneuver and manipulate. Trust and transparency stimulates entrepreneurship.

We are still under a colonial Seize

We inherited a partitioned Indiaas a slave’s legacy with corruptionpackaged free – with shackles inthe mind for next 60 years

We are still following laws framed Centuries ago – Laws which are impractical and need an urgent relook

Need to get rid of the Prisoner Mentality & the Mental Block

We need our laws which can be complied with & aimed at facilitating the honest to follow them

• The laws are heavily drafted to try to keep the offenders at bay

• The regulations in place attempt to make the process a stringent

one

• As a result making it tough for the honest to comply with

• While the dishonest finds

a way out to bend the

system and buy his way out

• The honest find himself

lost in the plethora of rules

& regulations

We need to come out of the…..

Age old mentality of the Oppressed and the Oppressor….

Where the enforcement agencies are viewed as the oppressor

And the common man as oppressed

The Britishers have left but have left the legacy of Class behind

Injustice Breeds Corruption

• Creates alienation

and hatred

• Erodes faith in the

system

• Forces otherwise

honest people to be

corrupt

Corruption is:• Anti National• Anti Poor• Anti Development• Anti Sustainability

The Enforcement Agencies…• Need to be Empowered

• Independence in operation

• Trained & Paid Well

• So that they may act accordingly

to enjoy the faith of the local

populace

• Need to enthuse more trust in us,

the common men, and become

more approachable

• Police reforms – Key to bring back

the faith in the men in uniform

who give their lives to save us

Corruption has its genesis in

• A basic disregard to law

• Sometimes arising out of a VIP syndrome

• Abetted by an equally corrupt and inept implementation mechanism

We need

Certainty of Punishment as against

Severity of Punishment

• Like the Naxalite menace is

born out of poverty &

depravation

• Root Cause of Poverty is

Corruption – Breakdown of

Social Schemes, Poverty

Alleviation Mechanism and PDS

• Being alienated from the

mainstream of development,

the poor fall prey to the

divisive elements

The Genesis of any domestic unrest

No amount of security apparatus system can ensure safety against terrorism unless we tackle corruption and poverty

Eradication of street level corruption should be the prime objective

Multiple leakages in any poverty eradication scheme due to the inherent corrupt system leads to less than 10 % of the amount reaching the target

India remains a poor country despite so many rich people

System Loaded Against One who tries to be Honest

We need to get rid of the Preconceived Mindsets like –

“Everybody evades tax”

• Which discourages the honest to pay higher tax……

• Proliferating Raid Raj

• Leading to greasing the palm……

Failure of Justice• Gives Rise to Trial by Media

• Media has successfully tried to rally

behind the cases of some common

citizens – gaining more acceptance

and credibility in the public life

• While the media’s job is appreciated –

Is’nt the inaction by the rightful

agencies and our justice delivery

mechanism taking us to a situation of

Banana Republic?

A Clarion call for Justice

Right to Food and Right to Education….

• Should not be confined to the drawing board

discussions but require implementation

• It would be possible only if…

– Food meant for the poor reaches them through PDS

instead of finding their way to the hoarders and black

marketers

– Excess food should be distributed to the poor instead of

rotting in the godowns

– Proper primary and secondary schools built, instead of

funds getting swindled by the local bodies

– And most important, there should be teachers in the

government run schools and Anganwadis

India’s image as an investment destination….

• Suffered more in the last six months than before, due to the raging

reports of corruption and scams unfolding regularly

• FDI in India declined by 36% between April and September 2010

compared to the same period in 2009 – this decline coincides with 17%

growth in non-Arab Asia

• Transparency is one of the important factors that Investors look for

• Even relative high cost economies are favored compared to India – Cost

of doing business is becoming much higher due to prevalent corruption

• Corruption has all the ammo to derail the Indian Growth Story

For a Sustainable Growth of Indian Economy, Corruption needs to be

tackled on a war footing – before it is too late

Let us pledge to leave behind a better society to live