Thursday, March 15, 2012

Railway Budget and Politics

Dr.T.V.Gopalakrishnan , Mumbai , says: TMC's reaction to the Railway budget smacks of bad politics over good economics.This is not pro-poor in the long run.The economy has to grow fast to remove poverty and Railways play a key role in facilitating this growth. This is a vital infrastucture and it needs to be developed to ensure equitable distribution of nation's wealth and inclusive growth. At this rate,the growth of the economy and upliftment of the masses will remain a distant dream and this sort of shortsightedness on the part of Powerful,influential and popular politicians has an adverse and damaging imapct on the economy.
15 Mar 2012, 1818 hrs IST
This in response to the opinion poll in ET.

(This appeared in ET dated 15/03/12)
Dr.T.V.Gopalakrishnan

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