Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Michelle Bachelet - New President of Chile


Some important things to notice about the new president's policy for the economic slowdown facing country is "Tax & Spend". She has put highest priority on resolving social inequality.

More can be read on:
 http://www.firstpost.com/world/bachelet-takes-power-in-chile-vows-to-fight-inequality-1430091.html?utm_source=ref_article

Maharashtra Elections - Some figures

Maharashtra 2014 elections
Constituencies: 48
Total number of voters: 7.89 crore
Women voters: 4.18 crore
Men voters: 3.71 crore
Youth (18-40 years): 5.3 crore
Youth (18-19 years): 11 lakh

As per the data shown above only 1.4 % voters are in the 18-19 years age bracket whereas all over India average of the same is 2.88. Some of the possible reasons for such a low percentage can be ignorance on part of new voters, tedious process of registration for voting. Though it is not mentioned in the article in DNA but women voters form 53% of voting population as per the above figures, it will be interesting to know the national average of the same. 

Source: dnaindia.com

Monday, March 10, 2014

७५९ कोटींच्या १२२ विकास कामांना मंजुरी - Maharashtra Times

http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/thane-kokan/sanction/articleshow/31750934.cms

As it appears from the title, Municipal Corporation has approved 122 development projects worth Rs.759 crores. The works are majorly on construction of gardens, electricity related, building concrete roads in MIDC and other important works. The news article highlights that although the above mentioned projects have been awarded to the contractors, there is dearth of enough qualified engineers to supervise and ensure quality management for all the projects. Thus quality of output of the projects will be dependent on the respective contractor.

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