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heavilY polluted. Three cities of GujaratJ Vapi1 state are nd Vatva ftgure in the Central Pollution Control Ankateshwarf~he top 10 most polluted cities in India~ with Vapi .
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soa . t The private ports an SEZs tn t e coastal regions .
ranking ftrsl · of open violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone's .
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are Unofficial esttmates say that about 600 vtllages will .
norms. griculture in the next five years The obsession with .
abando~ a ·,ndustries even at the cost of local economies and .
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P 1sustainability, barely makes for a development model .
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e ly points to the structural nexus between the Modi .
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ment corporate gtants, an rea estate onchos. .
govern ' storv in the agrarian scene is that of reversal of land reforms Jh.e 'pies The defenders of Modinomics take pride in the high-.
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eed corporat1satton of Gujarat s agnculture. The direct s~tcomeof this agricultural model is the further marginalisation:fthe most poor section among the agricultural community. The legislative changes like allowing non-local, non-farming groups to enter the r~ral land market are solely aimed at preparing field for the btg corporate houses to rob the marginal farmers of their right to land. The direct outcome is the fact that the average size of marginal land holding is becoming ,smaller compared to the nati9nal average apd the largest.. slze ~ategorv(above 20 hectare) has gajned in terms of a,verage ~ize~ .
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over ttme, the access ,to laod.to the Schedule~ c;aste and,Tribes have worsened in the state. Leasing out and selling of land by the marginal farmers in the face of an aggressive corporate driven policy where the marginal farmers find it impossible to hold on to their source of livelihood and continue in farming is the reality of agricultural situation in Gujarat. .
Promoting Privatised Infrastructure: The dom inant characteristic of Gujarat model of infrastructural development is encouraging private investment in port, rail, road and power. While this has allowed private conglomerates to strengthen their own profitability inother sectors, it has predictably created a situation where this pattern of infrastructural development has neglected providing access to human habitation. Even today 3380human habitations are not connected with road In Gujarat. .
What about corruption and corporate land grab? .
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) CAG audit reveals that Modi's has done in Gujarat what Manmohan Singh's did at the Centre: extend undue benefits to corporates at huge coststo the publk exchequer and loss of livelihoods. The 2010-11 CAG report tabled In Gujarat assembly on 30 March 2012, has estimated bungling of more than Rs 16,000 crore in 2010-ll.lt had also pointed out irregularities of Rs 26,672 crore in the Modi 1overnrnent in the last nine years. (DNA 31 March 2012) To take just one .
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~ Why did Ratan Tata ~ay, "YOU ARE STUPIO IF YOU ARE NOT IN GUJARAT?" The Gujarat government allotted 1100 acres of land to Tata Motors Ltd to set up the Nano piant near Sanand at Rs 900 per square metre while its market rate was around Rs 10,000 per square metre. Further, Modi ~aveRatan Tata a soft loan of Rs 9,570crore at a negligible Interest of 0.1 per cent to shift the Nano project to Gujarat. Repayment of this 'loan' was deferred for 20 years. In all, the Modi Government has offered over Rs 30,000 crore in sops to Tata Motors. In other words, for an investment of Rs.220 billion by the Tatas, the Gujarat government gives sops worth Rs.300 billion. .
> Land was allotted to Adani Group for the Mundra Port & .
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Mundra Special Economic Zone {SEZ) at Rel per square metre. lnfa,ct, on .
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March ). 2012, G uja rat revenue minister conceded in the Assembly that.
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J "The Adani Group has been allotted 14,305.49 acre (equivalent to 5. 78 crore square metres) land 1n Kutch for different companies. The land has been allotted at a price ranging from Rel to Rs 32 per sq mt,H .
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to real estate .
whereas the public .
pay a MUOi hlaher .
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(SIR) Act, Modi&OYt.-corner ofGujarat land. Villa1ers against the .
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example, the CAG has observed that the Gujarat State ,__--~~~~-.. .
Petroleum Corporation, supposed to be Modi's special pride .
and joy, has suffered huge financial losses due to cost overrun .
at KG basin block where production has not commenced even .
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~fter spending over Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70 billion). Besides .
Irregularities and cost overrun at KG basin project, the auditor .
has also noted that GSPC has suffered financial losses In gas .
trading activities on account of undue favours extended to .
Modi's most favoured industrial house, theAdanllfOUp.The .
CAG report notes, "During 2006·09, GSPC sold gas to Adani .
group at a price which was much lower than Its .
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In land allotment too, CAG noted a Rs. seo-cr. .
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c equer as Modi govt. favoured corporatel.
1tdustries Ltd (RIL), Essar Steel and Adani .
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Algerian President Abdelazziz Bouteflika (C) shakes hand with an unidentified senior officer during an opening ceremony of "Algeria's Justice Council" headquarters held in Algiers, 15 April 2007. The Algerian head of State appeared in public for the first time since two suicide bomb attacks on the government headquarters and a police station in Algiers which killed 33 people. The bombings were claimed by Al-Qaeda's branch in North Africa, formerly known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which published photographs of what it said were the three bombers on the Internet. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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