Articles by N K Singh

April 7, 1973 102 crores, an increase of 16 per cent over the previous year. Besides, the year would end with a deficit of Rs 44.18 crores on revenue account. No fresh taxes have been proposed. The Finance Minister is pinning his faith on the Finance Commission to solve the problems of the state. And upto a point, the Finance Minister was prepared to agree with the opposition that the rising prices, growing unemployment and widening inequalities were the result of the wrong policies of the Central government. But his approach to the Centre to get the policies changed is similar to that of the moderates during the British days. Those who watched the performance of the Finance Minister could not fail to appreciate the Governor's sense of humour or cynicism (depending on how one looks at it) when he finished his address with a prayer to God to bless the state.

December 9, 1972 formula, seeks to postpone the moment of truth. The Telengana leaders were climbing down in their negotiations and were prepared to accept a firm cut-off date for the Mulki Rules, But the award giyes the Mulki Rules a new lease, of over six years, where .in normal course they would have expired in March 1974. A distinction has also been made between Hyderabad-Secunderabad, which is part of Telengana, and the rest of the Telengana region.

India has heen twice shaken by moh violence and rioting. The outbreak in Shahdara was quickly followed by four days of trouble in Karol Bagh, a busy commercial centre and residential area. Close on the heels of these came the 'operation bus hi jacking' by students, who took advantage of the volatile situation to settle scores with the Delhi Transport Corporation which runs a woefully bad transport service.

August 19, 1972 FEROZABAD Anatomy of a Riot Suneet Chopra N K Singh ACCORDING to reports, specific allegations have been registered about police excesses in Ferozabad riots and the Criminal Investigation Department has been asked to investigate these. This step was taken after UP's Inspector General of Police had made an on-the-spot official inquiry. Leaders of most political parties who visited Ferozabad, including Congress's Subhadra Joshi, are said to have corroborated this viewpoint and blamed the Provincial Armed Constabulary and the state police for hav ing fanned the riots.


land "irrigated from government sources and capable of growing at least two crops". This would exempt all lands irrigated by private tube-wells of which there are almost a hundred thousand in the region, according to the latest figures. Practically every medium-size holding has a tube-well which, like the tractor, has become almost a status symbol. Even canal-irrigated lands are dotted with private tube-wells whereas Government tube-wells number only 865. The prospect of any radical land reform is thus severely limited even if the norms enunciated by the Centre are .strictly enforced. The landowners who constitute a majority of both Congress and Akali legislators know this well. This also means that the traditional structure of political power will in turn remain unchanged.