Take Away-2: Ambani Vs Aam Admi and Devyani Khobragade Vs Aam Aurat.

In Part-1 of this article links were seen as to how Jail-Bail-re-indictment of Devyani Khobragade has unfair dollar payments.

Second link was the FIR on Mukesh Ambani for the KG Basin gas dollar payments-at the cost of hidden profit which is a media blackout.

In Mukesh Ambani`s gas scam all political parties except the left and AAP are silent and hiding from any uncomfortable questions. Sample the only media hush hush report you may find is on recent court proceedings:

Hearing of two PILs seeking the junking of the government decision to increase the gas price from $4.2 mmbtu to $8.4 mmbtu is in slow progress.This includes NGO Common Cause seeking an SIT/CBI probe into the increase of gas prices, gifting tax benefits and not insisting on the relinquishment of gas blocks in KG Basin by Reliance Industries.

Why another Indian company is used to export gas to Bangladesh at a favourable 2.34 dollars per unit ?

Dollar Payment against Constitutional Norms :

When all Indian gas produced is used in India and almost all major inputs including Human capital and experts are `desi`-indigenous then why India is gifting away payments in dollar to Reliance in KG Basin `ghotalla` ? 

Will any other Swadeshi gas producer in India get such VIP protection ? 

Imagine hiring of a plumber asked to transfer and monitor water from a ground level tank to the higher floor tank by a flat owner for 17 years.

Will the flat owner allow the plumber to breach the contract, corrupt the managers and then start charging water as per the market rate whereas the water ownership belongs never to the plumber ?

In reliance case the ownership of oil wells belongs to India and Indian people wherein the skill, technique and labour risk belongs to Reliance. 

Devyani Arrest warrant in US reads :

“Khobragade’s decision to manufacture a fraudulent employment agreement that complied with the requirements of US laws demonstrated clearly her knowledge of the applicable legal requirements.”

“Because it was created by Khobragade solely to deceive the US embassy during the victim’s (visa) interview,” the employment contract “included false statements” that made it seem as if the diplomat’s arrangement with the “victim would comply with applicable US laws”.

Government does not wake up on stories of double standards and poor service to overseas Indians which is the core issue for millions. If there is a group of forty Indians in Zimbabwe who are there without their families and they want to have a `desi` Indian cook then the Diplomacy suggests to declare a false contract not as cook but as a factory technician which gets rejected.

Why should immunity be not given in such cases to millions of Aam (common) immigrants who are send overseas on false promises. Mrs.Pratibha Patil ex- President in her lavish aprox.213 crores visit to Europe countries took 61 persons with her with 8 skilled cooks. When few Indian investors in Africa request for cook visa permit the Indian embassy with double standard fails to protect the human rights.

Should Ministry of External Affairs tell why under Indian immigration law fails to stop companies in exporting employees without written contract which is illegal? 

Can MEA share how many co. they have caught & penalized & generated punishment revenue to stop this inhuman trafficking ? 

Standing by the weak or safeguarding business of a strong ?

It is high time that the Indian government declares the code of conduct of investors and workers. Patriotism is not just about standing by the rich and powerful but about standing by Gandhi’s “last” (the poorest and weakest) individual or Ambedkar’s Dalit (oppressed) person.

Parliament Noises :BJP leader Arun Jaitley asks the government to take action U.S. diplomats, Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan offers a seat in his constituency to Ms. Khobragade and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati says that the Indian government was slow in reacting to Ms. Khobragade’s arrest because she was a Dalit, they are ignoring the very ethos of equal rights on which our nation rests.

BJP failed in the past to take action against the business companies of its ex- President Mr.Gadkari where he declared his driver, his pundit ji, and his `bakerywala` all as Directors of his company.For more details see the srticle which appeared on 28^th. Feb-2014 in this column title: Nitin Gadkari Model `insults` Honest Business Houses. 

India’s policy if really interested to include concerns of 99% workers has to be holistic to safeguard people`s needs. and not the business need and greed of few. Buck of greed does not stop abroad but while bouncing back home in Delhi we find the AAP exposing how the contract culture in MCD. Arvind Kejriwal while explaining the 18 conditions of his voters on Channels exposed the exploitation as to how millions of workers sign on monthly wage of Rs.10,000/- but in actual they receive only Rs.4000/- aaprox. per month. Extortion saga by contract system does not end on the unskilled workers and there are reports of even how doctors and nurses and signing on higher salary but receive petty deducted amount at the end of the month. 

We need to formulate a single policy that deals with the concerns of Indians indigenous and abroad and — not just of diplomats but of investors, workers, sailors, businesspersons, cooks, factory fitters, fishermen and others like babysitter. Usually the foreign country immigration refuses the common investor or worker outside. The host country usually discourages cooks and babysitter as they are easily available locally . As the global and business profile of India increases, it is only natural that more Indians find themselves in legal and diplomatic crosshairs around the world. Resolving the  concerns of majority 99% Indians send abroad on verbal commitment needs to be restored instead of demanding apology from US government.

The fundamental error in Government `Desi`- Foreign service hides a short circuit in name of a tradition or `parampara`. Core issue is an economic gap: between a servant and a diplomat and between a small company and a crony capitalist like Ambani. Indian window in shape of Indian voice needs a wake up call to protect the common man and not the privileged VIP groups for justice on Indian-foreign soil as we see in Mukesh Ambani- Devyani case.

 

Ambani Vs Aam Admi and Devyani Khobragade Vs Aam Aurat.

Two Indian News bites are hitting the audience again.

One is the Jail & Bail and again arrest warrant of Indian Consulate Devyani Khobragade in US -which hides several unanswered questions.

Second is the FIR on Mukesh Ambani for the KG Basin gas dollar payments-at the cost of hidden profit which is a media blackout.

`Khas`-VIP payments of `illegal` dollar currency is the common thread of both news bytes. `Back- door` setting & negotiations` appears to be a common link in both cases. Who paid 250,000/- dollars after Devyani`s arrest ? Let us the re-examine the Aam Aurat- Khas Aurut divide first. Consulate Devyani is now in India and there is a weak public demand for probe as put in section of media and her code of conduct as she is still facing arrest warrant in New York. It all started with a `normal` false contract and a fraud visa work permit.

Tit for Tat India Response :

India has reportedly taken the following retaliatory measures: (i) Removal of security barricades around the U.S. Embassy-Delhi, (ii) withdrawal of airport passes and import privileges (iii) Withdrawl of Identity cards issued to U.S. diplomats (iv) Refusal by Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the National Security Adviser to meet a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation. Some BJP-BSP politicians have also suggested prosecution of same-sex partners of U.S. diplomats.

Images of `equality` and human rights in a fast mode can help. Overseas and `desi` Indian exploitation stories are common: Workers certificates, passports are retained by the company on false excuse that this shall disallow the employee to run towards better opportunity.

In Indian work culture there is a settlement by word of mouth. Wages in India depend on number of rooms, persons in family, kids and visiting guests. Salary includes day off, `bakshish` in shape of  `tyohaari`-Holi, Diwali and so on. The engagement for overseas work is as bad as a slave with live in relationship and no `pucca` agreement. Is being Indian means being selfish with no respectable agreement?

It was NDA-BJP `Sarkar` that entered into a 17 year written contract in 2000 to allow Reliance to extract Gas from Indian Oil Wells and sell it a cost of 2.3 dollars

How the agreement got cheated by removing several ministers shows the grand skills driven by unlimited greed of Reliance ?

Balance sheets of Reliance Mukesh Ambani shows a `pucca` written agreement that the cost of producing gas in India is less then a dollar per unit.

Back to Foreign Service : Can someone in India be sent to jail for not paying a baby sitter enough? It’s unbelievable? Thanks to the feudal traditions.Sevants cannot sit on the same chairs and use same toilets. Imagine the hullabaloo and hard negotiations with freezing market prices if a servant asks for a hike in his salary.

Can we in India pay Rs.2,80,000/- per month to a baby sitter in line with the US work laws based on today`s dollar rate ? The minimum wage in US for a domestic help is 4500 usd wherein the cost of `living` and say even of buying a tooth paste overseas is 10 times more in America.

Why does the Indian foreign services system fails to protect the Aam Aurat in America ? No code of conduct of Ambani as KG Basin investor for overseas investors and no code of conduct for overseas employees both stand `real`. Ministry of External Affairs-India must announce as to how many overseas companies and foreign Indian consulates have been punished till date as millions of workers are been send out with no contract or with false verbal contract ?

Charges against Mukesh Ambani are not new. Communists in the past had been keeping this fraudulent issue alive. Arvind Kejriwal Ex- CM Delhi dared to file an FIR against Mukesh Ambani unfair loot where the neat profit on a single gas product as per AAP calculation will be Rs.54,000 crores which is Rs.14000/-crore more then the modest Rs. 40,000 crore annual budget of Delhi. Hidden nexus of Ambani-BJP-Congress is responsible for the hike in price of all essential items in India.

Any Indian Foreign Service Officer and a VIP Investor like Mukesh Ambani is expected to be an honest role models. What adds to the national shame is that the lady consulate who got arrested is on charges of fraud visa and human trafficking was working as an Indian Women Rights Lobbyist in America as per the New York Post.

When all gas is used in India and almost all major inputs including Human capital and experts are `desi`-indigenous then why India is gifting away payments in dollar to Reliance in KG Basin `ghotalla` ?

Will any other Swadeshi gas producer in India get such VIP protection?

Our External Affairs Ministry instead of a wake up call and correcting fault in corrupt immigration procedures is busy protecting the guilty by moving Ms. Khobragade over to the United Nations, and from an A-1 to a G-1 visa, which would grant her full diplomatic immunity. Deyani faced up to 15 years in prison. On pleading not guilty before a magistrate judge in Manhattan federal court she was released on $250,000 bail.

If this VIP `parampara` of dollar payment is not understood and does not get corrected fast such ugly hidden cases shall come out in the open. The harsh treatment given to Devanyi by the U.S. authorities is a result of India’s inability to tackle a fraud and human rights issue through diplomatic channels. If there was a chance to negotiate a mutually accepted understanding of how U.S. visa rules and minimum wage laws would apply to domestic help employed by Indian diplomats in the country, India did not exercise it because of arrogance and trust on the old faulty unsafe corrupt system?

It is not correct to brush all Business Houses and Indian Diplomats as corrupt but the 1% corrupt  are so powerful that entire foreign Services and Government of India including BJP appear to be serving only the mighty and powerful.

Unity of 99% people can save India’s global work culture and result in fair wealth distribution.