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  • List Of 449 Government Schemes With Nehru Gandhi Names

    It can happen only in India.

     

    Idolizing and naming places after political Leaders, from Hair Dresser to Airports.

     

    Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi
    449 schemes are named after Nehru Gandhi Family.From L ti R Cabinet Secretary,Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi Image Credit NDTV

     

    It does not matter whether the leader in alive or Dead.

     

    In Tamil Nadu , one will find the statues of EVR Annadurai, MGR most prominently.

     

    You will find at least one Gandhi Road/Nagar, Anna Road/Nagar,MGR Nagar/Road.

     

    And there are pockets with the DMK’s name( who is alive and kicking vigorously)

     

    Not to be outdone, the sycophants in the Government of India had beaten the Dravidian Parties to the pulp!

     

    By naming 449 Central Government projects with Gandhi, Nehru Family Name.

     

    At least 25% of Central schemes are named after late PM Rajiv Gandhi. Planning Commission data suggests that government runs 58 schemes named after eminent people, MoS for Planning Ashwani Kumar said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. Of these, 16 schemes bear Gandhi’s name like Rajiv Awaas Yojana, Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana, Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Shashaktikaran Abhiyan, Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowships for ST students etc.(Times of india-10 May, 2012)

     

    It transpires that there are over 450 schemes in all!

     

    This despite a dissenting note by the Cabinet Secretary’s Note.

     

    New Delhi Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrashekhar has written to all the ministers regarding usage of names of prominent leaders in developmental programmes. Following is what the letter talks about.

    Dear Minister

    As you are aware that number of programmes under execution in the country are named after 
    leaders particularly Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Ministers.

    The practice has become widespread and indiscriminate. This reduces the value of identifying programmes with national figures particularly as implementation and impact of many of these programmes is not always as ought to be. As such many of them do not merit such association.

    I have, therefore, been directed to convey that in the light of what is stated above there is need to be sparing and selective in associating names of national leaders with such programmes to prevent proliferation of such nomenclature.

    With regards, 
    KM Chandrasekhar 
    Cabinet Secretary”

     

    Congres Reply.

    rom a crèche for working mothers, to rural electrification, to subsidised housing, there are about a dozen Central government run schemes named after Indira and Rajiv.

    But if one takes into account welfare schemes run by the state governments, the figure is many times over. 

    In August 2009, an RTI application revealed more 450 government projects and schemes are named after the Gandhi-Nehru family.

    The Congress, however, defended naming projects after the Gandhi-Nehru family.

    “If you at look at history, from 1946 to 1964, Pandit Nehru was the Prime Minister. Again from 1966 to 1984, Mrs Indira Gandhi was the PM. She was succeeded by Rajiv Gandhi, and all of them have contributed to nation building. Yes, their names should be associated with projects that have gravitas,” said Manish Tiwari, Congress Spokesperson.

    Apart from an element of sycophancy, there’s perhaps also some politics in naming the developmental projects after Indira and Rajiv Gandhi. Many of the centrally sponsored schemes are actually implemented by the state governments. If these schemes do well, state governments want to take the credit. So by naming after a Congress leader, the Centre wants it known, it was a Congress government which first thought of such a scheme.”

     

    Well, what about Lalbahadur Shastri,Chandrasekhar,IK Gujral,Deve Gowda, Vajpayee and the like?

     

    A list of Schemes.

     

    1 Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana, Ministry of Power 2 Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM) 3 Rajiv Gandhi National Crèche Scheme for the Children of Working Mothers 4  Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana for benefit of NE entrepreneurs 5 Indira Awas Yojana, Ministry of Rural Areas and Environment 6 Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, Ministry of Urban Development 8 Jawaharlal Nehru Rojgar Yojna 9 Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojna 10  Indira Gandhi Canal Project 11 Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana 12  Indira Vikas Patra 13 State Government Schemes 14

    Rajiv Gandhi Rehabilitation Package for Tsunami Affected Areas, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Budgetary Allocation Rs.2347.19 crores

    15 Rajiv Gandhi Social Security Scheme for poor people, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Govt. of Puducherry 16 Rajiv Ratna Awas Yojna – Congress party president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi had announced that the Centre would give a package of Rs.1,500-crore for providing housing facilities to the poorer sections in Delhi, thus announcing the scheme. 17 Rajiv Gandhi Prathamik Shiksha Mission , Raigarh 18 Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Madhya Pradesh 19 Rajiv Gandhi Mission on Food Security , Madhya Pradesh 20 Rajiv Gandhi Mission on Community Health, Madhya Pradesh 21  Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation Limited is a Government Company established by the Government of Karnataka to cater to the housing needs of the Economically and Socially weaker sections of the society.  Registered in April 2000, its authorised Capital is Rs.10 crores with Rs.3 crore  paid up. 22 Rajiv Gandhi Tourism Development Mission, Rajasthan 23 Rajiv Gandhi Computer Literacy Programme, Assam 24 Rajiv Gandhi Swavlamban Rojgar Yojana, Govt. of NCT of Delhi 25 Rajiv Gandhi Mobile Aids Counseling and Testing Services, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation 26 Rajiv Gandhi Vidyarthi Suraksha Yojana, Maharashtra 27 Rajiv Gandhi Mission for Water Shed Management, M.P. 28 Rajiv Gandhi Food Security Mission for Tribal Areas, MP 29  Rajiv Gandhi Home for Handicapped, Pondicherry 30 Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme, Pondicherry 31 Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Divas, Punjab 32 Rajiv Gandhi Artisans Health and Life Insurance Scheme, Tamil Nadu 33 Rajiv Gandhi Zopadpatti and Nivara Prakalpa, Mumbai 34 Rajiv Arogya Sri programme , Gujrat State Govt. Scheme 35 Rajiv Gandhi Abhyudaya Yojana, AP 36 Rajiv Gandhi Computer Saksharta Mission, Jabalpur 37 Rajiv Gandhi Bridges and Roads Infrastructure Development Programme for the construction of new roads and bridges and strengthening of the existing ones in the state of Haryana 38 Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Niwara Prakalp, Maharashtra Govt. 39  Indira Gandhi Utkrishtha Chhattervritti Yojna for Post Plus Two Students, Himachal Pradesh Government Scheme, Sponsored by, Central Government 40  Indira Gandhi Women Protection Scheme, Maharashtra Govt. 41  Indira Gandhi Prathisthan, Housing and Urban Planning Department, UP Govt 42  Indira Kranthi Patham Scheme, Andhra Pradesh 43  Indira Gandhi Nahar Pariyojana, State Govt. Scheme 44

    Indira Gandhi Vruddha Bhumiheen Shetmajoor Anudan Yojana, Govt. of   Maharashtra

    45 Indira Gandhi Nahar Project  (IGNP), Jaisalmer, Govt. of Rajasthan 46 Indira Gandhi Niradhar Yojna, Govt. of Maharashtra 47 Indira Gandhi kuppam, State Govt. Welfare Scheme for Tsunami effected fisherman 48  Indira Gandhi Drinking Water Scheme-2006, Haryana Govt. 49 Indira Gandhi Niradhar Old, Landless, Destitute women farm labour Scheme,Maharashtra Govt. 50 Indira Gandhi Women Protection Scheme , Maharashtra Govt. 51 Indira Gandhi Landless Agriculture Labour scheme, Maharashtra Govt. 52  Indira Gaon Ganga Yojana, Chattisgarh 53 Indira Sahara Yojana , Chattisgarh 54  Indira Soochna Shakti Yojana, Chattisgarh 55 Indira Gandhi Balika Suraksha Yojana , HP 56  Indira Gandhi Garibi Hatao Yojana (DPIP), MP 57 Indira Gandhi super thermal power project , Haryana Govt. 58 Indira Gandhi Water Project, Haryana Govt. 59 Indira Gandhi Sagar Project , Bhandara District Gosikhurd Maharashtra 60 Indira Jeevitha Bima Pathakam, AP Govt 61 Indira Gandhi Priyadarshani Vivah Shagun Yojana, Haryana Govt. 62 Indira Mahila Yojana Scheme, Meghalaya Govt 63 Indira Gandhi Calf Rearing Scheme, Chhattisgarh Govt. 64 Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Vivah Shagun Yojana, Haryana Govt. 65 Indira Gandhi Calf Rearing Scheme, The government of Andhra Pradesh helped most of the respondent families in acquiring female calves through this scheme. 66 Sports/Tournaments/Trophies 67 Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup Kabaddi Tournament 68 Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Run 69 Rajiv Gandhi Federation Cup boxing championship 70 Rajiv Gandhi International tournament (football) 71 NSCI – Rajiv Gandhi road races, New Delhi 72 Rajiv Gandhi Boat Race, Kerala 73 Rajiv Gandhi International Artistic Gymnastic Tournament 74 Rajiv Gandhi Kabbadi Meet 75 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Roller Skating Championship 76 Rajiv Gandhi memorial marathon race, New Delhi 77 Rajiv Gandhi International Judo Championship, Chandigarh 78 Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Trophy for the Best College, Calicut 79 Rajiv Gandhi Rural Cricket Tournament, Initiated by Rahul Gandhi in Amethi 80 Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup (U-21), football 81 Rajiv Gandhi Trophy (football) 82  Rajiv Gandhi Award for Outstanding Sportspersons 83 All Indira Rajiv Gandhi Basketball (Girls) Tournament, organized by Delhi state 84 Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament. 85 All India Rajiv Gandhi Wrestling Gold Cup, organized by Delhi State 86 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Jhopadpatti Football Tournament, Rajura 87 Rajiv Gandhi International Invitation Gold Cup Football Tournament, Jamshedpur 88 Rajiv Gandhi Mini Olympics, Mumbai 89 Rajiv Gandhi Beachball Kabaddi Federation 90 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Trophy Prerana Foundation 91 International Indira Gandhi Gold Cup Tournament 92 Indira Gandhi International Hockey Tournament 93 Indira Gandhi Boat Race 94 Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup Football Tournament. Stadium 95 Gandhi Stadium, Bolangir, Orissa 96 Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Delhi 97  Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi 98 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi 99 Rajiv Gandhi Sports Stadium, Bawana 100 Rajiv Gandhi National Football Academy, Haryana 101 Rajiv Gandhi AC Stadium, Vishakhapatnam 102 Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Pondicherry 103 Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Nahariagun, Itanagar 104 Rajiv Gandhi Badminton Indoor Stadium, Cochin 105 Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Kadavanthra,Ernakulam 106 Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex , Singhu 107 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Sports Complex, Guwahati 108 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad 109  Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Cochin 110  Indira Gandhi Stadium, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 111 Indira Gandhi Stadium, Una, Himachal Pradesh 112 Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vishakhapatnam 113 Indira Gandhi Stadium, Deogarh, Rajasthan Airports/ Ports  114 Jawaharlal Nehru Nava Sheva Port Trust, Mumbai 115 Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, New Hyderabad, A.P. 116 Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal, Cochin 117  Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi 118 Indira Gandhi Dock, Mumbai Universities/Education Institutes   119 Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy, Begumpet, Hyderabad, A.P 120 Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management, Shilong 121  Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Aeronautics, Ranchi, Jharkhand 122  Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal, M.P. 123 Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Kharagpur, Kolkata 124 Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy, Secundrabad 125 Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, Punjab 126 Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Tamil Nadu 127 Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarakashi 128 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Business Management, Vikram University 129 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 130 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 131 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, Kerala 132 Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering Research & Technology, Chandrapur, Maharashtra 133 Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 134 Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh 135 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Chola Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka 136 Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal, M.P. 137 Rajiv Gandhi D.e.d. College, Latur, Maharashtra 138 Rajiv Gandhi College, Shahpura, Bhopal 139 Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi 140 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Raebareli, U.P. 141 Rajiv Gandhi Homeopathic Medical College, Bhopal, M.P. 142  Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Post Graduate Studies, East Godavari District, A.P. 143 Rajiv Gandhi College of Education, Thumkur, Karnataka 144 Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu 145 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of IT and Biotechnology, Bhartiya Vidhyapeeth 146 Rajiv Gandhi High School, Mumbai, Maharashtra 147 Rajiv Gandhi Group of Institutions, Satna, M.P. 148 Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu 149  Rajiv Gandhi Biotechnology Centre, R.T.M., Nagpur University 150  Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 151 Rajiv Gandhi Mahavidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh 152 Rajiv Gandhi Post Graduate College, Allahabad, U.P. 153 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka 154 Rajiv Gandhi Govt. PG Ayurvedic College, Poprola, Himachal Pradesh 155 Rajiv Gandhi College, Satna, M.P. 156 Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 157  Rajiv Gandhi Madhyamic Vidyalaya, Maharashtra 158 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan 159 Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship 160 Rajiv Gandhi Industrial Training Centre, Gandhinagar 161  Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Andhra Pradesh 162 Rajiv Gandhi Institute Of Distance Education, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 163 Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture , Tamil Nadu 164  Rajiv Gandhi University (Arunachal University), A.P. 165 Rajiv Gandhi Sports Medicine Centre (RGSMC), Kerela 166  Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre, Mauritus 167 Rajiv Gandhi Kala Mandir, Ponda, Goa 168 Rajiv Gandhi Vidyalaya, Mulund, Mumbai 169 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Polytechnic, Bangalore, Karnataka 170 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Circle Telecom Training Centre (India), Chennai 171 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Pharmacy, Kasagod, Kerala 172 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial College Of Aeronautics, Jaipur 173 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial First Grade College, Shimoga 174 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial College of Education, Jammu & Kashmir 175 Rajiv Gandhi South Campus, Barkacha, Varanasi 176 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Teacher’s Training College, Jharkhand 177 Rajiv Gandhi Degree College, Rajahmundry, A.P. 178 Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi 179 Indira Gandhi Institute of Development & Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra 180 Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun 181 Indira Gandhi RashtriyaUran Akademi, Fursatganj Airfield, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh 182 Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai 183 Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Orissa 184  Indira Gandhi B.Ed. College, Mangalore 185 Smt. Indira Gandhi College of Education, Nanded, Maharashtra 186 Indira Gandhi Balika Niketan B.ED. College, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan 187 Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Madhya Pradesh 188  Smt. Indira Gandhi College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 189 Smt. Indira Gandhi Colelge, Tiruchirappalli 190 Indira Gandhi Engineering College, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh 191 Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kashmere Gate, Delhi 192 Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Dist. Dhenkanal, Orissa 193 Indira Gandhi Institute of Aeronautics, Pune, Maharashtra 194  Indira Gandhi Integral Education Centre, New Delhi 195 Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, Delhi University, Delhi 196 Indira Gandhi High School, Himachal 197 Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya, Chhattisgarh 198 Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla 199 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kukatpally, Andhra Pradesh 200 Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur 201 Jawaharlal Nehru B.Ed. College, Kota, Rajasthan 202 Jawaharlal Nehru P.G. College, Bhopal 203 Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College, Sundernagar, District Mandi, H.P. 204 Jawaharlal Nehru PublicSchool, Kolar Road, Bhopal 205 Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology, Ibrahimpatti, Andhra Pradesh 206  Jawaharlal Nehru College, Aligarh 207 Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College in Aurangabad, Maharashtra 208  Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for advanced Scientific Research, a deemed university, Jakkur, P.O. Bangalore 209 Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Social Studies, affiliated to Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapith (Pune, Maharashtra) 210 Jawaharlal Nehru College of Aeronautics & Applied Sciences, Coimbatore, (ESTD 1968) 211 Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology, Katraj, Dhankwdi, Pune, Maharashtra 212 Kamal Kishore Kadam’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College in Aurangabad, Maharashtra 213 Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Education & Technological Research, Nanded, Maharashra Awards 214 Rajiv Gandhi Environment Award for Clean Technology, Ministry   of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India 215  Rajiv Gandhi Award for Outstanding Achievement 216  Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani Award 217 Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Awards, Delhi Labour Welfare Board 218 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 219 Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award 220 Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Conservation Award 221 Rajiv Gandhi National Award Scheme for Original Book Writing on Gyan Vigyan 222 RajivGandhi Travelling Scholarship 223 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 224 Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award, Instituted by Bureau of    Indian Standards in 1991 225 Indira Gandhi Memorial National Award forBest Environmental   & Ecological 226  Rajiv Gandhi(UK) Foundation Scholarship 227  Rajiv Gandhi Film Awards (Mumbai) 228 Rajiv Gandhi Khelratna Puraskar 229 Rajiv Gandhi Parisara Prashasti, Karnataka 230   RajivGandhi Vocational Excellence Awards 231  Rajiv Gandhi Excellence award 232  Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 233  Indira Gandhi Prize for National Integration 234  Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award 235  Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Awards, Ministry of Environment   and Forests 236 Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Purashkar 237 Indira Gandhi NSS Award 238  Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 239  Indira Gandhi Official Language Award Scheme 240  Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film 241  Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards for The Town Official Language 242   Indira Gandhi Prize” for Peace, Disarmament and Development 243  Indira Gandhi Prize for Popularization of Science  Implementation 244 Indira Gandhi Shiromani Award 245  Indira Gandhi NSS Award/National Youth 246  Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Pushar award – search n correct 247  Indira Gandhi N.S.S Awards 248  Indira Gandhi award for social service, MP Govt. 249    Post Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship Scheme 250 Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award Scheme 251 Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Shield Scheme 252 Indira Gandhi Vision of Wildlife Conservation Zoo, a seminar organized by Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy. 253 Jawaharlal Nehru award for International peace worth Rs 15 lakh cash given to many international figures, every year, including Yasser Arafat of Palestine Liberation Front in 1988 and U Thant in 1965. 254 Soviet Land Nehru Award, a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 given to Shyam Benegal in Dec 89, in recognition of the above film. 255 Jawaharlal Nehru National Science Competition 256  Jawarharlal Nehru Student Award for research project of evolution of DNA 257 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi, for Academic Achievement 258  Jawaharlal Nehru birth centenary research award for energy 259  Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding 260  Nehru Bal Samiti Bravery Awards 261 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Medal 262  Jawaharlal Nehru Prize” from 1998-99, to be given to organizations (preferably   NGOs) for Popularization of Science. Scholarship / Fellowship  263 Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship Scheme for Students with Disabilities 264 Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Scheme for SC/ST Candidates, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 265 Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Scheme for ST Candidates 266 Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship, IGNOU 267 Rajiv Gandhi Science Talent Research Fellows 268 Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship, Ministry of Tribal Affairs 269 Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Scheme for scheduled castes and scheduled  tribes candidates given by University Grants Commission 270  Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning in  association with Indira Gandhi National Open University 271  Rajiv Gandhi science talent research fellowship given by Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for advanced scientific research (to promote budding scientists) done in tandem with Department of Science and Technology and Rajiv Gandhi Foundation 272 Rajiv Gandhi HUDCO Fellowships in the Habitat Sector (to promote research in the field of sustainable Habitat development) for MPhil, {PhD Students for 2 to 3 years, conferred by HUDCO 273 Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowships check 274 Fullbright scholarship now renamed Fullbright- Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship 275 Cambridge Nehru Scholarships, 10 in number, for research at Cambridge University, London, leading to Ph. D. for 3 years, which include fee, maintenance allowance, air travel to UK and back. 276 Scheme of Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowships for Post-graduate Studies, Govt. of India. 277  Nehru Centenary (British) Fellowships/Awards 278 Rajiv gandhi fees reembrasment schme  National Parks/ Sanctuaries/ Museums 279 Nehru Zoological park,Hyderabad 280 Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarhole) Wildlife Sanctury, Karnataka 281 Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Sanctury, Andhra Pradesh 282 Indira Gandhi National Park, Tamil Nadu 283 Indira Gandhi Zoological Park , New Delhi 284 Indira Gandhi National Park, Anamalai Hills on Western Ghats 285 Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, Vishakhapatnam 286 Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) 287 Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary, Pollachi 288 Rajiv Gandhi Health Museum 289 The Rajiv Gandhi Museum of Natural History 290 Indira Gandhi Memorial museum, New Delhi 291 Jawaharlal Nehru museum in Aurangabad, Maharashtra opened by state govt. 292 Jawaharlal Nehru memorial Gallery, London 293 Jawaharlal Nehru planetarium, Worli, Mumbai. 294 Jawaharlal Nehru National Science Exhibition for Children 295 Jawaharlal Nehru park,Vijayawada 296 Gandhi park,Guntur   Hospitals/Medical Institutions  298 Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 299 Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Delhi 300 Rajiv Gandhi Home for Handicapped, Pondicherry 301 Shri Rajiv Gandhi college of Dental Science & Hospital,  Bangalore, Karnataka 302 Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Bio Technology, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala 303 Rajiv Gandhi College of Nursing, Bangalore, Karnataka 304 Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, Raichur 305 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases, Bangalore, Karnataka 306 Rajiv Gandhi Paramedical College, Jodhpur 307 Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Thane, Mumbai 308 Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Pharmacy, Karnataka 309 Rajiv Gandhi Hospital, Goa 310 Rajiv Gandhi Mission on Community Health, Madhya Pradesh 311 Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, Delhi 312 Rajiv Gandhi Homoeaopathic Medical College, Chinar Park, Bhopal, M.P 313 North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences , Shilong, Meghalaya 314 Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla 315 Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Bangalore 316 Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sheikhpura, Patna 317 The Indira Gandhi Paediatric Hospital, Afghanistan 318 Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health Hospital, Dharmaram College, Bangalore 319  Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Heath, Bangalore 320 Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla 321 Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Science, Kerala 322  Indira Gandhi Memorial Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital, Bhubaneshwar 323 Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur 324 Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital And Research Centre, Kolkata 325 Indira Gandhi Hospital, Shimla 326 Indira Gandhi Women and Children Hospital , Bhopla 327  Indira Gandhi Gas Relief hospital, Bhopal 328  Kamla Nehru Hospital, Shimla 329 Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya 330  Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry 331 Gandhi Hosipital,Hyderabad 332  Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Bhopal 333 Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Raipur. 334 Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, New Delhi 335 Nehru, Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai 336 Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Bhopal 337 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Homoeopathic Medical Sciences, Maharashtra Institutions / Chairs / Festivals  338  Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. (RGNIYD), Ministry of    Youth and Sports 339 Rajiv Gandhi Project – A pilot to provide Education thru Massive Satellite Connectivity up grassroot Level 340 Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation Limited (Government of Karnataka     Enterprise) 341  Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training & Research Institute, Faridabad, Haryana 342 Rajiv Gandhi Food Security Mission in Tribal Areas 343  Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development 344  Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Chhattisgarh 345 Rajiv Gandhi Chair Endowment established in 1998 to create a Chair of South Asian Economics 346  Rajiv Gandhi Information and Technology Commission 347 Rajiv Gandhi Chair for Peace and Disarmament 348 Rajiv Gandhi Music Festival 349 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture 350 Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas 351 Rajiv Gandhi Education Foundation, Kerala 352 Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Convention 353 The Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Educational and Charitable Society, Kasagod, 354 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial trophy ekankika spardha, Prerana Foundation, Kari road 355 Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Janpath, New Delhi 356 Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj & Gramin Vikas Sansthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan 357  Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam 358 Indira Gandhi  Institute for Development and Research , Mumbai 359 Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology (IGIC), Patna 360 Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, New Delhi 361 Indira Gandhi National Foundation, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 362  Indira Gandhi Mahila Sahakari Soot Girani Ltd, Maharashtra 363  Indira Gandhi Conservation Monitoring Centre , Ministry of Environment & Forest 364  Post-Graduate Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child 365 Jawahar Shetkari Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. 366 Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan 367 Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary celebrations 368 Postal stamps of different denominations and one Rupee coins in memory of     Jawaharlal Nehru 369 Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Trust (U.K.) Scholarships 370  Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House Nhava Sheva, Maharashtra 371 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for. Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 372 Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Moscow 373 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Udyog Kendra for Juveniles, Pune, Maharastra 374 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru college of agriculture and research institute ,     Pondicherry Roads/Buildings/places  375 Gandhi Nagar.Hyderabad 376 Rajiv Chowk, Delhi 377 Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung, New Delhi 378 Rajiv Gandhi Handicrafts Bhawan, New Delhi 379  Rajiv Gandhi Park, Kalkaji, Delhi 380 Indira Chowk, New Delhi 381 Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi 382 Nehru Yuvak Kendra, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 383 Nehru Nagar, New Delhi 384 Nehru Place, New Delhi 385 Nehru Park, New Delhi Nehru House, BSZ Marg, New Delhi 386 Jawaharlal Nehru Government House New Delhi 387 Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Park, Gurgaon, Haryana 388 Rajiv Gandhi Chowk, Andheri, Mumbai 389 Indira Gandhi Road, Mumbai 390  Indira Gandhi Nagar, Wadala, Mumbai 391 Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Mulund, Mumbai 392  Nehru Nagar, Kurla, Mumbai 393 Jawaharlal Nehru gardens at Thane, Mumbai 394 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Hall, Chennai 395 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamilnadu 396 Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram road named after Rajiv Gandhi) 397 Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Haryana 398 Mount Rajiv, a peak in Himalaya 399 Rajiv Gandhi IT Habitat, Goa 400 Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Chennai 401 Gandhi Nagar.Vijayawada 402 Rajiv Gandhi Nagar in Coimbatore,  Tamil Nadu 403 Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Trichy, Tamil Nadu 404  Rajiv Gandhi IT Park, Hinjewadi, Pune 405 Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Bhav , Palanpur  Banaskantha 406 Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park, Chandigarh 407 Rajiv Gandhi Smriti Van, Jharkhand 408 Rajiv Gandhi statue, Panaji, Goa 409 Rajiv Gandhi Road, Chittoor 410 Rajiv Gandhi Memorial at Sriperumbudur 411 Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, University of Hyderabad 412 Indira Gandhi Musical Fountains, Bangalore 413 Indira Gandhi Planetarium , Lucknow 414 Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture (IGCIC), High Commission of India, Mauritus 415 Indira Gandhi Zoological Park , Eastern Ghats of India 416  Indira Gandhi Canal, Ramnagar, Jaisalmer 417 Indira Gandhi Industrial Complex, Ranipet, Vellore District 418 Indira Gandhi Park, Itanagar 419 Indira Gandhi Squiare , Pondicherry 420 Indira Gandhi Road, Willingdon Island, Cochin 421 Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, Kashmir 422 Indira Gandhi Sagar Dam, Nagpur 423 Indira Gandhi bridge, Rameshvar, Tamil Nadu 424 Indira Gandhi Hospital, Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation 425 Indira Gandhi memorial cultural Complex, UP Govt. 426 Indira Gandhi Sports Stadium , Rohru District, Shimla 427 Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sansthan , Bhopal 428 Indira Gandhi Nagar, Rajasthan 429 Indira Nagar, Lucknow 430 Roads are named after Jawaharlal Nehru in many cities e.g. in Jaipur, Nagpur, Vile Parle, Ghatkopar, Mulund etc. 431 Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad 432 Jawaharlal Nehru Gardens, Ambarnath 433 Jawarharlal Nehru Gardens, Panhala 434 Jawaharlal Nehru market, Jammu. 435 Jawaharlal Nehru Tunnel on the Jammu Srinagar Highway 436 Nehru Chowk, Ulhas Nagar, Maharashtra. 437 Nehru Bridge on the river Mandvi, Panaji, Goa 438 Nehru Nagar Ghaziabad 439 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Dharmatala, Kolkata 440 Nehru Road, Guwahati 441 Jawahar Nagar, Jaipur 442 Nehru Vihar Colony, Kalyanpur, Lucknow 443 Nehru Nagar, Patna 444 Jawaharlal Nehru Street, Pondicherry 445 Nehru Bazaar, Madanapalli, Tirupathi 446 Nehru Chowk, Bilaspur. M.P 447 Nehru Street, Ponmalaipatti, Tiruchirapalli 448 Nehru Nagar, S.M. Road, Ahmedabad 449 Nehru Nagar,. Nashik Pune Road

     

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    Nehru Gandhi Names Use Cabinet Secretary

     

     

     

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  • ‘No 2 G Spectrum Scam’ Parliamentary Committe

    If one were to accept that a Joint Parliamentary Committee‘s’ Report tantamount to Parliamentary Report, then there is no irregularities were involved

     

    in the allocation of 2 G Spectrum allocation, which is said to cost the people of India, Rs.1,86,000 lakh Crore..No Radia Tapes, No CAG, no Kalaignar

     

    TV transactions, No Dayanidhi Maran‘s peccadilloes,no meetings with out Notes between the PM and the then Finance Minister, P.Chidambaram.

     

    It is all Media hype!

     

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    Yes,

     

    Like,

     

    Sonia Gandhi is running the country,

     

    CWG swindle,

     

    ISRO Antrix Diwas,

     

    Bofors,,

     

    Adarsh Housing Society,

     

    Reliance Gas Allocation,

     

    Thorium Theft,

     

     

    ………….

     

     

    Come on, Enjoy the Charade of Democracy!

     

    Story:

    Do you know there is a 500 page report prepared by an inquiry committee headed by myself? When I placed the report in Parliament, have you heard any single Opposition leader give a notice for discussion?’

    ‘Why are they not demanding a discussion in Parliament on the report? They could have established that there was a scam. Today, a Parliament Committee report is as good as a Parliament report and this report says the 2G scam is no scam. Our government is suffering because of the media hype on these scams,’ Congress MP P C Chacko tells Rediff.com‘s Shobha Warrier.

    P C Chacko, the Congress MP from Thrissur, was the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee that probed the 2G scam.

    Taking time off from canvassing for the Lok Sabha election, Chacko, below, left, spoke to Rediff.com‘s Shobha Warrier over the telephone on various issues ranging from the 2G scam to forming the United Progressive Alliance 3.

    At a press conference you said the prime minister was responsible for the UPA getting a bad image as he never spoke to the media or tried to talk about the good things the UPA had done. Do you hold Dr Manmohan Singh solely responsible for the UPA’s bad image?

    No. In fact, my statement was only partially reported. I was explaining the UPA’s achievements in the last 10 years. Somebody asked me why our party was on the defensive. I said we could not sell our achievements properly.

    Then he asked me, whose failure is it? What I said was: From the prime minister to every member of our party, is responsible.

    Our achievements should have reached the people, and if we couldn’t do so, it is our failure.

    We were not communicative as we should have been, and it was a collective failure. I never blamed the prime minister.

    I also said, we would form the next government, UPA 3.

    You spoke of the UPA’s achievements. There were so many scams. Almost everyday, one scam or the other was being reported…

     

    Source:

     

    2 G No Scam

     

    Related:

    Kanimozhi Jaffer Sait Tapes

     

     

     

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  • Wedding Food Wastage ‘National Shame’ Manmohan Singh- UPA Dinner?

    ‘Moun’mohan Singh,  when he deems fit to speak ,excepting to give a clean certificate to 2 G sam Raja, drops gems.

     

    On the wastage of Food during Wedding he declared it as “national shame”.

     

    (Statistics towards the end of the post)

     

    Laudable, wouldn’t you think ,coming from a concerned Prime Minister?

     

    Look at this!

     

    “The UPA government spent over Rs 28 lakh on a bash to celebrate its third anniversary. The Rs 7,700-a-head dinner comes at a time when the government has announced austerity measures. Incidentally, the UPA-2 had stipulated that Rs 28 per day is sufficient to keep a person out of poverty…

    The dinner, hosted on May 22 at 7, Race Course Road, was attended by 375 guests, includingLok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members of Parliament, leaders of political parties, members of the Congress Working Committee and media persons. Hosted by PM Manmohan Singh, prominent on the guest list were Congress president Sonia Gandhi, senior leaders from the BJP, Samajwadi Party and Left parties.

    Manmohan Singh cartoon.
    Poser, Manmohan Singh.

    According to information accessed through RTI filed by Hisar-based applicant Ramesh Verma, the Prime Minister’s Office ( PMO) spent Rs 28,95,503 for the event. Of this, Rs 11.34 lakh was the catering charge, Rs 14.42 lakh was spent on tentage, Rs 2.92 lakh on electricity and Rs 24,444 on flowers.

    The menu included jhinga kasundi, gosht burrah kebab, fish malabari, chicken chettinad, baghare baingan, dum aloo kashmiri, beans gajar matar, keoti dal, biryani and a bread basket.’….

    The RTI response also said 603 invitation cards were issued and 375 guests attended the evening soiree. While the food and tent charges were paid through the hospitality grant of the ministry of external affairs, the tab for electricity and flower arrangements was picked up by CPWD.

    This is not the sole example of the UPA government’s lavish spending. The Planning Commission was recently in the headlines for spending Rs 35 lakh on a toilet while a recent RTI plea by activist S C Agrawal revealed that Union ministers had spent 12 times more on their travel than the preceding year, running up a bill of over Rs 678 crore in tour expenses.”

     

     

     

    I am reminded of an old Tamil Film song’ Ethanai Kaalanthaan Emaatruvaar indha Naatile’

     

    (For how long will these people cheat in this Country?)

     

    Statistics on wastage of food during Weddings in India.

     

    ‘A survey shows that annually, Bangalore alone wastes 943 tonnes of quality food during weddings. “This is enough to feed 2.6 crore people a normal Indian meal,” a study by a team of 10 professors from the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore, has concluded. The team, under the guidance of UAS vice-chancellor K Narayana Gowda, surveyed 75 of Bangalore’s 531 marriage halls over a period of six months.

    “About 84,960 marriages are held at 531 kalyana mantapas (marriage halls) in Bangalore every year. About 943 tonnes of high-calorie quality food is wasted in these halls annually. At an average cost of Rs 40 per meal, the total food wastage in the city is estimated at Rs 339 crore,” the study said.

    On an average, 1,000 people attend a wedding where two meals are served – lunch at the wedding and dinner for reception, besides breakfast.

    “About 10-20 items are served at a wedding ceremony. The maximum items served include 100 grams each of soup and juice, followed by 50 grams each of puri and pulao,” the survey stated. It also concluded that rice and cereals were on top, making for 35% of the wastage.

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Wedding-food-worth-Rs-339-crore-goes-waste/articleshow/16774949.cms?intenttarget=no

     

    I will be posting as to what Hinduism says on this subject shortly.

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  • UPA’s Coalgate,Can DMK Be Left Behind?

    I had hinted on this in my blog yesterday that all the parties are involved as the unfolding events suggest.

    I drew  a parallel with the 2G scam.

    English: K. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tam...
    English: K. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

    It has now come to light that Jagathrakshakan, Union Minister of State for Information and Broad casting, through his Company ,J R Power Gen Pvt Ltd .which was barely five days old when it signed an MoU with the state-owned Puducherry Industrial Promotion Development and Investment Corporation (PIPDIC)  stake a claim for a captive coal block , was allotted in 2007.

    This allocation was done despite the stipulation that the allotment is to be made to PSUs with interests in the Core Sector.

    PIPDIC is an Investment facilitator and as for as Jagathrakshakan’s Company is concerned , it has nothing to do with the Core Sector,

    excepting the fact that Jagathrakshakan is intimately associated with the Core Sector Karunanidhi,the DMK Supremeo and a

    Scientist of Scams, by  Organising felicitation Functions for him at the drop of a hat and there were too many hats.

    M.K Azhagiri is the Union Minister of Fertilizers and I am expecting a scam in the Fertilizer  sector any time now.

    There has been a whiff of this when the Fertilizer prices were revised.

    Let’s wait.

    In the meanwhile the DMK  started  singing the Standard Family Tune.

    That Jagathrakshakan was not an MP then,as though to get the benefit of the scam one has to be a MP.

    Next will be Jagathrakshakan had no connection with the Company;in fact the first step was taken by saying he has resigned before the

    Coal allocation.

    Precisely the same argument  M.K.Azhagiris son used when his Company was caught in Madurai in  mining scam;the argument of

    Kanimozhi that she had nothing to do with Kalaignar TV excepting the fact that she was a Director;Dayalu Karunanidhi’s argument that

    she knew nothing of the daily transactions of the TV and that she did not know English!

    Katunanidhi’s script always has twists and turns.

    Story:

    The DMK has again landed the UPA government in a spot as the focus now shifts to the family of Union minister of state (information and broadcasting) S Jagathrakshakan for their involvement in a company that was awarded a coal block in 2007 despite it having no track record in the sector. MK has again landed the UPA government in a spot as the focus now shifts to the family of Union minister of state (information and broadcasting) S Jagathrakshakan for their involvement in a company that was awarded a coal block in 2007 despite it having no track record in the sector. The Jagathrakshakanowned J R Power Gen Pvt Ltd was barely five days old when it signed an MoU with the state-owned Puducherry Industrial Promotion Development and Investment Corporation (PIPDIC) to stake a claim for a captive coal block. Coincidentally, this round of allotments were made to PSUs which had to specify end use for the coal. While J R Power had no interests in any core sector, PIPDIC just facilitates investments in the region . Neither could have directly utilized the coal block. According to documents available with TOI, J R Power, in which Jagathrakshakan and his family members were directors, entered into the MoU with PIPDIC on January 17, 2007. On July 25, 2007, PIPDIC and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation were allocated a coal block in Naini, Orissa. As per the MoU, J R Power also enjoyed a stake for end use of this allotment . However, months after the allocation of the block, J R Power, which had no expertise in thermal power , iron and steel, or cement — key sectors for consumption of coal — sold 51% stake to Hyderabad-based K S K Energy Ventures Ltd, an established player with interests in the energy sector. The rights for the use of the coal block thus passed to K S K. Admitting to getting a coal block, Jagathrakshakan told TOI, “It is true that we got coal allocation but it was a sub-contract with Puducherry government and then we gave it away to KSK company. Now, we have got nothing to do with the allocation but if the government wants to take back the allocation it can do so.”

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/DMK-ministers-family-linked-to-coal-block-deal/articleshow/16290889.cms

    “Questions are now being raised as to how J R Power Gen managed to enter into an MoU with a state agency with rights to a coal block although it had no expertise in allied sectors. Jagathrakshakan was not a minister or MP in the DMK when the deal was struck. Later, he resigned as director of the company in 2009, to contest in the elections, but his family members remain on the board. “The coal block was allocated to PIPDIC without any end use. The company did not specify any power, iron or cement industry project when it got the coal block. Subsequently, it entered into an agreement with another company again without any experience in power projects. Thus the coal has been allocated without applying of mind allegedly under some influence,” said M R Venkatesh , a chartered accountant and activist. The DMK sought to distance itself from the controversy saying Jagathrakshakan was not a member of the party at that point.”

  • Profile Of Sonia Gandhi,What We do not Know.

    Bofors Fund Flow.
    Bofors Fund Flow.

    I have, here below, provided some Links and information on Sonia Gandhi,the De facto Queen of India, about whom hardly any negative news is reported by The Indian Media.

    It is in the internet that one comes across information provided one knows what to look for.

    I have blogged on her passport details.her Swiss bank connections, her involvement with the KGB.

    The following information is available at the Links provided below.

    Draw your conclusions.

    “Sonia Gandhi was born as Edvige Antonia Albina Maino on December 9, 1946. A naturalized citizen of India, she has become a very powerful figure in Indian politics. She is the President of Indian National Congress, one of the major political parties of India. She is Italian-born daughter-in-law of the late Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi She is the wife of Rajiv Gandhi who is a former Prime minister of India and an accused in the Bofors scam

    The Indian media rarely publishes articles on Sonia Gandhi. This article is based largely on the exposes by Dr. Subramanian Swamy on websitehttp://janataparty.org/sonia.html

    Personal profile

    Father’s Name Late Mr. Stefano Maino

    Mother’s Name Mrs. Paola Predebon

    Date of Birth 12/9/1946

    Birth Place Lusiana, Vicenza, (Italy)

    Spouse Name Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi

    Present Address 10, Janpath,New Delhi – 110 011Tels. (011) 23014161, 23012656

    Email id soniagandhi@sansad.nic.in

    Educational qualifications

    Sonia Gandhi doesn’t have a valid degree. She was a waitress when Rajiv Gandhi met her. Her formal education is (i) Three years course in foreign languages (English & French) completed in 1964 at Istituto Santa Teresa, Turin, Italy (ii) Certificate in English from Lennox Cook School, Cambridge, U.K. completed in 1965

    Prime minister episode

    Following the unexpected defeat of the NDA, Sonia Gandhi was widely expected to be the next Prime Minister of India. On 16 May, she was unanimously chosen to lead a 15-party coalition government with the support of the left, which was subsequently named the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). The President APJ Abdul Kalam reportedly had communicated to Ms. Gandhi on the afternoon of May 17, 2004, that if she insisted on being invited to form the government, he would want first to clarify, on a reference to the Supreme Court, whether in view of this proviso her appointment as PM could be successfully challenged in the court.

    In India naturalised citizens are not barred from becoming the Prime minister. But President has correctly acted on a proviso to Section 5 of the Indian Citizenship Act[1955] which requires the Union Home Ministry to lay down conditions to Indian citizenship acquired by foreigners by registration, condition based on the principle of reciprocity . In Ms Gandhi’s case, such of those conditions that apply to Indians on becoming citizens of Italy, would apply to her.

    Falsification of personal details

    First, her real name is Antonia not Sonia. This was revealed by the Italian Ambassador in New Delhi in a letter dated April 27, 1983 to the Union Home Ministry which letter has not been made public. Antonia is Sonia’s real name as stated in her birth certificate. Second, Sonia was not born in Orbassano as she claims in her bio data submitted to Parliament on becoming MP, but in Luciana as stated in her birth certificate. Third, Sonia Gandhi has not studied beyond High School. But she has falsely claimed in her sworn affidavit filed as a contesting candidate before the Rae Bareli Returning Officer in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, that she qualified and got a diploma in English from the prestigious University of Cambridge, UK.

    Earlier, in 1999 in her biographical data given under her signature to the Lok Sabha Secretariat and which was published in Parliament’s Who’s Who, she had made the same false claim. But later she wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker, after Swamy had pointed it out to him in a written complaint of a Breach of Ethics of the Lok Sabha, that it was a “typing mistake”. Strange but true.

    Scindia episode

    Madhavrao Scindia and a German by name Stiegler are worth mentioning as other good friends of Sonia. Madhavrao’s friendship continued even after Sonia’s marriage to Rajiv. In later years, Madhavrao had become privately critical of Sonia, and told some close friends about his apprehensions about her. It is a pity that he died in mysterious circumstances in an as yet uninvestigated aircrash of his private plane in the year 2001. Mani Shankar Aiyar and Shiela Dikshit were to be on that flight too, but were asked to stay behind at the last moment.

    Swiss bank accounts

    A stunning exposure on Sonia Gandhi’s secret billions in Swiss banks came, surprisingly, from Switzerland itself, where the world’s corrupt stash away their booty. In its issue of November 19, 1991, Schweizer Illustrierte, the most popular magazine of Switzerland, did an exposé of over a dozen politicians of the third world, including Rajiv Gandhi, who had stashed away their bribe monies in Swiss banks. Schweizer Illustrierte, not a rag, sells some 2,15,000 copies and has a readership of 9,17,000 — almost a sixth of Swiss adult population. Citing the newly opened KGB records, the magazine reported ‘that Sonia Gandhi the widow of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was controlling secret account with 2.5 billion Swiss Francs (equal to $2.2 billion) in her minor son’s name’. The $2.2 billion account must have existed from before June 1988 when Rahul Gandhi attained majority. y any calculation the present size of the $2.2 billion secret funds of the family in Swiss banks seems huge — anywhere between Rs 43,000 plus to some Rs 84,000 crore!

    KGB records

    Another expose emanating from the archives of the Russian spy outfit KGB, is far more serious. It says that the Gandhi family has accepted political pay-offs from the KGB — a clear case of treason besides bribe. In her book The State Within a State: The KGB and its Hold on Russia-Past, Present, and Future, Yevgenia Albats, an acclaimed investigative journalist, says: “A letter signed by Victor Chebrikov, who replaced Andropov as the KGB head in 1982 noted: ‘the USSR KGB maintains contact with the son of the Premier Minister Rajiv Gandhi (of India). R Gandhi expresses deep gratitude for the benefits accruing to the Prime Minister’s family from the commercial dealings of the firm he controls in co-operation with the Soviet foreign trade organisations. R Gandhi reports confidentially that a substantial portion of the funds obtained through this channel are used to support the party of R Gandhi’.” (p.223). Albats has also disclosed that, in December 2005, KGB chief Victor Chebrikov had asked for authorisation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, “to make payments in US dollars to the family members of Rajiv Gandhi, namely Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Ms Paola Maino, mother of Sonia Gandhi.” And even before Albats’ book came out the Russian media had leaked out the details of the pay-offs. Based on the leaks, on July 4, 1992, The Hindu had reported: “the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service admits the possibility that the KGB could have been involved in arranging profitable Soviet contract for the company controlled by Rajiv Gandhi family”.

    Breach of Indian laws

    As insurance agent

    Sonia Gandhi, was acting as an insurance agent of a public sector insurance company[Oriental Fire&Insurance] during tenure of Indira Gandhi, giving the Prime Minister’s official residence as her business address, and using undue influence to get insured the officers of the PMO, while remaining as an Italian citizen[thus violating FERA]. There was an uproar in Parliament, but Mrs. Indira Gandhi had no alternative but to cut her losses. She made a rare admission in a written reply a few days later that it indeed was so, and that it was by mistake, but that Sonia had resigned from her insurance agency

    A C Gupta Commission

    The Supreme Court Justice A.C. Gupta Commission set up by the Janata Party government in 1977 came out with a voluminous report on the Maruti Company then owned by the Gandhi family, and has listed eight violations of FERA, Companies Act, and Foreigners Registration Act by Sonia Gandhi. She was never prosecuted, but can still be prosecuted because under Indian law, economic crimes are not subject to the statute of limitation.

    Enrollment as voter while being an Italian

    In January 1980, Indira Gandhi returned as Prime Minister. The first thing Sonia did was to enroll herself as a voter. This was a gross violation of the law, enough to cause cancellation of her visa [since she was admittedly an Italian citizen then]. There was some hullabaloo in the press about it, so the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer got her name deleted in 1982. But in January 1983, she again enrolled herself as a voter even while as a foreigner [she first applied for citizenship in April 1983]

    http://janataparty.org/annexures/ann15p61.html

    Antique shops in Italy

    Subramaniam Swamy has alleged that Sonia’s mother, Paola Maino, and sister Anushka Winci owned the shops, Etinica in Rivolta and Ganpaty in Orbassano, the Mainos’ hometown in Italy. The CBI had to seek Interpol’s help after the Italian foreign ministry refused to part with the information, saying the matter should be taken up by the “Indian judicial authority directly with (the) Italian judicial authority”.

    Scams

    Bofors scam and freeing Quattrocchi

    After the Congress under Sonia Gandhi came to power in 2004, Quattrocchi was quickly relieved of all hardships.

    • In June 2003, a London branch of the Swiss bank BSI AG was found by the Interpol to have two accounts held by Quattrocchi and his wife Maria, containing Euros 3 million and $1 million. These accounts were then frozen upon the request of the CBI. However, on December 22, 2005, the Indian government position changed rather suddenly. The law minister Hansraj Bhardwaj deputed the additional solicitor general of India, Mr. B. Dutta, to London to specifically request release of these accounts. However, it appears that the law ministry never consulted the investigating agency, CBI in this matter
    • Even though On 6 February 2007, Quattrocchi was detained in Argentina on the basis of the Interpol warrant, the CBI let him go free by seemingly deliberate errors on its part.
    • In April 2009, The Interpol removed the red-corner notice issued against Ottavio Quattrocchi after a request from the Central Bureau of Investigation
    • A major chapter in the 25-year-old Bofors saga was closed with a Tis Hazari court here discharging Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi from the payoffs case after allowing the CBI to withdraw prosecution against him.

    Oil licenses to ENI Italy

    See ENI scam

    After the UPA came back to power in 2004, ENI Italy started exploration of oil along the west coast of India and Andaman islands to name few. The company had links with Quattrochi and is rumored to have Massimo Quattrochi in senior advisory position. ENI is the owner of Snamprogetti which got many contracts during the Rajiv Gandhi regime.

    2G scam

    As per Subramanian Swami, a large part of the 2G bribe went to the hands of Sonia Gandhi. More details and evidences are awaited.

    http://twitdoc.com/upload/rameshnswamy/karticpcltr2pm.pdf

    Tyranny on Indians

    Arrested for making opinion on Sonia Gandhi

    A 22-year-old IT professional Rahul Krishnakumar Vaid from Gurgaon, Haryana was arrested by the Pune police for his remarks on about Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on an orkut community named — “I hate Sonia Gandhi”. Vaid was charged under section 292 of Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the Information Technology Act because he created a profile and then posted content about Sonia Gandhi in the community. Amol Bhokare, a Congress activist from Pune had lodged a complaint with Deccan Gymkhana police station against unknown persons in December 2007.

    The police team nabbed Vaid at his residence brought him to Pune by flight and produced before the Shivajinagar court. Vaid has been remanded to police custody till May 21. If proved guilty, Vaid could be imprisoned for up to five years and may have to pay a fine up to Rs one lakh.

    http://www.ekakizunj.com/Sonia_Gandhi#Personal_profile

    Related:

    http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1509/15090140.htm

    The CBI is awaiting information from Italy on the ownership rights to two antique shops in Rivolta and Orbassano, allegedly owned by Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s family, after Janata Party chief Subramaniam Swamy filed a petition in Delhi High Court.

    Swamy alleged in the petition that Sonia was smuggling antiques from India to Italy and getting them auctioned abroad at hefty prices.

    In an affidavit filed before Justices Usha Mehra and Pradeep Nandrajog, the CBI said it had sought information through Interpol about the legal owners of the antique shops in the Italian districts.

    Swamy alleged that Sonia’s mother, Paola Maino, and sister Anushka Winci owned the shops, Etinica in Rivolta and Ganpaty in Orbassano, the Mainos’ hometown in Italy.

    “It is submitted that at present since no criminal case relating to the subject matter is pending investigation, it may not be feasible to send a letter rogatory to the Italian judicial authority for seeking information,” the CBI affidavit said.

    The CBI did not register a case against Sonia owing to the Centre’s pressure, Swamy alleged.

    “Nevertheless, the CBI has again elicited the desired information from Interpol, Rome, whose reply is awaited,” the bureau’s affidavit said.

    It has been more than two months since the CBI wrote to Interpol in Rome, requesting information on the shops. Reminders, too, were sent.

    http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030307/asp/nation/story_1743449.asp

    Waitress to Empress.

    By Glen Owen and Nick Meo

    SONIA GANDHI, the daughter of an Italian housebuilder, is likely to become’s India’s new Prime Minister this week — the culmination of a political career that had its beginnings in a Greek restaurant in Cambridge.

    Mrs Gandhi was an 18-year-old student at a small language college in Cambridge in 1965, making ends meet by working as a waitress in the Varsity restaurant, when she met a handsome young engineering student.

    That first encounter with the future Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, has remained imprinted on her mind as the most romantic moment of her life.

    “As our eyes met for the first time, I could feel my heart pounding . . . as far as I was concerned, it was love at first sight,” she wrote later in a rare moment of self-revelation.

    “I had a vague idea that India existed somewhere in the world with its snakes, elephants and jungles, but exactly where it was and what it was really all about, I was not sure.”

    The man she had met in Cambridge belonged to India’s greatest political dynasty — the son of Indira Gandhi and grandson of Nehru. She, on the other hand, was Sonia Maino, the daughter of a modest Roman Catholic family from Orbassano, near Turin.

    But as well as being the source of happy memories, her time in Cambridge has in recent weeks created some political difficulties for Mrs Gandhi.”

    Waitress to Empress.

    By Glen Owen and Nick Meo

    SONIA GANDHI, the daughter of an Italian housebuilder, is likely to become’s India’s new Prime Minister this week — the culmination of a political career that had its beginnings in a Greek restaurant in Cambridge.

    Mrs Gandhi was an 18-year-old student at a small language college in Cambridge in 1965, making ends meet by working as a waitress in the Varsity restaurant, when she met a handsome young engineering student.

    That first encounter with the future Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, has remained imprinted on her mind as the most romantic moment of her life.

    “As our eyes met for the first time, I could feel my heart pounding . . . as far as I was concerned, it was love at first sight,” she wrote later in a rare moment of self-revelation.

    “I had a vague idea that India existed somewhere in the world with its snakes, elephants and jungles, but exactly where it was and what it was really all about, I was not sure.”

    The man she had met in Cambridge belonged to India’s greatest political dynasty — the son of Indira Gandhi and grandson of Nehru. She, on the other hand, was Sonia Maino, the daughter of a modest Roman Catholic family from Orbassano, near Turin.

    But as well as being the source of happy memories, her time in Cambridge has in recent weeks created some political difficulties for Mrs Gandhi.”

     

    Source:

    Thanks Hindu Idf,India

    Related:

    The issue the government has been dodging,the names of Indians in Swiss Bank is out in the open.

    * I have posted direct in my blog  the same information minus the text as the image portion of the document goes off quite often.

    http://ramanisblog.in/2011/12/27/swiss-bank-reveal-indian-names-signed-documents-with-details/

    http://ramanisblog.in/2011/02/16/kgb-paid-money-to-sonia-rahul-rajiv-gandhi/