Indian High Commissioner to meet officials in Queensland

PTI ,--Indian High Commissioner Sujatha Singh is set to hold talks with Queensland’s senior police and community leaders over the ongoing attacks on Indians in this Australian state. Media reports said Queensland’s political leaders have defended Australia saying it is not a racist country. The comments came after report of the Indian High Commissioner would attend a meeting with senior police and community leaders in the state. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said she believed that the country was a very tolerant and encompassing community.
“But racism from time to time does rear its ugly head,” she said. Brisbane City Council Mayor Campbell Newman also agreed to the view, saying at an Australia Day event that he did not believe Australia was a racist country.

Increasing the propensity to serve the society with altruism instead of increasing the propensity to consume by promoting greed -- Dr. M.M. Goel

Hissar,-- ‘We need to increase the propensity to save which increase propensity to invest with multiplier effects for increasing the propensity to serve the society with altruism instead of increasing the propensity to consume by promoting greed through personal loans of various kinds by the banks,’ opined Dr. M.M. Goel, Professor & Chairman Department of Economics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He was addressing the participants of the Orientation Course for the university/college lecturers being organized by UGC Academic Staff College, Guru Jambeshwar University, today on ‘Management of Global Economic Crisis’. Externalities (social cost) of an unemployed youth in terms of zero opportunity cost are practically more than perceived in-terms of terrorism of various kinds by the unemployed youth who are interested in making their families millionaire even by becoming human bombs instead of human capital, told Professor Goel. To reduce the fiscal deficit in forth coming union budget 2010-11, it would be relevant for the finance Minister Mr. Parnab Mukarjee to adopt the canons of public expenditure advocated by Bharat Rattan Dr .B. R. Ambedkar in terms of the faithfulness to the intentions of the will of the people, wisdom as provided by the professionals in the field, coupled with well-considered and honest judgment, and economy in execution. The allocation of public expenditure among competing demands and the manner of utilization fall within the domain of Ambedkar’s canons, which can be seen as a touch-stone to see whether a particular items of public spending is necessary or not, said Professor Goel - a keen observer of the Indian economy.
In the second lecture on the topic ‘Excellence Models for Teachers in a Changing Economic Scenario’, Professor Goel said that spirituality is the mantra of real happiness for which India is the best country to learn lessons for life which is other wise ranked 88th in terms of the quality of life index by travel magazine International living on the basis of nine indicators including cost of living in style, risk and safety, culture and leisure, economy, environment, freedom , health, infrastructure and climate out of the 194 nations of the world. The ‘spill over’ effects ( social benefits) of education consisting of proper, productive and practical (3 P) use of hands, head and heart (3 H) are certainly more than the private benefits to the individual which justifies higher allocation of resources by the Government, opined Professor Goel. To encounter the truth of polluted relationship between teachers and students of today, we need to be courageous and realistic in dreams, imagination and tranquility which are essential attributes for sustainable human development. To reduce the critical gap in terms of availability of opportunity of higher education between the rural and urban area in India, Professor Goel justified more allocation of public sector allocation for opening more educational institutions of higher learning in rural areas. He made a call for treating higher education as a highly valuable service that has a price tag and not a heavily subsidized commodity. There is a case for formulating a well-conceived, well planned and equally well implemntable strategy for higher education in India, believes Professor Goel. To keep the higher education within the reach of poor aspirants, Professor Goel made a case for effective monitoring and regulation of the private sector through appropriate policy measures – a judicious mix of policies, which ensure efficient use of the available educational resources. He has justified the use of cost-benefit analysis for developing new projects of higher education. To plug the loopholes in non-performance, he has rightly pointed out the need for accountability. Earlier Dr. B.K.Punia Professor & Director Academic Staff College welcomed & introduced Professor Goel.

The motivated manpower in marketing is the need of the day --- (Dr.) M.M. Goel

“To become hero from zero and villains of market in present times of un (healthy) competition, the motivated manpower in marketing is the need of the day which can sell ideas, goods and services to the consumers who are the real heroes in search of quality with warranty, guaranty and standards in the market of today,” opined Professor (Dr.) M.M. Goel, Chairman, Dept. of Economics of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He was addressing the participants of Faculty Development Programme at Technology Education & Research Integrated Institutions (TERII) today on the topic, “Excellence Models for Marketing Manpower in Changing Economic Scenario.” ‘Earn while you Learn’ scheme in educational institutions providing some part time jobs to the needy students can do wonders for vocational & on-the-job training which calls for involvement of the corporate sector in a big way. They not only should come forward for campus selections but adopt and finance education of their future employees as per their requirements, emphasized Professor Goel. He believes that crisis of faith and ethics in marketing are the root causes of deteriorating marketing standards and are serious issues of concern for polluting relationship between marketer and the customer of today. To check the mismatch of manpower in various trades, there is a strong case for continuous research on estimating demand and supply of manpower today, , said Professor Goel ,To survive in an era of continuous change marketers need to be honest, humane, and hardworking in providing real value products and services to the customers. To exert influence, motivate and inspire the customers, we need manpower in marketing with qualities of head and heart having higher emotional quotient. He further said that the consumer Protection Act1986 have far reaching implications in relationship between seller and buyer leading to behavioral pollution. We need to study history of consumption as a powerful tool to understand the dynamics of social groups from different income strata for verifying consumption theories as aid to development of policy for inflation targeting and to interpret the non economic factors in inflation. It is essential for bringing objectivity in measuring and controlling inflation with concrete plan of action replacing cosmetic measures, said Professor Goel.
Earlier, Dr. Ramanjeet Singh, Coordinator of the programme welcomed and introduced Professor Goel to the audience present on the occasion.