Shades of black.

The government has decided to blacklist ISRO scientist, Madhavan Nair for leasing out 2 transponders to a private firm, Devas for Rs 10 billion when the company should have paid Rs 150 billion. The government held Mr Madhavan responsible for the loss of revenue and has forbidden him from holding any government job in his life. Yet Mr Kalmadi of the Congress who has just obtained bail for his role in the Commonwealth Games scam is still continuing as chief of Indian Olympic Association. The Delhi government, which had a budget of Rs 700 billion for the same games, which were a disaster and brought enormous shame on the nation, has not been charged with any irregularity. Our most revered External Affairs Minister, Sm Krishna, also of the Congress, has been granted an injunction by the Supreme Court on a probe by the Karnataka Lokyukta into illegal de-reservation of 11620 sq km of forest land to help the mining industry when he was Chief Minister of Karnataka between 1999-2004. His defence was that since it was a cabinet decision he was not responsible. Just as Gaddafi was responsible for the crimes of his government so Mr Krishna was responsible for cabinet decisions as chief minister. Clearly there are different rules for the Congress as Yadyurappa of the BJP did not receive such protection. Meanwhile in Rajasthan farm laborers, who should be paid Rs 100 per day under the MNREGA scheme, are being paid Rs 1-10, the rest going into the pockets of the local politicians and civil servants. The MNREGA scheme was started as a bribe to rural farmers by the Congress to win the last general elections. Rajasthan, which also has a Congress government, prevented Salman Rushdie from attending the Jaipur Literary Festival by lying about assassins being paid to kill Rushdie. Apparently the Food corporation of India, a state owned company, is paying 30% less than the minimum support price for acquiring grains from farmers. Instead of paying Rs 1080 per 100 kg for rice paddy they are paying anything between Rs 750-850. Minimum support price is supposed to help farmers by setting a lower price limit on their produce so that they do not lose money if there is a bumper harvest. So scientists who were responsible for sending a spacecraft to the moon get a lifetime punishment while useless, parasitic politicians and civil servants continue merrily with their plunder. How many shades of black are there?