Political Caricatures: Free education: Cost Sharing;The Metro Express: The accompanying measures; Rs19 billion for the Surveillance State; The Census Issue: “L’hypocrisie politicienne”

The salvation of free education and its public schools lies in giving more fiscal space to Government to allow it to invest heavily in overhauling the education system

The census issue: “L’hypocrisie politicienne”

(Published in Mtimes,13-20 September 2018)

In our dear little "C'est un plaisir" country, when some societal issues appear occasionally, as they do in most societies, we tend to sweep them under the carpet. After the Grand Bassin gandia issue, the LGBT march , the child marriage issue, religious conversions and now the Census issue: “L’hypocrisie politicienne”, there is a common pattern. 

Free education: Cost Sharing

Published in Mtimes 13-20 September 2018

 The five students of RCC, the laureates of the Omnicane award on the theme “Enn sel lepep, Enn sel nation”,  question and challenge us on the free education system, inter alia.  “ Il y a beaucoup de parents qui peuvent payer. D’ailleurs, ils payent bien les leçons particulières. L’argent ainsi économisé pourrait être consacré aux plus nécessiteux. De même on aurait du prévoir  le Wi-Fi gratuit à ceux qui n’ont pas de connexion la maison….”

CRY MY BELOVED COUNTRY !!!

Dear Daughter,

I always had the feeling that wherever you are it cannot be as good as home. There is no better place than home. I am feeling sorry today to have had such feelings because now I am having that uneasy sentiment that this cannot be home. Indeed, I am not recognising it.

CENSUS ON ETHNIC LINES

What's the big fuss about it ?

It does not make any difference to progessives whether the Census is or is not carried along ethnic lines. 

The Public Sector Debt –a question of definition and measurement..

Published in Le Mauricien, 17 August 2018
Lately, public sector debt has attracted a number of concerns in respect of its definition and measurement. As for all economic and statistical data, different definitions and measurements are possible depending on the aim of the analysis. The overall debt exposure accounts for commitments taken when signing loans, lines of credit, and other financial obligations, and thus measures all debt obligations contracted, whether disbursed or undisbursed.  

A GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOR THE FINANCIAL SECTOR

Comments:

Brilliant article by Arvind Boolell on the Fnance Bill dealing with the financial sector in Le Mauricien of the 7th August.

Now that the Global Business Sector is feeling the heat from all sides-this time even from our dear African brothers-there is a sudden awakening of the small chosen coterie of advisers and civil servants. As many as 69 amendments to legislations pertaining to financial sector are being made in the forthcoming Finance Bill.