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Marthe - conclusion de son rapport sur la trousse médicale à emporter en Inde

Nouveau bureau de la Communauté chrétienne d'HEC

Le nouveau BUREAU 2007-2008 de la communauté chrétienne HEC a pris ses fonctions. Nicolas Szczepan, secrétaire de notre groupe Mariammanhalli, en fait partie: félicitations et bon travail ! La CC sera désormais présidée par Camille Baissus, qui part également en Inde cet été dans le cadre d'un autre projet. L'aumônier d'HEC est le P. Nicolas Steeves sj, auquel nous remercions également de nous encourager et aider dans la préparation de notre voyage.Nouveau site internet de la CC: http://cc-hec.org/
Plaquette avec le récapitulatif des activités 2006-2007: ici

Mois de juin: c'est la canicule en Inde...

Heat-wave in India claims 74 more lives
(DPA)12 June 2007

NEW DELHI - The heatwave gripping north and central India has claimed 74 more lives, raising the death toll due to oppressive heat conditions this summer to 148, officials and reports said Tuesday.
The heat-related deaths were reported from the national capital New Delhi and northern Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and central Madhya Pradesh states on Monday, the PTI news agency said in its report.
Rohtak and Jhajjar districts in central Haryana bore the brunt of the searing heatwave, which left 25 people dead. Most victims were homeless, beggars and people working in the open hit by heat-strokes and dehydration.
Meanwhile, 13 people died in Uttar Pradesh, a state worst-affected by the heat-wave, pushing the death toll since the end of April to 62. High temperatures coupled with frequent power outages crippled daily life in the state adding to the woes of the residents.
The PTI reported that 16 people died in Delhi and Punjab, while Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan accounted for the remaining heat-wave fatalities.
The blazing sun continued to bake several towns and cities in the northern and central parts on Monday with the mercury rising to over 40 degrees Celsius in several places.
The Indian Meteorological t said Sriganganagar and Churu towns in Rajasthan were the hottest, recording 46.3 degrees Celsius and 46.1 degrees Celsius respectively.
The mercury breached the 45-degrees mark in Amritsar in Punjab and Hissar in Haryana. Delhi recorded a day-time temperature of 41.1 degrees Celsius.
But weather officials predicted that north India would soon get a break from the killer heat.
“The day-time temperature has already reached its peak for north India and there would be a gradual fall in the maximum temperatures from now on,” Met department director BP Yadav told reporters.
He added that the heatwave was caused by winds from the Thar desert that straddles the southern half of the India-Pakistan border.
Pakistan has also been hit by the tormenting heat and at least 110 people have died in the record-breaking heat over the weekend.
Temperatures in swathes of northern, north-western and central India usually rise to above 40 degrees in mid-May and continue for a month till the seasonal monsoon winds bring cooling showers in June. But experts say the average summer temperatures have been rising annually.

Pays de tolérance religieuse, mais...

Quelques dépêches récentes de AsiaNews.it


05/30/2007 Anti-Christian violence will destroy the country, says archbishop of Mumbai

The prelate who chairs the Indian Bishops’ Conference talks to AsiaNews about yesterday’s big rally by Christian groups against religious intolerance and warns that without religious freedom India will crumble.

05/29/2007 In Delhi 4,000 Christians arrested in peaceful protest against violence

Police take into custody almost everyone in today’s big rally in the capital. Protesters took to the streets demanding respect for their human and constitutional rights.

05/28/2007 Thousands of Hindus convert to Buddhism to be treated as “human beings”

At least 5,000 people mass convert in Mumbai. They are Dalits and Tribals, members of groups at the bottom of the Hindu caste system, who hope to gain greater social and human dignity.

05/28/2007 New incidents of anti-Christian violence, protest rally set for Delhi

In northern India Hindu extremist groups force a Catholic priest to flee and two Christian missionaries to convert to Hinduism. Christian communities organise rally in Delhi to protest against the rising violence.

05/19/2007 Uneasy calm in Hyderabad in the aftermath of Mosque attack

The situation in the city remains tense. The death toll rises to 14, as 6 companies of Rapid Action Force are sent. The police speak of a “sophisticated devise”. No one has so far claimed responsibility; analysts and Christian groups warn against attempts to spark inter - religious hatred and to undermine the country’s unity and secular nature.

05/17/2007 Despite more anti-Christian violence, the Church is growing and is not afraid

More Christians are attacked, in Jharkhand state this time. A priest is severely beaten but is now out of danger. For the chairman of the Bishops’ Conference, these attacks are designed to stop the growth of the Church in the country, “but Christians are stronger and more united than ever.”

05/16/2007 Headmaster of Catholic school shot at and injured

Yesterday afternoon in New Delhi, two men entered St. Vincent’s primary where they sought out the young priest who runs the school and shot at him, without killing him. The theory of a motive to robbery fails to convince the Archdiocese.

05/15/2007 Maharashtra: Christian leaders against “confessional terrorism”

After Christian missionaries are seen beaten on TV, a delegation of religious leaders and civil rights activists meet the Indian state’s chief minister. They appeal for respect of minorities, enforcement of existing laws and a police’s commitment against violence that undermines national unity itself. Mumbai archbishop says Christians have “faith in the constitution.”

05/09/2007 TV broadcasting of Anti-Christian attacks marks new terror campaign by VHP

After the case of the Protestant clergyman in Jaipur, the beating of other Christians is shown on TV. Hindu extremists are making up stories of forced conversions of Hindus to justify their actions whilst police lets the perpetrators of the violence go scott free. For one human rights activist, the attacks are part of a wider, premeditated plan to provoke mass psychosis in the Christian community. He calls on governments to intervene.

05/08/2007 Jaipur clergyman complains about attack, police does nothing

Christians are increasingly the victims of violence in India. Despite complaints and filing charges, police does not always intervene. In the latest case last Sunday, a clergyman and his family were threatened by a group of fundamentalists.

05/01/2007 Rajasthan: demands for government intervention to defend Christians

In a communiqué released yesterday, India’s main Christian organisations denounce the attack against a Christian missionary in Jaipur and call on the government to intervene immediately and decisively. Respect for the constitution and religious freedom are at stake.

The Economist on India's economy

Jun 7th 2007
From The Economist print edition

India's monetary policy is still too loose

AMERICA was the original “Goldilocks economy” (neither too hot nor too cold), but the fair maiden has now moved to India. The bears there prefer curry to porridge, but once again Goldilocks is reported to judge the economy “just right”, with strong growth and falling inflation. Indeed, concerns earlier this year about overheating are fading. Wholesale-price inflation has dropped from 6.7% to 5.1%, even as India's GDP jumped by 9.4% in the fiscal year ending in March—its second-fastest growth on record. Palaniappan Chidambaram, the elated finance minister, says it is time to shed any scepticism about the sustainability of India's strong growth. The Economist remains unconvinced.

India has much to cheer about. The economic reforms of the 1990s and stronger investment have lifted its sustainable rate of growth. But demand has also been inflated by an unduly lax monetary policy. The government thinks its target of 9% average annual growth in the next five years can be achieved without pushing inflation up. But India displays more symptoms of overheating than China does: inflation is much higher, bank lending is growing almost twice as fast, and Indian share prices have risen by twice as much in dollar terms as China's since the end of 2002. The government, initially slow to react to higher prices, has cracked down this year with a series of administrative and fiscal measures, notably banning wheat exports and lowering fuel taxes; and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has tightened monetary policy.

Many local economists think there has now been enough tightening. Yet the idea that Indian inflation is tamed seems to be based on five common myths. The first is that the run-up in inflation could largely be attributed to higher food prices caused by “supply shocks” in the agriculture industry; so monetary policy does not need to be tightened. In fact, manufactured goods have accounted for much more of the rise in inflation over the past year. The main reason for higher prices is that aggregate demand is growing faster than supply.

A second misconception is that the government's various schemes this year, like the wheat-export ban, have done a better job in reducing inflation than monetary policy would do. But such measures merely suppress the symptoms; they do not tackle the underlying problem. Inflation can be genuinely reduced only by a period of slower growth. And although the various schemes have helped to reduce wholesale-price inflation, the measure that the government likes to focus on, consumer-price inflation, the choice of all other central banks, is still running at almost 8% (taking a crude average of the rates for industrial, non-manual and agricultural workers).

A third myth is that the increase in fixed capital spending from 23% of GDP in 2001 to 29.5% last year will immediately lift the economy's speed limit. In the long term investment will indeed add to productive capacity, but in the short term higher capital spending boosts demand and adds to overheating.

The fourth fairy tale is based on the idea that the interest-rate rises over the past year must eventually have more of an effect—and thus slow the economy in the coming months. Interest-rate hikes certainly take time to work. The snag is that in India rates have risen by less than the increase in consumer-price inflation, and monetary conditions are still too loose. India has by far the lowest real interest rates among the world's big economies. The RBI, constrained by politicians, has been too timid in cooling domestic demand. Its attempts, until recently, to hold down the rupee through heavy foreign-exchange intervention forced it to run an overly lax monetary policy. The good news is that the RBI is now allowing the rupee to rise (see article), which should make it easier to fight inflation—if the government allows it to do that.

Lastly some critics of the central bank say that proper monetary tightening would kill the expansion. In fact, expansion is far more likely to end prematurely if inflation gets out of control and imbalances widen, raising the risk of a hard landing. Controlling inflation is the best way to sustain growth.

The bear necessities

In the longer run India's ability to grow faster depends on it unblocking its infamous infrastructure bottlenecks, notably its lousy roads, ports and power. The increase in electricity capacity over the past five years was only 57% of its targeted level, so power cuts have worsened. Skills shortages will be eased only by improving education and reforming India's rigid labour laws. This will all take time. Meanwhile, India will have to accept slower growth to keep inflation in check.

Prier avec la Bienheureuse Mère Teresa de Calcutta

Je vous envoie un SUBLIME power point sur Mère Teresa...bon à lire!
Le voyage est déjà commencé... Nous sommes attendus!
Jean-Benoît

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Merci à la Légion d'Honneur et à la promo Napoléon 2006

Economie de l'Inde

Inde: croissance record de 9,4% en 2006/2007, encore meilleure que prévu

NEW DELHI (AFP) L'Inde a enregistré une croissance record de son produit intérieur brut à un taux de 9,4% sur un an au cours de l'année 2006/2007, un chiffre encore meilleur que prévu, selon des statistiques officielles annoncées jeudi.
Le gouvernement et des analystes s'attendaient à un taux de 9,2% pour cet exercice 2006/2007 clos fin mars 2007.
Le rythme effréné de croissance du géant asiatique s'accélère, puisque le PIB avait progressé de 9% sur un an au cours de l'année précédente 2005/2006, selon le bureau central des statistiques.
Au cours du dernier trimestre de 2006/2007, le PIB a crû de 9,1% sur un an et les chiffres des trois trimestres précédents ont été revus à la hausse.
En Inde, les statistiques sont calculées sur des exercices budgétaires décalés et non sur des années calendaires. Le quatrième trimestre 2006/2007 correspond donc au premier trimestre 2007.
Ce sont les secteurs des services et de l'industrie qui dopent la croissance indienne. La production agricole, qui représente encore plus de 20% du PIB, progresse à un rythme bien plus lent.
Trimestre après trimestre, l'Inde conforte ainsi sa place de deuxième économie à la croissance la plus forte au monde, derrière la Chine, dont la croissance du PIB a atteint un taux de 11,1% au premier trimestre 2007 et de 10,7% en 2006.
Mais dans ce contexte euphorique, l'économie indienne, qui pèse 1.000 milliards de dollars, risque la surchauffe, a maintes fois prévenu la banque centrale. L'institut a plusieurs fois relevé ses taux d'intérêt pour tenter de juguler l'inflation, qui a atteint ces derniers mois un taux de près de 7%. Depuis, elle est retombée à un taux supérieur à 5%.
S'attendant à de nouveaux resserrements monétaires, la banque JP Morgan prévoit une croissance qui marquera légèrement le pas en 2007/2008, à un taux de 8%, a rappelé son économiste à Singapour, Rajeev Malik. La banque centrale table sur un taux de 8,5% pour cet exercice clos fin mars 2008 et le ministère des Finances compte sur 9%.
Date : 31/05/07 14:53:25 Source : AFP

Musique de l'Inde !

Au milieu de tout cet argent, ces médicaments et ces sacs plastiques, je
vous propose un petit apercu de l'Inde a travers sa musique, qui charme même
les serpents...
Avec les liens suivants, mettons nous dans l'ambiance! :
Astrid