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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 16145165" data-attributes="member: 79514">2.    Comparison of  the Indian model for Sri Lanka    India has a population of over one billion people. The  wealth distribution, natural resources and their technical capability, is  totally different to Sri Lanka. India cannot be governed by one Parliament in  Delhi.  The population of North  Sri Lanka is around 1.5% of the population of Tamil Nadu, and that of East Sri  Lanka is less than one percent.  N&E Tamil population together is around  2.28% of the population of Tamil Nadu. Can  we think of dividing Tamil Nadu into states at the rate of 2.28% per state, in  which case Tamil Nadu has to be divided into 44 state administrations? This is  not practical. India will have to be  divided into several hundreds of federal states. The population of  Tamils in Sri Lanka is small and does not warrant separate administrations.  Without strong integration with the rest of the country the North is not a  viable unit.  A Federal government or  Provincial Government system for a country is germane from the following  criteria only: ·          The ethnic group(s)  should be comprised with Large population ·          Gross natural resources  are distributed around the country. ·          Revenue accrual in each  district / province / state is large. ·          Industrial  concentration is distributed. ·          The country should have  its income adequate to meet expenditure. ·          Export earnings should  be sufficient to accommodate state allocation. ·          People concentrated in  districts should not be racial / xenophobic / religious fanatics / practice  superstitious racial beliefs. ·          All citizens should be  nationalistic and patriotic.    3.    The reality  of the situation in the North of Sri Lanka Jaffna is not a highly  fertile land and has no resources and has limited water supplies. The only  products are rice, tobacco farming and fishing. Even this is inadequate to feed  the Tamils. Foreign exchange earnings for the country are earned in the South  through rubber, tea, gems, some agrarian products, garments and now the large  remittances from workers abroad. The foreign exchange income from these  activities is that helped the people in the North and financed all the  activities like health, education and employment. The trend has always been that  when a person from the North qualifies in medicine, engineering or any other  profession he or she sought employment in the south of Sri Lanka, which has many  more opportunities.  4.    Provincial  Council System The current Provincial  Council system imposed by the Indian crafted 13th Amendment has no real value.  It has not accelerated economic development, nor has it improved ethnic  relationships, nor can it bring about good governance. Some Tamil Politicians  both in India and in Sri Lanka are promoting this for their own  agenda. In real terms the main  engine of growth is in the South. The entire free education system which has  enabled Tamil professionals and scientists to get employment abroad is financed  by the Sri Lankan Government, with funding generated in the  South. The best economic  option for Sri Lanka is to have one government in Colombo with all communities  working and sharing a common objective towards a national development without  discrimination of any group. Each community has its strength. The skill is to  work out formats, and institutions to make the best use of this energy and make  all Sri Lankans feel that they are a part of a common enterprise. This structure  has to be stimulated to enable the Districts, the Pradeshiya Sabhas,  Municipalities and Village Councils to have powers to develop the areas at the  periphery efficiently without excessive expenditure.</blockquote>

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