[GJM] Meeting with David M Pidcock as part of Initiatives for Transforming finance sector in India

[Muhammad Mukhtar Alam]

Dear freinds in eradicating poverty and indebtedness,
   
  Greetings for peace,
   
  Here we organised a meeting with David M Pidcock on 28 January 2007 at the office of Manav Ujjawal Samiti. David described in detail the need to eleiminate usury. The video of  Grignon was shown and the meeting was attended by representatives of ten organisations. Earlier Center for Alternative Dalit Media in collaboration with Labour League Foundation organised a meeting on the issue on 10 November on the occassion of India Social Forum.
   
  The meeting was attended by FI Ismailee, Mr. Mungery, Arif Clinton, Mr. Chaudhry, Hasrat Arjumand, Ashendra` Singh, Phillip and others.
   
  The idea received wide appreciation. David and myself succeeded in including the demand for interest free loan in the recommendations of the Muslim community for Government of India. National Conference of Dalit Organisation has already included the call for interest free loans for enterprise development.
   
  I have called on the states to demanding waiver for all the laons. Narendra Modi , the Chief Minister of Gujarat has called for waiver of interest payments. Let us hope that there is end to usurious debts.
   
   
  Dr.Muhammad Mukhtar Alam
   
  

Peter Challen <peterchallen at googlemail.com> wrote:
    Further to my comment on present initiatives, Sabine sends this report.
  Peter
   
  Dear Virtual Forum for Stable Currencies,
   
  An inquiry by the Treasury Select Committee into the Stern review was the perfect opportunity to formulate our message – as the most effective lever for ameliorating climate change. 
   
  On www.greencredit.org.uk you will find not only Austin Mitchell MP's cover letter but also a 4-page summary and the full 17-page submission – besides other links that I consider important. 
   
  A lawyer had advised me to 'go for parliamentary scrutiny' via the Treasury Select Committee. The Bank of England spells its relationship with Parliament out here. It means that the BoE is theoretically accountable to the Treasury Select Committee. 
   
  Hence our parliamentary lobbying can now limit itself to the 14 members of this committee: 
   
  http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/treasury_committee/treasury_committee_members.cfm 
   
  In particular, Lib Dem Colin Breed MP asked this morning 'if there was one thing that the government should be doing, what would that be?' The answer is (of course) ' Green Credit for Green Purposes'. 
   
  http://www.writetothem.com/ makes it easy and interesting to send emails to MPs. But the key, I suppose, is to find monetary reformers in their 14 constituencies. 
   
  Also, the Committee thinks 'climate change' only until February 7th. After that it will publish its findings and the 30 something submissions. 
   
  Pick your MP, find a friend in one of these 14 constituencies or 'write to them anyway'!
   
  With 'globally warm' regards,
  Sabine 
  Organiser, Forum for Stable Currencies 
  www.greencredit.org.uk 
   


 
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