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During 2011, the Right to Information exposed mega scams, at the same time there were fatal attacks on RTI activists and attempted dilution on RTI Act by politicians. While the movement received several jolts, there were few moments of glory too thanks to individual efforts to doggedly seek...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 December 2011
Moneylife has been in the forefront for highlighting frauds committed by MLM and Ponzi schemes. We hope the government brings a strong regulation to curb such schemes, in the interest of the public at large If 2010 was the year of great Indian scams, 2011 was rather of ponzi and multi level...

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Modern India throws out its donkeys and asses. But Modern business in India wants young men to work harder than the patient—rarely complaining and possibly more efficient—donkeys The other day I saw an ass. This may come as no surprise to misanthropes and ever-loving cynics who see asses...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 December 2011
Despite several MLMs like Speak Asia duping numerous ‘investors’ for crores of rupees, there are no efforts by the government either to ban such ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes or to regulate it Even as the investigating agencies are probing multi-crore ponzi schemes and scams across India, many...

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The Coastal Road, like most projects conceived by the government, does not seem to be an investment towards making an equitable facility in a society with democratic values and polity. In absence of an efficient road public transport, even the 57.5 hectares of ‘open spaces’ created by the...

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 The business of saving ships from piracy is now apparently worth multiples of what the business of pirating ships accrues, and with shipping freight rates hardening in the dry bulk and liquid markets, and shooting through the roof in gas carrier trades, the effect of higher market values for...

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There may be more things that are not dreamt of in our philosophy, but none as true as Satyameva Jayate, words spoken through the ages, resonating today. But until we imbibe these words, we can careen along to evermore, creating Lokpals till monuments crumble to dust, and nothing will change

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Moneylife Digital team 22 December 2011
The charter aims at timely disposal of appeals and complaints; RTI activists have welcome the move  In order to ensure timely and speedy disposal of appeals and complaints, the Central Information Commission (CIC) is considering implementing its own Citizen’s Charter. A draft proposal has...

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Moneylife Digital team 22 December 2011
Use of social networks is not limited to just young people. People aged 55 or more have emerged as the fastest growing age segment in social networking says comScore Social networking is the most popular online activity worldwide accounting for nearly 1 in every 5 minutes spent online in...

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The report of the CAG, presented to Parliament a few months ago said “this (the decision to purchase 68 aircraft at a cost of Rs50,000 crore) was a recipe for disaster and should have raised alarm signals in the ministry of civil aviation, Public Investment Board and the Planning Commission"

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 December 2011
The recent order by the apex court paves way to restart proceedings against the accused, including H&M's chairman V Ramachandran, in the vMoksha case The Supreme Court has dismissed the special leave petitions (SPL) filed by Helios & Matheson Information Technology Ltd (H&M) and Pawan Kumar,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 December 2011
In a memorandum, the Varkari Sampraday, Grahak Panchayat and Krantivir Prathisthan among others, alleged under reporting, especially of vehicle traffic and toll collected so far, by the toll collection agencies across the state Commuters, farmers and Varkaris (devotees who make walking...

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In the innocuous Kusmal village of Odisha, young Khirasindhu Sagria uses RTI to expose the scandal of several ghost farm ponds which were never built but he is instead rewarded with harassment and threats from government functionaries Sagria Khirasindhu is a young Dalit villager residing in...

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 If you are looking at reducing your household budgets and at the same time interested in learning more on how the direct to seller with minimal middle-men concept works in India, then attend your friendly neighbourhood ‘haat’ or weekly market regularly The FDI in retail or not debate...

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Moneylife Digital team 20 December 2011
Typosquatters register misspellings of popular websites in the hope that they will be able to make money out of traffic from unintentional typing mistakes made by internet surfers In case you are one of the people who prefer to type a complete URL while surfing the Internet, here is a warning...

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Thanks to lax laws on the subject of deeper enquiry on who or what is really behind a company, the business of khoka and shell companies have brought India to a point where we already do not know who or what is behind major projects. We do know, however, that large amounts of money flow in and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 December 2011
Study recommends e-governance as an effective measure According to a working paper published by Transparency International (TI) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Indians pay some $700 million every year for land administration services. Bangladeshis,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 December 2011
The parliamentary standing committee on law and justice has recommended that NGOs, receiving public donations or foreign funds in excess of Rs10 lakh, media companies and firms financed by government—wholly or partly, should come under the purview of Lokpal. If accepted, around 0.45 million...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 December 2011
To improve passengers’ security, the Indian Railways will soon announce a round-the-clock helpline. This unique helpline number will be first introduced in Mumbai—Central and Western Railways. It will make it easier to resolve complaints by tracking the trains. Currently, there are separate...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 December 2011
Economic growth has failed to provide a better quality of life to Indian citizens. It ranked 134th (among 187 countries) on UNDP’s (United Nations Development Programme) Human Development Index (HDI). HDI is measured using parameters like a long and healthy life, access to information and a...

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