CITIZENS' ISSUES


Why is Mumbai lagging behind in providing an effective bus service to and from the airport, when Bengaluru, Delhi and Hyderabad have all got such services? Is it possible that such a bus service could expose the futility of building a metro rail or monorail? The buses are air-conditioned....

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Dr SD Israni 22 September 2011
India possibly has the largest number of laws. But what about their effective implementation? The fast undertaken by Anna Hazare against corruption has taken the country by storm. Today, Anna has become a hero; people from all sections of society throng to show their support to him. The UPA...

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Amitabh Thakur 22 September 2011
The entire government machinery, especially the men in uniform, have to be comprehensively trained to change their behavioural pattern I will begin with a personal experience and attempt to present a larger issue through this. It took place recently, when I was returning from Lucknow to...

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Disha Shah 22 September 2011
What can you do if you are faced with a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment from a super-specialist? MediAngels marries medicine with technology—to deliver a doctor on call via the Internet Many lives have been lost because the correct medical treatment was not delivered on...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 September 2011
Income tax refunds are running at 40% of the collections, which shows that advance tax and TDS rules have turned into a farce. Amazingly, not following TDS and advance tax rules attracts draconian penalty Corporate tax refunds as of 15 September 2011 have reached an all-time high of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 September 2011
Mumbai Airport is the busiest and caters to the country’s financial capital, but is the only one without a bus shuttle—Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and New Delhi already have such an efficient service in place Time and again, we are reminded that Mumbai is India's financial capital, home to...

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This victim of the Delhi High Court Blast has his leg amputated below the knee but the RTI activism in him will never be crippled Harish Kumar (41) is a tenacious RTI (Right to Information) activist based in Delhi who has invoked the RTI 1,500 times with nearly 150 second appeals at the...

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The PM’s daily jottings—full of doom, despair and dyspepsia "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace...    ...It's a tale told by an idiot, full Of sound and fury, signifying nothing"      —Macbeth, Shakespeare CONFIDENTIAL: FOR THE PM'S EYES ONLY Ah William,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 September 2011
With the festive season travel rush now on, several websites and agents are claiming to provide confirmed rail tickets, while the individual passenger finds himself way down the waiting list, or unable to log on to the online booking site of the railways The festive season is round the...

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The prime minister says he has no magic wand to stop corruption; his finance minister announces there is no quick-fix to stop price rise; now the home minister tells us there is no way to prevent terror attacks completely... It’s time to deal with our inner ailments and to ensure that poor...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 September 2011
BEST, the public transport service provider in Mumbai, will operate a bus shuttle from the airport to various parts of the city only if it gets a dedicated lane. But experts have criticised the BEST’s pre-condition as unacceptable Moneylife reported yesterday how the absence of a dedicated...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 September 2011
Taxis are not easily available to travellers arriving at the airport and public buses are inconvenient, underlining the case for a proper bus shuttle service Transport experts in Mumbai agree that there is a desperate need to initiate action to end the harassment of passengers at the domestic...

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Alekh Angre 17 September 2011
Customer complaints about delays and defective products pile up against online group buying sites such as SoSasta and SnapDeal, but these are simply ignored It wasn't long ago that group buying and discount cards promised to become the next big thing to happen to the Indian consumer.

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 16 September 2011
As the demand for home-care workers soars, it is necessary to recognise the huge potential of care-givers as a profession that can create livelihoods for many and provide critical help for people who live to a ripe old age A recent issue of The Economist noted that as more and more people...

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It’s fast, air-conditioned and pelts over some of the biggest, semi-permanent traffic jams in the national capital  At Delhi Airport, eighty rupees travels a long way, or not too far; it depends on you. Eighty rupees is what it costs to enter the airport premises if you wish to receive or...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 September 2011
New visa norms to be implemented from April 2012 has closed the post-study route that allowed students access to jobs, two years after completing their course Natasha Gupta (name changed) is in the last year of her graduation. She plans to pursue her post-graduation in the UK from the...

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The special projects, launched as an integral part of Maharashtra’s housing policy, were permitted FDI and provided infrastructure at concessional rates. But while they appear attractive, the implementation and monitoring leaves much to be desired When special townships with a minimum area...

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Recently a group of ministers proposed three major measures to deal with corruption. But the government missed out on making a noise about this The Manmohan Singh government has lost touch with both types of PR: public relations and political reality, both of which are inextricably...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 September 2011
Special Court sanctions distribution of money from liquidated assets of the scamster to the I-T department, SBI, SBI Caps and Standard Chartered The Custodian has secured another order from the Special Court, Mumbai, allowing him to release a total amount of Rs650 crore against pending...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 September 2011
The popular group buying website that is backed by Groupon , the world’s largest group buying business, delivers items ten days after customer cancels duplicate order. Company directs another customer who received a defective watch to contact the merchant Group buying sites such as SnapDeal,...

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