1.2 million people were left homeless by monsoon floods in Bihar.
Courtesy: Harper’s Weekly, Sep.2, 2008
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September 3, 2008 — suriyodayamIndia Watch-11: "Rs 900 crore Bribe for Civic Amenities!"
August 25, 2008 — suriyodayamPoor paid Rs 900-crore Bribe in 2007 for Civic Amenities
Police Force Most Corrupt Service: Study
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The Times of India, Chennai, June 30, 2008
One third of the people living below the poverty line(BPL) in India paid bribes to access healthcare, education and water among otehr basic facilities, says a new study which also dubs the police force the most corrupt among the services surveyed.
The joint study by Transparency International India and the Centre for Media Studies(CMS) in 2007 found that one-third of BPL households paid Rs.900 crore as bribes in the year to avail of one or more of the 11 public services covered in the survey. The services include the public distribution system, hospital service, senior secondary school education, electricity and water supply. Need-based services including national rural employment guarantee scheme, land records and registation, forest, housing, banking and police service.
The “TII-CMS India Corruption Study 2007″ revealed that the police top the chart as far as corruption in 11 selected public services is concerned.
Of the 5.6 million BPL households that interacted with the police last year, a whopping 2.5 million paid Rs.2,150 million as bribes for some work or the other and most of them went to the police station for simple registration of a complaint, it said.
Land records and registration services comes secon d in terms of monetary contribution as nearly 3.5 million BPL households paid Rs.1,224 million as bribes. A total of 22,728 BPL households were surveyed across the states throughout the country.
Courtesy: The Times of India, Chennai, June 30, 2008.
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Facts & Figures-42: "Inflation surges to 12.63%"
August 22, 2008 — suriyodayamRising prices of food items such as fruits, vegetables and milk pushed up inflation to 12.63% for the week ended August 9 from 12.44% a week ago. Inflation was 4.24% during the corresponding week last year.
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, August 22, 2008 (“Briefly”)
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India Watch-8: “Knowledge Sharing”
August 2, 2008 — suriyodayamRs.731 billion will be generated by India by 2010 by knowledge sharing, says the CII.
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Courtesy: The Week, May 29, 2005.
Wikipedia article on “Knowledge Sharing”:
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India Watch-7: "Confidence Motion in Parliament for the 8th time!"
July 22, 2008 — suriyodayamConfidence motion has been tabled at the Indian Parliament 8 times in the past 29 years and six times the ruling party has won, Dinamalar reports.
Courtesy: ‘Dinamalar’, Tamil daily, July 22, 2008.
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India Watch-6: ‘Price’ of an MP, Rs.100 crores!
July 22, 2008 — suriyodayamAs the fate of the Manmohan government is being decided at the parliament today, reports say that the ‘price’ of an MP has gone up to Rs.100 crores as the climax nears. It is presumed that even if he loses or wins, the margin will be slim.
Courtesy: ‘Dinamalar’, July 22, 2008.
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India Watch-5: Record Betting in Mumbai!
July 22, 2008 — suriyodayamIt is reported that in Mumbai, betting figures are of the order of Rs.3000 crores on whether the present government at the centre will surive the confidence vote in parliament today.
Courtesy: ‘Ananda Vikatan, (Tamil weekly), July 23, 2008.
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India Watch-4: "120 crore Indians by 2010!"
July 22, 2008 — suriyodayamIndia’s population will touch 120 cores in 2010.
Courtesy: ‘Ananda Vikatan’, (Tamil weekly), July 23, 2008.
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India Watch-3: "30 crore Indian can’t read even their names!"
July 22, 2008 — suriyodayamA recent study says that there are 30 crore Indians who can’t read even their names.
Courtesy: ‘Ananda Vikatan, (Tamil weekly), July 23, 2008.
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India Watch-2: "Inflation touches 11.91% "
July 18, 2008 — suriyodayamIndia Watch: Inflation touches 11.91%
For the full article in The Hindu, July 18, 2008:
http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/18/stories/2008071857180100.htm
Article on “Inflation” from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation
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India Watch-1: Astra, indigenous beyond visual range misslle, ready!
July 7, 2008 — suriyodayamThe first full test flight of the indigenous beyond visual range missile, Astra, is likely “anytime in the next 45 days.”.
Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, July 7, 2008 (“Snippets”)
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Facts & Figures-31:
June 11, 2008 — suriyodayam1. India has around 40 million widows. [‘The Week’, April 20, 2008 (‘The Living Dead’)]. Many of them are already disadvantaged economically and socially. But life becomes hell for hem when they are made victims of superstition. Society should fight this evil. Widows deserve more respect. (Letter from O.P.S.Bhadoria, Gandhinagar).
2. Much to the worry of environmentalists, India is on the way to becoming the third largest carbon emitter by 2015.
2. Much to the worry of environmentalists, India is on the way to becoming the third largest carbon emitter by 2015.
Courtesy: ‘The Week’, June 08, 2008 – Grateful thanks to ‘The Week’.
