Much has been written about divorce being on the rise in India, sometimes accompanied by hand-wringing about the egos and inflexibility of younger couples, who seem less willing than their parents to stay in marriages they are not happy with. National statistics don’t exist on divorce in India, but some local records do show a rise. Still, some experts say the divorce rate in India continues to be artificially low, because...
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In whose welfare?-Gaurav Choudhury
One man’s fiscal problem is another man’s lifeline. Trigger happy bureaucrats and economists may love shooting down subsidies because it bloats the fiscal deficit and burdens the government but the simple fact is that in a one billion strong nation, in which nearly one in every three live below the poverty line, one needs an effective and efficient method through which privileged tax payers can support the poor. Last week, finance...
More »The Food’s Off The Table-Harsh Mander
It is disappointing that the government has not taken any steps to provide for the Food Security Bill, which is in Parliament, in this budget. A significant announcement on it was anticipated this year; that would have been the only way to see it roll out in 2012. Now, I think, the government must be bargaining for legal processes to take over, which we know will take some time, before...
More »Mayawati's wealth jumps 25 pct to Rs 111 crore in 2 years
-The Financial Express BSP supremo Mayawati may have lost the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh but the defeated chief minister's wealth as declared has jumped to Rs 111 crore, a 25 per cent increase in the last two years. And 56-year-old Mayawati's assets made public today has doubled in the five years since she became chief minister in 2007 on the back of a thumping BSP victory. During public meetings, she often...
More »Mayawati's wealth doubled to Rs 111.64 crore during her term as chief minister by Ashish Tripathi
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati's assets doubled to Rs. 111.64 crores (approx. $22 million) during her term as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. In her affidavit filed along with the nomination for the Rajya Sabha (upper house of Parliament) elections on Tuesday, Mayawati has declared total assets of Rs 111.64 crore, which is more than double of Rs. 52 crore she declared in May 2007 when she contested for the...
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