-PTI UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani today said a strategy to tackle corruption at all levels can be effectively and systematically done by use of information technology. "Systemic changes by re-engineering process that interface with the common man through the use of innovative technology solutions will go a long way in addressing the issue of corruption," he said while delivering the 19th Lovraj Kumar Memorial Lecture here. Nilekani, former co-chairman of Infosys Technologies, is...
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Is India’s Rising Billionaire Wealth Bad for the Country? -Vivek Dehejia
-The New York Times Blog The strength and direction of the Indian economy may be up for debate, but one remarkable fact is not: There has been massive growth in the number and wealth of billionaires in India since the economic liberalization measures in 1991. The phenomenon has often been compared to the United States’ experience in the latter part of the 19th century. This was a period evocatively described by Mark...
More »Mandatory reforms to provide property rights to slum dwellers: Maken -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-The Hindu The Centre will soon implement Phase II of the Rajiv Awas Yojna with a focus on providing long-term and bankable property rights to slum dwellers, Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Ajay Maken said, soon after taking charge of his new Ministry on Tuesday. Talking to journalists at his office in Nirman Bhavan, Mr. Maken said the Centre will adopt the twin strategy of funding and “mandatory reforms” in...
More »Indian firms reap bitter harvest in Africa -Aman Sethi
-The Hindu Have Emami and Karuturi bitten off more than they can chew in their land quest? Indian companies which invested in controversial deals involving hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Ethiopia have found themselves out of their depth in a fast-growing African economy that is still in the process of building critical transport and irrigation networks. Documents related to one such transaction reveal how Emami Biotech, a subsidiary of the...
More »‘Beautiful and fair’ preferred among surrogate mothers too -Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu Caste and religion are also key factors while Renting wombs: study Beautiful and fair — words traditionally synonymous with brides — are being used for Renting a womb. For, not only are “healthy, beautiful, fair and higher caste or Brahmin’’ surrogates in great demand, they also receive good payment in cash and kind from the commissioning paRents after delivery. Doctors and agents have confirmed — in a study by Sama, a...
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