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RTI activist Sharad Phadke who successfully pursued a case of his failed ATM transaction which was not credited to his account for 65 days, has now taken up cudgels against bank frauds against small time loan takers. A report… Radha Nath Singh, a villager in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand was...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 December 2011
NCPRI also expresses its concerns about Standing Committee’s final report on Lokpal Bill that seeks CBI to be independent from government National Campaign For People’s Right to Information(NCPRI),  while welcoming several of the recommendations by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Lokpal...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 December 2011
  Every which way, as India heads rapidly into what can be defined as an Age of Austerity, every rupee saved will be a rupee earned was never truer now than before. Bringing down small expenses starts with you, and the communication bill is one element here When was the last time you compared...

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Left to themselves, an unchallenged foreign payment processing industry in India would bring about a kind of situation, on par with what would happen if the foreign banks in India were provided with the facility to decide how Indian public sector banks would perform The big debate on foreign...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 December 2011
Viability of the Aadhaar project has not been found and there has been undue haste in   proceeding with the matter: VS Achuthanandan VS Achuthanandan—leader of the opposition in Kerala—has made it clear that Aadhaar work should be stopped, according to a report published in the...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 13 December 2011
The senior living sector in India is at a crossroad. With the recent relaxation of FDI restrictions on investments in the sector and a population of seniors… there clearly exists an untapped opportunity for investment and development in this sector Private equity players, especially those...

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India has no option but to give priority to walking, cycling and BRT. This is true for a million plus city as well as the metro and mega cities. There has been sufficient and mixed response to this article that I felt I should respond to as part II of the article… Firstly, two responses...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 December 2011
Jones Lang La Salle report says there is demand for more than 31 lakh units Jones Lang LaSalle India’s research report ‘Senior Living Sector in India’ has underlined the need for realty sector to focus on the needs of the elderly—an area which has largely been ignored and remains...

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If this noble profession were to have this kind of ‘scientific’ base where will the poor patient look for succor? The hallo around that word, science, makes it easy for selling anything respectably under its banner This is a book, with the above title, worth its weight in gold. The...

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The weakened 48th Report on the Lokpal Bill was released by Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, chairman of the standing committee. Interestingly, the Bill was first initiated by his own father Dr L M Singhvi, aimed at creating a strong anti-corruption law, based on the Scandinavian model. Here is a brief...

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Fake identities were created in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) computer server to generate forged birth certificates in order to apply for a Slum Rehabilitation scheme. Such crime puts national security at stake if secure databases are compromised. Strangely, the PMC has initiated no...

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Dr SD Israni 09 December 2011
What is ‘sufficient cause’? The law is liberal as the circumstances of each case are different In India, general literacy level is quite low; and, if we talk of legal literacy, it is extremely poor. It is not uncommon to find ordinary persons getting entangled in court cases with little...

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Alekh Angre 09 December 2011
Not a single entity is interested in resolving customer complaints. The increased use of call centres and IVR system are useless as far as grievances are concerned The phrase, “Customer is the King,” seems to be completely out of context in India. In fact all services such – banking, telecom,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 December 2011
The Standing Committee on Finance has rejected the UID Bill, which was aimed to enforce bio-metrics enabled Aadhaar identification system on all residents of India In a major set-back to the Manmohan Singh led government, the Planning Commission and Nandan Nilekani, the former chief of...

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Alekh Angre 08 December 2011
Looking at the popularity of Indian food overseas, wine makers feel that there is huge potential for domestic wine across the globe In order to boost wine sales overseas, the Indian government is planning to formulate an export policy to make them at par with its global peers. All India Wine...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 December 2011
Two activists had filed a potential class action suit against UIDAI requesting the Bangalore City Civil Judge to declare the Aadhaar scheme as illegal Bengaluru-based Col (Retd.) Mathew Thomas of Citizens' Action Forum and VK Somasekhar, founder-trustee of Grahak Shakti have filed a potential...

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Moneylife Digital Team 05 December 2011
Beware your smartphone may have some app installed in it, which might be sending your personal information to some unknown person As technology goes to a new high, the perennial issue of privacy gets murkier. Even a small device like mobile phone could put you at risk. These ubiquitous...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 December 2011
The black and yellow cabs are threatening to go on strike thinking that the space allocated to them free of charge by Mumbai Airport authorities would remain with them forever Once again, an errant taxi union has threatened with a strike call, holding the city for ransom, if the private or...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 December 2011
Kalpakkam doctor alleges authorities filing false charges against him While Kudunkulam is still seething with nuclear tension and moves to clamp down on the protestors continue, environmental activists in the other nuclear city of Kalpakkam are now facing another challenge. Dr V Pugazhenthi...

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Many people strongly believe that using a simple or common password will never harm them on the Internet. However, cyberspace is a lot more dangerous than your home or streets and it is advisable to have a robust, safe and smart password for everything Do you think the irritation to remember...

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