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Corruption
Breach of trust
Issue Date: Nov 30, 1999
The birth of chaos
Measures to control floods have backfired in Bihar. Flood related damages and flood prone areas have only increased since independence, and so has corruption. The two are closely related
What goes down must come up
Issue Date: Aug 31, 1999
in february 1999, a Delhi newspaper reported that a tubewell sunk to a depth of about 200 feet (61 metres) by Suruchi Dyeing Udyog, a factory south of the G T Road in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, was yielding yellow-coloured water. Arun Agarwal, the factory's owner, was quoted in the report as saying: "Initially, we thought it was surface impurities that came up with the water. But then we found it was the groundwater itself.
The Method Behind The Madness
Issue Date: Oct 31, 1998
SILENCE OF THE SCAMS
Corruption is increasingly tightening its grip over the daily lives of Indian citizens. Experts describe it as a form of 'tidal corruption'. It has, therefore, become vital to shift attention from the corrupt to the system which breeds corruption
From protests to where in 2012?
@sunitanar Issue Date: Jan 15, 2012
2011’s person of the year, according to Time magazine, is “the protester”. Clearly, this is the image that has captured the world—from dissent against the lack of democracy and repression in large parts of West Asia to anger against economic policies in vast and disparate parts of the world. People, all over, are saying enough is enough. But what will happen to these voices in the coming years? Will the movements of protesters be enough to change the way the world runs its business? Do these movements even know what they want?
Polavaram in tender turmoil
Issue Date: Nov 30, 2011
THE Indirasagar Polavaram Project in Andhra Pradesh is caught in yet another controversy. The reason this time is the alleged irregularities in the bidding process to construct parts of the mega dam on the Godavari river in West Godavari district. Questioning the awarding of contract, the high court on October 31 directed the High Powered Committee for tender approval to review the technical capabilities and expertise of the contending firms.
Panna’s poaching nexus exposed
Issue Date: Oct 31, 2011
The forest officials of Panna Tiger Reserve worked in close nexus with poachers for over a decade, says an internal report prepared by the Intelligence Cell of the tiger reserve, which had lost all its tigers by 2008.
Letter
Issue Date: Oct 31, 2011
People the focal point
The editorial “Lessons from Kakarapalli” (September 1-15, 2011) is a wake-up call for industries eyeing land and other resources of poor people.
Who are the poor?
Issue Date: Sep 26, 2011
India's poverty line finally makes headlines. Do a rapid archival search of newspapers, at least of the past 20 years, and one finds that the poverty line never made it to the front pages. In post television boom, it never featured on prime time. But the past one week has been exceptional. “Rs. 25/person/day” replaced the other recent magic figure, “Rs. 1,76,000 crore”—the value of the 2G spectrum scandal. A powerful contrast that drew anger and awe. It is understandable.
Poverty level will increase if health expenditure included
Issue Date: Sep 26, 2011
India's poverty level will go up by 3.6 per cent in rural areas and 2.9 per cent in urban areas if people's expenditure on health is factored in while measuring poverty.
Inheritance of loss
Issue Date: Sep 26, 2011
Poverty is becoming hereditary in India, at least for a sizeable population. That is the conclusion derived from a three-decade tracking of poor households in rural India.
