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Category Archives: Happenings in India
Saffronisation of Education
I have been reading newspaper articles in Bangalore about the “saffronisation” of Education by the BJP Government in Karnataka. Dispute has risen about the purposely ‘hindu’ leaning content in the new textbook. I highly recommend that all critics have a … Continue reading
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Tagged Saffornisation, Textbooks in Karnataka
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Retail in India & FDI
Over the past fortnight, the big news has been allowing FDI in retail trade in India. While Government has been surprisingly steady-fast in it’s decision of allowing 51% FDI in multi-brand retail, opposition & the trade itself seems to be … Continue reading
Happy Deepavali from RBI – Deregulation of SB Interest Rates
RBI has deregulated the Savings Bank Interest Rates (read here). I see this announcement as a Deepavali gift to the larger depositor base. While the focus of the media & public has been on the rate hike which will impact … Continue reading
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Tagged Deregulation of SB rates, RBI, Saving Banks Rates
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Are we really against corruption?
Are we, the people of India, really against corruption and want eradicate it? Looking at the way sections of public has reacted to the current anti-corruption movement, it can be said that most groups are not really against corruption – … Continue reading
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Tagged anit-corruption movement, Corruption
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Is Anna Hazare Wrong?
Over the past week I have been reading many articles in the papers about various sections of the public – eminent personalities, so-called representatives of suppressed classes shouting out that Anna Hazare is wrong to force Jan Lok Pal on … Continue reading
Some logical thinking on Diesel Cars, however hopes vanish…
When I started writing, I was excited that finally there was a possibility that the Govt. was thinking logically and will try to bring in a way to ensure that the subsidy given for Diesel is not misused by the … Continue reading
Posted in Happenings in India, Uncategorized, ViewPoint
Tagged diesel cars, diesel pricing, differential diesel pricing
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Interest Rates of Savings A/c
RBI has made 2 important announcements in the past 10days – the recent being increasing the interest rates on Savings Account from 3.5% to 4.0%. This is definitely a good news for the a/c holders, esp. people who maintain high … Continue reading
Commission Reports on attacks on Church in Bangalore
Every minority group and “eminent personality” have trashed the commission report on attacks on Churches in Bangalore where the commission has said Hindu Groups are not to be blamed. Every group has said this report to be politically motivated to … Continue reading
Government, Compensate because I will not.
We regularly hear politicians & activists demanding government give “adequate” compensation to people for a calamity or accident or mishap. But if we ask these people how much they have helped the improvished/affected person, we will not receive any reply. … Continue reading
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Tagged AP fllods, compensation, Indian Politicians, politicians fasting
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Instant Money Transfer using Mobile
A new service was introduced by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) last week – IMPS (Interbank Mobile Payment Service). IMPS enables instant fund transfer from one bank account to another across the country almost instantly. Currently this service is … Continue reading
Posted in Happenings in India
Tagged IMPS, instant fund transfer, MMID, mobile banking
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