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India Journal: Tired of Corruption? Reform the Bureaucracy

Posted on July 08, 2011

Renu Pokhama, who worked as a Chief Minister’s Fellow with the government of Gujarat, talks about why it is important to pass a another bill to reform… Read more

India's Crony Socialism

Posted on July 07, 2011

Although a successful country should be finding ways to attract wealth creators, India today ranks a poor 134 out of 183 in terms of ease of doing… Read more

CII frames code of business ethics for its members

Posted on July 07, 2011

In an attempt to lead India which ranks low on transparency, CII frames a new code of business ethics for its members and aims to make this a part… Read more

Colonial past responsible for corruption, says **********

Posted on July 06, 2011

Amartya Sen is of the opinion that it is not the extent but the scale of corruption that has grown significantly what with the magnitude of money involved… Read more

Why business should care about fighting corruption

Posted on July 06, 2011

The UK Bribery Act 2010, which came into force on July 1, offers a fresh approach to cut costs, tackle inefficiencies, protect reputations and encourage… Read more

Are we trivialising corruption?

Posted on July 05, 2011

What would be a solution to better tackle corruption, stricter laws or a value system based on honesty, integrity and morality?

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********** Hazare more trusted than govt: IBN-HT poll

Posted on July 05, 2011

According to a recent poll done by CNN-IBN the Indian public has more faith in social activists like Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev than over the government… Read more

Commercial Tax Part II: What goes on while registering a commercial unit?

Posted on July 05, 2011

To understand and assess where corruption takes place in the Commercial Tax department, ipaidabribe will be a doing a series of posts. But before that… Read more

India parties pledge anti-corruption law

Posted on July 04, 2011

While civil society members are pushing for the Prime Minister’s office to fall under the Lokpal, Manmohan Singh reminds us that apart from a strong… Read more

Who will keep India democratic?

Posted on July 04, 2011

Eco-feminist and activist Dr.Vandana Shiva explores the importance of people’s voices and social reforms in a democracy being crushed by corruption.

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