On Short Term Crop Loans – BRIBES & Documentation cost and Interest cost 8% for average 3 months Translates to 36+ Interest Rate on compounding. On Short Term Loans – BRIBES & Documentation cost around 12% for average 2 Years, @ 14% is 40-45% Charge in 2 years or 21%+ Rate on compounding. …
Banks Like Moneylenders Charge @ 21%-36% From Farmers #JaiKisan Read More »
To: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India “advqos@trai.gov.in” 19-April-2015 Kind Attn: Shri Rahul Khullar / Chairman Sir Sub: Short response of INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION to the Authority’s consultation paper no. 2/2015 Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (OTT) services dated 27th March, 2015 On behalf of the India Against Corruption jan andolan “IAC”, I respond to the …
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tr.v. blind·sid·ed, blind·sid·ing, blind·sides. 1. To hit or attack on or from the blind side. 2. To catch or take unawares, especially with harmful or detrimental results Too much of a good thing, as the idiom goes, is bad. Excessively bright light can be more blinding than pitch darkness. The glare of the limelight, another …
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The Great Game blog has an interesting post by Shelley Kasli that caught my eye. The Kingmakers But many a king on a first-class throne, If he wants to call his crown his own, Must manage somehow to get through More dirty work than I ever do. —W.S. GILBERT in The Pirates of Penzance quoted …
The Kingmakers – Baker Street Spies & Indian Elections #GreatGame Read More »
What is the Reliance Gas Price issue? Why has Arvind Kejriwal filed an FIR against Mukesh Ambani? Why is there so little clear information on the issue? Read the easy to understand version.
11 June 2012, Mumbai: This isn’t about Ratnakar Gaikwad, who was sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner of Maharashtra last Friday in the teeth of widespread opposition from RTI activists. This is about the decision-making environment in Mantralaya, MMRDA and many other government offices. It is about how government documents are nowadays like burqas, concealing the …
Untracable communications beyond the reach of RTI Read More »