Courtesy my FTI colleagues Vijay Mohan (idea and conceptualisation) and Aaryan (artwork), here is why FDI in Retail is a good idea…
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FDI in Retail
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Somewhat Related Posts: Profit is Charity – guest post by Dipinder Sekhon, FTI comes of age.. and Its all about Freedoms..

This post was prompted by a tweet from Ashik earlier this week.  He wrote:
Who has paid money for this? Congress party or Sonia/Manmohan? Isnt this free publicity by taxpayers money?

Before we go any further, here’s a pop-quiz: Can you guess the number of schemes, programmes and institutions in India named after the Nehru-Gandhi family? 100? Wrong. 200? Wrong? 300? Wrong. 400? Now you are getting close…As of 2009, the number stood at 450+. I have no doubt that it must have increased since then.
Of course, we are not just talking …

Dear All: I am reproducing two posts by my friend and FTI colleague Sanjeev below..I would recommend them as essential reading for anyone who is serious about tackling corruption. Do read and share – in particular with members who are active in the India Against Corruption movement. These points (related to cleaning the system) ought to be on the agenda of this movement – if we are serious about removing corruption.
*** Are you serious about removing corruption? by Sanjeev Sabhlok ***
Basically corruption can be attacked in one of two ways:
a) …

…a brazen attempt was underway to further divide India – one bit at a time…Read about this and the “twilight zone where inclusive turns into exclusive“, courtesy, this post from RealityCheck’s blog that is worth further dissemination, discussion and debate..Reproduced verbatim below:
*** Independence day adhoc benefit reminder by Reality Check***
Half page ad seen in major papers on the occasion of Independence Day.
Blogged for the record.

Special benefits platform to prevent free agents.
Some points are not clear in the image (trying to get a better quality picture) :

75+ Lakh scholarships awarded till …

Dear All: I am opening this thread (hurried post) to provide a space for discussing and debating the developments since last 2 days (and in particular, since today morning)…
The clumsy way in which Team Anna’s plans were sought to be derailed appears to have boomeranged on the government. While senior ministers are busy passing the buck, others are asking where is the “chosen one”?  What made me furious was this bit of news – if true, this is shameful and disgusting.  It appears that a citizen’s fundamental right to be …

..or how Justice delayed is justice denied.
Some of you must have read the recent news-report of a bill proposed to be tabled in Parliament to ensure “time-bound justice for citizens“. The bill has some interesting provisions, including
…measures like discharge of an accused in a traffic offence if trial is pending for more than two years due to non-service of summons. “In case of trial of offences compoundable under the Indian Penal Code, or any other law in force, pending for more than two years, the court shall discharge the accused …

Like many (most?) of you, I was shocked to read the news about what happened this morning at Ramlila Maidan..Below, a collection of links, excerpts on what happened…and an invitation to join a Live Chat (online) this evening at 830pm IST.
Ramdev banned from entering Delhi for 15 days…
…A senior police official said they had granted permission to Ramdev-led Bharat Swabhiman Trust to hold yoga training camp at Ramlila Ground.
“But the same was withdrawn, as the events unfolded, when all efforts failed to convince Ramdev and organisers to restrict to the activities what …

or..Only the Paranoid Survive.
At the risk of looking completely foolish, here is tomorrow’s news today…
Talks on the Jan Lokpal Bill break down sometime between now and mid-June.
Baba Ramdev’s movement increases pressure on government to do something.
Between the 2nd and 3rd week of June, the government agrees to talk with/ initiates discussions with/ invites Baba Ramdev and his supporters for talks/ discussions (and very likely, the Jan LokPal group joins these discussions – which now have a broader agenda of clean government, corruption and bringing foreign money back in India).
Under …

As Anna’s fast unto death enters its third day (and makes it “pawar” felt), I begin to get a bit uneasy about a few things… I am somewhat disappointed and puzzled to read Anna say, that his agitation was non-political.
I am not sure this is the case Anna. It is very “political” – with a capital P. As my friend and FTI colleague Sanjeev mentioned on his blog,
…we focus too much on corruption but that is like a doctor focusing too much on the fever and not on killing the underlying malarial …

Very hurried post but getting this out since it has been bothering me since morning. First a bit of background (emphasis added)…

The Supreme Court had in January 2006 dismissed Guru’s appeal against the death sentence after which he filed a mercy petition. A convict on death row can seek clemency from the President, who acts on the cabinet’s advice to arrive at a decision. The plea is processed by the home ministry.
Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha on February 23, home minister P Chidambaram had said Guru’s plea had …