Saturday, April 20, 2024
Why is MIDC silent? For Part I see here (http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-i/) Legally speaking, MIDC (Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation) properties are ‘notified’ territories.  This means that nobody can use any part of this area for residential real estate development purposes, as it is...
NMMC tries making money from a notified area of MIDC (Parts II and III of this series can be found at http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-ii/ and http://www.asiaconverge.com/2016/07/extortion-land-grab-navi-mumbais-midc-part-iii/ There’s an ill-wind blowing across the Trans Thane Creek MIDC (popularly known as TTC-MIDC). It is the premier MIDC...
http://www.firstpost.com/world/lessons-from-brexit-immigration-to-remain-one-of-the-most-debated-issues-2856770.html Brexit lesson: Don't every treat immigration casually; beware of demographic tinkering The cataclysm has happened. The die is cast. Events will now roll their painful course. Nobody knows what will actually happen. The British premier has resigned. And there is no...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/low-manpower-land-no-longer-hindrance-to-use-of-solar-power-says-ministry-2828976.html Better days ahead for solar power It was perhaps the most candid outline of what lies ahead for the solar power sector in India. Upendra Tripathy, secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, spoke of the big plans that lie...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/low-manpower-land-no-longer-hindrance-to-use-of-solar-power-says-ministry-2828976.html Solar Power will trigger employment and economic growth It was perhaps the most candid outline of what lies ahead for the solar power sector in India. Upendra Tripathy, secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, spoke of the big plans...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/slush-around-defence-deals-bribe-givers-are-penalised-but-bribe-takers-are-seldom-convicted-2823408.html#disqus_thread Slush around defence bribery deals: no major defence scam has resulted in a conviction Last month, the Government of India announced that it was cancelling the Rs 1,800 crore deal with Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS). The reason: WASS is...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/bribery-in-india-how-to-minimise-bribe-giving-and-taking-2818398.html How to control bribery in India This is the second and final part of a series on bribery. The first part examined a variety of scenarios wherein Indian laws can be seen to be protecting and promoting bribery and corruption....
http://www.firstpost.com/india/bribery-in-india-how-to-minimise-bribe-giving-and-taking-2818398.html Bribery in India: It can be minimised This is the second and final part of a series on bribery. The first part examined a variety of scenarios wherein Indian laws can be seen to be protecting and promoting bribery and...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/indian-laws-designed-to-protect-and-promote-bribery-all-the-time-2816880.html Bribery - I - Indian laws protect and promote bribery The law of unintended consequences seems to be at work again. The government has found that the Finmeccanica helicopter bribery scam has found other unexpected targets. The torpedo deal for...
http://www.firstpost.com/india/air-indias-descent-after-his-book-was-dumped-jitender-bhargava-soars-again-2794750.html 'Air India's Descent': how it was allowed to crash Last night was one of nostalgia and a quaint delight. It was triggered by the news reports on the the current chairman of Indian Airlines declaring that the merger between Air...