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Urban minimum wage as election promise? silkboard - 7-APR-2009
Cities are not just about rich or middle classes. It is estimated that majority of residents (> 60%) in our cities belong in poor or lower middle income groups. I was wondering if Lok Sabha 2009 has seen any promises that would influence the votes of this sizeable group? |
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murali772 - 25-MAR-2009
Are hawkers losing out to corporate and chain stores? India FDI Watch and Action Aid, which studied the immediate and future impact of corporate and chain retails on hawkers, showed that hawkers' business is declining in areas of Bangalore they surveyed. |
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murali772 - 23-FEB-2009
With concepts like Autonomy, Sustainable growth, Forward Planning, HRD, etc becoming buzz-words in management circles, government babu’s couldn’t quite stomach the idea of being left out. |
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Govt functionaries as fund collectors murali772 - 26-DEC-2008
M K Gupta, a UP PWD engineer, was killed allegedly by BSP MLA, Mr Sekhar Tiwari, and his henchmen, for refusing to donate money for Mayawati's birthday celebrations. |
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BMTC drivers resorting to murder (to protect its interests?) murali772 - 26-DEC-2008
In a shocking incident, two BMTC bus drivers beat up a private bus driver and later crushed him under the wheels of the bus. |
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India Road Transport Service Efficiency Study murali772 - 10-DEC-2008
Though rather dated (November 1, 2005), the study by the World Bank recommending privatisation of Inter-City Bus Services, is gaining greater currency by the day. As such, even if the jury is out on whether privatisation can work in cities, the argument in support of the same, as far as Inter-City Bus Services is concerned, is too persuasive to be ignored any longer. |
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Policies Affecting Competition in Passenger Road Transportation Sector murali772 - 10-DEC-2008
The NCAER study of state policies affecting competition in Passenger Road Transportation Sector, commissioned by the Competition Commission of India in March 14,2007, recommends major role for private players. |
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Use of Public Transport picks up in the US murali772 - 10-DEC-2008
Americans rode subways, buses and commuter railroads in record numbers in the third quarter of this year, even as gas prices dropped and unemployment rose. |
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Palace Property sold for Rs 6,000 cr? murali772 - 8-DEC-2008
Wodeyar has sold prime land in Palace Grounds to a city-based developer. Many high profile realtors were interested in the deal. But in the end leading developer Dayanand Pai struck the deal. It is disputed land but already been sold for Rs6,000 crore. |
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Indistan - an interesting concept murali772 - 6-DEC-2008
After the Mumbai massacre, everyone agrees that something has to be done about Pakistan, which without doubt was the passive platform for if not the active instigator of the attack, as it has been of so many terror attacks against India in the past. |