Monthly Archives: July 2011

MFIs: MFI Development and Regulation Bill, 2011 released for comments

Ministry of Finance on Wednesday, 6th July 2011 released the Bill for comments being anxiously awaited by several stakeholders. The Bill has moved away from the Malegam Committee recommendations on several counts. First of all RBI is being proposed as … Continue reading

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Challenge of Getting Street Children to School

We all have seen young kids running around on the traffic signals, begging or selling titbits or working in dhabas, etc. For bringing such children into education stream, SSA (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) has a component called ‘Intervention for Out of … Continue reading

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Life Expectancy: Despite consistent improvement India still lags its neighbours

India has a long way to go before it matches average life expectancy with other Asian countries. According to CIA-The World Fact book, China has the highest life expectancy at 78.32, Malaysia 74.20, Sri lanka 72.40, Indonesia 70.70, and Pakistan … Continue reading

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Government must reform structural safety norms

After the collapse of a building at Lalitha Park which resulted in tragic death of 59 persons, Delhi Government had come out with the mandatory requirement of producing a Structural Safety Certificate while registering any property deal. The Government felt … Continue reading

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Taming the Corruption – Will it ever happen?

Behind all the noise and political manoeuvring on corruption, there is some desire at the Government level to make an impact on the corruption or at least be seen to be doing something about it. While Government under political pressure … Continue reading

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