India creating new identity card system for 1.2Bn people

Post by aita » Mon, Jul 06, 2009, 7:00 AM UTC

seshagiric wrote: post #13

dkarl wrote: post #6

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In the US, citizens don't have to pay bribes, perhaps with the exception of getting government business. You don't have to pay bribes to get a marriage license, get a crime investigated, get your garbage collected, get fair treatment in court, or get your child admitted to a good school. Larger-scale, more obscure corruption thrives. Everybody knows that most political campaign contributions are made with the expect…

It is not just the basic facilities. Corruption hits in a lot of other ways also. The traffic sucks because most traffic police are jerking off somewhere. If you want to get something done (e.g. setup a business) you should know someone with influence. A new risk in big cities is if you own a land there is a risk of the property being forcibly occupied by a thug and the police wouldn't do much.

Post by seshagiric » Mon, Jul 06, 2009, 9:47 AM UTC

Post by gaius » Mon, Jul 06, 2009, 10:42 AM UTC

jyothi wrote: post #23

gaius wrote: post #18

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The notion of profit depends entirely on what you're trying to achieve. In this case, perhaps it's political power without the tedium of going to the polls... EU style.

agree. but it is definitely not for political power. If he wanted to I think he probably had a good chance to win standing for MP elections in Bangalore. I guess getting the political power was more of necessity here because without that authority things might not move among bureaucrats & probably also to be commanding to ensure there is no infiltration of evil influences of other ministers in the system.

Post by anamax » Mon, Jul 06, 2009, 10:29 PM UTC

jyothi wrote: post #36

jyothi wrote: post #30

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My problem is the misuse of facilities that is happening in the country where I live.

If you disagree please tell me why. not blindly down vote. I avoided being rude for a "suggestion" which was not solicited nor rational let alone appropriate.