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There must be a distinction between transparency and bidding -
Amrit Pandurangi, Senior Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt Ltd, Business Standard
India, an extremely resource-rich nation, is finding itself increasingly in a fix over allocation of natural resources. A growing list of scandals, accusing the government of extending benefits running into lakhs of crore to private parties during these allocations, has surfaced. Consultancy firm Deloitte’s Senior Director Amrit Pandurangi, a noted expert in infrastructure and related areas, recommends a course-correction for the embarrassed government in an interview with Sudheer Pal Singh. Edited excerpts.
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We will not allow Kargil, 26/11, terror from Pak soil -
Nawaz Sharif, Hindustan Times
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‘We have a lot of love for India’ -
Nawaz Sharif, Hindu
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From die-hard anti-Congressman to Cong CM -
Siddaramaiah, CM Karnataka, Indian Express
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Trust deficit between Centre, states has reduced on GST -
Sushil Kumar Modi, Mint
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Raman's run through Bastar, 'the road to government' -
Raman Singh, CM Chhattisgarh, Indian Express
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‘Run healthcare with digital systems, not mountains of data’ -
Kenneth Clarke, British Cabinet Minister & Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy, Business Line
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CBI should have statutory status, like EC and CAG -
Prakash Singh, ToI
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Rich are widely hated in China -
John Osburg, Professor, Rochester University, Economic Times
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Once was king -
Manmohan Singh, Business Standard
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Changing his stripes -
Nawaz Sharif, Hindustan Times
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Diageo's man for emerging markets -
CEO designate, Diageo, Business Standard
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Some ideological shift was needed -
Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Deccan Chronicle
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The force behind Dhrupad’s revival -
Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Hindu
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Halo on Manmohan Singh doesn't work anymore -
Ravi Shankar, Cartoonist, Pioneer
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Two contrasting Union ministers from same region, each under a cloud -
Pawan Bansal & Ashwani Kumar, Indian Express
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India’s being reinvented – we live suspended between worlds -
Akash Kapur, Times of India
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The law minister had no business calling the meeting -
Harish Salve, lawyer Supreme Court, Deccan Chronicle
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Vijay Singla: Kin of fortune -
Vijay Singla, Business Standard
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Man who blew lid off coal scam -
Hansraj Ahir, BJP MP,Chandrapur, Maharashtra, Mail Today
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In the hands of the govt, CBI probe can be denied, delayed -
Arun Bhagat, former CBI, AD, Business Standard
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Debate the quantum but don’t deny there’s been a loss -
Vinod Rai, Comptroller and Auditor General, India, Hindu
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News is to the mind what sugar is to the body -
Rolf Dobelli, Swiss writer, Times of India
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From being a ‘social butterfly’ to a bombing suspect’s widow -
Katherine Russell, wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Indian Express
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Whose the blackest hand in the charcoal till -
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Outlook India
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The only alternative to the UPA has to be a BJP-led coalition -
Arun Jaitley, India Today
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 When television news anchor Rahul Kanwal got through to Srinivasan and asked him about Meiyappan’s arrest, the BCCI president reacted with thuggish belligerence: 'Shut up, just shut up. I will fix the whole lot of you.' It’s amusing, of course, that “fixing” appears to be uppermost on Srinivasan’s mind even at this stage.This IPL series has shown up the carnival to be a can of worms and India’s cricket administration to be rotten at its core. As a first step towards fixing it over the long haul, Srinivasan and his political patron and IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla should be made to resign, and the Chennai Super Kings team disqualified.
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH THE BJP seemingly decided on projecting Narendra Modi as its PM candidate and its close ally Nitish Kumar of JD(U) equally firm in his opposition to the idea, a split in the NDA alliance looks inevitable; most observers think it’s not a question of if, but when. |
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