Posts : India

Unique ID for telephone number?

n - 24-AUG-2009

http://www.deccanherald.c... provides an article about a proposal to use the UID for telephone numbers. This is not a good idea and I emailed Mr. Acharya (the person quoted in the article; contact information at http://www.cdot.com/about...) pointing out issues and proposing alternate solution. He appears to be based in Bengaluru - can anyone local contact him and/or C-DOT and dissuade him/them against the idea?

Revolution in transparency in governance in US

sanchitnis - 19-AUG-2009

As you may be aware, Obama started a priority Open Government Initiative with website at Data.gov.

Integrity / Honesty Index

ssheragu - 15-AUG-2009

A lot of views & opinions are discussed and many novel suggestions made in Praja on various topics and issues; these are most welcome & moreover most of them are found to be very good in their intent and quality; however it needs to be introspected, if Praja members themselves practice their  own views & suggestions; in other words I&

Secret Indian currency template compromised: CBI

vinod_shankar - 13-AUG-2009

Every week or so there are reports regarding crores of indian fake money in circulation . And this is the latest i came across.  Isn't there solution to this problem, instead of blaming the 'isi'  , terrorists. &nbs

Swine Flu: Is the central govt. handling it well ?

srkulhalli - 12-AUG-2009

These are actual lines taken from news websites

Disincentivising Private Tpt - some light at the end of the tunnel

s_yajaman - 8-AUG-2009

Finally some light at the end of the tunnel.  Read this today in the ET

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Economy/Govt-plans-new-levies-on-vehicles/articleshow/4869629.cms

if you get right leaders even PSU can do wonders

spry - 7-AUG-2009

I found it so amazing, I thought I would share it with all. Miracles do happen...in Bihar! It shows that if you get the right leaders, even the PSUs can do wonders.

Railway Profits: Which figure is correct?

E.R. Ramachandran - 28-JUL-2009

While presenting the Rail Budget, the new Raiway Minister Ms. Mamata Bannerjee informed the year-end surplus for the year 2007-2008 was RS. 8000 Crores whereas Mr.

Learnings from Delhi's power supply privatisation

murali772 - 23-JUL-2009

DELHI has never been inviting in May and June. This summer, the capital saw its worst power crisis, and frayed tempers pushed Sheila Dikshit’s government on the back foot.

Are linguistic states a costly mistake?

psaram42 - 22-JUL-2009