I think the issue of "intervention" should focus on making sure that competition agencies pay attention to relevant information which may come from NGOs,...
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Mukul Asher
sppasher@...
Sep 1, 2011 9:37 am
In the Indian context, granting NGOs more powers and rights without accountability, transparency, and above all a sense of self-restraint will be...
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Dr. P. K. Vasudeva
c_cier
Sep 1, 2011 11:04 am
Dear Pradeep, India has just celebrated the 64th anniversary of its independence and is struggling to achieve double-digit economic growth through good...
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Pradeep S Mehta
psm@...
Sep 1, 2011 12:47 pm
Dear all, Speaking about governance deficit and ineptitude at the highest level, let us review the latest antics in the Cabinet meeting on the Sports...
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Surendra L. Rao
surendral.rao@...
Sep 2, 2011 12:42 pm
It is scandalous that the Prime Minister does not have the authority to ask Ministers with conflicts of interest to recuse themselves when issues that affect...
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Dinesh Mathur
dinesh@...
Sep 2, 2011 12:47 pm
Considering the unaccountability of NGOs and also how some NGOs have taken it upon themselves to become the guardians of society, I agree with Mukul Asher that...
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Somasekhar Sundaresan
somasekhar@...
Sep 3, 2011 5:56 am
That is correct. For such a supply of information, statutory amendments are not required. Indian legal principles would also vitiate decisions where relevant...
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DSM
c_cier
Sep 3, 2011 6:15 am
I completely agree. Dileep Mehta From: CCIER [mailto:c-cier@...] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 3:29 PM To: vijay@... Subject: RE:...
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Vaishali Sharma
vaishalivsharma@...
Sep 3, 2011 12:27 pm
Its too early days in Indian Competition arena to allow intervention of NGOs while analyses under merger control provisions by the Competition Commission of...
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mkvenu@...
c_cier
Sep 5, 2011 4:44 am
80 percent of Indian ngos can be described as non-government operators! Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel From: FunCompForum@yahoogroups.com...
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Vijay S. Vyas
Vijaysvyas2108@...
Sep 5, 2011 5:28 am
Dear Pradeep I entirely agreee with you. Vijay. Professor V.S.Vyas Professor Emeritus, Institute of Development Studies 396 Vasundhara Colony, Tonk Road,...
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Pradeep S Mehta
psm@...
Sep 5, 2011 6:29 am
Dear All, This debate is moving ahead with much ignorance and therefore this response to set the matters right. Prima facie NGOs and/or consumer groups are...
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Kris Dev
c_cier
Sep 5, 2011 6:59 am
There is no unique identity of citizens even after decades of independence. No one knows the exact citizenship and demographic needs of citizens. We cannot...
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mkvenu@...
Sep 5, 2011 10:12 am
I said roughly 20 per cent NGOs do good work. Of the total of over 10,000 NGOs in the country if 2000 are doing good work, it is not a bad strike rate at all....
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mk.venu@...
Sep 5, 2011 11:02 am
I just discovered from a website that there are 1.2 million registered NG0s in India! I gave a very modest estimate of 10,000. Missed out on two zeroes,...
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Pradeep S Mehta
psm@...
Sep 5, 2011 11:44 am
Venu, Most of the NGOs are service delivery organisations (working on development, education and environment), and not advocacy groups. I cannot tell you the...
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Sanjeev S. Ahluwalia
ahluss1952@...
Sep 6, 2011 4:40 am
The cry for "good governance" is very much like the desperate attempts of a drowning (wo)man to clutch at straws. The reason i say this, is because "good...
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Surendra L. Rao
surendral.rao@...
Sep 6, 2011 5:10 am
We have laws governing Trusts and charitable societies. Yet, how many actually publish accounts and annual reports in tiem, or report on their activities?...
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Michael Gaweseb
c_cier
Sep 6, 2011 5:54 am
SPEAKING ABOUT NGO INVOLVEMENT IN COMPETITION CASES, LET ME ADD THAT IN MANY COUNTRIES CONSUMER GROUPS AND RELEVANT CSOs ARE CONSULTED BY THE COMPETITION ...
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Devendra Kodwani
d.kodwani
Sep 6, 2011 6:32 am
Sports Bill is in the spirit of making sports bodies accountable, transparent and effective. BCCI when systematically killing competing cricket league (ICL...
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Somasekhar Sundaresan
somasekhar@...
Sep 6, 2011 7:41 am
Team: Pradeep makes a fair point. The polity and society in general is what it is. It is simplistic to make stereotypical generalisations about NGOs,...
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Kris Dev
c_cier
Sep 6, 2011 10:23 am
In my opinion, we need transparency laws for every individual and organization the world over. Any public transaction should be transparent. Thus no activity...
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jparikh
jparikh@...
Sep 6, 2011 10:59 am
Rather than saying "they( NGOs) are not ready", checks and balances already designed should be enforced and new ones may have to be added.It was also said...
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mkvenu@...
Sep 6, 2011 12:18 pm
Agree with SL Rao that trusts and other so called non profit bodies that are merely shells must be shut down.chidambaram tried to tax them in some years ago...
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Anand P. Gupta
anand@...
Sep 7, 2011 7:01 am
I don't agree with Sanjeev that "good governance remains very much a black box." We certainly know what good governance means in the specific context of a...
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Prasanna Srinivasan
PrasSrinivasan@...
Sep 7, 2011 8:56 am
The purpose of the competition commission is to ensure that there is competitive choice for consumers of a product or service. Stakeholders are thus, consumers...
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Manas Kumar Chaudhuri
manas.chaudhuri@...
Sep 7, 2011 10:13 am
The Competition Commission of India (General) Regulations, 2009 provides enabling provisions for any person to join the proceedings and/or take part in the...
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BIPUL Chatterjee
bc@...
Sep 7, 2011 11:51 am
From: Bipul Chatterjee, Deputy Executive Director, CUTS International My understanding of this subject is very limited and therefore, this posting. I think...
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N L Mitra
c_cier
Sep 12, 2011 12:57 pm
On substantial issues I am in agreement with Pradeep. One has to now carefully examine what kind (or model) of Regulator we deserve for our country at this...
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CCIER
c_cier
Sep 13, 2011 5:06 am
SEBI & The Smell Test! Moneycontrol, September 04, 2011 The issue of regulatory independence has hit a new low, thanks to a 3-way war of words involving Dr KM...
