Category: Politics And Administration
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Filing Complaint In Consumer Court India
A while back, I had filed a case in the consumer court of India against HP for giving me a faulty HP printer, which was consuming high amount of ink. I thought it might be beneficial to share the details pertaining to the case so that others could benefit from it. Should I file a…
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Blog Action Day 2010
Blog Action Day is a day on which bloggers from all over the world blog about a particular topic impacting our society in order to spread awareness about it. The topic for 2010 is “Water”. Here are some interesting facts which I got to know through them: Unsafe drinking water and lack of sanitation kills…
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Procedure For New Passport Or Reissue of Existing Passport
NOTE: The procedure for applying for a passport has changed considerably since writing this article. I encourage you to visit http://passportindia.gov.in to know the exact procedure. I’ve recently applied for reissue of my parents’ passports. While there is information available on the passport site http://passport.gov.in/cpv/obtain.htm, it is not very organized. Here I try to organize…
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Obtaining a Marriage Certificate (Secunderabad, India)
Having applied for a marriage certificate today, I am documenting the procedure here so that it is useful for someone. I got married according to the Hindu Marriage Act and the details given here are mainly applicable for this Act. For the Special Marriage Act or further information on the Hindu Marriage Act, kindly visit:…
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Traffic Rules Violation Fines
Below are the fines which are to paid if the traffic rules are violated. Be sure to take a printout and carry a copy of this with you so that you are not made to pay more than what you have to in case you violate a traffic rule. Click here for the full sized…
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Documents Necessary for Various Registrations of Partnership Firm
Partnership Deed References: http://www.vakilno1.com/howto/partnership/contentspartnership.htm http://dateyvs.com/gener04.htm Registration of Firm Partnership Deed Address Proof and Identity Proof of all partners Address Proof of office & Lease Agreement/Affidavit for office Phone registration (This serves as proof of address for other purposes) Partnership Deed Registration Certificate Bank Account Registration Certificate Xerox Partnership Deed (notarized and attested by all the…
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Thank You From Jayaprakash Narayan, Lok Satta Party
7th May 2009 Dear Friend, You, along with thousands of like-minded volunteers and supporters have done a spectacular job for the 2009 elections! Lok Satta Party (LSP) whole-heartedly acknowledges and thanks all your unstinted efforts including phone calls to voters, talking to and convincing friends and family members, circulating emails, forwarding of SMSes, directly volunteering…
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Voter registration likely to close by mid-March
A forward from Jaago Re! One Billion Votes Dear Rahul, Make the Jaago Re! One Billion Votes movement stronger A few days back, Jaago Re! One Billion Votes movement hit a milestone of 300,000 online voter registrations. Is this a significant number? You decide: * In the recent 2008 Rajasthan state assembly elections, a candidate…
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Online Public Grievance Lodging and Monitoring System
From a mail forward I had received … Government of India has developed an ‘Online Grievance Forum’ at http://pgportal.gov.in/. Can you imagine this is happening in INDIA? The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways…
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Voter Registration In India
Here is an interesting conversation between Ramu and Shamu. Shamu is apathetic towards politics and Ramu is actively involved in spreading awareness related to it. In the below chat, Ramu tries to answer some of the basic and most important queries related to elections put forth by Shamu. Shamu: Hi Ramu, how are you? Ramu:…