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12 October 2011   Moneylife Exclusive Equity mutual funds rake it in despite bearish mood Moneylife Digital Team Equity mutual funds record Rs1,440 crore in September inflows after a great August, thanks to the success of systematic investment plans...     Exclusive Column     Disaster with Chinese Characteristics William Gamble Greece is a democracy with a free press and subject to the restrictions of the EU. China actively suppresses information. To determine the state of the Chinese economy it is sometimes necessary to look outside some of the official reports. Like discovery of the structure of DNA, it is necessary to look at shadows and in China's case the shadows are looking very scary...       Other ML Exclusives   What else can you and I do for Shehla Masood? Lodge a complaint with the Central Information Commissioner In a visionary resolution, the CIC has taken the onus of examining the pending RTI applications of a victim who has been assaulted or killed while seeking information and ordering the concerned department(s) to publish that information within four weeks. Here's how you can register a complaint under the RTI Act... ............................................................................................................................................. Stop construction of power plant on wetland, former power secretary tells Centre Former power & finance secretary EAS Sarma cites a series of legal violations and possible environmental damage involved in the Andhra Pradesh project, writes to Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan to reconsider Centre's go-ahead for the thermal power plant... .............................................................................................................................................. Daily Market Report: Share prices rally against odds Nifty will target 5,130 and above. Support is at 5,060... .............................................................................................................................................. Microfinance institutions not the answer for poverty alleviation, says Jairam Ramesh The minister does not feel that MFIs are any sort of panacea; findings of NCAER study don't provide robust defense of MFIs—and the entity's director has voiced his views completely contradictory to his own organisation's study... .............................................................................................................................................. Bharti AXA Life Triple Health Insurance plan: How does it measure up? Bharti AXA's plan offers cover of a maximum of three times the sum assured under the policy, while covering three critical illnesses. The premium is waived by the insurance company after payment for the first critical illness. But it comes with some riders... .............................................................................................................................................. Malware attacks zoom due to social media but organisations are not adequately prepared A majority of Indian security experts think that social media is important for business productivity; but real-time content protection is not being provided... .............................................................................................................................................. Sahara India: Ghost Investors? Sahara's breathtaking investor base... .............................................................................................................................................. Governance: The 'Maya' of power The life and times of a 'paranoid dictator'... .............................................................................................................................................. Personal finance today - Kotak Mahindra MF launches 370 days fixed maturity plan - HDFC Bank and Diners Club International ink strategic partnership - Canara Bank slashes rates for housing loans by 50 bps   ON STANDS NOW At a Glance   - Industrial growth slows to 4.1% in August - Five Satyam accounting fraud accused granted bail by SC - Infosys Q2 consolidated net up by 9.72% at Rs1,906 crore - Strike at Maruti's Manesar unit enters sixth day - India's exports up 36% in September, imports grow by 17.2%   Corporate Wrap-up   - Jindal Aluminium to set up Rs500cr foil plant - Mercedes Benz starts car leasing business in India - NTPC may appoint Deloitte for operational revamp Moneylife Columns     A workable microfinance & financial inclusion policy: How can it be formulated? Ramesh S Arunachalam India needs a microfinance policy that is holistic, futuristic and yet practical in terms of satisfying unmet ground-level financial needs of low-income and excluded people. It should be developed through a truly bottom-up and democratic process with widespread stakeholder input and consultations...     Can you ask for other students' answer-sheets? No, that's misuse of RTI Vinita Deshmukh The Film & Television Institute of India recently received an RTI application demanding answer-sheets of other students, by a prospective student who failed to get admission to an Animation & Computer Graphics course in 2010. The appeal was eventually rejected as being ultra vires of the RTI Act ...       Face 2 Face   Future Generali India Life Insurance: "ULIP charges are squeezed; wonder if any insurer charges less than the maximum allowed" Future Generali believes that the life insurance market is big enough for all the players to compete in newer areas and segments. Deepak Sood, MD & CEO, Future Generali India Life Insurance, says that good claims settlement ratio and quick claims turnaround time are the main drivers of customer satisfaction and retention. Excerpts:..   Editor's Pick   International Energy Agency slashes oil demand forecast IEA has revised its global estimates drastically—50,000 barrels/day this year and 210,000 barrels/day for the next, expecting lower-than-estimated GDP growth. ...................................................................................................................................................... 'Great' Britain faces major jobs crisis Unemployment is at its highest level in 15 years. ...................................................................................................................................................... Copper continues to slide The metal which is a crucial economic indicator has fallen 26% in the third quarter, mainly due to the crash in Chinese demand. ...................................................................................................................................................... Coming soon, more corporate failures Some big names are close to bankruptcy, many more might follow. ...................................................................................................................................................... Fall Street: 10,000 jobs may go by 2012 New York's state comptroller says profits will fall, jobs will be axed and bonuses slashed. ...................................................................................................................................................... Graphic of the Week Steve Jobs: Life seen through his lens.     Book Review   Written in stone: Over the years Shukti Sarma A bare-bones history of life...   FROM the ARCHIVES   Maruti Suzuki industrial unrest at Manesar: The inside story The strike at the Maruti Suzuki plant at Manesar has entered the 5th day. Production has stopped and the workers have taken over the plant, staging a 'sit-in' protest. What has fuelled this ugly face-off?... ...................................................................................................................................................... Moneylife Foundation conducts seminar to help people avoid pyramid schemes Almost every day, get-rich-quick, pyramid, multi-level marketing and Ponzi schemes try to dazzle the gullible to loot their hard-earned money. Ms Sucheta Dalal, Founder-Trustee, Moneylife Foundation, conducted a seminar to warn people to stay away from such fraudulent proposals...     To subscribe to this free newsletter log on to www.moneylife.in or email us at newsletter@moneylife.in To get FREE updates via sms click here.

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