How do tax havens and syndicates running shell companies help fraudsters escape the long arm of the law? How does the ambiguity of valuation in the start-up ecosystem increase its vulnerability to corporate fraud? How are manufacturers and exporters from China exploiting India's Free Trade Area (FTA) with other countries to dump goods at artificially low prices in the Indian market? What challenges does the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of China pose for regulators of India? Why do people fall for Ponzi and pyramid schemes again and again? Serious frauds affect society and economy in damaging ways, belittling the common man's trust in the system. Yet, barely do we understand how these affect our lives. A first-of-its-kind, The Great Indian Fraud reveals how all such frauds result from the manipulation of complex financial transactions, involving simple mathematics and tricks, to deceive regulators, enforcers, business partners and customers. Drawing on his experience in the fields of forensic audit and financial investigation, author Smarak Swain explains the modus operandi behind some of the most notorious cases of fraud-Haridas Mundhra, Jayanti Dharma Teja, Harshad Mehta, Ketan Parekh, Hasan Ali Khan, B. Ramalinga Raju, Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, Nirmal Singh Bhangoo and many more-narrating the rise and fall of the greatest fraudsters of our times. Informative and skilfully narrated, The Great Indian Fraud is a must-read to understand how frauds happen, how law enforcement agencies handle crises, the sectors that witness maximum frauds as well as the emerging sectors that are at high risk.

For the past 25 years, Tamal Bandyopadhyay has been a keen student of Indian banking. A lifelong reporter and journalist, he is an award-winning national business columnist and a bestselling author. He is widely recognised for ‘Banker’s Trust’, a weekly column whose unerring ability to anticipate and dissect major policy decisions in India’s banking and finance has earned him a large print and digital audience around the world. The column won Tamal the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism (commentary and interpretative writing) for 2017. Banker’s Trust now appears in Business Standard, where he is a Consulting Editor. Previously, Tamal has had stints with three other national business dailies in India, and was a founding member of Mint newspaper and Livemint.com. He is also a Senior Adviser to Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd. Between 2014 and 2018, as an adviser on strategy for Bandhan Bank Ltd, he had a ringside view of the first-ever transformation of a microfinance institution in India into a universal bank. Author of five other books, Tamal is widely recognised as a contributor to the Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy and Making of New India: Transformation Under Modi Government. In 2019, LinkedIn named him as one of the ‘most influential voices in India’.

In 2001, India had 4 million cell phone subscribers. Ten years later, that number had exploded to more than 750 million. Over just a decade, the mobile phone was transformed from a rare and unwieldy instrument to a palm-sized, affordable staple, taken for granted by poor fishermen in Kerala and affluent entrepreneurs in Mumbai alike. The Great Indian Phone Book investigates the social revolution ignited by what may be the most significant communications device in history, one which has disrupted more people and relationships than the printing press, wristwatch, automobile, or railways, though it has qualities of all four. In this fast-paced study, Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey explore the whole ecosystem of the cheap mobile phone. Blending journalistic immediacy with years of field-research experience in India, they portray the capitalists and bureaucrats who control the cellular infrastructure and wrestle over bandwidth rights, the marketers and technicians who bring mobile phones to the masses, and the often poor, village-bound users who adapt these addictive and sometimes troublesome devices to their daily lives. Examining the challenges cell phones pose to a hierarchy-bound country, the authors argue that in India, where caste and gender restrictions have defined power for generations, the disruptive potential of mobile phones is even greater than elsewhere. The Great Indian Phone Book is a rigorously researched, multidimensional tale of what can happen when a powerful and readily available technology is placed in the hands of a large, still predominantly poor population.

The eBook contains material drawn from dreams that ordinary folks worldwide see in political frameworks such as the Indian democracy. It is up to governing authorities to actualize these innocent dreams into reality so as to usher in truly public-oriented welfare policies. The book is an extraordinary Work in history of non-fiction literature. It belongs to that rare category of books that appear once in a thousand years' time. It has been dubbed the 'Golden Book.' It has made tremendous positive impact on policy-makers, decision takers and political bosses of various governments including the Indian government. The present Golden eBook discusses diverse public issues threadbare without any Fear or Favour. In short, this is a fine piece of practical philosophical thinking. The book explores and helps broaden intellectual horizon in many diverse fields such as public governance and administration, sociology, politics, economics, political geography, economic geography, business administration, human psychology, international trade, international taxation, world governance, peace. The book is full of interesting unknown facts; answers curious questions in addition to setting out practical agenda for politicians and all other people who are interested in finding out practical solutions to problems of governance to make 21st century a century of peace, prosperity and progress by assuring democracy, human dignity, human rights, women's empowerment, gender parity and equality, free global humane trade, protection of girl child. Interestingly, many of golden suggestions given in instant book have been implemented by several governments worldwide. The book lays down pragmatic intellectual framework for future global world government. Many interesting questions that this eBook gives answers to Why are railway lines and road links from Karachi to north-east tip of Asia linking south Asian and east Asian countries useful? Why did rebel soldiers of Sikh regiments fail to march upon Delhi and capture Amritsar in Punjab in aftermath of Operation Blue Star in 1984? A former Indian prime minister was deep in smuggling? A popular Indian actress gold-courier for notorious smuggler Dawood Ibrahim? What are liberally conservative and conservatively liberal political ethos? Shouldn't Bharat Ratna be withdrawn from Sachin Tendulkar? Why was Bharat Ratna conferred upon Sachin Tendulkar? Why has Bharat Ratna become a big farce? Why did Vishwanath Pratap Singh, former Indian prime minister wish to be a Naxalite? Why did national poet Pradeep refuse to compose patriotic songs? Is secessionism a political crime or benign human craving for freedom? What is psychology and pathology of anti-secessionism? How can loss of Maanav lives and property due to secessionist military fights be stopped permanently peacefully? How can you eliminate extortion by passport issuing authorities in India? How can governance be completely controlled by common citizens? How can menace of paying forcible bribes for getting documents certified from government authorities be overcome? Whom do reservations in government jobs really benefit? What is ulterior political motive behind reserving a particular constituency for a certain community? How can multiple taxes be avoided? Can there ever be single taxation system throughout world? Which is fifth factor of production? What is no taxation without facilitation? How can e-governance effectively help make public governance transparent and corruption-free? How can Indian universities be made fully student-friendly? can there be one world government with flourishing free humane trade? What is Lootarchy, Welfarchy, who is Welfarechist? How is 'Paramatantrataa' better than 'Suraaj' and 'Swaraj'? What is the great Indian dream? Can food insecurity lead to overthrow of powerful regimes? Should India have one common civil code? Is there real danger of military coup and public-revolt against central regime in present India? Does India need be politically reconfigured? What is permanent solution to Kashmir problem faced by India and Pakistan? How can black money be brought back into India from abroad? What are technical and non-technical corruptions? How can inflation be controlled? What is ‘guided market price mechanism'? What is affirmative help? How can buyers be protected against builders-mafia? Should ownership of leased government land pass onto present occupants? Can BJP keep its promise of building ram mandir? Which is one world language, one world religion, one Vasudhiotic world government? What is united states of humanity and its flag? What is ideal age limit for being an elected member of various legislatures? What should be India's golden foreign policy? Should world government be conservatively liberal or liberally conservative? What is ideal approach to deal with human rights’ violation questions?

This book examines the ruptured characteristics of colonialism in nineteenth-century India. It connects the British East India Company’s efforts at the bourgeoisation of India with the Revolt of 1857. The volume shows how the mutiny of Indian sepoys in the British Indian army became a popular uprising of peasants, artisans and discontented aristocrats against the British. Tracing the rationale and consequences of this conflict, the monograph highlights how newly introduced political, economic and agrarian policies as part of industrial Britain’s colonial policy wreaked havoc, resulting in high land revenue assessment and its harsh mode of collection, rural indebtedness, steady immiseration of peasants, widespread land alienation, destitution and suicide. Using rare archival sources, this book will be an important intervention in the study of nineteenth-century India, and will deeply interest scholars and researchers of modern Indian history and politics.

Twenty-something Vikram rebels against his father and the mediocre life his engineering background has ordained for him by travelling to Delhi to become a stand-up comedian. Only, he is forced to see the serious side of his jokes when circumstances compel him to accept the position of a journalist at The Great Indian Democracy, an upcoming political magazine. Life drifts along through plagiarized articles and pub-hopping until one day he finds out why he was hired in the first place. And meets Advaita, the annoyingly beautiful intern with whom he falls in love. Disarmingly funny, The GID is a satirical and thought-provoking take on everything that makes our nation’s democracy the biggest stand-up show.

In the present day with the development of Technology and use of Internet, Cloud technology, Social media outburst, Frauds and Crimes have climbed to new heights and the fraudster is always one step ahead of the fraud examiners and thus it is a big challenge to stop fraud before it is committed. This book attempts to identify, the meaning of fraud, evolution of frauds and crimes, the various types of frauds, the Psychology of the persons committing the frauds and the detection and prevention of the frauds, red flags or warning signals and finally reporting of frauds, for suitable action by the courts of law. The book attempts to bring the evolution of frauds dating back to 1700s. Fraud is not a new concept of the present century but dates to 300 years or more. An attempt is also made to highlight some of the Crimes that were committed for the sake of Money.

Forensic science is playing an increasingly important role in criminal investigations, as it provides scientific methods and techniques to gather and analyse evidence from crime scenes. Forensic evidence can be crucial in identifying suspects, linking them to the crime scene, and helping to secure convictions in court. In this sense, forensic science is seen as an aid to criminal investigation, providing reliable and objective evidence that can be used to uncover the truth behind criminal activities. The integration of forensic science with law and criminology is creating a new era of progressive thinking, where advanced techniques are being developed to better understand the nature of crime and the behaviour of criminals. With the help of forensic science, investigators can obtain speedy justice and bring criminals to book. However, this requires appropriate measures to be taken for the efficient execution of forensic investigations, including the use of modern technology and the training of professionals in the latest forensic techniques. Given the importance of forensic science in the criminal justice system, it is essential to have a comprehensive understanding of its different aspects. This includes the collection, preservation, and analysis of forensic evidence, as well as the interpretation of this evidence in the context of criminal investigations. This book covers these topics in detail, providing valuable insights for professionals, practitioners, academics, and students of the related fields.

In "Digital Fortunes", Smarak Swain reveals the hidden drivers of value in tech stocks and crypto assets, and shows you how to navigate the rapidly changing landscape of the digital economy. Through fascinating case studies and expert analysis, Swain explains how network effects - the ability to connect a large number of users - are the key to understanding the soaring valuations of digital platforms and crypto assets. This insightful book with powerful storytelling helps the reader: Understand the fundamental differences between the digital and traditional economies; Identify digital companies that are truly leveraging network effects; Navigate the complex world of crypto assets with a fraud risk "heat map"; and Unlock the secrets of decentralized virtual assets and their value drivers. As a policy maker developing regulation, Smarak Swain is uniquely positioned to understand digital transformation. He draws on his distinctive experience and perspective, to provide a clear and invaluable guide to navigate a rewarding but risky area. This groundbreaking book changes how one thinks about value and wealth in the digital age.