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'Steal a little' minister relents

Published: 10 Aug 2012 at 19.30
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LUCKNOW -- A state minister in India has sparked a scandal after suggesting to bureaucrats that they could "steal a little" if they performed their duties well.

Shivpal Singh Yadav, in charge of housing and construction in Uttar Pradesh state, on Friday hastily withdrew the "offer" he made a day earlier during a meeting with government employees, unaware that journalists were also present.Yadav is an uncle to the state chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, whose Samajwadi Party stormed into power on an anti-corruption platform in elections held in graft-ridden Uttar Pradesh in March."If you work hard, you can steal a little,...

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dickemery
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Discussion 4 : 11 Aug 2012 at 10.054
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corruption causes chaos, minister not up to the job as winessed here in thailand ,the powerful and the elite are queneing up to become politicans not to serve the people but themselves very sad for these humble people
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Discussion 3 : 11 Aug 2012 at 07.463
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He sounds like a Thai
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Discussion 2 : 11 Aug 2012 at 07.112
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In India "steal a little". In Thailand, "steal a lot".
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Discussion 1 : 10 Aug 2012 at 19.591
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India is even more corrupt than Thailand, with a score on the corruption index of 3.1 as compared with Thailand's 3.4 (Clean is a score of 10!) But not that much different. Same philosophy, perhaps the Indians are more honest about it. Either way, it is shameful.
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