Adarsh

The environment ministry ordered the "Adarsh" tower, in an exclusive area of the city, to be pulled down within three months as it violated coastal protection laws.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

Kolkata figures as one of the two cities where double-decker trains will be introduced as a pilot project while 11 out of 94 declared as 'Adarsh' stations are from her state.

Analysis 2010

In addition, she sanctioned for the state half of the 309 "Adarsh" (ideal) stations, five of the 50 world class stations, four of the 12 non-stop Duranta trains, a dedicated eastern freight corridor from Ludhiana to Kolkata, apart from a 1,000 MW captive power plant.

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Adarsh -- a multi-million dollar residential tower in Mumbai's most expensive seafront real estate -- has just been served with demolition orders.

Marie-Lou Fernandes: Will Corruption Trump Identity Politics in India? Marie-Lou Fernandes 2011

Once unearthed, petitioned against and ordered for inquiry, the Adarsh scam led to a furore by the opposition, and a change in the state's Chief Minister a few months ago - a perfunctory damage control exercise that brooked no discussion, nor any admission of accountability to the public by the party high command.

Marie-Lou Fernandes: Will Corruption Trump Identity Politics in India? Marie-Lou Fernandes 2011

"The comments said in coded language 'We are OK with the dollar move so far,'" says Adarsh Sinha , foreign-exchange strategist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong, who says he was surprised at how explicit the comments were.

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Adarsh, a multi-million dollar residential tower in Mumbai, has just been served with demolition orders.

Marie-Lou Fernandes: Will Corruption Trump Identity Politics in India? Marie-Lou Fernandes 2011

The demolition order for Adarsh issued by the Environment Ministry -- if it holds good by the courts and is finally implemented -- may well be the second card in perfunctory damage control, an attempt to indicate some effort at accountable governance, where the stakes are lower.

Marie-Lou Fernandes: Will Corruption Trump Identity Politics in India? Marie-Lou Fernandes 2011

Adarsh, ironically meaning Ideal , may well be the most appropriate symbol for India's anti-corruption movement today.

Marie-Lou Fernandes: Will Corruption Trump Identity Politics in India? Marie-Lou Fernandes 2011

While the demolition order for Adarsh may be welcome news per se, it detracts from the deeper, more devastating systemic issues that have been ignored by the present and previous central governments.

Marie-Lou Fernandes: Will Corruption Trump Identity Politics in India? Marie-Lou Fernandes 2011