Delhi: City of touts

If you are 'poor' in Delhi, the benefits are many. Taking full advantage of this, touts have arrogated to themselves the power to decide who constitutes the city's 'poor' in return for money. It is touts who decide who will benefit from the raft of schemes related to health, education and other social sectors that are run by the Delhi government for the city's poor to lift them out of poverty. These touts can brand a rich man as 'poor' so that he can milk these schemes on which the government spends crores of rupees.

Read Full Story>>