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NRINewsToday Magazine August 2019

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NTROI NDEAWYS#MAGAZINE FOR THE INDIAN DIASPORA WORLDWIDE VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 07

AUGUST-2019

NRI Profile

Vera Mindy Chokalingam

Indian food

Bamboo Biryani

Spiritual Talk

Mahabharata

CoverStory Priti Patel is

Britain’s new Home Secretary

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CONTENTS

20 22

NRI Money Cover Story

Residential Britain Now Has Most
Status of ‘Desi’ Cabinet in Its
Non-Resident History
Indians
14 Comes
Under I-T
Local Events Lens

Indian Origin
South Africans
Mark Mandela
Day with Acts
of Kindness

16

NRI Immigration 26 28

Good News for Indian Books INDIAN News
Techies! United States
House Passes Bill Straight to Normal My Lawyers Behind
Removing Country Cap on Life as a Gay Man Historic Section 377
Green Cards Verdict Come out as
a Couple

34

Uk News

Boris Johnson
Takes over as UK
Prime Minister

44 54

NRI Profile Moneywise

Vera Mindy Non-Resident Indians
Chokalingam AKA Will Soon Be Able to Invest
Mindy Calling in Indian Government
Securities

58

Indian Diaspora

Car Festival Or
RathaYatra

48 56

Tea Time News

Akshay Kumar,
Ajay Devgan,
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas

40 Business Insights

Spiritual Talk Indian Chief Executive
Officers Plan Increase
10 Life Lessons Learnt Spend in 2019
from the Characters
of the Mahabharata

CONTENTS 92

84 Indian History

Healthy Living 10 Inspirational
Women In
10 INCREDIBLE BENEFITS Indian History
OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
ON HEALTH

74

Indian Yoga

68 5 Effective Baba
Ramdev Yoga Asanas
LifeStyle For Pregnant Women

Why Live In Grief?, Ways To
Overcome Grief And Look
Forward To A Fresh Start!
Of Sri jagannatha Puri

80 88

Automobiles Indian Food

Hyundai Kona 96Bamboo Biryani Recipe
Electric
Technology

Amazon Plans to Spend
$700 Million Retraining Its
Workforce

104

Story for Kids 106 142

4 Cute Short Fashion Horoscope
Stories For
Kids Let Your Lotus Make-Up 144
Kids Learn India Fashion Week
And Have Autumn/Winter 2019 Yellow Pages

98 108 120

Indian vasthu Q-A Special Movie

Essential Vastu Tips For Full List of Documents an Overcomer ,
A Washroom - Drive Out NRI Need to Submit for an Mission Mangal,
The Negative Energy! Saaho

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Article 370 Not Revoked In

Jammu & Kashmir Yet

The decision that Narendra Modi has taken
about Article 370 is still talked about without
a final decision made yet about Jammu and
Kashmir being separate union territories.

Article 370 is about Jammu & Kashmir
having special rights of their own flag and
constitution.

Updates About What Is
Happening

-> The Government cancels Article 370 -> The President gets the rights to announce

for now that Jammu and Kashmir would not follow Article
370
-> The article 370 would come into the
-> Article 370 would be debated for a while now
picture only after there is a constitutional
revision that is aligned to article 368.

-> Amit Shah hasn’t passed a bill on

Article 370 yet

What Did The from the State Government and that would be
Government Do On 6th altered now.
August?
This article gives a detailed picture about which
Jammu and Kashmir to be two Union state would have jurisdictional rights over
Territories and not a state yet. This bill is Jammu & Kashmir.
introduced by the government.
What Would Be The
For now, Rajya Sabha has passed a Difference In Jammu &
bill asking for Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir Without Article 370?
to be two separate Union Territories.
The Lok Sabha is yet to do it after they -> There would be no special powers
do it, it would go to the President for
his approval and if he approves it the exercised by Jammu and Kashmir
government would authorize it and
Jammu and Kashmir would no longer be -> There would no more be dual citizenship in
a state.
Kashmir, it would be one citizenship for all
What Is The Present
Status Of Jammu & -> The flag for Jammu and Kashmir would no
Kashmir?
more be different, it would be the Indian flag only
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are
two union territories for now -> Earlier minorities did not have reservations

Jammu and Kashmir would be governed but now they would get reservations to about 15
by legislative laws percent

There would be no legislative rights for -> There would be no restriction over buying
Ladakh
land and property in Jammu & Kashmir
Ramnath Kovind authorized a anymore. Earlier, only the residents of Kashmir
notification that Article 370 is not going had the rights
to operative
-> Nothing would happen to a woman’s

citizenship status rights even if she married out
of Jammu and Kashmir

-> Children will benefit from the right to

education

What Is Article 370?

Ever since the constitution has come
into existence this Article was made for
Jammu & Kashmir who are disturbed
because of the turmoil between
countries fighting for it.

In Jammu & Kashmir, the Central
Government would need permission

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Kosi And Nechi River To Be Linked -
The 4,900 Crores Project!

The Seemanchal region in Bihar to be Apart from this, the intention of this
given on lease as the center has taken project is to provide better irrigation
up a project to connect the Kosi & facilities to lakhs of acres of land
Mechi River, this project is worth 4,900 in and around the areas of Bihar in
crores places such as Araria, Kishanganj,
and Purnia.
Kosi and Nechi are known to be the
second-best interlinking project in the The Water Resource Department
entire country. Ken Batwa was one Minister Sanjay Kumar Jha is
of the best one’s in Madhya Pradesh monitoring this project by staying
earlier. in touch with the Central Water
Development Authority and he met the
What is the intention of Union Minister to further get approval
this project? on this project.

The main motto behind this project is Details about this project
to get saved from floods and difficulty
in the entire region and it is focused Mechi is an essential part of the
on having a green revolution in Mahananda river and it has less water,
Seemanchal.

the excess water from Kochi
would be put into this river
through Hanuman Nagar.

This process of transferring
water would help stabilize
what is surplus by providing
to what is the deficit. This
practice would improve the
irrigational facilities.

This project is capable of
getting a national project
status, said, experts. The
state leadership to focus on
this project. On a majority,
the center would fund for this
project and it would not be left
on the state to be burdened
with the expenditure.

The WRD minister calls this
inter-linking project a green
revolution project because it
does not want to cause any
disturbance to any part of the
land where the population
resides or in the forest areas.

The land that will be used up
for this project is within 1400
hectares and it is not close
to any wildlife sanctuary or
national parks.

All in all, if you look at the
benefits of this project it is
balancing surplus and deficit
by sending water from Kosi to
Mechi, it is not causing harm
to any other part of lands and
finally, it is a green revolution
project and at the same time,
it is working on improving
irrigational facilities.

LOCAL EVENTS

14

Indian Origin South Africans

Mark Mandela Day

with Acts of Kindness

Indians residing in South African marked the Mandela Day
by taking part in a diverse range of community activities and
devoting 67 minutes of their day to some extent to work for

the betterment of the society.

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In November 2009, the United political prisoner and finally, as the
Nations declared July 18 as first democratically-elected president
Nelson Mandela Day to honor the of South Africa.
legacy of the former South African
president and his values. ‘Madiba’ means ‘father’ in the
Xhosa language. In the sprawling
Mandela Day is a global call to Indian township of Lenasia in
action that celebrates the idea that Johannesburg, residents on
each individual has the power to Thursday donated books, which
transform the world and the ability would be distributed to libraries and
to make an impact. schools.

Since then, every year on July 18 The event was organized by the
South Africans from all walks of life Gandhi Walk Committee. “We
take part in activities for at least invited everyone to go through their
67 minutes, which is the number bookshelves for 67 minutes to look
of years that Mandela, who is for books which they have already
affectionately referred to by his read or don’t want. We asked them
clan name Madiba, spent in service to donate the books in the name of
of the community - first as a human Nelson Mandela to benefit others,”
rights lawyer, then 27 years as a said Amit Parbhucharan, chairman
of the Committee.

People also spent their length of
time renovating schools, clinics,
and libraries, serving meals at old
age homes and to the indigent and
distributing blankets and warm
clothing to the poor.

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NRI IMMIGRATION

Good News for Indian Techies!

16 United States House Passes Bill

Removing Country Cap on Green Cards

The United States lawmakers recently passed a Green Card bill
aimed at lifting the per-country limits on the employment-

based cards that would in the main benefit thousands of high-
skilled Indian IT professionals, for whom the wait for Green
card is more than a decade.

A Green Card allows a person to live and can be given a maximum of seven percent of
work permanently in the United States. such visas.

Titled the Fairness of High-Skilled Immigrants The new Bill seeks to increase this seven
Act, 2019 or HR 1044, the Bill was passed by percent per-country limit to 15 percent.
the 435-member House by an overwhelming Similarly, it also seeks to eliminate the seven
majority of 365-65 votes. As per the present percent per-country cap on employment-
system, out of the total number of family- based immigrant visas. In addition, it removes
based immigrant visas to be given by the U.S. an offset that reduced the number of visas for
in a particular year, the people of a country individuals from China.

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The bill also establishes “is serious about merit-based “This bill will help ensure
transition rules for legal immigration, he should those seeking permanent
employment-based visas from help usher this bill into law,” residency don’t have to
FY 2020-22 by reserving a said Congresswoman Zoe wait for extraordinarily long
percentage of EB-2 (workers Lofgren. periods, - projected at 50
with advanced degrees or years or more for people
exceptional ability), EB-3 Bill Hailed by Indian from countries like India and
(skilled and other workers) American Professionals China - simply because of
and EB-5 (investors) visas for their country of origin,” said
individuals from other than The passage of the Bill was FWD. U.S. president Todd
the two countries that get the hailed by Indian professionals Schulte, hailing the passage
largest number of such visas. from across the U.S., of the FHSI Act.
particularly those from the
As per another provision of Silicon Valley in California, FWD.U.S. is an advocacy
the Bill, not more than 85 Seattle area in Washington organization representing top
percent of the unreserved state, the Greater Washington, Silicon Valley firms including
visas, would be allotted D.C. area and the tri-state area Facebook, Google, Microsoft,
to immigrants from any of New York, New Jersey, and and DropBox.
single country. Before it Connecticut.
can be signed into law by “Eliminating ‘per-country’
the U.S. president, the Bill, The Department of Homeland caps for employment-based
however, has to be passed Security, however, has said Green Cards and raising
by the Senate, wherein the it does not support the Bill. caps for family-based
Republicans enjoy a majority. “This bill would do nothing to green cards will make the
move the current employment- system fairer for immigrant
An identical bill sponsored by sponsored system toward a families and strengthen
Senators Kamala Harris and more merit-based system,” the United States’ ability to
Mike Lee is likely to be taken said Joseph S Joh, Assistant recruit and retain top global
up soon. Director and Senior Advisor in talent by establishing a
the Office of Legislative Affairs, fair and predictable path to
The Senate bill S386 Department of Homeland permanent legal status,” he
currently has 34 co-sponsors. Security. Top American IT said.
Congressman John Curtis, companies welcomed the
speaking on the floor of the passage of the bill and urged Hindu American Foundation
House, said the Bill will create the Senate to pass it at the too welcomed the passage
a first-come, first-served earliest. of the Bill. “It is now up to
system providing certainty the Senate to ensure that
to workers and families and “Today the U.S. House passed fairness is delivered to high-
enabling the U.S. companies the legislation to ensure skilled immigrants who have
to flourish and compete in a people from all countries are been stuck in a decades-
global economy as they hire treated alike in the Green long backlog waiting for
the brightest people to create Card process. This promotes their chance to become
products, services, and jobs, a fair high-skilled immigration full-fledged contributors to
irrespective of where they system that’s good for the the American economy.
were born. business and our economy,” The time to act is now,” said
said Microsoft president Brad Jay Kansara of the Hindu
If President Donald Trump Smith. American Foundation.

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NRI IMMIGRATION

More Than 2,000 Infosys Employees
Earning More Than Rs:1Crore Abroad
Indian IT firm Infosys has more than 2,200 employees
who works outside India have earned more than Rs 1 crore
in the last fiscal year, a jump of over 500 since FY17, said
an  Economic Times report.

18

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Infosys has hired more than 9,000 people in the less dependent on the visa
than 9,100 people in the United States between April for talent or ability.”
United States since 2017, 2017 and March 2019, almost
much close to former Chief meeting its target of recruiting Senior employees and
Executive Officer (CEO) 10,000 American workers. consultants are paid
Vishal Sikka’s stated goal of The move has helped the maximum salaries. Some of
hiring 10,000 in its primary company strengthen its the highest-paid employees
market. business model, it added. are Paul Haines, ex-Director
of Noah Consulting and
The report also highlighted Infosys Chief Operating currently Associate Partner
that the company had more Officer UB Pravin Rao at the at Infosys Consulting, who
than 1,700 employees who company’s annual general earned Rs 6.9 crore in the
earned more than Rs 1 crore meeting (AGM) said, “Since financial year 2019; and John
in the year 2017. April of 2017, we have hired Brizzi, the vice-president, and
about 9,100 people as of partner at Infosys Consulting
According to the report, in March 2019. This has helped earning Rs 5.7 crore.
June Infosys said that the us in strengthening our
company had hired more business model and becoming

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NRI MONEY

20

NonR-ReesUsidindedenentritaII-lnTSdLtiaeatnnusssCoofmes

The Indian investigation wing of the Income Tax
(I-T) department is going through the ‘residential’
status of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) with very

thorough research.

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The department has up to Many NRIs were served There is a dispute at times over
now served notices to several notices to include NRIs in the how one calculates 182 days -
NRIs for reopening tax definition of ‘assessee’, whether arrival and departure
assessments of the past five to a month before the Union dates are included or only the
six years. The NRIs were also Budget 2019 which proposed arrival date is considered in the
told to share photocopies of an amendment (with period of stay.
their passports. retrospective effect) in the
black money Act. The law, under the 365-day
According to the law, a rule, allows the tax office to let
resident can attain NRI status The Non-Resident Indians a person claim the status as a
by staying abroad for 182 days (NRIs), in the tax return for Non-Resident Indian even if he
and a person is ‘resident’ if the financial year 2018-2019, has overstayed on the far side
he has been in India for over have to give details of stay 60 days in the fifth year or the
60 days in the year in question in India for the past four year under question. However,
and 365 during the four years years in order to enable the there are cases where the tax
prior to that year. assessing officer to find out department has refused to
their true residential status. extend the benefit of 182 days
Owing to severe tax to persons who have stayed in
implications, many Indians The Economic Times India for more than 60 days in
with kid gloves divide their economictimes.indiatimes. the relevant year.
time between India and com
abroad. A resident is required quoted the senior partner at ”It is equally important,”
to pay tax on global earning Choksi & Choksi, Mitil Choksi says Chokshi, to explain the
while an NRI is spared tax on as advising NRIs, particularly rationale for turning an NRI
income from outside India. those who have got that - whether it is for business,
status in the past 6-7 years, to employment, academic
According to Economic Times preserve relevant documents purposes or family issues.
and clear evidence of source The I-T inquiries are driven by
economictimes.indiatimes.com and application of funds as the suspicion that a person
well as immigration details. becomes an NRI to legalize
under the circumstances, undisclosed offshore assets and
persons who claimed NRI earnings emanating from them.
status (without fulfilling
the norms on the period of
stay) are being pulled up for
alleged tax evasion and may
be in for lengthy litigation.

“Even if a person is forced
to extend his stay in India
beyond 182 days on genuine
grounds like hospitalization or
marriage, there is no respite.
The department has turned
aggressive to ensure that
foreign income of residents
does not escape taxation,”
said senior chartered
accountant Dilip Lakhani.

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COVER STORY

Britain Now Has Most
‘Desi’ Cabinet in
Its History

Boris Johnson officially became Britain’s new Prime
Minister succeeding May Theresa and it is the time for
Indians to rejoice at the ethnicity of some of the ministers,
Boris Johnson has appointed in his cabinet. Priti Patel,
Alok Sharma and Rishi Sunak - all Indian origin - are part
22 of the new team Johnson has put in place in his

new cabinet.

Both Priti Patel and Rishi Sunak, who is Theresa May’s cabinet had four Indian
the son-in-law of the celebrated Infosys origin faces, which included Rishi
co-founder, Narayana Murthy, have Sunak, Sailesh Vara, Alok Sharma,
been notable members of the “Back and Suella Fernandes.
Boris” campaign. Sharma, on the other
hand, was a junior minister in the May Priti Patel as Home
government and has now been given the Secretary
charge of his own ministry.
The 45-year-old Priti Patel, a Tory
The three Indian origin ministers have party MP, has become Britain’s first
been given key portfolios in what is being Indian origin home secretary replacing
seen as the most diverse cabinet in Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid, who
British history. moves to the Treasury department
as the first ethnic minority Chancellor
Soon after taking office, UK PM Boris of the Exchequer. Patel is an ardent
Johnson revealed his 31-member cabinet, Brexiteer who was among the most
naming the members who he hopes will vocal critics of Theresa May’s Brexit
support and help him implement the
Brexit plan by October 31 this year.

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COVER STORY the UK, is seen as an avid Rishi Sunak as
supporter of Prime Minister Chief Secretary to
strategy. She was forced to Narendra Modi in the UK. the Treasury
step down from Theresa May’s
government after revelations She was among the rebel Rishi Sunak, the 38-year-
that she had conducted secret Tory MPs who consistently old Conservative party MP
meetings with the Israeli voted against the former for Richmond (Yorkshire)
government. prime minister’s Withdrawal is a pro-Brexit campaigner
Agreement with the EU as a who has now replaced Liz
However, the Gujarati-origin “bad deal for Britain”, which Truss as the Chief Secretary
UK Member of Parliament has ultimately sealed May’s term to the Treasury. Born in the
been brought back into the at the top post. Patel has UK, Sunak’s mother was a
Cabinet by new Prime Minister once again returned as the pharmacist while his father
Boris Johnson. seniormost British Indian worked in the National Health
member of the UK cabinet.
Considering her departure
from the government less than
two years ago, it would be an
arduous task for Patel to meet
the challenges that come with
her new profile.

Patel had been a prominent
24 member of the “Back Boris”

campaign for the Conservative
Party leadership. An ardent
Leave campaigner, she was
widely tipped for the plum post
in the prime minister’s frontline
team. She is a long-standing
Eurosceptic, who had steered
the “Vote Leave” campaign in
the lead-up to the June 2016
referendum in favor of Britain’s
exit from the European Union
(EU).

She was first elected as a
Conservative MP for Witham
in Essex in 2010 and gained
prominence in the then David
Cameron-led Tory government
as his Indian Diaspora
Champion. Patel, who was a
prominent guest at all major
Indian diaspora events in

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Service (NHS) as a general
practitioner father. He met
Narayana Murthy’s daughter
Akshata Murthy in California
and married her later on.

The Oxford University and
Stanford MBA graduate
co-founded a £1 billion
global investment firm and
specialized in investing in
small British businesses
before his entry to the British
Parliament in the 2015
general election.

Last year, Sunak was inducted development world, as the prime minister’s
into the UK government Sharma previously served infrastructure envoy to India
by the then British Prime as employment minister in and the same year led the
Minister Theresa May as the the Department of Work UK delegation to the Global
parliamentary under-secretary and Pensions, housing Investors Summit to meet
of state in the ministry of minister in the Department with Indian industry leaders,
housing, communities and for Communities and Local policymakers, and investors.
local government. Government, and minister for
Asia and the Pacific at FCO. Sharma was first elected as
He was among the prominent a member of Parliament in
Indian-origin campaigners As housing minister, he 2010, following a career in
in favor of Britain’s exit from handled the response to the accounting and banking.
the EU in the June 2016 deadly Grenfell Tower fire in
referendum, pushing for closer 2017. He was criticized by He campaigned for the U.K.
ties with Commonwealth survivors for the slow pace to stay in the European Union
countries like India. of the response but attracted ahead of the referendum in
media attention when he 2016, but he now says the
Alok Sharma as became emotional during a government must deliver
International parliamentary speech about Brexit and supported
Development the tragedy. Johnson’s bid for leadership.
Secretary

Alok Sharma was named as
the U.K.’s latest secretary
of state for international
development.

A newcomer to the In 2016, Sharma also served

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BOOKS

26

STRAIGHT TO NORMAL

MY LIFE AS A GAY MAN

- By Sharif D Rangnekar

Authored by Sharif D Rangnekar, Straight to Normal is
an autobiography written with the expectancy that any
person who feels pressured to appear ‘straight’ finds the

strength to be who they are.

Straight to Normal is the autobiography About Book
of a gay man who had to fight bouts of
confusion, fear, vulnerability, depression, The author puts in writing how as a fifteen-
and dejection and also unlearn the year-old could not make sense of why
normative definition of love, lust, and he felt aroused watching men dance in a
everything in between, to thwart the desire Jermaine Jackson music video. However,
to kill himself and come by a reason to live.

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he soon found the ‘answer’ in a book that each and every platform to advocate
told him that this was just a phase and it change and gain support for the LGBT
would end once he got married. He almost (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender)
did. community. He is the frontman of a band
named ‘Head Held High’ - that is credited
Through the
twists and with
turns of love India’s first
and break- dedicated
ups, hate to the gay
and affection, community.
violence and
near peace, He curates
he eventually the platform
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speak for Justice
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him. with social
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an identity He was
but lost a named PR
near lifetime, Professional
looking for of The
love and companionship. Year 2013
by IPRCCA. Sharif provides counsel
About Sharif D Rangnekar in the area of diversity and inclusion in
the workplace, specific to the LGBTQ
Sharif D Rangnekar is a communications community. He is also associated with
consultant and former journalist who uses Open For Business, a global forum that
promotes such policies.

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INDIA NEWS

28

Lawyers Behind Historic Section 377

Verdict Come out as a Couple

On 6 September 2018, Indians rejoiced as the Supreme Court
struck down Section 377 of the IPC. An interesting aspect to
the case has come up recently regarding the five-judge panel

who fought the case.

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In an interview to CNN’s risked arrest for publicly December 2013 judgment
Fareed Zakaria on 18 July, identifying themselves as part of the SC which restored
Supreme Court lawyers, of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Section 377 IPC to the book by
Menaka Gurswamy and Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) overturning the 2009 verdict of
Arundhati Katju opened up as community. Delhi High Court striking down
being a couple. the colonial provision.
The host Zakaria asked if the
Menaka Guruswamy case was much more personal “It is not nice to be a ‘criminal’
and Arundhati Katju had to them as the two were not who has to go back to court as
spearheaded the legal just partners in court but also a a lawyer to argue other cases,”
challenge to strike down couple. she added.
Section 377 of IPC.
In response, both Guruswamy “We had a court where we
The duo highlighted those and Katju agreed and said practiced as lawyers ... and
who suffered under the “Sure. That’s right”. this court had just told us that
law by enlisting more than gay people were second class
two dozen gay, lesbian, “The loss in 2013 was a loss citizens”, said Katju, who
bisexual and transgender as lawyers, a loss as citizens. added that it was very difficult.
people as co-petitioners. It was a personal loss,” said
They contested that people Guruswamy, referring to the Guruswamy and Katju had

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INDIA NEWS Scholar at Oxford University was included in the Forbes list
where she was awarded a of 2019 trailblazers.
received global recognition Doctor of Philosophy in Law
for their fight against (D. Phil.) and as a Gammon Arundhati holds a BA LLB
the criminalization of fellow for a Masters in Law at (Hons.) degree from the
homosexuality with the Harvard Law School. National Law School of India
Time Magazine adding She has worked as a human University, and an LLM from
them in the list of 100 rights consultant to the United Columbia Law School, where
influential persons. Nations and has taught at the she was a Human Rights
New York University School Fellow, James Kent Scholar,
“Arundhati and Menaka of Law. In the Navtej Johar and Public Interest Honoree.
She has taught white-collar
have helped take a giant case which decriminalized
homosexuality, Guruswamy crime law
step for LGBTQ+ rights represented IIT students and at the
graduates who belong to the National Law
in the world’s largest LGBTQIA community. She had University,
also assisted the SC as amicus Delhi, and
democracy. in the Manipur extra-judicial worked
killings case. She has the rare with India’s
In their honor of having her portrait National
unveiled at Rhodes House in Commission
committed Oxford University. Her name for Protection
of Child
fight for Rights to
draft the
justice, Protection
of Children
they have from Sexual
Offenses Act,
shown us 2012.

that we as a For over
three years,
society must Arundhati
served as a public defender
30 continue with the Delhi High Court
to make Legal Services Committee,
India’s top legal aid program.
progress, In this role, she argued
almost 100 appellate cases
even after before the Delhi High Court.
Her pro bono work involves
laws are representing child sexual
abuse survivors in cases
changed, against their abusers.

and that we

must make

an effort to

understand,

accept

and love”,

wrote actor

Priyanka Chopra about

them in the Time.

Menaka Guruswamy,
who was designated as
Senior Advocate by the
Supreme Court in March
2019, is a 1997 graduate
of National Law School of
India University, Bangalore.
She read law as a Rhodes

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INDIA HAS LIFTED 271 MILLION PEOPLE
OUT OF POVERTY IN 10 YEARS

The Indian government over the last ten years has put special
focus on lifting millions out of the poverty and to give them
access to basic human rights like shelter, clean water,
nutritional food, and education.

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INDIA NEWS indicators, cooking fuel, have illustrated a reduction
consolidated under assets, in poverty.
India has registered the sanitation, and nutrition.
quickest reduction in The 10 countries are India,
Multidimensional Poverty In the 101 countries where Cambodia, Bangladesh,
Index (MPI) among ten the study was performed, Vietnam, Haiti, Ethiopia,
countries with Jharkhand, 1.3 billion people are Democratic Republic of
one of the poorest regions “multidimensionally poor”, Congo, Peru, Nigeria, and
in the world, showing swift meaning the definition of Pakistan.
improvement than ever, poverty does not solely
according to the report include the economics or “This progress was largely
released by the United income but other factors driven by South Asia.
Nations. such as poor quality of In India, there were 271
work, poor health, and the million fewer people in
The global report for the period threat of violence. poverty in 2016 than in
2005-06 and 2015-16 reveals 2006, while in Bangladesh
that India lifted 271 million The report identifies 10 the number dipped by 19
people out of impoverishment, countries, with a combined million between 2004 and
marking cut downs in ten population of about 2 billion, 2014,” said the report.

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India’s MPI value reduced from 0.283 in
2005-06 to 0.123 in 2015-2016.

The report cites Jharkhand, which
reduced multidimensional poverty from
74.9 percent to 46.5 percent in the
ten years since 2005-06, improving
the best, followed by Rattanak Kiri in
Cambodia.

Jharkhand, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh
have the worst MPI value.

India was among the top three
countries where poverty reduction
in rural areas outpaced that in urban
areas. The report cited this as an
indicator of pro-poor development.

“Traditionally disadvantaged subgroups such as
those living in rural India, Muslims, the Scheduled
Castes and Tribes, and young children are still
the poorest in India,” a UNDP official told Indian
Express.

In 2005-2006, the population in India living in
multidimensional poverty stood at about 640
million people (55.1 percent) and this reduced
to 369 million people (27.9 percent) living in
poorness in 2015-16.

According to the report, children experience
poverty to an extreme degree than adults and
are more probable to be deprived of all the 10
MPI indicators, lacking essentials such as clean
water, sanitation, education, and basic nutrition.

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UK NEWS

34

BORIS JOHNSON
TAKES OVER AS UK PRIME MINISTER

Boris Johnson has been elected as the next Prime
Minister of Britain after defeating Foreign Secretary

Jeremy Hunt in the race to become next British
premier. He secured 92,153 votes against 46,656 of

his rival Jeremy Hunt.

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Nearly 160,000 members of the ruling Conservative Party
cast their ballot to choose the next Prime Minister of
Britain.

The Prime Minister’s post fell vacant after Theresa May
stepped down from the top office on June 7, maintaining
the role on a caretaker basis until a replacement gets
chosen in July. She resigned after failing thrice to get
her Brexit deal with the European Union (EU) passed in
Parliament.

Wishes Pour in for Boris Johnson

President Donald Trump said that Britons like him and
that is why they are calling their new Prime Minister Boris
Johnson “Britain’s Trump”Trump also praised Johnson,
saying he is a good man. “We have a really good man
who’s going to be the prime minister of the UK now, Boris
Johnson. Goodman, he is tough, and he is smart,” The
Hill quoted Trump as saying. “They are saying ‘Britain
Trump.’ They call him Britain Trump, and people are
saying that’s a good thing. They like me over there.

“That’s what they wanted. That’s what they need.”

Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel
congratulated Boris Johnson.”I congratulate Boris
Johnson and I am looking forward to a good cooperation.
Our countries should remain close friends in the future,”

After his victory, the 55-year-old
Brexit hardliner vowed to “get
Brexit done” by the twice-delayed
October 31 deadline. “We’re going
to get Brexit done on October
31,” Johnson said moments after
being declared the winner of the
Conservative party leadership race.

Following a vote on June 20, Hunt
and Johnson went head-to-head to
become the country’s new Prime
Minister. The vote resulted in the
elimination of Home Secretary
Sajid Javid and Environment
Secretary Michael Gove.

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UK NEWS depend on his declared
personal connect with Prime
36 Minister Narendra Modi to
deliver a “truly special” UK-
Merkel was quoted as India relationship.
saying by government
spokeswoman Ulrike In his letter to the Indian
Demmer on Twitter. diaspora Tory membership
United States Secretary of base, Johnson wrote that,
State Mike Pompeo and during his meeting with Modi,
Ivanka Trump also wished he had stressed upon how
Johnson for being elected India and UK were modern
as the UK prime minister. democracies and should
“We congratulate @ work together to promote
BorisJohnson on his election trade and prosperity. Johnson
as the new Prime Minister told Modi that the two nations
of the United Kingdom. should work closely to tackle
We look forward to making the challenges that their
our #SpecialRelationship countries face.
even stronger,” tweeted
Pompeo.”Congratulations @ United Kingdom,” tweeted The former Mayor of
BorisJohnson on becoming Ivanka. London and former Foreign
the next Prime Minister of the Secretary, 55, has earlier
referred to himself as the
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mother, Dip Singh, who is
still alive, was married to
Khushwant Singh’s youngest
brother, Daljit Singh.

Boris Johnson Has Close In a column for The Tribune,
Indian Connection veteran journalist and
Khuswant Singh’s son Rahul
Boris Johnson’s estranged Singh writes that Johnson
wife Marina Wheeler, whom visited the Ranthambore tiger
he married in 1993, is half reserve along with Marina
Indian. Wheeler is the niece and three of their children last
of the late editor and writer year. During a family get-
Khushwant Singh. Prior to together, Rahul Singh got to
announced their separation meet Johnson.
early this year after being
in 25 years of marriage, “Though I had met him once
Johnson had traveled several before in Mumbai some years
times to India with Marina. earlier, this was the first time
They have four children I got a chance to talk to him
together. one-to-one, at some length.
I was surprised that he knew
Johnson is expected to so much about India and its

politics. Should he become In November 2014, as London “He would have been very
Britain’s next PM, I think mayor, Johnson suggested proud at the continuing
those Indian insights, thanks that countries that “haven’t had legacy of Britain in those
mainly due to his 25-years the benefit of British rule” are places around the world,
of marriage to Marina, now “less fortunate” - during and particularly I think he
however rocky it may have a discussion on Winston would have been amazed
been, and personal visits to Churchill. Johnson explained at India, the world’s largest
this country, should augur how he felt that Churchill would democracy, and a stark
well for better Indo-British have been “very proud” at the contrast with other less
ties.” “continuing legacy of Britain” fortunate places that haven’t
in former colonies around the had the benefit of British
However, Johnson is known world. UK’s Boris Johnson rule, if I can say this on the
to have made several Pledges Post-Brexit Migration record.... why not? It’s true,
gaffes, including some Controls. it’s true,” he said.
related to India. When he
was Foreign Secretary,
Johnson was berated at a
Sikh gurdwara for talking
about whiskey exports to
India - despite alcohol being
forbidden in the Sikh faith.

With a saffron turban on his
head, Johnson said in the
Bristol gurdwara in 2017:
“Whenever we go to India,
to Mumbai or to Delhi, we
have to bring ‘clinkie’ in our
baggage.

“We have to bring Johnnie
Walker, we have to bring
whiskey because as you
may know there is duty
of 150 percent in India on
imports of Scotch whiskey,
so we have to bring it in
duty-free for our relatives.
But imagine what we could
do if there was a free trade
deal with India - which there
will be.” A woman devotee
reportedly angrily told
Johnson: “How dare you
talk about alcohol in a Sikh
temple.”

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US NEWS

38

Narendra Modi to

Visit United States in September

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is
expected to visit the United States in September

for the upcoming United Nations general
assembly meeting.

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During the visit, he is likely
to address Indian Americans
in Houston, which, including
Chicago, are the two
American cities in contention
for the Prime Minister’s venue
to give an address to the
Indian diaspora.

According to informed
community sources, the Prime
Minister is likely to travel to
New York from Houston to
address a special meeting of
the UN on climate change on
September 23.

Community leaders said
that the dates for the Prime
Minister’s address are not
final yet, but they have been
asked to make preparations
for a potential address of Modi
in Houston on September 22.

Houston is the energy capital
of the world. Energy security
is a priority area for the Prime
Minister.

This would be Modi’s third leaders are looking at Texas Governor and Mayor of
major address to the Indian multipurpose NRG Stadium, Houston had visited India last
American community after he which has a seating capacity year.
became the Prime Minister of 70,000 people.
in 2014. The previous two Former Texas Governor
were at the Madison Square Houston has one of the Rick Perry, who is now the
Garden in New York in largest concentrations of the Energy Secretary, has a close
2014 and Silicon Valley in Indian American community affinity with India and Indian
2016. Both the events were in the United States. The Americans.
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While the planning for
proposed the Houston event
is yet to kick-off, community

SPIRITUAL TALK

10 Life Lessons Learnt

from the Characters
of the Mahabharata

The largest epic Mahabharata is the book of
everything from tons of stories to life-changing
lessons if we read in between lines. Maharishi
40 Vyasa brilliantly crafted his work to teach

people some lessons.

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SPIRITUAL TALK

Here are some of the life
lessons to be learned from
Mahabharata:

1. Be Dutiful in
Challenging Times

Krishna opens his mouth and
shows the entire cosmos to
Arjuna. Krishna tells Arjuna
that Dharma is both pliable
like wax (Flowing) and rock-
like (Dhar). Dharma is not
your institutional religion. It
is your natural and binding
responsibility. It is of ethical
nature and you are born with it.
A king’s dharma is to perform
his kingly duties. Dharma
holds the cosmos as one.

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Krishna teaches us how to be
conscientious in challenging
times.

2. ‘Pride Comes for his kind nature and Draupadi made fun of Karna
Before All’ generosity. Being the male regarding his caste and place
offspring of the Sun God, at the time of her swayamvar.
Duryodhana teaches us how Karna had a natural armor, Later, she enraged Duryodhan
blind swa-dharma (desires for that served as a shield. with her harsh comments
your own Self) can lead you When Indra pleaded for alms, when he paid a visit to their
to “Adharma.” Duryodhana’s dressed up as an ascetic, palace. Many scholarly
greed is wrong, his methods Karna selflessly parted with persons argue that this is
are wrong. He teaches us that this treasured gift. Indra was when Duryodhan swore
blind pridefulness and wrong so impressed by this gesture, retaliation on the Pandavas.
actions have outcomes and he gave Karna his vajra. Draupadi’s harsh words, in a
one must be cautious and Karna teaches us that we way, resulted in the battle.
thoughtful about their thoughts never have nothing to give.
and actions. This teaches us that one must
4. Think Before hold the knowledge of what to
3. Kindness Is a Virtue Speaking speak and when to speak.

Karna was called ‘ Daanveer’

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Useless Unless Paired
with Foresight

Yudhishtra was a virtuous
soul, the most sensible and
kind out of all his brothers.
His moral excellence is
something each and everyone
should try and emulate. Yet,
in a fit of arrogance and
greed, he gambled away
his kingdom, his wealth, his
brothers and eventually his
wife. Righteousness is to no
purpose unless paired with
foresight.

9. Don’t Be Blinded by
Love

5. Revenge Chakravyuh, Abhimanyu Not only was Dhritarashtra
Consumes All could not break out of it. His partly sighted, but he also
instance demonstrates how loved his children blindly, and
Shakuni teaches us that the half knowledge can have therefore he not at any time
entire idea of retaliation can, dangerous consequences. reprimanded them. Setting
in reality, consume an entire right your loved ones when
civilization, a whole order 7. Be Focused they go into wrongdoing
of things - as we see at the doesn’t make your love for
ending of The Mahabharata. When you want something in them any less, rather it only
life, you must be as focused helps them from committing
6. Half Knowledge Is on it as Arjuna. Only this blunders.
Dangerous focus can make you a victor, a
skilled person respected by all. 10. Righteousness
Comes Before Love
Although Abhimanyu bravely 8. Righteousness Is
A lady of immense natural
volunteered to enter the power who always favored
Dharma,” Gandhari, a mother
of a hundred sons and a lady
who died every moment she
lived, is in Mahabharata.
When the time for the battle
occurred, she turned now to
bless her own sons, realizing
that they were not right.

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NRI PROFILE

VERA MINDY CHOKALINGAM

AKA MINDY CALLING

The Complete Profile

Born: June 24, 1979 (age 40) at Cambridge,
44 Massachusetts, United States

Residence: West Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actress, comedian, writer,
producer, director
Children: 1

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NRI PROFILE Early Life

46 Mindy Kaling was born in
Cambridge, Massachusetts,
From 2005 to 2012, she to father Avu Chokalingam, an
played Kelly Kapoor in the architect, and mother Swati
NBC sitcom The Office. Chokalingam, an obstetrician/
In addition to acting in it, gynecologist (OB/GYN).
she was a writer, executive Kaling’s parents are from
producer, and director. For India, and met while working at
her work on the series, the same hospital in Nigeria.
she received a Primetime Her father, of Tamil heritage,
Emmy Award nomination was overseeing the building
for Outstanding Writing in a of a wing of the hospital, and
Comedy Series in 2010. her mother, a Bengali, was
working as an OB/GYN. The
Kaling gained wider family immigrated to the United
attention for creating, writing, States in 1979, the same year
producing and starring in the Kaling was born. Kaling’s
Fox/Hulu comedy series The mother died of pancreatic
Mindy Project (2012–2017). cancer in 2012. Kaling has one
She was also the co-creator, sibling, a brother, Vijay Jojo
writer, and producer of the Chokal-Ingam, who works as
NBC sitcom Champions an educational consultant.
(2018) and the Hulu
miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019). Kaling’s Kaling has said she has never
film career includes voice been called Vera, her first
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Wreck It Ralph (2012), and as Mindy since her mother was
Inside Out (2015). She had pregnant with her while her
starring roles in the comedy parents were living in Nigeria.
The Night Before (2015), the They were already planning
fantasy adventure A Wrinkle to move to the United States
in Time, the heist comedy and wanted, Kaling said, a
Ocean’s 8 (both 2018), and the “cute American name” for their
comedy Late Night (2019). daughter, and liked the name
Mindy from the TV show Mork
In addition to her work in film & Mindy. The name Vera is,
and television, Kaling has according to Kaling, the name
written two New York Times of the “incarnation of a Hindu
best-selling memoirs, titled Is goddess.”
Everyone Hanging Out Without
Me? (And Other Concerns) Kaling graduated from
(2011) and Why Not Me? Buckingham Browne &
(2015). Nichols, a private school in
Cambridge, in 1997. The
following year, she entered
Dartmouth College, where

she was a member of the
improvisational comedy troupe
The Dog Day Players and the a
cappella group The Rockapellas,
was the creator of the comic
strip Badly Drawn Girl in The
Dartmouth (the college’s daily
newspaper), and was a writer for
the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern
(the college’s humor magazine).

Kaling graduated from Dartmouth
in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree
in playwriting. She was a classics
major for much of college and
studied Latin, a subject she has
been learning since the seventh
grade. Kaling lists the comedy
series Dr. Katz, Saturday Night
Live, Frasier and Cheers as early
influences on her comedy.

Personal Life

Kaling has a close friendship In December 2017, Kaling she uses in her writing.
with B. J. Novak, whom she gave birth to a daughter. She thinks the “everyone
met through writing for The against me mentality” is
Office. The two dated on and On June 10, 2018, she what she learned as a child
off while writing and acting on received the honorary degree of immigrants. She named
the show, sometimes mirroring of Doctor of Humane Letters her Mindy Project character
the on-again, off-again nature from Dartmouth College in Mindy Lahiri after author
of the relationship between their Hanover, New Hampshire. Jhumpa Lahiri.
respective characters Ryan
Howard and Kelly Kapoor. Novak Career After college, Kaling moved
is the godfather of Kaling’s to Brooklyn, New York.
firstborn daughter. While a 19-year-old Kaling said one of her
sophomore at Dartmouth, worst job experiences was
In 2012, Kaling was included in Kaling was an intern on Late as a production assistant
the Time 100 list of influential Night with Conan O’Brien. for three months on the
people. In 2014, she was named Kaling said she was a terrible Crossing Over With John
one of Glamour magazine’s intern, “less of a ‘make copies’ Edward psychic show. She
Women of the Year. intern and more of a ‘stalk described it as “depressing.”
Conan’ intern.”[18] Kaling has During this same time,
Kaling is a 1 percent owner said that she never saw a Kaling performed stand-up
of the Welsh football team family like hers on TV, which comedy.
Swansea City A.F.C. based in gave her a dual perspective
Swansea, Wales in the UK.

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NRI PROFILE

Kaling devised her stage Kaling as a writer-performer Television contract included
name after discovering while after reading a spec script she a development deal for a
48 doing stand-up comedy that wrote. new show (eventually titled
emcees would have trouble The Mindy Project), in which
pronouncing her last name, When Kaling joined The Office, she appears as an actress
Chokalingam, and sometimes she was 24 years old and was and contributes as a writer.
made jokes about it. She the only woman on a staff of
toured solo as well as with eight. She took on the role Kaling left the series after
Craig Robinson before he of character Kelly Kapoor, the ninth season episode
was on The Office. debuting in the series’s second “New Guys”. However, she
episode, “Diversity Day.” returned to guest star in the
In August 2002, Kaling final episode of the series.
portrayed Ben Affleck in an Kaling directed The Office
off-Broadway play called Matt webisode The 3rd Floor. She Kaling and her fellow writers
& Ben, which she co-wrote directed the Season 6 episode and producers of The
with her best friend from titled “Body Language,” Office were nominated five
college, Brenda Withers - which marked her television consecutive times for the
who played Matt Damon. directorial debut. Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Comedy Series.
The Office Her contract was set to expire In 2010, she received a
at the end of Season 7. On nomination for Outstanding
In 2004, when The Office September 15, 2011, she Writing in a Comedy Series
producer Greg Daniels was signed a new contract to stay with Daniels for the episode,
working to adapt The Office with the show for Season 8 and “Niagara.”
from the BBC TV series of was promoted to full executive
the same name, he hired producer. Her Universal The Mindy Project

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In 2012, Kaling pitched a In 2017, NBC ordered Writing
single-camera comedy to Fox Champions, where Kaling
called The Mindy Project, is a co-creator, writer, and In 2011, Kaling published
which Kaling wrote and producer. She had a recurring a memoir, Is Everyone
produced. Fox began airing the guest role on the show, which Hanging Out Without Me?
series in 2012. premiered Thursday, March (And Other Concerns),
8, 2018 on NBC. It was which appeared on the
Acting cancelled after one season. New York Times best-
seller list. Her second book,
Kaling’s TV appearances In 2018, she played Mrs. Why Not Me?, covers the
include a 2005 episode of Who in A Wrinkle in Time, the many events that have
Curb Your Enthusiasm, playing live-action Disney adaptation happened in her life since
Richard Lewis’s assistant. She of the novel, and starred 2011, and was published on
is featured on the CD Comedy alongside Helena Bonham September 15, 2015. Why
Death-Ray and guest-wrote Carter, Sandra Bullock, Cate Not Me? launched at No.
parts of an episode of Saturday Blanchett, and Rihanna in 1 on the New York Times
Night Live in April 2006. Ocean’s 8, the all-female best-seller list.
version of Ocean’s Eleven.
After her film debut in The
40-Year-Old Virgin with Steve
Carell, Kaling appeared in the
film Unaccompanied Minors
as a waitress. In 2007, she
held a small part in License
to Wed starring fellow The
Office actors John Krasinski,
Angela Kinsey, and Brian
Baumgartner. Kaling starred
in the 2009 film Night at
the Museum: Battle of the
Smithsonian as a Smithsonian
National Air and Space
Museum tour guide and
voiced Taffyta Muttonfudge in
Disney’s animated comedy film
Wreck-It Ralph and Disgust
in Pixar’s 2015 film Inside
Out. In 2011, she played the
role of Shira, a doctor who is
a roommate and colleague
of the main character Emma
(played by Natalie Portman)
in No Strings Attached. Kaling
also made an appearance
as Vanetha in The Five-Year
Engagement in 2012.

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BUSINESS INSIGHTS

Indian Chief Executive Officers

50 Plan Increase Spend in 2019

Senior finance executives persist in being optimistic about the
economy, the outlook for their companies and their investments
for the future, according to the 2019 Global Business & Spending
Outlook, a survey released by American Express and Institutional

Investor Thought Leadership Studio.

This optimism can be seen in their spending working-capital management will be more
outlook with 83 percent Chief Financial important this year as compared to last.
Officers (CFOs) looking at a moderate
to aggressive increase in spending and According to the survey, 67 percent Indian
investment this year to support topline CFOs expect improved use of credit to
growth. A third (33 percent) of the CFOs yield a significant financial benefit, while
surveyed expect their company’s spending 57 percent of Indian CFOs are likely to
and investment worldwide to change by 10 increase their investments in improving
percent or more this year. administrative process efficiency this year.

Nine out of ten (90 percent) of Indian CFOs The focus on efficiently managing bottom-
be in the opinion that improving cash and line spending is evident in the increase from

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