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28 January 2011: Aadhar Card Launch

Launched with an ambition of initially reaching 200million people all across India – the largest initiative toget all Indians covered under one unique identification.

In spite of the launch with huge fanfare, it is now miredin controversies and by the end of the year, its futureappears uncertain.

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The most expensive census of all time in India costingINR 2.2 billion.

India is now home to 17.5% of humanity, as thepopulation touched 1.21 billion, up 17.4% from 2001.

The rate of growth of population however showed asharp downward trend, and fell 3.9 percentage pointsfrom 2001.

09 February 2011: 2011 Census Launch

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India recorded the highest income tax collected ever, atRs 3.362 billion, a jump of 21% over the previousyear, an all time record.

In spite of increasing tax collections, India’s fiscal deficitcontinues to increase year after year.

31 March 2011: Income Tax Collections

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After 28 years, India once again won the ICC World cupin 2011, breaking the jinx of host countries.

An estimated 67.6 million viewers watched the finals inIndia alone, with another 135 million watching it worldwide.

With TRP ratings of 13.60 and Peak Ratings of 21.44 – itjust shattered all previous record.

2 April 2011: ICC World Cup

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After 34 years of un-interrupted rule of CPI-M rule Mamata Banerjee finally wrested control of West Bengal with a sweeping majority.

Mamata has now the difficult job of proving that she is as good an administrator as she is at histrionics.

20 May2011: WB Elections

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M F Hussain , the ‘Picasso of India’ credited to single handedly bring Indian paintings into world limelight passed away.

The death of MF Hussain is estimated to have increased the value of his paintings by 2.5 times.

09 June 2011: M F Hussain dies

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Indian Railways had 4 accidents in July, the largest in any month during the year.

In spite of having an independent budget, and an employee base of nearly 1.5 million, Indian Railways continues to suffer from poor safety conditions.

At a time when China has raced to build the world’s fastest trains, clearly India needs a lot of catching up to do.

July 2011: Train Accidents

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More than 150,000 people gathered at India Gate tosupport Anna Hazare, the rallying point for acorruption-free India.

For a country which has slipped from a rank of 72 to 95from 2007 to 2011, corruption continues to be asignificant issue touching practically all lives.

16 August 2011: Anna Hazare

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For the second time in a year, Sikkim was jolted by asevere earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale.

The estimated loss was pegged at INR 1 trillion. Whilehelp poured in from many sources, State help continuesto remain poor and un-coordinated.

18 September 2011: Sikkim Earthquake

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Nargis, the 7 billionth child, was born in DhanaurVillage, Lucknow, UP, India.

While different countries and organizations continue to propagate many names, 34 births are registered in India every minute.

Yet, with child mortality rates of more than 60/1000 India lags well behind the developed world’s 10/1000.

31 October 2011: 7 Billionth Child

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23 November 2011: Ratan Tata’s successor

The Tata Group finally found a successor to Chairman Ratan Tata , in the quiet spoken 43 year old Cyrus Mistry – only the 6th person to occupy this position.

Cyrus Mistry has a tough job to follow, with Ratan Tata credited for creating a global conglomerate with revenues in excess INR 3.5 trillion; 40 times the 1991 level when he took over.

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With an 18% dip, Indian stock markets had their worstperformance of the year, with most blue chips dippingto 52-week low prices.

Indian equities rank among the worst-performing stockmarkets in the world in 2011 and have recorded one ofthe worst performances in the past three decades.

09 December 2011: Indian Stock Markets Tank

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Wishing you a wonderful year

ahead in 2012!

2011 had its share of ups and

downs