US Companies Bribed Indian Govt Agencies
In a note acquired through RTI, the Indian Ambassador to US writes to the Principal Secretary in India about a list of companies that have paid bribes to the Indian bureaucracy.
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RTI activist Ajay Marathe with the support of the network of RTI volunteers has uncovered and presented a letter from the Indian Ambassador listing major irregularities in the dealings of numerous multinationals in India. These companies have bribed Indian agencies to expedite or get around various checks and procedures to protect the Indian markets from sub-standard or dangerous products.
These include:
Dow Chemicals US ---- India’s Central Insecticides Board / De-Nocil Crop protection
Control Companies INC USA ---- Maharashtra State Electricity Board
York International Corp ---- Indian Navy
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp --- Indian railways
jpeg files showing the document are presented below.
Posted by collective at December 14, 2009 02:01 PM
