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The article informs that the Supreme Court of India on October 8, 2013, ordered the Election Commission of India to introduce a paper trail in electronic voting machines in the 2014 assembly elections for free, fair and transparent polls to restore the confidence of voters.

The article offers information on the white paper presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on the alleged profits of the railway industry during the tenure of Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in New Delhi, India.

The article reports on the persistence of weak Indian rules after a fraud involving R. Ramalinga Raju, founder of Satyam Computer Services Ltd., in Mumbai. It offers information on a 55-page white paper released by the Asian Corporate Governance Association which shows the existence of conditions that helped facilitate Raju's 2.5 billion U.S. dollars fraud. It elaborates the impact of weak voting rights and poor disclosure rules on institutional investors.

The article informs that a paper titled "The Role of Songs in a Hindi Film" written by the periodical correspondent Rajiv Vijayakar has been included in the syllabus of the University of Edinburgh's course work on South Asian cinema.

The article focuses on the research paper "The Diffusion of Microfinance" that was published in the July 2013 issue of the journal "Science," which revealed that the participation rate in a microfinance program was higher in India when more notable people in a village were contacted first.

The author focuses on the need for universities in India to encourage their academics to publish top journals and score high on citations per paper to move the universities of the country up to the ladder of excellence since not a single institution from India in is the top 200 in the 2011-12 world university rankings released by the "Times Higher Education."

The article reports on the quality of education in India's rural areas. The author describes a classroom at Kadod High School in Gujarat, India mentioning its absence of posters or any colorful paper and markers, moreover the lack of textbooks and computers. He suggests that in order to equip the students with skills needed for global competitiveness, the quality of education should be improved through educational programs.

The article presents the development plan of Vijay Amritraj, ambassador of real estate developer IREO, for designing an environmental and affordable housing structure in India. Amritraj was able to deliver a comprehensive explanation of the paper "The Next Level of Living" to Anurag Bhargava, chief executive officer (CEO) of the company, at Tanzore restaurant in California on February 20, 2010. The plan includes Grand Arch residential complex, Waterfront gated style and Uptown modern platform.

Information about several papers discussed at the Congress Working committee meeting on increase in prices of food items and organizational restructuring which was held in New Delhi, India on February 5, 2010 are presented.