Captains of Indian industry in their second open letter dated October 3, 2011, have urged the political leaders to take concrete steps on a number of issues including combating corruption. Signatories of the open letter include bigwigs of corporate India including N Vaghul, Deepak Parekh, Jamshyd Godrej, Keshub Mahindra, Azim Premji and Ms Anu Aga among others.Here is the full text of the letter
On January 17, 2011, we, a group of like-minded citizens who were deeply concerned with the state of affairs of the nation addressed an Open Letter to our leaders. This letter focused on four issues - (a) Growing Governance Deficit (b) Galloping Corruption (c) The urgent need to distinguish between 'Dissent' and 'Disruption' and (d) Environmental Challenges. The Open Letter received wide exposure in the public domain and was generally perceived as being timely. As mentioned in the first Open Letter, the aim of the group is to develop specific actions regarding the above-mentioned issues and place these in the public domain from time to time. It is in this context that we put forward our second Open Letter.
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