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Lobbying as the recent Indian experience has revealed is used actively by many a corporation even the most venerated ones True all deny any wrong doing claiming that their activities are above board and follow the Western style intellectual exercises Style intellectual exercisesSimultaneously a belief has been fostered that Western style lobbying will bring transparency to the policy forming process in India This is projected as being different from carrying suitcases full of money One meets that policy-makers advises them on the pros and cons and wins them over to their cause Such lobbyists carry notes of different typesBut is this really what happensInfluencing India Lobbing in the Worlds largest Democracy-takes a hard look at the issue of lobbying The book traces the beginning of lobbying in India and compares it to the initiation of lobbying in the United States of America its birthplace; the evolution of lobbying in India the role played by individuals and institutions in giving it a formal shape and general direction as of todayThe book is a first effort to look comprehensively at the Indian influence peddling activity both from the theoretical perspective as well as the actual rent-seeking occurrences at a time when there had been much heated discussion in Indias parliament on how lobbyists have intruded into the system The aim of the book is to generate serious debate and let the people judge as to how lobbying is influencing India 240 pp.…