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|name = Vishwa Bandhu Gupta |
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|birth_name = Vishwa Bandhu Gupta |
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|caption = Vishwa Bandhu Gupta in [[Delhi]] |
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|6|16|df=y}} |
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|birth_place = [[Bhingar]], [[Bombay Province]], [[British India]] |
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|hometown = Ralegan Siddhi |
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|nationality = Indian |
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|known_for = [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|Indian anti-corruption movement]], <br> [[Freedom of information|Right to Information]] |
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|movement = [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|Indian anti-corruption movement]], <br> [[Peace movement]] |
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|organisation = [[India Against Corruption]] |
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|other_names = Vishwa Bandhu Gupta |
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|religion = [[Hinduism]] |
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'''Vishwa Bandhu Gupta''' (born 16 June 1937) popularly known as '''Vishwa Bandhu''' is an Indian [[social activist]] and a prominent leader in the [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement]]. |
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He is a former [[Indian Revenue Service]] officer (1976 batch)<ref name="Gupta suspend"/> who previously served in the [[Income Tax Department]] and was suspended as [[List of Income Tax ranks in India|Additional Commissioner]]<ref name="Gupta suspend"/> in year 2000.<ref name="Gupta suspend">{{cite web|title=Vishwa Bandhu Gupta suspended, threatens to `expose' I-T dept|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20000622/ifr22013.html|work=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Gupta VDIS">{{cite web|title=VDIS was a criminal abuse of the system|url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20000707/feature1.html|work=[[Business Today (business magazine)|Business Today]]|accessdate=23 February 2014}}</ref> |
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==Opposition of VDIS Scheme== |
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Gupta had opposed the [[Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme]] tooth and nail even when it was at the implementation stage and was the first to complain about the manner in which "silver laundering'' was being done by declarants.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2000/06/22/stories/0222000l.htm Cricketers' income being probed], 22 June 2000</ref> |
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Gupta says his suspension happened after he had issued a summons to Romesh Sharma. |
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==Youtube Interviews== |
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In a series of interviews<ref>{{YouTube|AnxrJiS5uKU}}</ref> widely circulated and viewed on YouTube Mr. Gupta talks about various subjects and gives the most bizarre, ludicrous and weird explanations. One of the most prominent and the bizarre one is his description of Cloud Computing and his explanation of why Unique ID card scheme will not work because there may be a leakage of data from cloud if it is raining. In this interview Mr. Gupta also talks about the risks of data getting into wrong hands if a mobile phone is resold or recycled, he says in the interview that over a period of time data from the SIM card gets copied to the battery of the mobile phone and this data can later be retrieved from the battery.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Cloud-computing-is-unreliable-in-a-storm-Former-I-T-commissioner/articleshow/9834345.cms</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[India Against Corruption]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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| NAME = Gupta, Vishwa Bandhu |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 15 June 1937 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Bhingar]], [[Bombay Province]], [[British India]] |
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[[Category:1937 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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