Vikas Bajaj And Jim Yardley The New York Times

India's Parliament on Tuesday began a contentious debate over a bill to create an independent anti-corruption agency, while the activist Anna Hazare sought to rally public support for his own anti-corruption demands by beginning a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai.

India's new billionaires attest to the private sector's growth in areas once controlled by the state such as telecommunications, ports, airports, banks and infrastructure.

India's Parliament on Tuesday began a contentious debate over a bill to create an independent anti-corruption agency, while the activist Anna Hazare sought to rally public support for his own anti-corruption demands by beginning a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai.

India's new billionaires attest to the private sector's growth in areas once controlled by the state such as telecommunications, ports, airports, banks and infrastructure.