PAID SURVEYS FOR INDIA

SurveyHead

SurveyHead is a new international survey panel which was founded in 2008 by the founders of goZing.com. Surveyhead works with corporations and market research firms around the world to help them gain competitive intelligence through online surveying. At Surveyhead, your opinion matters! In exchange for providing your opinion, Surveyhead will pay you a cash reward. If you fit the demographic for the current surveys, you can immediately get started with a survey today. Even if you do not qualify, you wil get an instant reward of $5, as soon as you join the panel. Once you are a member, you will be invited for future studies for which you qualify. For each survey you complete, your account will be credited with cash. Once you have reached $25, you can withdraw your earnings via paypal. Join SurveyHead here

Toluna India

Toluna has launched their India survey panel. Toluna is an online community dedicated to making your voice heard. Ciao surveys panel is being closed down as Toluna has taken over Ciao. Your current Ciao account will be migrated to Toluna. At Toluna surveys, you earn Toluna points for various actions including completing surveys. At sign up, you will receive a welcome reward of 500 points. You also earn points for creating polls and opinion topics and referring friends. You can redeem the points as gift cards provided by partners like Indiatimes vouchers or buy monthly sweepstakes tickets. More redemption options are likely to be added soon. Get started with Toluna where you can from paid surveys and many other ways. Join Toluna India here

iPanelOnline India

iPanelOnline is a new online marketing research firm where members can earn money by participating in surveys. After you complete the surveys, you will accumulate points in your account. When you have enough points you can redeem for cash or prizes. Cash redemption is currently through paypal. 100 points are equivakent to 10 rupees. Minimum needed for redemption is 2000 points. Indian residents older than 14 years, can join the survey panel.

Join iPanelOnline here

Opinion Surveys India

Opinion surveys is a new survey platform where you can share your opinion for a chance to win big prizes. This is not actually a panel, but a platform where you can take surveys almost on a daily basis. Enter your details and click “Start Survey”. If there is a survey available, you will be taken to the survey page. Once you have completed the survey you will automatically be entered for the cash prize drawing for 55000 rupees. Check back daily for new surveys and more chances to win the grand prize. Take the daily Opinion Survey here

Brand Institute

Brand Institute is a leading online market research firm in the healthcare and medical field. Their conduct paid surveys which aid in the development of new drugs and other healthcare products. they accept members from all over the world including India. If you are a doctor or work in the medical field, you will great earning opportunities with Brand Institute. Others can also join their panel as a consumer. They pay nicely for the surveys, usually ranging form $10 to $30. You can receive payments by paypal, a free online payment processor. Join Brand Institute here

Permission Research

PermissionResearch is an online market research community consisting of over 2 million members worldwide, which provides insight into how its members interact with the Internet. Permission Research relies on its members to gain valuable insight into Internet trends and behavior. In exchange for having their Internet browsing and purchasing activity observed, members have access to free software downloads and a variety of other benefits including entries into sweepstakes. Members are also invited to participate in online surveys, which gauge attitudes and interests on a wide variety of topics. The goal of PermissionResearch is to develop a better understanding of the trends and patterns affecting the Internet. You need to install their software to join their panel. The software is absolutely safe and only helps Permission Research for understanding internet trends. Make Your Opinion Count, Join Permission Research here!

IndiaSpeaks Panel

IndiaSpeaks is an online portal where consumers join hands to shape and develop products and services through surveys launched by brand-owners. IndiaSpeaks empowers you to choose or change products or services in the Indian consumer market through your valuable feedback. Panelists earn rewards for participation in surveys. They are periodically informed about the surveys through email. As soon as you successfully complete a survey, you will earn anywhere between 20 and 2000 reward points and may also be eligible for monthly sweepstakes. Each reward point is equal to INR 1. Once you collect 200 or more Reward Points in your account, you can redeem them against gift vouchers of leading retail stores, loyalty Cards or other gift items. You can earn 20 reward points for referring a friend to IndiaSpeaks Panel. Also, as soon as you join and fill in your personal profile page, you are instantly eligible for weekly sweepstakes - either a weekly bumper prize of an ipod or one of the 10 consolation prizes – Gift vouchers of INR 200. Join IndiaSpeaks Panel here.

Planet Pulse

Planet Pulse is part of the Pulse Group, a leading Research Process Outsourcing company headquartered in Sydney, with an Operations Hub in Malaysia. Planet Pulse helps companies to find out what you think about them, their products and services. They get your feedback via surveys. You will be rewarded with a point system called Pulses for every survey that you take. You can receive 100 to 500 points for each survey depending on the length of the survey. There are also rewards for referring friends. Pulses are redeemable for cash and a variety of gifts. To redeem for cash, you must have a minimum of 2500 Pulses. 1000 pulses are equal to USD$10 and you will be paid by paypal. Planet Pulse is one of the most promising players in the market research field in Asia. Join Planet Pulse here

Surveysavvy

Surveysavvy, a division of Luth Research is a global leader in online market research. Although Surveysavvy does not send frequent surveys, they reward you very well for surveys you take, often up to $20 or more. They have an IT panel which rewards handsomely for those working in the computer related fields. They have many well paying IT related surveys to Indians. Another great feature is their referral system which rewards you an average of $2 for surveys your referrals take and $1 for surveys their referrals take. Money you earn from surveys and referrals are paid into your surveysavvy account. You can request payment at any time without any minimum requirement. Payments are sent to you via an international check, which can be easily encashed. Join Surveysavvy here.

Spidermetrix

Spidermetrix is an Australia based website which pays you to participate in paid surveys, polls and to evaluate websites. There are also short single question surveys on the site where you earn one point. Sometimes they send well paying surveys to Indian members. Members are called spiders and they earn spider points as rewards. They also give you rewards for referring friends. Payment is by paypal when your account balance reaches the equivalent of $20. Join Spidermetrix here

Globaltestmarket

Globaltestmarket is an old paid surveys site. They offer plenty of paid surveys including some surveys in Hindi. They have a points based reward system. Typical reward for a paid surveylasting 10 to 15 minutes is 50 to 100 marketpoints. Even if you don't qualify for a survey, you will get some reward points for completing the screening questionnaire. There are also rewards for referring your friends. Once you reach 1000 marketpoints, which is equivalent to 50 US dollars, you can request payment which will be sent to you in the form of a Citibank cheque. They sent cheques in Indian rupees which can be easily converted. Join Globaltestmarket here.

American Consumer Opinion Panel

American Consumer Opinion Panel (ACOP) is operated by Decision Analyst Inc. Despite their name, they are open to members from India. Like Surveysavvy, they don't invite you for frequent surveys, but reward you well for each survey taken. Typically, you can get US$ 4 to 25 for each survey you complete. In India, they send you payments in the form of American Express gift cheques. These can be easily encashed at select merchant establishments.

Join ACOP here.

AIP Online Surveys

AIP Corporation conducts online surveys worldwide and helps in the development of better products and services. AIP online surveys has now launched their India panel. Once you join, you will be invited by email to participate in AIP Online Surveys. You will be awarded with EPoints for each survey completed. Currently gift vouchers (HomeShop18 and Indiatimes Shopping) are available for you to redeem. The minimum required for redemption is 100 EPoints. 100 EPoints = 100 rupees. Also there is a promotion running right now, where you can win great prizes including one HP Mini Netbook just for joining. Join AIP Online Surveys Here

The Panel Station

The Panel Station is a unique community of consumers who actively participate in expressing their feedback on products and services via online surveys and make an impact. As a member of The Panel Station you will be invited to participate in a variety of surveys, voice your opinions on numerous topics and win rewards for every survey you complete. For every successfully completed survey, you could win reward points. The number of rewards points awarded depend on the type and complexity of the survey. Once your account has reached 1000 points, you can redeem your points. Your Panel Station reward points can be redeemed for gift vouchers with which you can shop for movies, books, music, buy your travel tickets, get your mobile connection and a lot more.

Join Panel Station here

Yoursay

Yoursay is another paid surveys site which is based in Singapore. You can also earn money for trying free offers at the sister sites Morvo and Ovago. You are rewarded with cash and prizes and also points called morpoints which are later converted to cash. Quarterly draws give you the chance to win prizes like Xbox, digital camera or ipods. There are also referral rewards. Join Yoursay here

NPD Online Research

The NPD Online Research is a leading global market research firm. They give you the chance to win cash and prizes for taking surveys. They send many surveys to Indian members which are generally short and easy. Their usual sweepstake prize is for $50. Join NPDOR here

Planet Panel

PlanetPanel conducts online paid surveys across the globe. They are also actively doing market research in India. You get lottery points for completing surveys including profile surveys. These lottery points are used for monthly draws where you have the chance to win a $1000 monthly grand prize or one of many $50 winners. You also earn points for referring your friends. They regularly give at least ten $50 prizes to their Indian members. Join PlanetPanel here

IMRB International

IMRB International is a pioneer in market research. IMRB has introduced an Internet Measurement Audience Software to study the online behaviour of people. Panel members are required to downlaod a software. The software will automatically track the URLs visited by the users and helps in understanding the behaviour of these users. The software does not track any personal details. Members can earn a variety of rewards. For being an active member, you will automatically be considered to win a raffle every month known as “I Am Valued” Raffles: 100 winners would be chosen each month and they will have a chance to win vacation packages, cell phones and many other prizes. Panel members will also receive assured gifts on continued participation, as a token of appreciation. You can also refer family and friends and receive additional benefits. Join IMRB International here

Harris Poll Online

Harris Poll rewards you for taking part in online surveys. Your rewards are in the form of HIpoints. Once you've accumulated enough points, you may redeem them for great rewards. There is also a chance to win cash prizes ranging from $50 to a grand prize of $10,000 in sweepstakes. Join Harris Poll Online here

Socratic Forum

Socratic Forum members participate in state-of-the-art Web-based surveys about the hottest new technologies and software, e-commerce innovations, business-to-business products and services, and forces driving the global economy. Their surveys pay well and rewards are generally in the form of Amazon gift certificates.Join Socratic Forum here

Source: paidsurveys.co.in

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How Lokpal Bill Can Stop Corruption!!!

 As you all know, Anna Hazare led the fight against Government to introduce the Lokpal bill. But many politicians (from all parties) are against it as it will completely curb the corruption and politicians will not be able to make out any money.

Many politicians are opposing Lokpal bill by giving reasons like it is difficult to follow this bill or it is complicated process, etc. Given below are the reasons how the procedures of Lokpal bill are different from existing Indian political system.

Existing System	System Proposed by civil society
No politician or senior officer ever goes to jail despite huge evidence because Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) and CBI directly come under the government. Before starting investigation or initiating prosecution in any case, they have to take permission from the same bosses, against whom the case has to be investigated.	Lokpal at centre and Lokayukta at state level will be independent bodies. ACB and CBI will be merged into these bodies. They will have power to initiate investigations and prosecution against any officer or politician without needing anyone’s permission. Investigation should be completed within 1 year and trial to get over in next 1 year. Within two years, the corrupt should go to jail.
No corrupt officer is dismissed from the job because Central Vigilance Commission, which is supposed to dismiss corrupt officers, is only an advisory body. Whenever it advises government to dismiss any senior corrupt officer, its advice is never implemented.	Lokpal and Lokayukta will have complete powers to order dismissal of a corrupt officer. CVC and all departmental vigilance will be merged into Lokpal and state vigilance will be merged into Lokayukta.
No action is taken against corrupt judges because permission is required from the Chief Justice of India to even register an FIR against corrupt judges.	Lokpal & Lokayukta shall have powers to investigate and prosecute any judge without needing anyone’s permission.
Nowhere to go - People expose corruption but no action is taken on their complaints.	Lokpal & Lokayukta will have to enquire into and hear every complaint.
There is so much corruption within CBI and vigilance departments. Their functioning is so secret that it encourages corruption within these agencies.	All investigations in Lokpal & Lokayukta shall be transparent. After completion of investigation, all case records shall be open to public. Complaint against any staff of Lokpal & Lokayukta shall be enquired and punishment announced within two months.
Weak and corrupt people are appointed as heads of anti-corruption agencies.	Politicians will have absolutely no say in selections of Chairperson and members of Lokpal & Lokayukta. Selections will take place through a transparent and public participatory process.
Citizens face harassment in government offices. Sometimes they are forced to pay bribes. One can only complaint to senior officers. No action is taken on complaints because senior officers also get their cut.	Lokpal & Lokayukta will get public grievances resolved in time bound manner, impose a penalty of Rs 250 per day of delay to be deducted from the salary of guilty officer and award that amount as compensation to the aggrieved citizen.
Nothing in law to recover ill-gotten wealth. A corrupt person can come out of jail and enjoy that money.	Loss caused to the government due to corruption will be recovered from all accused.
Small punishment for corruption - Punishment for corruption is minimum 6 months and maximum 7 years.	Enhanced punishment - The punishment would be minimum 5 years and maximum of life imprisonment.

EVERY INDIAN Should know the importance of LOKPAL BILL.

It's our duty to protect our hard-earned tax money from these criminal and corrupt politicians.
Source: forwards4all (yahoo group)

CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 (INDIA'S POPULATION)

CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 (INDIA'S POPULATION)

 

Literates and literacy rates by sex : 2011

State /UT Code	India/State/ Union Territory #	Literates			Literacy rate (%)
		Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females
1	2	9	10	11	12	13	14
	INDIA	778,454,120	444,203,762	334,250,358	74.04	82.14	65.46
1	Jammu & Kashmir	7,245,053	4,370,604	2,874,449	68.74	78.26	58.01
2	Himachal Pradesh	5,104,506	2,791,542	2,312,964	83.78	90.83	76.60
3	Punjab	18,988,611	10,626,788	8,361,823	76.68	81.48	71.34
4	Chandigarh #	809,653	468,166	341,487	86.43	90.54	81.38
5	Uttarakhand	6,997,433	3,930,174	3,067,259	79.63	88.33	70.70
6	Haryana	16,904,324	9,991,838	6,912,486	76.64	85.38	66.77
7	NCT of Delhi #	12,763,352	7,210,050	5,553,302	86.34	91.03	80.93
8	Rajasthan	38,970,500	24,184,782	14,785,718	67.06	80.51	52.66
9	Uttar Pradesh	118,423,805	70,479,196	47,944,609	69.72	79.24	59.26
10	Bihar	54,390,254	32,711,975	21,678,279	63.82	73.39	53.33
11	Sikkim	449,294	253,364	195,930	82.20	87.29	76.43
12	Arunachal Pradesh	789,943	454,532	335,411	66.95	73.69	59.57
13	Nagaland	1,357,579	731,796	625,783	80.11	83.29	76.69
14	Manipur	1,891,196	1,026,733	864,463	79.85	86.49	73.17
15	Mizoram	847,592	438,949	408,643	91.58	93.72	89.40
16	Tripura	2,831,742	1,515,973	1,315,769	87.75	92.18	83.15
17	Meghalaya	1,817,761	934,091	883,670	75.48	77.17	73.78
18	Assam	19,507,017	10,756,937	8,750,080	73.18	78.81	67.27
19	West Bengal	62,614,556	34,508,159	28,106,397	77.08	82.67	71.16
20	Jharkhand	18,753,660	11,168,649	7,585,011	67.63	78.45	56.21
21	Orissa	27,112,376	15,326,036	11,786,340	73.45	82.40	64.36
22	Chhattisgarh	15,598,314	8,962,121	6,636,193	71.04	81.45	60.59
23	Madhya Pradesh	43,827,193	25,848,137	17,979,056	70.63	80.53	60.02
24	Gujarat	41,948,677	23,995,500	17,953,177	79.31	87.23	70.73
25	Daman & Diu #	188,974	124,911	64,063	87.07	91.48	79.59
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli #	228,028	144,916	83,112	77.65	86.46	65.93
27	Maharashtra	82,512,225	46,294,041	36,218,184	82.91	89.82	75.48
28	Andhra Pradesh	51,438,510	28,759,782	22,678,728	67.66	75.56	59.74
29	Karnataka	41,029,323	22,808,468	18,220,855	75.60	82.85	68.13
30	Goa	1,152,117	620,026	532,091	87.40	92.81	81.84
31	Lakshadweep #	52,914	28,249	24,665	92.28	96.11	88.25
32	Kerala	28,234,227	13,755,888	14,478,339	93.91	96.02	91.98
33	Tamil Nadu	52,413,116	28,314,595	24,098,521	80.33	86.81	73.86
34	Puducherry #	966,600	502,575	464,025	86.55	92.12	81.22
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands #	293,695	164,219	129,476	86.27	90.11	81.84

Distribution of population, sex ratio, density and decadal growth rate of population : 2011
State /UT Code	India/State/ Union Territory #	Total population			Sex ratio (females per 1000 males)	Density (Per sq.km)	Decadal growth rate
		Persons	Males	Females
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	INDIA	1,210,193,422	623,724,248	586,469,174	940	382	17.64
1	Jammu & Kashmir	12,548,926	6,665,561	5,883,365	883	124	23.71
2	Himachal Pradesh	6,856,509	3,473,892	3,382,617	974	123	12.81
3	Punjab	27,704,236	14,634,819	13,069,417	893	550	13.73
4	Chandigarh #	1,054,686	580,282	474,404	818	9,252	17.10
5	Uttarakhand	10,116,752	5,154,178	4,962,574	963	189	19.17
6	Haryana	25,353,081	13,505,130	11,847,951	877	573	19.90
7	NCT of Delhi #	16,753,235	8,976,410	7,776,825	866	11,297	20.96
8	Rajasthan	68,621,012	35,620,086	33,000,926	926	201	21.44
9	Uttar Pradesh	199,581,477	104,596,415	94,985,062	908	828	20.09
10	Bihar	103,804,637	54,185,347	49,619,290	916	1,102	25.07
11	Sikkim	607,688	321,661	286,027	889	86	12.36
12	Arunachal Pradesh	1,382,611	720,232	662,379	920	17	25.92
13	Nagaland	1,980,602	1,025,707	954,895	931	119	-0.47
14	Manipur	2,721,756	1,369,764	1,351,992	987	122	18.65
15	Mizoram	1,091,014	552,339	538,675	975	52	22.78
16	Tripura	3,671,032	1,871,867	1,799,165	961	350	14.75
17	Meghalaya	2,964,007	1,492,668	1,471,339	986	132	27.82
18	Assam	31,169,272	15,954,927	15,214,345	954	397	16.93
19	West Bengal	91,347,736	46,927,389	44,420,347	947	1,029	13.93
20	Jharkhand	32,966,238	16,931,688	16,034,550	947	414	22.34
21	Orissa	41,947,358	21,201,678	20,745,680	978	269	13.97
22	Chhattisgarh	25,540,196	12,827,915	12,712,281	991	189	22.59
23	Madhya Pradesh	72,597,565	37,612,920	34,984,645	930	236	20.30
24	Gujarat	60,383,628	31,482,282	28,901,346	918	308	19.17
25	Daman & Diu #	242,911	150,100	92,811	618	2,169	53.54
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli #	342,853	193,178	149,675	775	698	55.50
27	Maharashtra	112,372,972	58,361,397	54,011,575	925	365	15.99
28	Andhra Pradesh	84,665,533	42,509,881	42,155,652	992	308	11.10
29	Karnataka	61,130,704	31,057,742	30,072,962	968	319	15.67
30	Goa	1,457,723	740,711	717,012	968	394	8.17
31	Lakshadweep #	64,429	33,106	31,323	946	2,013	6.23
32	Kerala	33,387,677	16,021,290	17,366,387	1,084	859	4.86
33	Tamil Nadu	72,138,958	36,158,871	35,980,087	995	555	15.60
34	Puducherry #	1,244,464	610,485	633,979	1,038	2,598	27.72
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands #	379,944	202,330	177,614	878	46	6.68

Source: Censusofindia.com