Even if our findings are not to the liking of our sponsor groups, we always stand by them, Icrier Director and Chief Executive Rajiv Kumar tells Siddharth Zarabi and Rituparna Bhuyan Excerpts: 
The study took a long time to come and the perception is that the data have been "fixed" to arrive at tailor-made conclusions that suit the government (the sponsor of the study).

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