A study conducted for the International Finance Corporation has revealed that nearly 70% of licence holders in Delhi failed an independent driving test. The study claimed that the drivers pay a bribe to agents to obtain a licence easily. The study found that while normally a licence costs only Rs. 450, the participants in the study paid an average Rs. 1,127 to get a licence. However, Transport Commissioner V S Madan is known to have denied the charge saying there was no short cut to getting a driving licence in Delhi.

In parts of tribal belts in Gujarat, the low sex ratio of females to males has spawned a unique business: Renting of wives. If many tribal daughters are being sold in marriage, there are also reports of husbands agreeing to their wives staying with higher caste men, who are not able to find a wife in their own community, for a monthly rental. In Bharuch, police officials quote the recent instance of Atta Prajapati allowing his wife Laxmi to stay with a Patel in Mehsana for a monthly rental of Rs 8,000.
The demand of brides fuelled by the dwindling number of girls in Mehsana, Patan, Rajkot, Gandhinagar and other districts has inspired many agents and poverty-struck families to capitalise on the situation and make a quick buck.