If catchy slogans could win elections‚ the NDA’s "India Shining" refrain should have reaped the BJP-led coalition a whirlwind in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls. It didn’t . India Shining was felled by the humble Aam Aadmi and to the BJP’s shock‚ a Congress-led front rode to power that year on a wave of disenchantment with saffron triumphalism. Media generated hyperbole proved to be no match for an old-fashioned ground-level campaign by the other side. The mind boggles therefore at the Congress’s decision
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“PROBLEMS AND ASPIRATIONS OF YOUTH” AS HIGLIGHTED IN THE NOVELS OF CHETAN BHAGAT INTRODUCTION: Trying hands on contemporary writing and then reigning over hearts of millions is not that easy as has been proved by one of the prominent writers of the day – Chetan Bhagat. Very few authors have managed to reach out to such a wide audience as Chetan Bhagat. There is originality of content in his writings and when he writes people feel as if it is their story. He is a phenomenon that has affected everybody
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2011 Current Affairs at a Glance JANUARY The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act‚ UPA’s flagship aam admi scheme‚ turned five on February 2‚ 2011. On January 14‚ the Ministry of Rural Development issued a notification revising the wage rates under the MNREGA from Rs 100 per day to between Rs 117 and Rs 181 (17-30 % hike) in different States. The revision under Section 6(1) of the 2005 Act‚ coming in wake of inflationary pressures on the poor‚ adjusts the wages by indexing it
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PRANAB MUKHERJEE 13TH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA New Delhi‚ July 2012 Klaus Julian Voll and Kamakshi Nanda.1 For further information please contact Ernst STETTER‚ FEPS Secretary General at ernst.stetter@fepseurope.eu or David KITCHING‚ FEPS Policy Advisor at david.kitching@feps-europe.eu 1 Dr. Klaus Julian Voll advises FEPS on Asia and Kamakshi Nanda is a historian and political analyst. FEPS Rue Montoyer 40 B-1000 Brussels +32 2 234 69 00 | www.feps-europe.eu TABLE OF CONTENTS
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COUNTRY ANALYSIS REPORT India In-depth PESTLE Insights Publication Date: December 2010 OVERVIEW Catalyst This profile analyzes the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ legal and environmental structure in India. Each of the PESTLE factors is explored on four parameters: current strengths‚ current challenges‚ future prospects and future risks. Summary Key findings India is a stable democracy‚ but terrorism and its relationships with its neighbors continue to be a problem Since
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TURNING POINTS A JOURNEY THROUGH CHALLENGES Contents 1. When can I sing A song of India 2. My Ninth Lecture at Anna University 3. Seven Turning Points of my Life 4. The Interactive President 5. What can I give to the Nation 6. Learning from others 7. Towards a completive Nation 8. The candle and the Moth 9. My visit to Gujarat DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‚ is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from 2002-2007 Kalam was born
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6/11/13 2G spectrum scam - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia 2G spectrum scam From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The 2G spectrum scam involved politicians and government officials in India illegally undercharging mobile telephony companies for frequency allocation licenses‚ which they would then use to create 2G subscriptions for cell phones. The shortfall between the money collected and the money that the law mandated to be collected is estimated to be 1766.45 billion (US$32 billion)
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Bureaucracy and the Liberalisation After independence the newly emerged Indian State was characterized by the dominant role in all the spheres of society. It was a welfare state whose objective was to secure political‚ social and economic justice to all the sections of Indian population. The Westminister model of parliamentary democracy with universal adult franchise was adopted. In social field‚ various evils in the society were sought to be eradicated by the State. Untouchability was abolished
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Managing Director of Bank of Baroda. 2. Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag took over as Chief of Army Staff. He succeeded General Bikram Singh to become the 28th Army Chief. 3. Chief of Air Staff‚ Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha took over as the Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee (COSC). 4. Amitabh Bachchan was appointed as the horticulture ambassador of Maharashtra. 5. Veteran BJP leader Kaptan Singh Solanki was appointed as the Governor of Haryana.
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Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy allows eligible citizens to participate equally—either directly or through elected representatives—in the proposal‚ development‚ and creation of laws. It encompasses social‚ economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination Democracy existed in ancient Greek and Roman republics but with little success. It had
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