! Dear Reader‚ It gives me immense pleasure to introduce you to the Centre for WTO Studies‚ coinciding with the inaugural issue of our new bimonthly newsletter: “ India‚ WTO and Trade Issues”. The Centre for WTO Studies – WTO Centre in its shorter form – has indeed been functioning since November 2002 in the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade with the objective of providing research and analytical support to the Department of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on identified issues
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Air India plans a turnaround strategy without wage and job cuts After all the turbulence national air carrier Air India went through in the recent past‚ Arvind Jadhav‚ Chairman and Managing Director of the beleaguered airlines is now determined to have a positive balance sheet by 2014-15 and is ready with a turnaround strategy. Some of the key targets the national carrier has set for itself include achieving 25 million domestic and 15 million international passengers by 2015‚ 93% on-time punctuality
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Terrorism and India A Common definition of terrorism is the systematic use or threatened use of violence to intimidate a population or government and thereby effect political‚ religious‚ or ideological change.[1][2] Terrorism in India‚ according to the Home Ministry‚ poses a significant threat to the state. Terrorism in India is basically two types external and internal‚ external terrorism emerge from neighboring countries and internal terrorism emulates from religious or communal violence and Naxalite–Maoist
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Chapter-1 • Introduction • Concept of Transport • Functions of Transport • Means of Transport • Transport in India ix 1.1 INTRODUCTION From the beginning of history‚ human sensitivity has revealed an urge for mobility leading to a measure of Society’s progress. The history of this mobility or transport is the history of civilization. For any country to develop with right momentum modern and efficient Transport as a basic infrastructure is a must. It has been seen throughout the history
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Sharply differing perceptions make it rather difficult to properly assess India’s standing in the world of sports today. The pessimists love to paint a gloomy picture of the Indian sports and its detractors‚ too‚ are eager to point out that for a nation of India’s size and population its sporting successes are few and far between. They‚ however‚ tend to forget that in today’s highly commercialised and fiercely competitive sports‚ mere skill and talent are not enough to ensure success in the form
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India also has enormous problems with overpopulation. The current population is over a billion‚ but India does not have the large land mass that China has. India is experiencing major problems with declining water tables due to over-extraction beyond sustainable yield. India is building desalination plants to solve this problem. Because India has the same population density as Japan‚ some have claimed that India’s poverty is caused by underdevelopment‚ not overpopulation. Increased depletion of
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Wildlife in India The wildlife in India comprises a mix of species of different types of organisms.[1] Apart from a handful of the major farm animals such as cows‚ buffaloes‚ goats‚ poultry‚ pigs & sheep‚ India has an amazingly wide variety of animals native to the country. It is home to Bengal tigers‚ Asiatic lions‚ Leopards‚ Pythons‚ Wolves‚ Foxes‚ Bears‚ Crocodiles‚ Rhinoceroses‚ Camels‚ Wilddogs‚ Monkeys‚ Snakes‚ Antelope species‚Deer species‚ varieties of bison and not to mention the mighty Asian
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1961-70 | 1971-80 | 1981-90 | US | | | | | From India | 2‚120 | 31‚214 | 1‚72‚080 | 2‚61‚841 | From all countries | 25‚15‚000 | 33‚22‚000 | 44‚93‚000 | 73‚38‚000 | India’s Share(%) | (0.1) | (0.9) | (3.8) | (3.6) | Canada | | | | | From India | 2‚802 | 25‚722 | 72‚903 | 79‚304 | From all countries | 15‚74‚841 | 14‚09‚677 | 14‚40‚338 | 13‚36‚767 | India’s Share(%) | (0.2) | (1.8) | (5.1) | (5.9) | UK | | | | | From India | n.a | 1‚25‚600 | 83‚040 | 51‚480 | From all countries
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for the Committee on Vision 2020 for India‚ Planning Commission‚ Government of India Revised Version: 22 May 2001 Research and Information System for the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries‚ Zone 4B‚ India Habitat Centre‚ Lodi Road‚ New Delhi-110003. Tel.: 468 2175‚ Fax: 468 2174; Email: nagesh@ndf.vsnl.net.in An earlier version of the paper was presented at the Fifth Meeting of the Committee on Vision 2020 for India‚ Planning Commission‚ on 8 February 2001
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CHILDREN IN INDIA In India‚ children’s vulnerabilities and exposure to violations of their protection rights remain spread and multiple in nature. The manifestations of these violations are various‚ ranging from child labour‚ child trafficking‚ to commercial sexual exploitation and many other forms of violence and abuse. With an estimated 12.6 million children engaged in hazardous occupations (2001 Census)‚ for instance‚ India has the largest number of child labourers under the age of 14 in
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