International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research Vol.1 Issue 8‚ August 2012‚ ISSN 2277 3630 RECENT REFORMS IN EDUCATION IN INDIA – ACHIEVEMENTS AND UNFINISHED TASKS D. SAMPATH KUMAR* *Ph.D. Scholar. Assistant Professor in Commerce‚ D.R.B.C.C.C. Hindu College‚ Chennai - 600072‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India. ABSTRACT India has emerged as a global leader and a strong nation. Education is the key to the task of nation building as well as to provide requisite knowledge and skills required for sustained
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Economic Reforms in India since 1991 India was a latecomer to economic reforms‚ embarking on the process in earnest only in 1991‚ in the wake of an exceptionally severe balance of payments crisis. The need for a policy shift had become evident much earlier‚ as many countries in East Asia achieved high growth and poverty reduction through policies which emphasized greater export orientation and encouragement of the private sector. India took some steps in this direction in the 1980s‚ but it was
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the liberal Welfare Reforms lay the foundations of the Welfare State? This essay will assess how far reaching the liberal Welfare Reforms were and how far they can be said to represent the foundations of the Welfare State. The Welfare State is when the Government takes care of the health and well-being of all its citizens from “cradle to grave”. The liberal Welfare Reforms did represent a move away from “laissez-faire” towards a programme of social reform. The liberal reforms concentrated on five
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Zapatista Movement The political movement‚ Zapatista was founded in the 20th century and named after Emiliano Zapata‚ a revolutionary peasant. A uprising was done on January 1‚ 1994 from Chiapas‚ which is in the southernmost part of Mexico. The dispute was against the economic guidelines that destructively changed Mexico’s indigenous inhabitants. Later‚ the revolution progressed into a formidable political undertaking for the alienated Indians. Little is known concerning the history and beginning
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Melody Stinnett Professor Scordia English 098/108 November 5‚ 2010 Word Count 820 Does Welfare Reform Help or Hurt? Picture growing up in the inner city‚ in a home with your mother and possibly other siblings; the only source of income comes at the beginning of each month. The father in most cases not there; you don’t know where he is; one can only imagine. Depending on a source of income that comes once a month‚ and allowing families to be dependent upon welfare for generations; is wrong
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ECONOMIC REFORMS IN PAKISTAN There is a widely shared consensus about the nature of reforms that Pakistan should embark upon. This consists of two components – stabilization and long term structural reforms. Under the first component the economy has to be stabilized with the help of fiscal consolidation‚ widening of tax net and mobilization of domestic resources‚ cutting down the losses of state owned corporations‚ curtailing wasteful development expenditure and assigning priority to removing supply-side
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Revivals of Religion‚ in 1835. Finney was a firm believer in the revivalist movement of the mid-1800s‚ and helped influence many others across the country to join the Christian faith. Between 1800 and 1850‚ the Christian population in the United States more than doubled‚ thanks in large parts to the efforts of the revivalists. But why were these revivals so popular? Why did this new Great Awakening influence other movements that would forever change America? That is what we asked ourselves throughout
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Victorian Laissez-Faire system of social reform relied on voluntary contribution of the wealthy and the charitable to relieve poverty‚ rather than the now standard system of using money from universal taxes to pay for universal services such as public health and housing. The founding laws of this welfare state we now live in today where known as the liberal reforms‚ a series of legislation that encouraged a far more collectivist attitude to social reform that verged on socialism‚ dreaded by the upper
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Transcendental Movement of the 1800s Transcendentalism was a religious‚ literary‚ and social movement that occurred between 1830 and 1855. Transcendentalists “…focused on personal spiritual awakening and individual self-gained insight; they were idealistic and embraced nature as they reacted against the increasingly commercial nature of the emerging American society.” [1] The Transcendental Club‚ where this movement received its name‚ met in the Boston area during this movement. At this club ten
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Welfare Reform Tina Langnes Herzing University April 20‚ 2014 History of Welfare Welfare began over 60 years ago. The reason for establishing welfare was to help families needing assistance and meeting financial obligations by obtaining healthcare and education. However‚ after 60 years of maturation and change of the welfare programs‚ it has become abundantly clear that changes are needed. Like everything
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