The leaders of our freedom movement‚ under the stewardship of Mahatma Gandhi‚ had dreamt of an independent and prosperous India. On this day in 1947‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru took the first step towards the realization of that dream by hoisting the Tricolour at the Red Fort. The journey we began on 15 August‚ 1947 is now 65 years old. We have achieved much in these 65 years. Today is certainly a day to celebrate the success of our democracy. However‚ on this occasion we should also introspect about
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OF BANKS Commercial banks can be divided into 2 main categories: (1) Scheduled banks (2) Non-scheduled banks (1) Scheduled bank: A scheduled bank is so called because it has been included in the second schedule of Reserve bank of India Act‚ 1934. To be included in the schedule‚ the bank must satisfy the following 3 conditions: (a) It must have paid up capital and reserves of an aggregate value of at least Rs. 5 lakhs; (b) It must satisfy the reserve bank that its affairs
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India Matt Tribble The University of South Dakota Abstract India is a low-to middle-income country that suffers from nutritional deficits and malnourishment throughout their country. The key issues that burden women’s health includes Anemia‚ which is low levels of hemoglobin in the blood‚ violence due to a male dominated society‚ and the maternal mortality rate. Tuberculosis is a continuous concern relevant to all genders and ages in India. India has taken excessive measures in producing the
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Plan…………………………………………………………………11 Executive Summary India is located in South Asia and is Asia’s second most populous with over 1.2 billion people. It is a federation with a parliamentary system governed under the Constitution of India and boasts the most populous democracy in the world. The most dominant religion in India today is Hinduism. About 80% of Indians are Hindus. Around 500 BC two other religions developed in India‚ namely‚ Buddhism and Jainism. Today only about 0.5% of Indians
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sector and 20 % of direct and indirect taxes. PSUs help in the critical functions of promoting the socio-economic objectives of the Government and letting the government have a say in the market trends‚ it helps the government in ensuring stability in prices of key products and commodities. The root cause for the present scenario where the PSUs are in losses and the government is incurring huge deficit lies in their ownership structure. The claim is that a private organisation owner treats the business
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Government Official country name: India Government System: Constitutional Federal (federation) Republic Head of State: Pranab Mukherjee Official Languages: Hindi‚ English Region: Asia Allies/blocs: Russia‚ Singapore‚ South Korea People Population: 1‚220‚800‚358 Growth Rate: 1.51% Major religions/cultures: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism Standard of living: Overall life expectancy rate: 65 infant mortality rate: 72 per 1‚00 live births literacy rate:
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REPUBLIC OF INDIA INTRODUCTION India‚ officially the Republic of India‚ is a country in South Asia‚ and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations‚ the World Trade Organization‚ the South Asian Regional Co-operation Organization and the United Nations. The name India is derived from the River Indus‚ the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu. It is impossible not to be astonished by India. Nowhere on Earth does humanity
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SINGH In India‚ public enterprises have been assigned the task of realising the objectives laid down in the Directive Principles of State Policy. Public sector as a whole seeks: (a) to gain control of the commanding heights of the economy‚ (b) to promote critical development in terms of social gain or strategic value rather than on consideration of profit‚ and (c) to provide commercial surplus with which to finance further economic development. The main objectives of public enterprises in India are
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CHAPTER V PROGRESS OF THE BANKING SECTOR IN INDIA AND THE UNION TERRITORY OF PONDICHERRY. 5‚l Introduction Banks constitute an important segment in financial arena of all countries whether developed or developing or underdeveloped. Economic development of every country depends upon financial sector particularly commercial banks. In fact economic development and financial infrastructure go hand in hand. From time immemorial‚ the conventional banker‚ an indispensable pillar of Indian society
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Understanding Indian Economy The economy of India is currently the world’s fourth largest in terms of real GDP (purchasing power parity) after the USA‚ China and Japan and the second fastest growing major economy in the world after China. India’s annual growth rate is above 8% while that of China is about 10%. India is a developing country and our economy is a mixed economy. In a mixed economy the public sector co-exists with the private sector. Dadabhai Naoroji is known as the Father
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