Famines‚ poverty‚ government policy‚ food supply in colonial India Introduction From 1760 till 1943 India was hit by terrible famines on a regular basis. More than 85 million Indians died in these famines which were in reality genocides done by the British Raj. Contrast this to the fact that there have been no famine related deaths since independence. British famine policy in India was influenced by the arguments of Adam Smith‚ as seen by the non-interference of the government with the grain market
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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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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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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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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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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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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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reforms were undertaken. In the economic sphere‚ the state not only regulated the market‚ it also emerged as the major employer providing employment opportunities to the people. India adopted the policy of mixed economy/a powerful public sector was created. For Nehru‚ the public sector undertakings were the temples of modern India. Their objective was to assist in the rapid economic growth and industrialisation of the country. Over the years their number and investments have grown in size and quantity
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