“I beg to place the following resolution before the council for its consideration.…the state should accept in this country the same responsibility in regard to mass education that the government of most civilized countries are already discharging and that a well considered scheme should be drawn up and adhered to till it is carried out.. The well being of millions upon millions of children who are waiting to be brought under the influence education depends upon it...” The above words are the
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over 14 months of deliberations by Sunil Khilnani‚ Rajiv Kumar‚ Pratap Bhanu Mehta‚ Lt. Gen. (retd.) Prakash Menon‚ Nandan Nilekani‚ Srinath Raghavan‚ Shyam Saran and Siddharth Varadarajan. It also ha d some inpits National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and Deputy National Security Advisers Alok Prasad and Latha Reddy. This document is an idea to identify the basic principles that should guide India’s foreign and strategic policy over next decade. The core philosophy of the document is
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------------------------------------------------- About the Mission The National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW) was launched by the Government of India (GoI) on International Women’s Day in 2010 with the aim to strengthen overall processes that promote all-round Development of Women. It has the mandate to strengthen the inter-sector convergence; facilitate the process of coordinating all the women’s welfare and socio-economic development programmes across ministries and departments. The
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flourishing democracy with the President‚ Prime Minister‚ and Cabinet. For decades in India‚ the Congress Party ruled the democratic country‚ which had become a republic with its own constitution in 1950. In 1977‚ the opposition gained the majority of votes. In 1984‚ after the Congress Party had regained the majority‚ conflicts with the cultural minority of the Sikhs lead to the assassination of the Indian Prime Minister‚ Indira Ghandi. There was also a lot of tension between the Muslims and the Hindus
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franchise. IPL‚ in spite of its money and glamour quotient‚ was projected as a league for nurturing young Indian talent. Youngsters get to share dressing room with the greats of the game. Useful tips from the seniors in the team really helps them improve their game. Truly‚ IPL has helped in unearthing new talent. Just that it has been in the news for a number of wrong reasons‚ its contribution to Indian cricket has taken a backseat. This tournament provides great opportunity for budding cricketers from
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From 1869 till‚ say‚ 1914 the Indian upper class made conscientious efforts to cultivate pure science with a view to countering the ideological domination by the British. As a corollary‚ the role of science as a new means of production of wealth was largely ignored. Independent India’s attitude towards science has been fashioned by its colonial experience. Thus India has sought to utilize applied science in furthering its foreign policy objectives. Under the Indian auspices‚ modern science was Brahminized
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Defence and Strategic Affairs‚ Immigration & India U.S. Politics Relations Blog Page 1 About USINPAC Take Action ! Join Indian-Americans Newsroom Events Track Congress Track Parliament Communities My Account Galleries Blogs Contribute Home | Search Contact | Login USINPAC Blogs Recent Posts Afghanistan Antagonists US-Pakistan Relations: The More Things Change … India-Myanmar Strategic Will the anti -corruption movement bring change to India
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There are three most important components of politics namely- political party‚ interest groups‚ and social movements. . An organization or group of people working together to gain political power is called political party. People which have common motive or interest ‚ get together for influencing political process is called interest group. “An informal network of activists who seek to transform the values of the society is called social movement .”(An introduction to political science edited
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The Indian Mass Media System: Before‚ During and After the National Emergency I N D U B. S I N G H Rutgers University Introduction: The last few years have witnessedan unprecedented turn of events in the socio-political climate of India. These socio-political changes have brought about corresponding changes in the character of the Indian mass media system‚ especially in the freedomandindependenceof the Indian press. In June‚ 1975‚ Indira Gandhi’s government declared a state of emergency and suspended
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Congress had an emphatic victory in 2009 Lok Sabha elections. UPA-2 started on a high by winning almost full majority on its own. However‚ their second term has been marred with controversies and corruption allegations. Starting with Commonwealth Games scam‚ every few months saw a new scam coming out like Adarsh Society scam and the biggest of all‚ the 2G scam. Fuel and commodity prices have risen sharply in the past few years adding to the woes of common man. Crusade against black money and corruption
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