marriage of 18 years has been dropping over time‚ but even now 46% of younger women age 18-29 get married before reaching their 18th birthday. More than half of women age 18-29 marry before reaching the legal minimum age at marriage in Bihar (64%)‚ Jharkhand (60%)‚ Rajasthan (58%)‚ Andhra Pradesh (56%)‚ West Bengal (53%)‚ Madhya Pradesh (53%)‚ Uttar Pradesh (52%)‚ and Chhattisgarh (51%). Men get married about six years later than women‚ but 27% of men age 21-29 got married before the legal minimum age
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What is Coalgate scam? Coalgate is a name given to the scam in India where the CAG has reported allocation of coal blocks in the country to business companies without recommendation of the appropriate agencies by the congress led UPA government for mining coal as energy resource for investments & profits. Dr. Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister since May 2004 and was personally in-charge of the Coal Ministry from November 2006 to May 2009. The average allotment of coal blocks was 3-4 per year
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List of Thermal Power Plants in India Andhra Pradesh Kothagudem TPS Dr Narla Tatarao TPS Kakatiya TPS Kothagudem V stage TPS Ramagundam B TPS Rayalaseema TPS Ramagundam STPS Simhadri STPS Among the power plants in Andhra Pradesh Ramagundam B TPS‚ run by NTPC is one of the biggest thermal power plants in India. List of Thermal Power Plants in India Assam Namrup Thermal Power Station Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station Lakwa Thermal Power Station Assam‚ a state rich in n
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The Mumbai-Pune industrial belt is the most important industrial region of the country. The region owes its origin to the British rule in India. The British got the Mumbai Island as a marriage gift of Catherine of Braganza’s dowry in 1661. The seizure of Cassette in 1774‚ the collapse of Maratha power in 1818‚ the opening of the Bhorghat to Pune in 1830‚ the opening of steamer service through Suez Canal in 1843 and the opening of the first railway track of 32 km in 1853 between Mumbai and Thane
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India is one of theleading producers of sugar cane in world. 6. India’s copper ore reserves have been estimated at 400 million tonnes‚ with a metal content of 5 million tones. The principal copper belt of India lies in Singhbhum and Hazaribagh in Jharkhand. The mining centres are located at Mosabani‚ Ghatsila‚ Thobani and Badia of Singbhbum‚ Hazaribagh of Bihar‚ the Khetri and Dariba areas of Rajasthan‚ and Agnigundala of Andhra Pradesh. Total production is 2.6 million tones. 7. Jhum or Jhoom cultivation
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Inclusive Growth in India: An Introduction India’s post 1990’s economic growth has made it one of the world’s fastest growing economies in the world. Its GDP growth rates of about 9% in the last few years are historically unparalleled except by the neighbo ring China. With the rapid growth rates‚ however‚ come new challenges and new questions. One such challenging question concerns the spread of the benefits of growth across different segments of society. To ensure that growth has been well
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The study of universe is known as Cosmology. Total universe is commonly defined as the totality of everything that exists including all physical matter and energy‚ the planets‚ stars‚ galaxies and the contents of intergalactic space. Galaxy: A galaxy is a vest system of billions of stars‚ dust and light gases bound by their own gravity. There are 100 billion galaxies in the universe and each galaxy has‚ an average‚ 100 billions stars. (1022 stars) Our galaxy is Milky Way Galaxy (or the Akash Ganga)
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billionaire Hassan Ali Khan tax default `. 50‚000 cr Army ration pilferage scam `. 5‚000 cr State Bank of Saurashtra scam `. 95 cr Illegal monies in Swiss banks‚ as estimated in 2008 `. 71‚00‚000 cr 2009: - The Satyam scam `. 10‚000 cr The Jharkhand medical equipment scam `. 130 cr Rice export scam `. 2‚500 cr Orissa mine scam `. 14‚000 cr Madhu Koda mining scam `. 4‚000 cr" 2010: CWG‚ 2G‚ IPL‚ Karnataka Land Scam‚ Adarsh‚ LIC etc... - 2Lakh crores India’s biggest scams: 1. Ramalinga
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awarded to individual contractors. The Golden Quadrilateral has four sections. Section I of the Golden Quadrilateral is a 1‚454km stretch of National Highway 2 (NH2) from Kolkata to Delhi. It passes through‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ Bihar‚ Delhi‚ Haryana Jharkhand and West Bengal. It connects principal cities in these states such as‚ Mathura‚ Agra‚ Firozabad‚ Kanpur‚ Delhi‚ Faridabad Allahabad and Varanasi. Section II of the quadrilateral is a 1‚684km stretch from Chennai to Kolkatta. The section has parts
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KOLKATA: Renewable energy has huge potential to provide solution to increase energy crisis and it is the key factor to the future of energy‚ food and economic security‚ said participants at a seminar organized by GREENTECH and BNCCI. "We are a growing economy. So our energy requirement is also growing. But we don’t produce enough energy to meet even our current needs. With depleting fossil fuel reserves and concerns about its environmental impact‚ renewable energy is the only long-term solution
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