The second edition of India’s Political Economy 1947-2004 The Gradual Revolution authored by Francine R. Frankel and published by Oxford University Press (2005) is a voluminous read at 788 pages covering the inception and development of the Indian political economy over a period of 57 years. The book is divided into sixteen well thought chapters each covering an important period in the development of the Indian economy in the light of prevalent historical and political arrangements. e of the socialist
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Umang Shah March 5‚ 2012 Speech on Bhagat Singh. One of the most famous Indian revolutionaries of his time‚ Bhagat Singh‚ was considered to be a freedom fighter of the Indian struggle. He was born on September 28‚ 1907. He was born in a Sikh family to Kishan Singh and Vidyavati in a rural district of Punjab. As growing up‚ he learned that his uncle Ajit Singh and his father Kishan Singh were a great freedom fighters involved in the war to India’s Independence. So understanding his Family’s
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ELECTORAL REFORMS IN INDIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES BEFORE THE ELECTION COMMISSION SYNOPSIS 1) Introduction 2) Electoral Reforms in India 3) Elections in India 4) Free and fair elections 5) Criminalization in Electoral System: 6) Issues and challenges before the Election Commission 7) Current Situation ABSTRACT In this essay‚ we have a given a brief view about elections and politics inheriting criminalization. The failure of the Legislature to deliberately think over
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educated and a stage came when some of them came out on the social and political field to rub shoulder with the men folk in these fields. In modern India‚ women have adorned high offices including that of the President‚ Prime minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha‚ etc. “LET THE WOMEN REACH THE SKY WHICH IS THE LIMIT!” THE CHANGING SCENARIO: In those days women faced many Social Problems like Dowry‚ Child Marriages‚ Death during Childbirth‚ Sati and many social problems but nowadays the status of
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2014. Modi‚ a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)‚ was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament (MP) from Varanasi. He led the BJP in the 2014 general election‚ which gave the party a majority in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament) – a first for any party since 1984 – and was credited for October 2014 BJP electoral victories in the states of Haryana and Maharashtra. Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a family of grocers in Vadnagar
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The Assam Aandolan/Assam Agitation/Assam Movement - 1979-1985: The History No movement happens overnight. “The Assam movement like all other significant social movements has its roots in history and society from which it emerged. A social movement cannot emerge from vacuum‚ all of a sudden.” (The Assam Movement: Class‚ Ideology and Identity – Monirul Hussain‚ p 95) This movement slowly built up in the form of resentment against illegal immigrants from neighbouring nations‚ over a period of time
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BHAGAT SINGH Date of Birth : Sep 27‚ 1907 Date of Death : Mar 23‚ 1931 Place of Birth : Jalandhar Bhagat Singh (September 27‚ 1907 – March 23‚ 1931) was an Indian revolutionary‚ considered to be one of the most famous martyrs of the Indian freedom struggle. For this reason‚ he is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh (the word shaheed means “martyr”). Bhagat Singh was born into a Sikh family to Sardar Kishan Singh and Vidyavati in the Khatkar Kalan village near Banga in the Jalandhar district
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Orissa Review * February -March- 2007 Panchayati Raj : Grassroots Democracy Siddhartha Dash Panchayati Raj : An Evolutionary Perspective India’s democratic structure has three levels of governance - national or federal‚ state or regional‚ and the grassroots level called the Panchayati Raj and Nagar Palika systems. The Panchayati Raj system covers the village‚ the tehsil and the district‚ and the Nagar Palika system serves towns and cities. If democracy means people’s participation
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MODULE-1 LESSON-1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF IPRs: What is IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)? Intellectual Property refers to creation of mind i.e. inventions‚ industrial designs for article‚ literary & artistic work‚ symbols etc. used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two categories: 1. Industrial property‚ which includes inventions (patents)‚ trademarks‚ industrial designs‚ and geographic indications and 2. Copyright‚ which includes literary and artistic works
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ELECTORAL REFORMS: IN INDIA INTRODUCTION “The health of a democracy depends on the choice of representatives and leaders‚ which in turn is directly linked to the way political parties function and elections are conducted”. The government of India is quasi-judicial; theofficials are elected at the federal‚ state and local levels. The head of the Government‚ Prime Minister is indirectly elected by the people of the country‚ through the General Election where the leader of the party winning in majority
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