Introduction Poverty in India is one of the main issues‚ attracting the attention of sociologists and economists. It indicates a condition in which a person fails to maintain a living standard adequate for a comfortable lifestyle. Though India boasts of a high economic growth‚ it is shameful that there is still large scale poverty in India. Poverty in India can be defined as a situation when a certain section of people are unable to fulfill their basic needs. India has the world’s largest number
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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act- A critical Appraisal. Dr. M.D.Somani‚ The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act‚ (NREGA) was notified on September 7‚ 2005 by Government of India with the objective to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. It was intended to provide employment to the vulnerable groups at
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scene. Throughout the whole movie‚ all the characters speak in English. It is true that Gandhi did speak this language when he lived in South Africa; and few of the Congressmen (particularly Jinnah) felt at home with the English language; but the Mahatma switched to talking in Hindi (the common language of Indians at the time) to identify himself with the peasants. It seems that Mohandas Gandhi held popularity right through his whole life‚ but this is not true. GANDHI presents the hero of the movie
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The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of wage-employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was renamed after the Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) on 2nd October 2009‚ commemorating Golden Jubilee of Panchayati
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TO WHAT EXTENT WAS MAHATMA GANDHI THE REASON THE BRITISH EMPIRE GAVE UP IMPERIAL CONTROL? On 15th August 1947‚ India finally escaped away from the rule of the British. Mahatma Gandhi‚ 1869-1948‚ was the leader of Indian Nationalism in British-ruled India. Before Gandhi was born‚ British started ruling India at 1858. They took control of the cotton industry and traded it as their own and used violence to control the 500 million Indians. When Gandhi was about 45 years old‚ he started to protest as
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our destiny. Leaders such as Martin Luther Kink Jr.‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ and even various prophets. Their contributions to our history place them in this unique position. Each of them has their own stories‚ dreams‚ views‚ beliefs and goals in life; and yet they are also similar in a vast amount of ways. My objective here is to compare and contrast these leaders as well as discussing the connection to modern day prophets if any. In order for Mahatma Gandhi to reach his ultimate goal‚ he had to prove worthy
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Maratha rule[edit] In 1626‚ Shahaji Raje Bhosale appointed Rango Bapuji Dhadphale as the administrator of Pune. He was one of the first major developers of the town‚ overseeing construction of some markets and residential areas like the Kasba Peth‚ Somwar Peth‚ Raviwar Peth and Shaniwar Peth. After the destruction of the town in raids by the Adil Shahi dynasty in 1630 and again from 1636 to 1647‚ Dadoji Kondadev‚ a military and administrative officer of Shahaji‚ oversaw redevelopment and
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regular visitor to the Central Prison‚ especially the women’s wing‚ and kindle self-esteem. She attended meetings of the managing committee of the mental asylum. Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Savitribai Jyotirao Phule (January 3‚ 1831 – March 10‚ 1897) was a social reformer‚ who‚ along with her husband‚ Mahatma Jyotirao Phule‚ played an important role in improving women’s rights in India during the British Rule. Savitribai was the first female teacher of the first women’s school in India and also
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Upliftment of widows Campaigned against the practise of sati Critical of caste inequalities b)Dayanand Saraswati ReformingHinduism Supported widow remarriage Education for girls c) Veerasalingam Pantulu Supported widow remarriage d)Jyotirao Phule Education for girls Critical of the caste system Critical of all forms of inequality e)Pandita Ramabai Critical of the treatment of upper-caste Hindu women and widows f) Periyar Campaigned against caste and social inequalities Critical
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gave tremendous effort to abolish the defunct custom ‘Sati’‚ the Hindu funeral practice. Key figure of Bengali Renaissance‚ Iswarchandra Vidyasagar ‚ championed the uplift of the status of women in India. Jyotirao Phule‚ Pearicharan Sarkar etc. also fought for uplift of women. Later‚ Mahatma Gandhi had announced at the Second round table conference that his aim was to establish a political society in India‚ in which women would enjoy the same rights as men and the teeming millions of India would
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