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Independent India India acquired independence on 15 August 1947 though sections of the country were carved out and stitched together to create another new country‚ Pakistan. The “institutional” road to independence was perhaps laid down by the Government of India Act of 1935‚ where the gradual emergence of India as a self-governing entity had first been partly envisioned. Following India’s independence in 1947‚ the Constituent Assembly deliberated over the precise constitutional future of India
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exist‚ we could have produced a few more entrepreneurs like Mr. Laxmi Mittal. India is really an emerging economy power in South-East Asia. This success should be credited to late Rajiv Gandhi and Mr. Manmohan Singh. Rajiv launched the IT revolution during his Prime Minister’s tenure. Manmohan Singh initiated the process of globalization and opened the economy. However‚ the corruption has increased manifold even among ministers‚ capitalists and bureaucrats and the Indian democracy has converted into
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International Marketing BSAD 430-01 Protectionism: Good or Bad? Protectionism is the economic policy adopted by some nations to restrict the flow of goods to the country by: increasing the price of imports (tariffs)‚ restricting the quantity of imports (quota) and lowering the price for domestic products (subsidy). It is a politically motivated policy‚ used by nations‚ to give a competitive advantage to the domestic industries over foreign industries. In simple words‚ it is a barrier to free
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Siachen Conflict: A Battle against Nature Sajad Padder The Siachen Glacier is one of the most inhospitable and glaciated regions in the world. Sliding down a valley in the Karakoram Range‚ the glacier is 76 kilometers long and varies in width between 2 to 8 kilometers. It receives an annual snowfall of more than 35 feet. Blizzards can last 20 days. Winds reach speeds of 125 miles per hour. Temperatures can plunge to minus 60 degrees. For these reasons‚ the Siachen Glacier has been called the ‘Third
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Nitin Gadkari | Parliamentary Chairperson | Nitin Gadkari | Leader in Lok Sabha | Sushma Swaraj (Leader of Opposition) | Leader in Rajya Sabha | Arun Jaitley (Leader of Opposition) | Founded | 6 April 1980 | Preceded by | Bharatiya Jana Singh | Headquarters | 11 Ashoka Road‚ New Delhi‚ 110001 | Newspaper | Kamal Sandesh | Youth wing | Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha | Women’s wing | BJP Mahila Morcha | Peasant’s wing | Bharatiya Kisan Sangh | Ideology | Gandhi an socialism Indian
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also in-charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.: Ministry of Personnel‚ Public Grievances & Pensions‚ Ministry of Planning‚ Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space | Manmohan Singh | 2. | Minister of Finance | P. Chidambaram | 3. | Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Food Processing Industries | Sharad Pawar | 4. | Minister of Defence | A.K. Antony | 5. | Minister of Home Affairs | Sushil Kumar Shinde | 6.
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000 square kilometers.[3] According to India’s intelligence agency‚ the Research and Analysis Wing‚ 20‚000 armed cadre Naxalites were operating in addition to 50‚000 regular cadres[4] and their growing influence prompted Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to declare them to be the most serious internal threat to India’s national security.[5] The Naxalites are opposed by virtually all other Indian political groups.[6] In February 2009‚ the Indian Central government announced its plans for broad
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Lok Sabha (lower house)‚ 4 March 1991. 29. Manmohan Singh‚ budget speech to the Lok Sabha‚ 24 July 1991. 30. Reserve Bank of India‚ Annual Report 1990–91‚ p. 136. 31. I thank Shankar Acharya for this insight. 32. World Bank‚ “Country Strategy for India” (Washington‚ DC: World Bank‚ September 2004)‚ pp. 26–27‚ available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDIA/ Resources/CountryStrategyforIndia_fullversion.pdf (accessed May 2006). 33. Manmohan Singh‚ budget speech to the Lok Sabha‚ 29 February
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