1. India Rising Pointers * India’s per capita income increased at only around 1% annualized rate from 1950 - 1980 * In the late 2000s‚ India’s growth has reached 7.5%‚ which will double the average income in a decade. * The highest annualized 1999-2008 growth rates are for states Gujarat (9.6%)‚ Haryana (9.1%)‚ or Delhi (8.9%) and lowest Bihar (5.1%)‚ Uttar Pradesh (4.4%)‚ or Madhya Pradesh (6.5%). * India is the eleventh-largest economy in the world and the fourth largest by purchasing
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Violence on the Rise in India Jump up ^ Ram Puniyani (2003)‚ Communal Politics: Facts Versus Myths‚ SAGE‚ p. 167‚ ISBN 0-7619-9667-2 Jump up ^ "150-yr-old church set afire in Madhya Pradesh" Jump up ^ Ramakrishnan‚ Venkitesh (21 September 2005)‚ The Naxalite Challenge‚ Frontline Magazine (The Hindu)‚ retrieved 15 March 2007 Jump up ^ Diwanji‚ A
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India should stop obsessing about how to become one of the world’s great powers and focus on solving its biggest problems to become a great nation‚ Sundeep Wasleka‚ the president of Strategic Foresight Group‚ writes in this month’s Forbes India. At present‚ regardless of the hype‚ India is failing‚ Wasleka suggests. Politicians and business leaders are always thumping their chests over India’s rising importance in the G20 and lobby for a new G10 (the G8 plus India and China). But 200 out of the
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1. The most important problems of the modern (contemporary) world. The modern world‚ the world that we live in is exposed to many perils. Among the major problems are poverty‚ unemployment‚ wars‚ terrorism‚ racism‚ air pollution‚ climate change/global warming‚ and diseases. Poverty The gap between rich and poor nations is still growing. Although rich nations have provided aid and technical assistance to Third World nations‚ the developing nations face many obstacles in their drive to modernize.
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“Say you want a revolution We better get on right away Well you get on your feet And out on the street Singing power to the people” * John Lennon Introduction Democracy‚ it is generally believed‚ had its roots in Ancient Athens. We know it spread its stems to most of Europe and later to parts of Asia by mid 19th century ‚ mostly in the form of parliamentary democracy. But in the context of this paper‚we are not interested in the histrocity of the idea or concept of democracy‚ but in the
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The Challenge of Good Governance in India: Need for Innovative Approaches by Balmiki Prasad Singh * Abstract This paper makes an effort to provide a framework for good governance in India by identifying its essential features and shortcomings in its working and emphasizes need for innovative approaches. No theory of governance could be intelligible unless it is seen in the context of its time. India’s democratic experience of the past six decades has clearly established that good governance must
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0-7007-1601-7 ^ Subba‚ Tanka Bahadur; Som‚ Sujit; Baral‚ K ^ Ram Puniyani (2003)‚ Communal Politics: Facts Versus Myths‚ SAGE‚ p. 167‚ ISBN 0-7619-9667-2 ^ "150-yr-old church set afire in Madhya Pradesh" ^ Diwanji‚ A. K. (2003-10-02)‚ Primer: Who are the Naxalites?‚ Rediff.com‚ retrieved 2007-03-15 ^ Bhattacharya‚ Amit
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Table of content Introduction 01 Chronology of major incidents 04 • Western india 04 • Jammu and kashmir 05 • Northern and Northwestern India 06 • Northeastern india 10 • South india 13 • Challenges before India’s Internal Security 14 Internal strategy 16 Introduction Internal terrorism has been an ugly scene in India probably for as long as we have known. The independence war saw the
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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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Within the previous 25 years‚ the United States has experienced violent attacks targeting civilians. On February 26‚ 1993‚ a bomb detonated in the parking lot of the Vista Hotel in 2 World Trade Center. Six people were killed and nearly 1‚000 more injured. The suspects responsible claimed to belong to a radical Islamic sect. On April 19‚ 1995‚ anti-government anarchist Timothy McVeigh bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The attack killed 168 people and injured 700. McVeigh
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