MALNUTRITION IN INDIA India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies sitting on a population of 1.241 billion [1]. Yet still‚ since its independence in 1947 majority of Indian population is either at or below the National Poverty Line. According to a report by the World Bank‚ malnutrition in India is more common than in Sub-Saharan Africa. More than a third of malnourished children live in India. The number is almost 5 times higher than that of China. Malnutrition thus has alarming implications
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Crime in India 1 Crime in India Crime in India exists in various forms taking note of drug trafficking‚ gunrunning‚ money laundering‚ extortion‚ murder for hire‚ fraud‚ human trafficking‚ poaching and prostitution. Many criminal operations engage in black marketeering‚ political violence‚ religiously motivated violence‚ terrorism‚ and abduction. Other crimes are homicide‚ robbery‚ assault etc. Property crimes include burglary‚ theft‚ motor vehicle theft‚ and arson. Corruption is a significant
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http://www.studymode.com/essays/Essay-On-India-Of-My-Dream-1445580.html http://www.studymode.com/essays/India-Of-My-Dreams-1315397.html Home About Site Content Quality Guidelines Suggest Us Report Errors Contact Us Our country India has completed 63 years of her independence. In every walk of life‚ we find Indians on the top. For example‚ earlier in sports we found Indians winning only in cricket‚ but now we have been captivating other sports like Chess‚ Boxing‚ and Badminton
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coinciding with the inaugural issue of our new bimonthly newsletter: “ India‚ WTO and Trade Issues”. The Centre for WTO Studies – WTO Centre in its shorter form – has indeed been functioning since November 2002 in the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade with the objective of providing research and analytical support to the Department of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on identified issues relating to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). However‚ the Centre has recently undergone considerable
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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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Rupee – history of evolution and currency crises This section discusses the evolution of the rupee along with the two major currency crises that were to confront the currency and related monetary policies. History and evolution The word “rupee” comes from the Sanskrit word “raupya” meaning Silver and traces its roots to the silver standard currency basket of the colonial rule. Originally produced in India in the 15th and 16th centuries by Mogul rulers‚ the currency shifted to Gold Standards
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INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRY The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations‚ it has the largest circulation among all English-language newspapers in the world‚ across all formats (broadsheet‚ tabloid‚ compact‚ Berliner and online). In 2008‚ the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 3.14 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (India) as the world’s largest selling English-language daily‚ ranking
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On the 18‚ July 1947 India declared it’s independence from the British Empire after almost 200 years of being rule over the country. But independence was short lived after a day; the country was split up into 2 different countries which became Pakistan. Later the Pakistani province of East Pakistan will declare it’s independence from Pakistan which became the country Bangladesh. India was split up on the bases of religion which has created bitter relations between the populations of these three countries
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------------------------------------------------- Electricity sector in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Ramagundam Thermal Power Station‚ Andhra Pradesh Sabarmati Thermal Power Station‚ Gujarat The electricity sector in India had an installed capacity of 223.625 GW as of April 2013‚[1] the world’s fifth largest. Captive power plants generate an additional 34.444 GW. Non Renewable Power Plants constitute 87.55% of the installed capacity and 12.45% of Renewable Capacity.[2] India generated 855 BU (855 000 MU i.e. 855
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PHILOSOPHY Politics of India take place in a framework of a federal parliamentary multi-party representative democratic republic modeled after the British Westminster System. The Prime Minister of India is the head of government‚ while the President of India is the formal head of state and holds substantial reserve powers‚ placing him or her in approximately the same position as the British monarch. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government
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