INDUSTRIES Today India is one among the top ten industrial nations of the world. Industrial development has changed India’s economy from under-developed status to developing status. Industries can be classified into various types on the basis of their structure. The two main types are: 1) Manufacturing industries including heavy and light industries. 2) Small-scale and cottage industries . Manufacturing industries: Industries which are concerned with the processing or conversion of raw
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Poverty in India is widespread‚ with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. In 2011‚ World Bank stated‚ 32.7% of the total Indian people fall below the international of US$ 1.25 per day (PPP) while 68.7% live on less than US$ 2 per day. According to 2010 data from the United Nations Development Program‚ an estimated 37.2% of Indians live below the country’s national poverty line. A 2010 report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) states that 8 Indian states
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CONSTITUTION OF INDIA The Constitution of India‚ according to Ivor Jennings‚ is “The longest and the most detailed in the world.” Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles‚ establishing the structure‚ procedures‚ powers and duties of the government. It spells out fundamental rights‚ directive principles and duties of citizens. The constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly. The drafting
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India 2014: The Challenges of Governance In January 2012‚ the government of India faced significant challenges to achieving three key objectives of high growth‚ inclusive development‚ and improved governance. The economy was experiencing a growth slowdown‚ persistently high inflation‚ and infrastructure and energy deficits. Policy reforms were hampered by several recent corruption scandals‚ widespread citizen protests against corruption‚ and disagreements with coalition partners. Inflation has risen
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political support from import-competing interests - trade agreements usually include dispute settlement mechanisms based on diplomatic and/or adjudicative procedures. Such a dispute settlement mechanism is also included in the multilateral trading system. Based on the rudimentary provisions of two articles in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1947‚ i.e.‚ Article XXll on Consultations and Article XXlll on Nullification or Impairment of Benefits‚ dispute settlement developed gradually
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NEHRU’S ‘THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA’ A Brief Study JAGDISH V. DAVE M. N. College‚ Visnagar (NG)‚ Gujarat The Discovery of India is‚ in fact‚ the discovery or Nehru’s rich and graceful personality. It gives us glimpses into the manifold aspects of this great man symbolised for many years the youth of our rejuvenated race awakened after long slumber. What was the essential self of Pandit Nehru? He was a politician by accident as he himself confessed‚ a thinker and a humanist by
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SEZ India was one of the first in Asia to recognize the effectiveness of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) model in promoting exports‚ with Asia’s first EPZ set up in Kandla in 1965. With a view to overcome the shortcomings experienced on account of the multiplicity of controls and clearances; absence of world-class infrastructure‚ and an unstable fiscal regime and with a view to attract larger foreign investments in India‚ the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Policy was announced in April 2000.
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CHAPTER I COLONIAL POWER AND THE INTRODUCTION OF RAILWAYS IN INDIA Transport is an important infrastructure inevitable for the developmental process of a country. The progress of a country depends upon the availability of a viable system of transport facilities. Without proper means of transport and communications it may not be possible for any government to administer a vast country like India. Indian Railways played a vital role in the 1 economic development and national integration
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FDI Policy in India FDI as defined in Dictionary of Economics (Graham Bannock et.al) is investment in a foreign country through the acquisition of a local company or the establishment there of an operation on a new (Greenfield) site. To put in simple words‚ FDI refers to capital inflows from abroad that is invested in or to enhance the production capacity of the economy. [9] Foreign Investment in India is governed by the FDI policy announced by t he Government of India and the provision
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Law of India refers to the system of law in modern India. Some of contemporary Indian law shows substantial European and American influence. Various legislations first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today. During the drafting of the Indian Constitution‚ laws from Ireland‚ the United States‚ Britain‚ and France were synthesised into a refined set of Indian laws. Indian laws also adhere to the United Nations guidelines on human rights law and the environmental law.
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