One can trace back the history of today’s Miera Paibis to the days of the Nupi Lan or women’s war in 1904 and 1939. Beginning as a protest against price rise‚ the demand extended over to administrative reforms against the oppressive economic and administrative policies ruled by the Manipur Maharaja and the Political Agent—Mr Gimson—of the British Government. Women’s role in public sphere is not new to Manipur. Meitei women have enjoyed a significant space outside household spheres. Traces of this
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[pic] ASSIGNMENT ON ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM SUBMITTED TO SHAMIMA AKHTER [pic] (JKKNIU) SUBMITTED BY SAIFUDDIN AHAMMED MONNNA Dept. of Public Administration and Governance (JKKNIU) Roll no-11123144‚ Session-2010-2011 Course code PA-122 {1th Batch (1st year) 2nd Semester B.S.S. Honours} Submission date-01.22.2012 Table of Contents |Serial no | Subject |Pages | |1
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can be traced back to the late 1970s‚ economic reforms began in earnest only in July 1991. The reforms initiated by former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao and former Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in July 1991 represent a watershed in India’s economic development strategy and policies since independence. A balance of payments crisis at the time opened the way for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program that led to the adoption of a major reform package.Though the foreign-exchange reserve recovered
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candidate’s campaign‚ they expect the candidate to respond to their issues. Because special interest groups‚ as well as private citizens donate more and more money to campaigns‚ there is some concern that there is a great need for campaign finance reform. The total price of the 2004 presidential and congressional elections was $4 billion and perhaps a lot more‚ up from nearly $3 billion in 2000 (opensecrets.org‚ 2006). Campaign contributions cover the cost of advertisement‚ political consultants
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Progressivism implies a philosophy that welcomes innovations and reforms in the political‚ economic‚ and social order. The Progressive movement‚ 1901 to 1917‚ was ultimately the triumph of conservatism rather than a victory for liberalism. In a general sense‚ the conservative goals of this period justified the Liberal reforms enacted by Progressive leaders. Deviating from the "traditional" definition of conservatism (a resistance to change and a disposition of hostility to innovations in the political
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The Umbrella Movement‚ also known as Umbrella Revolution‚ began in September 2014. After China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress‚ also known as NPCSC‚ announced its decision on the proposed electoral reform of Hong Kong. NPCSC made it clear that civil nomination is disallowed. The two student activist groups‚ Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism‚ began protesting outside the government headquarters on 22 September 2014 against the NPCSC’s decision. In the evening
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Economic Reforms in India since 1991 India was a latecomer to economic reforms‚ embarking on the process in earnest only in 1991‚ in the wake of an exceptionally severe balance of payments crisis. The need for a policy shift had become evident much earlier‚ as many countries in East Asia achieved high growth and poverty reduction through policies which emphasized greater export orientation and encouragement of the private sector. India took some steps in this direction in the 1980s‚ but it was
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The three most important events in California history is woman suffrage‚ the hippie movement‚ and black radicalism. For many decades‚ women were treated unfairly and discriminated against‚ but it wasn’t till the suffrage movement began in California which women were finally standing up for themselves. In the 1870s‚ the state legislature granted women the right to serve as an elect member of the school board and as superintendents. (Rawls and Walton‚ "California History" 2012) Laura de Force Gordon
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divorce laws to increase the number of two- parent households. Some organizations focus on reasonable child support and visitation‚ as well as creative joint custody arrangements to combat fatherless ness after divorce. Still other sects within the movement encourage responsible fatherhood through counseling for "Deadbeat" or "Dead-broke" Dads‚ job training and placement to increase the likelihood of child support payments and educational seminars to teach men how to be emotionally supportive fathers
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American reform movements of the early 1800s What did Shaker’s believe? Joseph Smith and Mormonism Oneida community Reform movements of abolition‚ pacifism‚ and prohibition/temperance Common School Horace Mann and education reform Colonization movement Colonization rested on the premise that America was fundamentally ________ Antislavery movement and its ideas Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ its impact‚ and its author Grimke sisters and feminism Dorothea Dix and prison reform Seneca
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