History The economy of India was under socialist-inspired policies for an entire generation from the 1950s until the 1980s. The economy was subject to extensive regulation‚ protectionism‚ and public ownership‚ leading to pervasive corruption and slow growth.[1][2][3][4] License Raj was often at the core of corruption. The Vohra Report was submitted by the former Indian Union Home Secretary‚ N.N. Vohra‚ in October 1993. It studied the problem of the criminalisation of politics and of the nexus
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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 in 1898 with the British dominance of the subcontinent. The currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India that manages the policies through its broader mandate as the acting central bank of India. Historically‚ the currency has been pegged to the British sterling and then to the US Dollar until 1971
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Tagore and His India by Amartya Sen* Voice of Bengal Rabindranath Tagore‚ who died in 1941 at the age of eighty‚ is a towering figure in the millennium-old literature of Bengal. Anyone who becomes familiar with this large and flourishing tradition will be impressed by the power of Tagore’s presence in Bangladesh and in India. His poetry as well as his novels‚ short stories‚ and essays are very widely read‚ and the songs he composed reverberate around the eastern part of India and throughout
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Noel Surojeet Bosch India Bosch is a leading supplier of technology and services in the areas of automotive and industrial technology‚ consumer goods and building technology in India. The Bosch Group operates in India through six companies‚ viz‚ Bosch Limited‚ Bosch Chassis Systems India Limited‚ Bosch Rexroth India Limited‚ Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited‚ Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt Ltd‚ Bosch Electrical Drives India Pvt Ltd. In India‚ Bosch set up its manufacturing
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Taxation in India The Indian Tax Structure is quite elaborate‚ with clear distinction in authority between Central‚ State and local governments. The taxes levied by the Central government are on income (other than tax on agriculture income which would be levied by the state government)‚ customs duties‚ central excise and service tax. The State government levies Value Added Tax (VAT)‚ sales tax in states where VAT is not applied‚ stamp duty‚ state excise‚ land revenue and tax on professions. Local
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Purpose/focus | Film | Headquarters | Mumbai | Region served | India | Chairperson | Leela Samson | Parent organization | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Budget | Rs. 6.9 crore (2011) | Website | cbfcindia.gov.in | The Central Board of Film Certification (often referred to as the Censor Board) is a statutory censorship and classification body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting‚ Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under
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India In a country with 1.18 billion people and counting it is hard to keep track of all the small things going on without a strong and organized government. Throughout India you can see various issues that may be keeping it from becoming an MDC. Major problems such as language differences‚ extreme poverty‚ health problems‚ migration issues; can all lead to one conclusion; Corruption. Power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely. It’s not easy to define corruption. But in
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culture usually refers to animals that are untouched by human factors‚[1]most scientists agree that wildlife around is impacted by human activities. 2. The Wildlife in India is a mix of species of different types of organisms.[1] Apart from a handful of the major farm animals such as cows‚ buffaloes‚ goats‚ poultry and sheep‚ India has an amazingly wide variety of animals native to the country. It is home to tigers‚ lions‚Leopards‚pythons‚ wolves‚foxes‚ bears‚ crocodiles‚ rhinoceroses‚ camels‚ wild
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customers in 119 countries across the world through 30‚000 restaurant outlets. McDonald’s opened its door in India in October 1996 in Vasant Vihar a colony of New Delhi. From 1996 till today McDonald’s has successfully a total of 58 restaurants and is also planning to add another 90 new restaurants within the next three years. THE TRADITIONAL INDIAN FOOD AND RESTURENT AVAILABILITY India is a country of tradition and culture‚ its tradition and culture is like a pearl necklace where every beautifully
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Ragging in India is a damaging form of interaction of the seniors in college or school with the juniors‚ newcomers or first years. It is similar to but not same as hazing in the United States‚ it is not an initiation. It involves insults (simple or suggestive sexual‚ sarcastic and even physical)‚ running errands for seniors‚ and many other complex activities. Highly reputed Indian colleges have a wistful history of ragging especially Medical colleges. It has become increasingly unpopular due to several
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