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The global economic slowdown adversely affected the export market for Indian industry, including the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). In particular, sectors such as textiles, leather, gems and jewellery, auto components, etc., were mainly affected. Keeping in view the impact of global economic slowdown on MSMEs, the Government, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Public Sector Banks [...]
The Committee headed by Sh. B.K. Chaturvedi Committee, looking into the issues pertaining to the development of National Highways has submitted its second report to the Government The summarized recommendations made by Sh. B.K. Chaturvedi Committee are as follows:
Spring meetings of World Bank and IMF The Development Committee of the World Bank, in its meeting held on 25th April, 2010 at Washington DC, took historic decisions relating to increasing the financial capacity of the Bank and enhancing the role of developing countries in its governance. These decisions would be of great benefit to India – both as a [...]
Major countries to which coffee has been exported during the last three years includeItaly, Russian Federation, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Finland, Ukraine, Greece, Jordan, Slovenia, etc. Following steps have been taken by the Government to expand markets for coffee exports, with the aim of improving exports:
The Government of India approved the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) in May, 2006 with the vision to – “Make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency & reliability of such services at affordable costs to realize the basic needs of the common man”. NeGP and the Mission [...]
Based on the approval of the Government to induct the BrahMos missile into the Indian Air Force (IAF), a contract has recently been signed for the production and induction of one squadron of land attack version of the BrahMos in mobile complex. The Government has also approved development of Air launched version of the BrahMos missile to be fitted with [...]
Union Minister of Panchayati Raj Dr. C.P. Joshi informed the Lok Sabha that the reservation quota at various levels in the Panchayati Raj System is being implemented. Dr. Joshi further informed that the Central Government has moved a proposal for effecting a Constitutional amendment to increase the percentage of reservation of seats for women in PRIs from existing limit of not less than one third to one-half with [...]
As per Census 2001, there are 2.19 Crore persons with disabilities, out of which 22.63 lakh are persons with mental disability. As per Section 2 (i) of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, “disability” means (i) blindness, (ii) low vision, (iii) leprosy-cured, (iv) hearing impairment, (v) locomotor disability, (vi) mental retardation (vii) [...]
The nuclear summit of 47 countries that was convened by the United States skirted the real issues of proliferation and disarmament of atomic weapons by the nuclear weapon states. Instead, the hyped up discourse was centred on preventing the transfer of nuclear weapons to non-state actors or “irresponsible” state actors, shifting focus away from the primary problem – that of [...]
The Union home minister Shri P. Chidambaram made a statement in Lok Sabha on 26th April, 2010 on the telephone tapping issue. Following is the text of the statement. “National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) is a technical organisation of the Government, and I make this statement on behalf of the Government. A GoM had recommended that such an organisation be [...]
In Developed countries Monetary policy which is unveiled by the central bank periodically is mainly aimed at keeping inflation low. In India as well as many other developing economies central banks have twin objective of controlling inflation and pushing growth. It is therefore a balancing act always for Reserve Bank of India, which has to contain inflation without impeding growth [...]
Expedite setting up of waste energy projects as there is potential of generating 2500 megawatt of power from urban, municipal and industrial wastes in large cities, besides metro in next 2-3 years to partly meet energy shortages, according to a Study brought out by ASSOCHAM . The Study on `Mitigating Climate Change : The Indian Perspective’ indicates that about 40,000 [...]
The report published in the Outlook magazine about the interception of phone calls of four political leaders is a serious matter. The report shows that the government is using the intelligence and security agencies to serve its political purpose to spy upon opposition leaders and to keep track of even its own allies and party leaders. Such acts subvert the democratic system and breeds [...]
The low value attached to female education in much of India links with some deep-rooted features of gender relations. Three of these links have been widely observed. First the gender division of labour (combined with patrilineal property rights) tends to reduce the perceived benefits of female education. In rural India, a vast majority of girls are expected to spend most [...]
The study of human evolution through the ages clearly shows that science and technology have been the key elements in determining how society evolved to become what it is today. During the 10 to 15 million years of evolution of present Homo Sapiens from an ape like being, the most significant development was the evolution of human brain. This contains [...]
1. Arise, Awake, and stop not untill you reach your Goal. 2. The structure and process of governance are crucially affected by the nature and quality of public officials in its service. Sufficient guarantees of livelihood and career satisfaction need to be built in, so as to attract men and women of ability and character to public services. Simultaneously there [...]
In Andhra Pradesh some farmers are producing seed and selling them to other farmers. Can they do this? Is it illegal? Legally they have a right to produce, save, share and sell the seed, until they try to sell them on commercial lines with brand name on packs etc. Here are some legal provisions which declare the rights of the farmers.
OPEN doors to foreign financial investors have known to generate currency instabilities and crises in most developing economies. While India has side-stepped crises of this kind since 1990, it has periodically faced difficulties in managing the rupee and retaining policy autonomy because of such flows. This seems to be true currently as well. The significant appreciation of the rupee in recent months, [...]
THE cabinet has sent the draft of Food Security Bill back to the Empowered Group of Ministers (eGOM) headed by the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, reportedly at the behest of the Congress president. This follows the widespread protest against the draft bill by Left parties and also activists working on the issue. The present bill is an example of how [...]
THE just concluded Nuclear Security Summit in Washington comes after the resumption of the START process between US and Russia and the Nuclear Posture Review of the US. Taken together, it might appear that the US administration under Obama takes the nuclear disarmament agenda more seriously than the earlier Bush administration. However, keeping out Iranand North Korea from what is ostensibly a meet designed for protecting nuclear materials from non-state [...]
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