Issues and Challenges in Development of India India as a Nation faces most of the issues this modern world has faced. It has the issues of the developed nations like the USA and other European countries and at the same time problems faced by the developing and underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asian continent. At the same time with a diverse population in diverse geographical setting with large number of social and religious issues‚ India faces issues of its own with unique kind of attention
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man realized if a particular good whch he had in abundance or even just had enough of it could be exchangd with someone else who could give him some other good‚ it would be a beneficial exchange. This is what we know of barter system. Prof. Amartya Sen believes that India’s spirit of tolerance and brotherhood is an important part of Indian Ethos. This thought draws from Hindu‚ Muslim‚ Jain‚ Buddhist strands of Indin thought that to underline the richness of India’s diversity‚ its long tradition
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Briefing Paper November 2001 Economic Theory‚ Freedom and Human Rights: The Work of Amartya Sen This Briefing Paper reviews the ways in which the Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Amartya Sen has focussed international attention on the significance of fundamental human freedoms and human rights for development theory and practice. In the past‚ dominant approaches have often characterised development in terms of GDP per capita; food security in terms of food availability; and poverty
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This is a movie about how poverty will endure as long as capitalism thrives. Diaz connects the history of colonialism with the history of Western capitalism. He offers up a slew of talking-head academics and politics‚ ranging from Nobel economists Amartya Sen and he takes his cameras into some of the poorest regions of the world. Statistics showed in the film that‚ "In Latin America the richest 1 percent of the population receives over 400 times as much income as the poorest 1 percent‚" or‚ "the richest
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Impact of global meltdown on Indian economy in 2009 | | | | Ashok Handoo | 08 Jan‚ 2009With the advent of 2009‚ economists are debating the extent of the impact of global meltdown on the Indian economy in 2009. The predictions range between somewhat optimistic to fairly pessimistic. But the common thread running is that 2009 will be challenging‚ indeed. The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia says the stimulus package part two is part of the government
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Long years ago‚ we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom With these words of Pandit Nehru‚ on 15th August at the stroke of the midnight hour India declared itself independent from the British rule. As the Union Jack was being brought down and the Indian tricolor flew up the hopes and aspiration of the Indian
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SOCIO – POLITICAL SITUATION OF INDIA Any society is a fabrication of diverse regions‚ cultures‚ religions‚ politics and economical overtures. India is a unique land that harbours amorous people and astounding cultures. As many would accept without doubt it is a RICH nation in every walk of life. Every Indian has something to feel proud about in its history and riches. It has ← 5000 year old ancient civilization ← 18 official languages‚ 325 spoken languages and 1652 dialects ← 30 states
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most important of all) A can-do attitude‚ positivity in the air…….. A need for new heroes in our changing times. Heroes of our Times: * Verghese Kurien (White Revolution) * C.Subramanian (Green Revolution) * Sam Pitroda (PCOs) * Amartya Sen * Mother Teresa * Ratan Tata * NR Narayan Murthy * Sachin Tendulkar * Karna – Defies low caste‚ celebrates achievement‚ stands for individualism‚ confident attitude‚ above all – CHARITY. What is Wrong with our Temper? A discussion
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Rabindranadha Tagor‚ Gitanjali (Gitanjoli) is a collection of 103 English poems‚ largely translations‚ by the Bengali poet Rabindranadha Tagore This volume became very famous in the West‚ and was widely translated. Gitanjali (Gitanjoli) is also the title of an earlier Bengali volume (1910) of mostly devotional songs. The word gitanjoli is a composed from "git"‚ song‚ and "anjoli"‚ offering‚ and thus means - "An offering of songs"; but the word for offering‚ anjoli‚ has a strong devotional connotation
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------------------------------------------------- Efforts to alleviate poverty Since the early 1950s‚ govt has initiated‚ sustained‚ and refined various planning schemes to help the poor attain self-sufficiency in food production. Probably the most important initiative has been the supply of basic commodities‚ particularly food at controlled prices‚ available throughout the country as poor spend about 80 percent of their income on food. The schemes have however not been very successful because
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