and peak demand shortage of 13.3 per cent. In this backdrop‚ Power sector reforms were first initiated in India in 1992 by the Ministry of Power (MoP) to invite private investments in power generation to bridge the demand-supply gap. However‚ private investments failed to yield much benefit due to serious deficiencies and losses in electricity distribution in most of the State Electricity Boards (SEBs). Post 2001‚ Reforms were oriented around:- 1. Unbundling of the state electricity boards. 2.
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The issue of knowledge is definitely an essential part in philosophy. It forces us to question whether we are certain of the things we think we know‚ and whether we can justify the things we know are actually true. This theory or study of knowledge can be referred to as epistemology. All these views on knowledge can vary depending on how we view the world itself. We are able to perceive the world through the application of our senses‚ however‚ our senses alone can be very deceiving. We can never
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Carnagies‚ and etc. The Progressive Era‚ the response to the Gilded Age and its exploitation‚ was a widespread reform of economics and social and political aspects of America. The movements during the Progressive Era succeeded tremendously‚ in the categories of Presidential leadership‚ political reform‚ business and labor reform and urban and social reform. Muckrakers were the first of the Progressives‚ average citizens pushing for change to better the American people‚ and were a group of reporters who
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as very corrupt. Serious issues have been raised by the media and general public and that reform in the judiciary are necessary if at all the country is to be revived to previous times. JUDICIAL REFORMS Judicial reforms are the complete or partial political reform of a country or a country’s judiciary. These reforms are often done as a part of wider reforms of the country’s political system. Judicial reform usually aims to improve such things as law courts‚ advocacy (bar)‚ executor process‚ inquest
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One hundred years have passed since the Progressive Era of 1900-1916 and although the world has seen remarkable “progress” for certain causes since then‚ there are many issues that still have not been addressed. Change is not immediate and the Progressive Era’s successes were manifestations of problems first addressed years before gaining wide public attention. Similar to the dilemmas faced one hundred years ago‚ we now face a quandary that has been discussed for around two decades: climate change
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SKEPTICISM PHILOSOPHY Skepticism: • It comes from the Greek word skeptikoi which means “seekers” or “inquirers.” • It refers to the critical attitude wherein a man questions different things including the well-known absolute truth or knowledge. • Note that skepticism (philosophical that is) should be contrasted with philosophical dogmatism wherein the latter is the direct opposite of the former. Philosophical dogmatism refers to an attitude wherein a man believes to have absolute
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Philosophy is a study that includes various diverse subfields such as aesthetics‚ epistemology‚ ethics‚ logic‚ and metaphysics. Various philosophical traditions use different methods and include different topics in their study. Some‚ for example‚ include politics‚ physics‚ or religion. The fundamental method of philosophy involves the systematic use of critical reasoning to evaluate arguments in defence of assertions of belief or opinion. The term philosophy comes from the Greek word "Φιλοσοφία"
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education reform and to inspire them to enact changes in our education system. Central Idea: While education reform has been around since the inception of formal education‚ the past 30 years have seen many changes that are at the very least counter-productive to effective learning for children and teaching for educators and at worst‚ devastating to the moral of children and their enjoyment of the learning process. Real education reform would take into account that children learn in different ways‚ and
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Reformers of the Antebellum Era Who: Father Theobald Mathew Issue that he focused on: Temperance‚ or the virtue to help society to moderate the attraction to substances like alcohol‚ and excessive use. Why was this issue so important to him?: Father Theobald Mathew was a strong believer in the theory that alcohol is the number one drug in The United States‚ and it does affect us in some way. He was one of the first to truly realize that alcohol is a depressant‚ and it affects the function of
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“Curricular Reforms in Medical Education: Indian Scenario” Avinash Supe Medical Colleges in India have been growing exponentially over the past 20 years and now number more than 330 with an output of 35000 doctors every year. As medical graduates from India serve all over the world‚ their training as well as competence is global concern. History of Medical Curricular Reforms in India India has a rich tradition of medical education from 2000 BC with Sushruta and Charak clearly spe
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