article is about the former President of India. For the freedom fighter‚ see Abul Kalam Azad. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam BR | | 11th President of India | In office 25 July 2002 – 24 July 2007 | Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Manmohan Singh | Vice President | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Preceded by | K. R. Narayanan | Succeeded by | Pratibha Patil | | Born | 15 October 1931 (age 79)[1] Rameshwaram‚ Madras Presidency‚ British India | Alma mater | Madras Institute of Technology | Profession |
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Elections in India India has an asymmetric federal government‚ with elected officials at the federal‚ state and local levels. At the national level‚ the head of government‚ Prime Minister‚ is elected by the members of Lok Sabha‚ lower house of the parliament of India.All members of Lok Sabha except two‚ who can be nominated by president of India‚ are directly elected through general elections which takes place every five years‚ in normal circumstances‚ by universal adult suffrage. Members of Rajya
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Wholesale or Consumer Price Index‚ Foreign Exchange rate‚ Bank Rate‚ Cash Reserve Ratio‚ Monetary policy‚ Reserve Bank of India. "As far as inflation is concerned‚ we are adopting a multi-prolonged strategy that will yield results soon."1 - Dr. Manmohan Singh‚ Prime Minister of India‚ in February 2007. "The main instrument that the Finance Minister has used in the budget is fiscal controls which will show results in three months. Fiscal deficit at 3.3% of GDP is the lowest in 25 years. But price controls
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part on planning through its five-year plans‚ developed‚ executed and monitored by the Planning Commission. With the Prime Minister as the ex officio Chairman‚ the commission has a nominated Deputy Chairman‚ who has rank of a Cabinet minister. Montek Singh Ahluwalia is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Commission. The tenth plan completed its term in March 2007 and the eleventh plan is currently underway. The Planning Commission in India was set up on March 1950 to promote a rapid
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India: Can India become a great power? | The Economist http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21574511-indias-lack-strategic-... India India’s lack of a strategic culture hobbles its ambition to be a force in the world Mar 30th 2013 | From the print edition NOBODY doubts that China has joined the ranks of the great powers: the idea of a G2 with America is mooted‚ albeit prematurely. India is often spoken of in the same breath as China because of its billion-plus population‚ economic promise
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| |25 July 2002 – 25 July 2007 | |Prime Minister |Atal Bihari Vajpayee | | |Manmohan Singh | |Vice President |Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | |Preceded by |K. R. Narayanan | |Succeeded by |Pratibha Devisingh Patil
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depreciation”. Today‚ on August 30th‚ I spoke to the boss of a big hotel in the city who says he is preparing to dollarise his business. The rupee is too flaky to operate in‚ he said. “It’s just like Russia and Indonesia in the 1990s.” Shortly after this‚ Manmohan Singh‚ the prime minister‚ addressed parliament on the matter. While part of the currency slump is a “natural” correction to reflect high inflation‚ he said‚ “foreign exchange markets have a notorious history of overshooting. Unfortunately this is what
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1. Coal allocation scam Coal allocation scam or Coalgate‚ is a political scandal concerning the Indian government’s allocation of the nation’s coal deposits to public sector entities (PSEs) and private companies by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In a draft report issued in March 2012‚ the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office accused the Government of India of allocating coal blocks in an inefficient manner during the period 2004–2009. Over the Summer of 2012‚ the opposition BJP
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the new millennium‚ the reforms were slowed down as the Left parties in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) were against privatisation and globalisation of Indian economy. However‚ the process of reforms gathered momentum when Dr. Manmohan Singh-the Finance Minister in Rao’s government and the author of economic reforms became the Prime Minister in the Congress-led United Progressive
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crowds‚ surging forward to catch a glimpse or to touch him as though he were a living god. Not only expected to win a fourth consecutive term as chief minister in December polls‚ Modi is also seen as a serious contender to take on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in national elections due in 2014 if he wins convincingly in Gujarat. "Look at how many people are here‚" Modi said in an interview in his campaign bus‚ pointing and waving at a crowd of thousands assembled in Alina village. "They’re even standing
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