India’s tribal village first to get rights over its forests [pic] 24 December 2009 A tribal village in western India has been granted the right to cultivate and manage its forest‚ as per the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest-Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006. For over a decade the villagers have fought against the commercialisation of their land. As climate change negotiators try and figure out how to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest
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for the Committee on Vision 2020 for India‚ Planning Commission‚ Government of India Revised Version: 22 May 2001 Research and Information System for the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries‚ Zone 4B‚ India Habitat Centre‚ Lodi Road‚ New Delhi-110003. Tel.: 468 2175‚ Fax: 468 2174; Email: nagesh@ndf.vsnl.net.in An earlier version of the paper was presented at the Fifth Meeting of the Committee on Vision 2020 for India‚ Planning Commission‚ on 8 February 2001
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So how many of you know what is corruption? And position at which India stands in corruption? Well‚ India stands at 2nd position after China in corruption. So to define corruption in bookish terms is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power. Corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government‚ or ’political’‚ corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts
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Russia 1 1. Brief profile - RUSSIA Background: Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the 300-year old Romanov Dynasty. The Communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Josef STALIN (1928-53) strengthened Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated
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subordination." Imperialism has positive and negative effects‚ especially with Great Britain’s imperialism with India. The positive effects are in Documents 1 and 4‚ stating that the manufacturing aided in the majority of India’s achievements. The negative effects stated in Documents 2 and 7 shows how bitter sweet the effect of imperialism truly is. The positive effects of imperialism in India were quite plentiful. Grouping together Documents 1 and 4‚ one would like to state that they both encourage
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About floods in India India‚ being a peninsular country and surrounded by the Arabian Sea‚ Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal‚ is quite prone to flood. As per the Geological Survey of India (GSI)‚ the major flood prone areas of India cover almost 12.5% area of the country. Every year‚ flood‚ the most common disaster in India causes immense loss to the country’s property and lives. India Flood Prone Areas The states falling within the periphery of "India Flood Prone Areas" are West Bengal
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Problem Analysis and Decision Making Havells India acquired Sylvania Lighting Inc. This acquisition was a good strategic acquisition for Havells India. This made sense because of the fact that Havells was looking to expand its market. Havells prior to the acquisition only had entrance into the Southern and Eastern markets. After the acquisition of Sylvania they will have acquired an international business division and certifications. This includes over 45 different countries including Europe
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Far East Journal of Psychology and Business Vol. 7 No. 2 May 2012 BEST PRACTICES OF SELF HELP GROUPS AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: A CASE OF BARAK VALLEY OF ASSAM Sanjay Kanti Das Head‚ Department of Commerce‚ Lumding College‚ Lumding‚ Nagaon‚ Assam - 782447‚ India. E-mail:- sanjay19711123@rediffmail.com ABSTRACT Self help groups (SHGs) have emerged as popular method of working with people in recent years. Since SHG based micro finance programmes cover a large number of women‚ it is expected that
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close‚ to the Indus River. The dates aren’t very clear but the civilization existed around 3300–1500 BCE. The Indus Valley people were most likely Dravidians‚ who may have been pushed down into south India when the Aryans‚ with their more advanced military technology‚ commenced their migrations to India around 2‚000 BCE. Excavations conducted in the ancient cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa point to a highly complex civilization‚ they had road‚ sewage systems and gathering centers. These cities were
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The Nayar of India (Kinship‚ Beliefs‚ and Values) Richard Cantu Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: 101 Instructor: June Maul August 9‚ 2011 The Nayar of India are ethnographic and folk-culture society. They are a complex and interesting large and power cast society that live in extended matrilineal family groups. Hinduism is the main religion of these people and that combined with their social and economic structure make for an interesting combination of kinship‚ gender relations‚ beliefs
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