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We have to banish poverty and illiteracy from our country – Independence Day Speech to the nation 2011

RS — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:55:04 +0000

In his speech to the nation marking India’s 64^th anniversary of independence, Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh acknowledges that a great deal has been achieved by India, but nevertheless, a great deal more work lies ahead!

From the Red Fort the Prime Minister addressed the 120 crore Indians to mark this historic day in the Indian calander. Key points throughout his speech included jobs for the youth, healthcare for everyone, progress made within his 7 years of office, new laws to guarantee every Indian their basic entitlements, reduction of inequalities, enhanced relationships with other countries throughout the world, strict action against allegation of corruption on any level, introduction of the new Lokpal bill now in Parliament.

During the address the Prime Minister congratulated the farmers of Indian on their record level of food grains. He confirmed that the government would continue to take care of their special needs and offer more support towards a second green revolution in the agriculture industry. In closing the PM asked Indians to have faith in their democracy and to have faith in ourselves.

Do you agree with the speech?

Are there other issues which he should have mentioned?

Please give us your thoughts on the Prime Ministers Independence Day speech, 15^th August 2011.

India’s 62nd Republic Day in New Delhi 2011

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:36:02 +0000

On Wednesday 26^th January 2011, India proudly celebrated its 62^nd Republic Day in the capital New Delhi. This gave the worlds largest democracy the opportunity to show off its Military power to the world. In addition to the military power, India also had a range of various cultural programmes and shows across the nation.
This is all done to celebrate the implementation of India’s first ever constitution back in 1950. In addition to the parade and celebrations, the flag ceremony is also a vital part of the day. In New Delhi, the military parade starts on Raisina Hill and ends at Red Fort.

The republic day military parade includes representatives from the three divisions of the Armed Forces and it is followed by a cultural parade with music and songs from different regions in India, which shows the cultural richness and diversity in the country. In addition to the celebration of India’s Independence Day, this is also one of the nations greatest national celebrations throughout the world.

How have you celebrated India’s independence day this year or on previous days?

New Delhi has dramatically improved

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:14:10 +0000

During his recent visit to New Delhi this month for the country’s Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2011 event, Overseas Congress General Secretary, Mrs Avtar Singh Sandhu MBE was most impressed. Explaining to various government ministers during his stay in New Delhi, he explained how since his last visit 12 months ago the capital had improved. From the brand new airport terminal through to the roads, traffic signals, pavements public transport network and most of all the lack of pollution. “Although each morning the fog has been very thick in patchy in places, it is nice to see New Delhi’s taxis, busses and three wheelers NOT throwing out horrific exhaust fumes. All of these along with the Metro is making our capital city a much, much more pleasant place to walk and enjoy the surroundings” said Mr Sandhu. At his various meetings and discussions with senior government ministers and officials, general secretary Sandhu took great pride in explaining that the improvement is clearly visible. As Mr Sandhu mentioned, we are all aware that this was all done as a result of the Commonwealth Games in 2010, but even then, “this has proved that we have started the task of cleaning and developing our cities to make them alot more visitor friendly”.

These are the views of General Secretary Mr Avtar Sandhu MBE, if you have travelled to New Delhi recently, please email us you thoughts and experiences which you feel my be of interest to others. We are all aware that India has come a long way and YES the country still has a long was to go, but its great to know that we can roll the clean up and improvement model of New Delhi to other parts of India.

We look forward to hearng your views on the capital’s development.

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2011

RS — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:15:07 +0000

Indian Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Dr Manmohan Singh confirmed that India is on target to hit a growth rate of approx. 9%. Addressing a packed hall at the Vigyam Bhawan where he was inaugurating the countrys ninth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. The prime ministers speech was full of great content as he explained to the gathering of NRI’s and resident Indian about whats been happening during 2010 and what the government has in store for India in 2011. At the event which is organised by the Ministry for Overseas Indian Affairs on 8^th January 2011, the Indian PM continues to mention the fact that our youth population is growing and at present this figure stands at around 550 million under 35’s. More information shall be posted on this topic very soon.

Economic Advisory Council’s Report on Genetically Modified Crops (The Hindu)

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:32:27 +0000

The Economic Advisory Council highlighted, in its report on Friday, the success of the success of Bt. Cotton. “After the success Bt. Cotton and the benefits it has brought to farmers in Gujarat and Maharashtra, its is imperative that the Government must have a clear policy on genetically modified crop,” the council said.

The remarks come in the midst of the environment ministry recent moratorium on the commercial production of Bt. Brinjal, which triggered vehement voices voices both for and against the genetically modified crop.

The council chaired by Mr.C. Rengarajan stressed that lack of co-ordination between the extensive network of research institutions has stymied research in agriculture. The council has recommended a 0.3% GDP increase in agricultural research taking it to 1%, as suggested by the Steering committee for the 11th Five year plan.

Rahul Gandhi’s thoughts on Naxalism

RS — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:02:54 +0000

Congress Party General Secretary

On Thursday of this week, Congress Party General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi suggested that India’s welfare Scheme could be a great tool to eliminate Naxalism within the nation.

Whilst speaking with students in Jagdalpur, he said its essential to get benifits of government welfare schemes to every last person in India. In an answer to a students question, Mr Gandhi added “the people of India should NOT be identified by their cast or religion, inorder to overcome this the government has taken out a massive campaigne to issue every person with a unique identification number, this project is expected to be completed within the next 5 years” he said.