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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.

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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?

Indian Government Reshuffle January 2011

admin — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 09:02:57 +0000

On Wednesday 19th January this year, Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh’s UPA government added three new faces to its running of India. Although many critics look at the move as a ‘minor issue’ it did seem to come as a bit of a surprise to people.

Praful Patel, Shriprakash Jaiswal and Salman Khursheed were sworn-in as Cabinet ministers. The other Congress leaders including Beni Prasad Verma of Uttar Pradesh, Ashwani Kumar of Punjab and K C Venugopal of Kerala became the new Council of Ministers for minister of state.

At the swearing in ceremony which too place at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday, Prime Minister Singh said “This is a minor reshuffle. We will do a major reshuffle after the budget session,” In addition to senior cabinet members at the ceremony, Sonia Gandhi was also present.

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Telangana Issue: Supreme Court says Armed for can stay.(PTI)

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:35:09 +0000

The Supreme court on friday stayed the Andhra Pradesh High court’s decision to withdraw Paramilitary Forces from Osmania University, the hotbed of the voltile Telagana agitation. However the Apex court stated that the paramilitary forces shall operate under the strict supervision of the Home Secretary, to ensure the forces do not misbehave with the students in the campus. On February 16, a single judge of the AP high court had ordered the withdrawal of paramilitary forces from the campus, the decision was opposed by the AP government and they approached the Apex court.

AP government has also alleged that they strongly suspect that Maoists had infiltrated the campus and protested along with the students.

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.