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National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
India has announced a National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in June, 2008 which incorporates its vision of sustainable development and the steps it must take to realize it. The NAPCC is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests and implemented through the nodal Ministries an...
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Employment and Unemployment Measurements in India
I am copying this from Annual Report to People on Employment (2010) published by Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. This was the first comprehensive report on the subject. However, it would have been read by intellectuals of our country who would know that such a thing has b...
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'Don't stop traffic for me': Mamata Banerjee
Image via Wikipedia
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Wholesale Price Index and Inflation
Wholesale Price Index
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Minting and Issue of Coins
Hammered Coins (Image by Wikipedia)
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Government and Its ever-increasing Organisations
Recently there was news that a high-level meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided to set up an autonomous Nuclear Authority of India to address people’s safety concerns. The proposed Nuclear Regulatory Authority will be an autonomous body answerable to Parliament. It will subsu...
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Government of India and Its Websites
I am just fed-up with how government functions. All the Pub Ad stuff is weird specially when it comes to implementation in India and by the Government. The efficiency of Government organisations are always questioned and the quality of the product they deliver is unacceptable. Even their websites...
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Be Alert Be Secure
IT has revolutionised the entire world. Banking sector has also been revolutionised by this IT revolution. Gone are the days when you had to stand in the queue in a bank to get your cheques cleared, or stand in a queue to pay your electricity bills and fight with a bill collecting clerk at BSNL o...