Politics & Government

• Expenditure On Indian Navy 3/22/2008 8:38:48 AM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  India’s defence is based on triad which is land, air and sea. The weakest link is the sea power. Our defence expenditure is less than 2.5 per cent of the GDP, one of the lowest for any major country and well below that of some of our neighbors.
  
  
• Politics And Poverty 3/22/2008 8:32:55 AM
  In Politics, By: Payal Jain
  Ever since the budget is out, so is the criticism of the loan write off of farmers by opposition. Congress has made policies that benefit the big companies; then it has taxed these same companies to run welfare programmes like Employment Guarantee.
  
  
• The Delimitation Commission 3/22/2008 8:17:19 AM
  In Government, By: Payal Jain
  Another delimitation of the physical boundaries of the electoral constituencies for various legislative assemblies and the national Parliament has been underway for quite some time.
  
  
• Kidnapping And Death Penalty 3/15/2008 8:39:02 AM
  In Law Enforcement & Police, By: Payal Jain
  Kidnapping cases have increased in the past. Some kidnapped persons are released after paying ransom, and what happens to the rest, nobody really knows. As the number of unresolved cases grows, the demand for death penalty too acquires intensity.
  
  
• Warming Up For Elections 3/15/2008 8:17:03 AM
  In Elections, By: Payal Jain
  The Left is directed against the Congress, mainly over the Indo-US nuclear deal in the next few months, responding to the deadline pressures being mounted by the Bush Administration.
  
  
• Political Scenario After Pakistan Elections 3/10/2008 12:10:22 PM
  In Elections, By: Payal Jain
  On February 18, the elections to the National and four Provincial Assemblies were held relatively free and fair in Pakistan. The PPP secured maximum number of elected seats followed by the PML-N with 66 seats.
  
  
• Small Parties Politics 3/10/2008 11:51:06 AM
  In Politics, By: Payal Jain
  There are many individuals belonging to the two largest political parties in India. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress often argue that the country’s polity is essentially bipolar.
  
  
• Politics And Terror 2/28/2008 11:04:11 PM
  In Politics, By: Payal Jain
  Every now and then we hear news of terrorist activities or their attacks or arrests. The recent arrest of six Lashker-e-Taiba is an achievement that were responsible for the death and destruction on the CRPF camp in Rampur.
  
  
• BJP Strategies For The Elections-Part I 2/28/2008 10:50:56 PM
  In Elections, By: Payal Jain
  The 15th Lok Sabha elections due in 2009, are gearing all the parties to prepare their best and the BJP is revising its strategy for its best foot front.
  
  
• BJP Strategies For The Elections-Part II 2/28/2008 10:44:04 PM
  In Elections, By: Payal Jain
  After the NDA lost power in 2004 in the wake of general elections, it could not come to terms with its shocking defeat. Then later, the party suffered further demoralization at the hands of BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
  
  
• Mumbai-The Cosmo City 2/28/2008 6:53:16 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  Mumbai has always been the dream destination for work for people all over the country. But the recent riots which started with the implications of Raj Thackeray’s outpourings against north Indians have raised question on Mumbai’s cosmopolitan image.
  
  
• Politics And Report Card 2/25/2008 6:01:03 PM
  In Politics, By: Payal Jain
  The UPA Government is completing four years of governance, and it is time for the report card. The Manmohan Singh Government served the corporate, national or international, in its eagerness to achieve higher growth rates.
  
  
• Declining Image Of Congress Party 2/16/2008 9:45:12 PM
  In Politics, By: Payal Jain
  The image of the India’s oldest political party is declining. The truth of the Congress party’s plight lies out away from Jan path in New Delhi. The party structure in the J & K State's non-existent or on the verge of collapse.
  
  
• National Rural Employment Guarantee(NREP) Programme 2/16/2008 9:40:55 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  These days, rural employment advertisements and awareness is covering every channel on the television sets of India. National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGA) Programme is entering into the third phase of its operation.
  
  
• Reshuffles In Government Of India 2/16/2008 9:36:46 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  There are reshuffles among the top bureaucrats which badly affect the administration. Government of India is being run by 186 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers.
  
  
• State Reorganization Commission 2/16/2008 9:34:24 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made it clear that the Government has no plans to set up a 2nd State Reorganization Commission. While some are for small states and some against but everyone in the political spectrum has a view.
  
  
• Education And Politics 2/16/2008 9:25:28 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  Education in India has been influenced by politics for quite long now. Politicians are using students to get a foot hold in University affairs and students are using politicians to pressurize University authorities into submission.
  
  
• Parliament And The Courts Of India 2/16/2008 8:39:33 PM
  In Law & Ethics, By: Payal Jain
  On January 30, at the Kolkata Press Club, the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr. Somnath Chatterjee, accused the judiciary of taking away, undemocratically and unconstitutionally, the rights of the executive and the legislature.
  
  
• Democracy And Pakistan 2/13/2008 2:15:43 PM
  In Government, By: Payal Jain
  Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan has shown his anger against George Bush. If Pakistani rulers don’t fulfill America’s wants the US forces might take direct action against the Al Qaeda elements operating from the tribal region.
  
  
• The Fuss Over States Reorganzation Commission-Part II 2/13/2008 2:12:45 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  The 1956 States Reorganization Commission (SRC) was a flawed exercise as states were carved out on linguistic basis which resulted in some of the states being large and administratively ungovernable.
  
  
• Future Of The Left Party 2/13/2008 2:03:43 PM
  In Politics & Government, By: Payal Jain
  The Left is trying to align with parties which are against the UPA Government. The Left may also quit from the UPA-Left coordination panel by the end of the year or near about the time parliamentary elections are held in 2009.