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Symbolic, and No More... |
| 19 July 2010 |
| Having the Union Cabinet now accepted a new globally identifiable symbol for the Indian Rupee, designed by Udayakumar, New Delhi may need to consider ways to take the horse to where it should belong, if it, together with the cart, has to be a driving force. |
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Sweet-and-sour menu
Manish Tewari 30 July 2010 |
| With a $4-trillion economy and laudable efforts at lifting 300 million people out of poverty, China today appears more socially cohesive than before. |
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Sharad Pawar's Move: NCP's Growth or Decline?
Dr Satish Misra 17 July 2010 |
| Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar made two intelligent moves this month. The timing is perfect, but the move can go in any direction. It may either mark the decline of the NCP or contribute to spreading of his party beyond Maharashtra. |
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Lacunas in the nuclear liability bill need to be addressed
Dr. Anjali Sharma15 July 2010 |
| After in-depth discussion at a roundtable on the nuclear liability bill, the participants agreed that the bill in its present form has several lacunas which need to be addressed. And, an effort could be made to make the bill comprehensive in its reach. |
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Urgent need to improve India's border infrastructure
Dr K Yhome10 June 2010 |
| India needs to improve its border infrastructure in the background of the changing geopolitics of Asia that will increasingly be shaped by Sino-Indian relations, pointed out a panel discussion on "India's Border Infrastructure" at ORF. |
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| Issue Briefs & Monographs |
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Reservation Policy and its Implementation across Domains in India
Niranjan Sahoo 10 September 2009 |
| India runs the world's oldest and one of the most comprehensive affirmative action policies in the form of reservations or quotas for its disadvantaged sections. Ever since its adaptation, this critical public policy perhaps remains the most controversial and polarising public policy that the Independent India has adopted |
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Trade and FDI related reforms in the states, 1991-2007: The Case of Maharashtra
Gitanjali Sen 01 August 2009 |
| The liberalisation policy of India that was initiated in 1991 was designed to dismantle the protectionist regime through removal of industrial licenses, thereby reducing the strict bureaucratic control under which the country¿s foreign trade had been suffering for decades. |
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| Occasional Papers |
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Trade and FDI related reforms in the states, 1991-2007: The Case of Maharashtra
Gitanjali Sen 01 August 2009 |
| The liberalisation policy of India that was initiated in 1991 was designed to dismantle the protectionist regime through removal of industrial licenses, thereby reducing the strict bureaucratic control under which the country’s foreign trade had been suffering for decades. |
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The National Water Scene
Ramaswamy R. Iyer 20 February 2007 |
| With the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal announcing its ?nal award, water, in general, and inter-State river water issues, in particular, are once again in the national focus. There are varying concerns about the socio-political fallout of the Tribunal award in the riparian States, with Karnataka and Kerala expressing unhappiness to differing degrees, and Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, respectively, expressing ’relief’ and ’satisfaction’. |
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| Best practices in Metro security |
| 25 August 2010 |
| Wilson John |
| Informed and aware passengers and staff members remain two of the most effective counter-terrorism measures to safeguard vulnerable mass transit systems like Delhi Metro. |
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| 'Dinakaran Case' and the Politics of Alienation |
| 18 August 2010 |
| N Sathiya Moorthy |
| What was not acceptable to Karnataka have been made acceptable to Sikkim now. Naturally, advocates in Sikkim too would not want to have a judge, allegedly tainted by misdemeanour |
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More questions in Headley report
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| 24 August 2010 |
| Wilson John |
| The report prepared by National Investigating Agency (NIA) on David Coleman Headley, after interrogating him for 34 hours (June 3-9, 2010), |
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A Possible Taleban interlocutor
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| 23 August 2010 |
| Saeed Naqvi |
| The unspeakable tragedy of the floods in Pakistan, on a scale unknown to man, has dwarfed much else in the region: 100 shot dead in three days of political, |
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| Floods in Pakistan- An Assessment |
| 13 August 2010 |
| Akhilesh Variar |
| The devastating floods in Pakistan have not only destroyed lives and property across the country but also seriously undermined the civilian government's reputation among the people. |
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| Bridging the gap: India Bangladesh relations |
21 August 2010
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| India and Bangladesh relations got a new boost following Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's brief visit to Bangladesh recently, demonstrating New Delhi's keenness in enhancing bilateral relations. |
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