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India's Budget 2011: What was promised, what was delivered
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee made some lofty promises during his budget speech on February 28, 2011. For the most part, the government has been unable to keep its word, in part owing to the inability to pass reform in Parliament, but also exacerbated by an economic slowdown and high oil and food prices. Here is a list of projections made in in...
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Lokpal Bill: Over four decades of failed attempts
The Lokpal bill, first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1968, failed to be legislated into law as it lapsed after the fourth Lok Sabha session was dissolved. At the time, it had neither members of Parliament nor the prime minister under its purview. The Lokpal bill was later introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008 and finally in ...
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How Mumbai flash mob prepared for its big day
Two hundred dancers took commuters at Mumbai's hectic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station by surprise on Sunday, when they broke into dance accompanied by the title track from Bollywood hit Rang de Basanti.
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India's Budget 2011: What was promised, what was delivered
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee made some lofty promises during his budget speech on February 28, 2011. For the most part, the government has been unable to keep its word, in part owing to the inability to pass reform in Parliament, but also exacerbated by an economic slowdown and high oil and food prices. Here is a list of projections made in in...
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Lokpal Bill: Over four decades of failed attempts
The Lokpal bill, first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1968, failed to be legislated into law as it lapsed after the fourth Lok Sabha session was dissolved. At the time, it had neither members of Parliament nor the prime minister under its purview. The Lokpal bill was later introduced in 1971, 1977, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008 and finally in ...
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How Mumbai flash mob prepared for its big day
Two hundred dancers took commuters at Mumbai's hectic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station by surprise on Sunday, when they broke into dance accompanied by the title track from Bollywood hit Rang de Basanti.
