India's political parties
A study of democracy is incomplete without a study of one of its most fundamental components—political parties. In India, works on the country’s political parties so far have explored, among other things,
Political Parties
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Manifesto of the Indian National Congress: Lok Sabha Elections 2009
The Indian National Congress seeks a fresh mandate on the basis of its core values and ideology
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CPI (M) to highlight job scheme for urban poor
SAUBHADRC CHATTERJI New Delhi, 6 March With job losses in the wake W of economic downturn emerging as the biggest socio economic crisis ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the CPI(M) in its manifesto will highlight the need for employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor; among other things
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Delhi suffering because of Haryana, say BJP leaders
NEW DELHI: The Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, has hit out at the Delhi Government for not opposing the Haryana Government
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CPI election manifesto 2009
The elections to the 15th Lok Sabha are being held at a time when the country faces serious threat to its economic and political independence due to right-ward shift in economic policies under the garb of economic neo-liberalism and pro-imperialist tilt in the foreign policy. This is under the dubious slogan of building strategic partnership with the USA.
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Peoples manifesto 2009
To facilitate linkages between the voices of the masses and the future decision makers, South Asian Peoples' Initiatives (SAPI) and Indian Social Institute, New Delhi jointly organized a national workshop in Delhi, on People's Manifesto 2009 (PM 2009). Many from grassroots organizations, representatives of people's movements, NGOs, civil and democratic groups,
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Peoples health manifesto - 2009
This health manifesto targeted at the political parties ahead of elections demands for effective measures to achieve the achieve the right to health, which includes the right not only to timely appropriate quality health care but also to the underlying socio economic and environmental determinants of health.
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Democracy in praxis: Two non-left gram panchayats in West Bengal
Drawing upon a micro-study of two villages in two non-Left gram panchayats in West Bengal, this paper puts one issue in the foreground, namely, the idea and practice of local politics.
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Pulling out all the sops
Dig the well before you are thirsty, goes an old Chinese proverb. And Maharashtra
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Maoist speak
In the last week of December, many newspapers in Nepal kept their editorial space blank to protest against attacks on the offices of Himal Media. On December 21 the offices of Nepal
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Advani promises access to drinking water as fundamental right
PNS | New Delhi Access to safe drinking water would be made a citizen's fundamental right if the BJP was voted to power. NDA's prime ministerial candidate LK Advani, who held consultations with leading environmentalists, public health engineers, doctors and senior technocrats here on Monday, also proposed the establishment of a Safe Drinking Water Mission.