Consumers Safety The year 2003 was very significant for the Indian consumer. The consumer safety movement which had already started in several countries, including the USA, has now come to stay in India also. During the whole of the year 2003, consumer safety issues came to the fore. It appeared that the Indian consumers had at last shed their apathy and reacted to an issue concerning their safety. The first important...

Child Labour Problem in India Great poets like Wordworth and Tagore were great lovers of children. Among the Indian leaders, Jawaharlal Nehru was known for his great affection for children. President A.PJ. Abdul Kalam will also go in history as a true lover of children. All parents love their children even more than their own life but it is a pity many of them are forced by the circumstances to send...

Rural Reconstruction Before Independence, the lot of the villages was very miserable, although at least eighty per cent of Indians lived in villages. Mahatma Gandhi and other Indian leaders laid great stress on the necessity for rural uplift and reconstruction. As time passed, the government and people of India began to take more and more interest in improving the lot of villages. Now roads were built. Dispensaries, hospitals, schools and milk...

Democracy in India India is said to be the largest democracy in the world. Every citizen in India who is above 18 years, has the right to vote. There are clearly defined areas of legislature, executive and judiciary in India. India has a directly elected Prime Minister, other ministers and legislators. There is a Panchayati Raj in the rural areas. In spite of all this, it cannot be said categorically that...

Language Problem in the Country today The English ruled over India for about two centuries. They introduced English language in certain institutions. This they might have probably done for their own convenience rather than for the benefit of the India, people. Macaulay is said to be the British official who introduced English in India to create a class of clerks to carry out the policies of the British government. It must,...

The Kargil Conflict   The Kargil conflict, which, in fact, was a full-fledged war between India. and Pakistan, took place in early 1999. In the winter of 1998, Pakistani troops sneaked into the bunkers and other places vacated by Indian troops on the Kargil hills and in valleys due to subzero temperature. The Indians came to know of this fact only in April 1999 when the snow on mountains started melting....