An Ideal Village India is a country of villages. There are about 15 lakh villages in India. The majority of people live in the villages. I am also one of them. I belong to Mullana village in Ambala District. It is 30 kilometers from Ambala. It is on the railway line which goes from Amritsar-Ambala-Delhi1 A pucca road passes by the village. This road goes to Delhi. Near the village, there...

Judicial Reforms Long ago, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru had dreamt of the common Indians getting “cheap and speedy justice.” Delivering the keynote address at the celebration of the golden jubilee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court some time back, President APJ Abdul Kalam expressed concern over the delay in Justice. He said that the judiciary had to be accountable to the people, especially to the rural and poor population. He expressed...

Internal Strife in Political Parties In India, political parties have often been dogged by internal strifes apart from inner conflicts. Thus, there emerged two groups, the Extremists and the Moderates, within the Indian National Congress before Independence. In the post-Independence period, Congress broke up and the section led by Nijlingappa separated. Indira Gandhi’s Congress became Congress (I). Still later, Sharad Pawar’s Congress (NCP) emerged. In the same way, there appeared fissures...

Educational Possibilities in India The education system in India is not up to the mark. She occupies a low position among the countries rated on the education for All Index by UNESCO, although some serious efforts are now being made to improve the education system in India. According to the statistics issued by UNESCO, education is not evolving in India. In the modern world, knowledge is doubling every three years. If...

India’s Nuclear Tests India tested the first nuclear device in 1974 at Pokhran in Rajasthan under the premiership of Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi. This issue started a debate whether India has a nuclear power. No Government could say for certainty that India was a nuclear power. Unexpectedly, India conducted a series of five nuclear tests again at `Buddha—Sthar (Pokhran) in Rajasthan. Three nuclear tests were conducted on May 11, 1998 and...

Agricultural Importance Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy. About 64 percent of the total population is dependent on agriculture. It contributes about 26 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and constitutes about 18 percent of the total value of India’s exports. Agriculture forms the basis of many premier industries including cotton textile, jute and sugar industries. It plays an important role in the economic development of our country. In...