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According to the Global Peace Index, some $2.4 trillion (£1.5tr), or 4.4%, of the global economy “is dependent on violence”. The world spends around $1,000 billion annually on the military. In 2008, world military expenditure reached 1.46 trillion dollars, representing 2.4 percent of world gross domestic product (GDP). At least two [...]
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Defence spending causes poverty in India
Posted in Armed Conflicts, Human Rights, India Facts, Poverty, tagged Burma, Corruption, Defence, Democracy, Elections, Hindutva, India, Israel, Political Parties on October 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
7,395 BSF personnel quit in last three years
Posted in Armed Conflicts, India Facts, tagged Army, Bureaucracy, Corruption, Defence, Democracy, India, Kashmir, Maoists on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NEW DELHI: Posting in remote areas and prolonged period of separation from family were among the main reasons for 7,395 Border Security Force personnel to leave their jobs in the last three years.
A total of 7,395 BSF personnel have left the organisation on voluntary retirement or resignation between 2005 and 2007, Minister of State for [...]
India ranked 115th in Economic Freedom Index
Posted in Business India, India Facts, tagged Brahmin, Business, Corruption, Dalit, Democracy, economy, GDP, Globalization, Hindu, Hindutva, India, Migration, Minorities, Poverty on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The economic freedom index released by US based new right think tank the Heritage Foundation has placed India at 115th rank out of a list of 157 countries.
Though as compared to China which is placed at 126th position India scores better but India’s neighbours Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka are placed fair well in the list [...]
India listed among ‘Endemic Surveilance Society”, Privacy International Report 2007
Posted in Armed Conflicts, Hindutva, Human Rights, India Facts, Press Freedom, tagged Army, BJP, Brahmin, Corruption, Defence, Democracy, Electronics, Hindu, Hindutva, Human Rights, India, Police, Privacy, RSS, Weapon Trade, Zionism on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to the 2007 report published by Privacy International (PI) , India has a very poor record when it comes to governments protecting the privacy of its citizens. India has no explicit right to privacy, though the Supreme Court sees it as implicit under Article 21 on the right to liberty. PI is a [...]
India ranks among the lowest in the world in terms of Infrastructure
Posted in Business India, Corruption, India Facts, Poverty, tagged Agriculture, Business, Caste, Corruption, Democracy, Elections, Farmers, Globalization, Hindu, Hindutva, India, Political Parties, Suicide, World Bank on January 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
6 Jan, 2008, TNN
From roads and railways to ports and airports, and from power plants to hydrocarbon infrastructure, India ranks among the lowest in the world in terms of infrastructure availability. The catching up, which has just begun, will go on for years to come and is set to drive India Inc’s [...]
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