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	Government of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Government of the India, officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, established by the Constitution of India, is a union federal republic of 28 states and 7 union territories.
		The government exercises its broad administrative powers in the name of the President of India, who is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the Head of State and chief guardian of the Constitution of the Republic.
		A welfare state is a state in which the government provides for a wide range of social services and carries out a large number of welfare and developmental activities; like providing education, setting up of hospitals, protection of minorities, promoting agriculture and protecting the monuments along with the performance of police functions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_of_India (2663 words)

	Politics of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The government exercises its broad administrative powers in the name of the President, whose duties are largely ceremonial.
		The dynamics of the Indian society are quite different from what is usually seen in the "developed world" which necessitates certain "unusual" and "uncustomary" (as compared to the so called "developed world") interrogation methods in India in order to be most effective in enforcing the law of the land.
		Formation of coalition governments reflects the transition in Indian politics away from the national parties toward smaller, narrower-based regional parties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_India (855 words)

	Politics of India -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		However, the central government in India has greater power in relation to its states, and its central government is patterned after the British parliamentary system.
		The government exercises its broad administrative powers in the name of the (The chief executive of a republic) President, whose duties are largely ceremonial.
		States have their own elected government, whereas Union Territories are governed by an administrator appointed by the union (federal) government.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/politics_of_india.htm (1032 words)

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		Most extrajudicial killings carried out by Indian security forces in Kashmir occur after "crackdowns"â” cordon and search operations during which all the men of a neighborhood or village are called to assemble for an identification parade in front of hooded informers.
		Torture of E. a government employee from Srinagar, was arrested by the BSF during a crackdown on November 2, 1995.
		Also on July 5, 1990, the state government promulgated the Jammu and Kashmir Disturbed Areas Act which similarly grants the security forces enhanced powers to use lethal force in the "disturbed areas" of the six districts of the Kashmir valley and a 20-kilometer belt in the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu region.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/kashmir/1996/India-09.htm (7702 words)

	The Government of Canada's Approach to Implementation of the Inherent Right and the Negotiation of Aboriginal ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Government proposes to negotiate self-government arrangements that are tailored to meet the unique needs of Aboriginal groups and are responsive to their particular political, economic, legal, historical, cultural and social circumstances.
		Broadly stated, the Government views the scope of Aboriginal jurisdiction or authority as likely extending to matters that are internal to the group, integral to its distinct Aboriginal culture, and essential to its operation as a government or institution.
		Aboriginal governments and institutions should be fully accountable to their members or clients for all decisions made and actions taken in the exercise of their jurisdiction or authority.
	www.ainc-inac.gc.ca /pr/pub/sg/plcy_e.html (6271 words)

	Indian Self-Government Process Evaluation: Preliminary Findings
		Indian governments are emphasizing social and economic development at the expense of political development, this possibility suggests the future weakening of governments and their becoming dependent on federal agencies.
		Between general praise for the accomplishments of Indian governments and failures by the United States government the study suggests a fundamental re-evaluation of approaches and strategies by Indian governments is essential.
		Indian governments will gain insights from this study into the effectiveness of their decisions and they will gain insights into the negotiation process with the United States and whether this process should be changed to achieve established goals.
	www.cwis.org /298prelm.html (4858 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Congress builds Indian government
		But she said she was pleased that her Italian heritage - which could make her the first foreign-born Indian prime minister - had not harmed Congress in the polls.
		The BBC's Adam Mynott in Delhi said it was the huge mass of Indians - largely ignored by the BJP and who had no electricity, poor sanitation and filthy water - who had spoken.
		Indians were still busy digesting the news on Friday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/3713183.stm (706 words)

	Manas: History and Politics of India
		The Rebellion of 1857-58, which sought to restore Indian supremacy, was crushed; and with the subsequent crowning of Victoria as Empress of India, the incorporation of India into the empire was complete.
		The Indian National Congress, which had led the country to freedom, remained the largest and most influential party under the stewardship of Jawaharlal Nehru, who served as India's Prime Minister from 1947 to 1964.
		This government, serving various political interests, lasted a mere three years, and Indira Gandhi rode a large wave of victory in 1980.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/mainhist.html (700 words)

	CNN.com - Indian government statement - January 13, 2002
		The Government notes the decision of the Government of Pakistan to ban the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, the two terrorist organizations involved in the December 13 attack on the Indian parliament.
		The Government of India remains committed to the bilateral dialogue process with Pakistan in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Shimla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.
		Should the Government of Pakistan operationalize its intention and move purposefully towards eradicating cross-border terrorism, the Government of India will respond fully, and would be prepared to resume the composite dialogue process.
	www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/13/india.statement/index.html (399 words)

	Colombo crisis poses dilemmas for Indian government New Delhi offers to mediate in Sri Lanka
		After equivocating for several days, the Indian government announced over the weekend that it was prepared to act as mediator in the deepening military conflict in Sri Lanka as long as this was agreed by both sides—the Colombo government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
		“For the Indian government today, whose constituent parties in the 1989 general election had their manifestos opposing our involvement in Sri Lanka and called for IPKF withdrawal, the [present] Lankan request is ‘political dynamite'.
		On Wednesday, the PMK leader S. Ramdoss urged the Indian government to lift the current ban on the LTTE as a terrorist organisation, put in place after assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi by an LTTE suicide bomber in 1991.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/may2000/ind-m12.shtml (2014 words)

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		Human Rights Watch/Asia obtained overwhelming evidence of the fact that these groups are organized, armed and protected by the Indian army and other security forces and operate under their command and protection, despite the Indian government's claims to the contrary.
		The government uses the groups in a number of ways: as informers who watch and report on the activities of the militants; as spies to infiltrate existing militant organizations; or as members of paramilitary "renegade" organizations to attack members of Jamaat-e Islami and Hezb-ul Mujahidin and other militant groups.
		Victims of abuse by these groups have testified that the government has deliberately avoided arresting members of these groups even when there was clear evidence of their committing crimes.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/kashmir/1996/India-07.htm (7085 words)

	Indian government in damage control over call for Tamil state in Sri Lanka
		In doing so, the NDA government reiterated the view held throughout the Indian political establishment that the creation of a Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka, separated from Tamil-dominated southern India by a narrow sea strait, could trigger off a chain reaction in India.
		In an effort to avert a split, while reigning in its Tamil Nadu allies, the Vajpayee government used the services of Defence Minister George Fernandez, one of the few north Indian politicians known to be sympathetic to the LTTE.
		The nervousness displayed by the Delhi government is a measure of its weakness and the fragility of the Indian Union itself.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/jun2000/indi-j23.shtml (1685 words)

	Indian Religion, Government, and Social Practices (from American Indians, or Native Americans) -- Britannica Student ...
		Like other people who live close to nature, the Indians were concerned largely with day-to-day problems on which their survival as a people depended.
		More results on "Indian Religion, Government, and Social Practices (from American Indians, or Native Americans)" when you join.
		The art itself is often referred to as “Indian art.” The arts of the Eskimos, or Inuit, are also included in this article.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-202529?ct= (859 words)

	Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act
		The purposes of this Act are to enable the Sechelt Indian Band to exercise and maintain self-government on Sechelt lands and to obtain control over and the administration of the resources and services available to its members.
		The Sechelt Indian Band Council shall be the governing body of the Band, and its members shall be elected in accordance with the constitution of the Band.
		(1) Subject to section 36, the Indian Act applies, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of the Band, its members, the Council and Sechelt lands except to the extent that the Indian Act is inconsistent with this Act, the constitution of the Band or a law of the Band.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/s-6.6/text.html (3483 words)

	E Law: RESUMING SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDIAN COUNTRY: FROM IMPOSED GOVERNMENT TO SELF-RULE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE UNITED ...
		Modern claims to absolute U.S. rule over Indian nations are rooted in the 1860s competition between the House of Representatives and the Senate over powers of budget.[12] The intramural Congressional contest had to do with the making of treaties with Indian nations, the cost of those treaties and the Constitutional powers of finance.
		It is also clear that the United States government is eager to have the appearance of a tolerant and benevolent political power, but policymakers are equally eager to put the "genie" of self-determination back into its bottle by seeking back-door measures to prevent international recognition of Indian rights to self-government.
		Their decision to undertake negotiation of bilateral compacts of self-governance is a striking departure from conventional conduct of Indian Affairs which has been long characterized by legal and administrative tugs-of-war between Indian governments and officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs..
	www.murdoch.edu.au /elaw/issues/v2n1/ryser21.html (3925 words)

	Indian government faces court battle over antiretrovirals -- Kumar 327 (7411): 360 -- BMJ
		A non-governmental organisation, the Punjab Voluntary Health Association, has dragged the Indian government and the National AIDS Control Organisation to the Supreme Court in a public interest writ over depriving AIDS patients of antiretroviral drugs in government hospitals, effectively leaving them to die.
		Although Indian drug companies pride themselves internationally as saviours of AIDS patients, with their cheap antiretroviral drugs, the government’s policy on AIDS has been to focus on prevention and has not included treatment, as antiretrovirals are costly.
		They want a complete reversal of the government policy, advocating free and equitable access to antiretroviral drugs, and they believe that the government should invoke the compulsory licensing provision under the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement to reduce the price of the drugs.
	bmj.com /cgi/content/full/327/7411/360-c (242 words)

	Indian government denies health impact of brown cloud -- Kumar 325 (7363): 513 -- BMJ
		Indian government denies health impact of brown cloud
		Scientists in India are claiming that the Asian brown cloud is not something specific to Asia and does not have a knock-on effect on pollution related mortality.
		They say that it hangs over a vast territory encompassing the northern Indian Ocean, India, Pakistan, and much of South Asia, South East Asia, and China for as long as four winter months a year.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/extract/325/7363/513/a (174 words)

	USATODAY.com - Indian government body, Islamic trust claim Taj Mahal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Indian government and an Islamic trust both claim ownership of the 17th century monument.
		The white-marble monument — built by Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan between 1632 and 1654 for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal — should be officially recognized as belonging to the Sunni Waqf Board, said its chairman, Hafiz Usman.
		"A government of India notification issued in 1920 had given the ownership of this world heritage monument to the ASI," said S.K. Sharma, an ASI archaeologist.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-07-13-tajmahal-ownership_x.htm (437 words)

	Claims and Indian Government Sector - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Claims and Indian Government Sector is responsible for three key federal policies covering the negotiation and implementation of specific claims, comprehensive land claims and self-government agreements.
		The objective of the Specifc Claims Program is to address past grievances related to the administration of Indian lands and other assets, as well as the fulfilment of treaties, in a manner that strengthens partnerships, aids community healing, builds capacity and provides First Nations with needed lands and resources.
		The federal government is prepared, where the other parties agree, to constitutionally protect certain aspects of self-government agreements as treaty rights within the meaning of section 35.
	www.inac.gc.ca /ps/clm/index_e.html (577 words)

	USDOJ: OTJ: : Policy on Indian Soveriegnty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A. The Department recognizes that Indian tribes as domestic dependent nations retain sovereign powers, except as divested by the United States, and further recognizes that the United States has the authority to restore federal recognition of Indian sovereignty in order to strengthen tribal self-governance.
		The Department shall be guided by principles of respect for Indian tribes and their sovereign authority and the United States' trust responsibility in the many ways in which the Department takes action on matters affecting Indian tribes.
		B. In accord with the status of Indian tribes as domestic dependent nations, the Department is committed to operating on the basis of government-to-government relations with Indian tribes.
	www.usdoj.gov /otj/sovtrb.htm (1486 words)

	Indian Government's Reported Move Makes News, Then Fuels Skepticism \| Linux Journal
		the Indian government seems to be taking a leaf out of China's operating system, and is planning a countrywide drive to promote the open source operating system, Linux, as the 'platform of choice' instead of 'proprietary' solutions.
		If the government was really going for an all-out push, it should be talking to its citizens who are already using open-source technologies at a frantic pace.
		The (Indian) government sector is quite disorganised in IT in first place, at least in the (western Indian state of) Maharashtra.
	www.linuxjournal.com /article.php?sid=6389 (2468 words)

	BBC News \| BUSINESS \| Warning over India GM cotton plan
		Environmentalists have attacked the Indian government for permitting the growth of genetically modified cotton.
		The government has argued that China is already growing the modified crop - also known as Bt cotton - and that India needs to enjoy the same benefits.
		Indian Agriculture Minister Agit Singh told the BBC's World Business Report that approval had only been granted after a thorough investigation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/business/newsid_1897000/1897049.stm (586 words)

	India - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Concerns about the impartiality of institutions in the state and the government’s commitment to ensure justice for the victims of communal violence were brought to the fore in June when 21 people accused of the murder of 14 people burned to death in the Best Bakery in Baroda on 1 March 2002 were acquitted.
		During the proceedings the Supreme Court severely criticized the state government of Gujarat for failing to provide justice to victims of the communal violence and pointed to the possible collusion between the state government and the prosecution in subverting the cause of justice.
		The government failed to consider the recommendations made by the NHRC in 2002 for amendments to the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 under which the NHRC operates.
	web.amnesty.org /report2004/ind-summary-eng (2623 words)

	India Daily — Indian field intelligence and remote viewers warn Indian Government of Pakistan’s intensions — India ...
		Sources close to the Government report that India’s intelligence agencies have sensed something foul on the Pakistani side.
		Indian field agents were also seeing the terrorist activities in Bangladesh in the east.
		This hardening stance follows from Indian perceptions that Pakistan is showing no leeway in the peace process and as a matter of fact may be planning a lethal assault on India through covert war on India after massive infiltration through Kashmir in the West and Bangladesh in the East.
	www.indiadaily.com /editorial/12-18d-04.asp (571 words)

	US sounds out new Indian government on defence ties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The last Indian government -- unlike many close US allies -- had been receptive to Washington's proposed missile defence shield.
		"It struck me as premature to be pressing a government that has been in place for a few days for definitive answers on where their government is on something as major as the missile defence program," Feith told reporters.
		An Indian government official said the talks with Feith covered a range of issues including joint exercises and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040601145001.di5lhd9d.html (371 words)

	Airliners.net Civil Aviation: Indian Government Blocks Aircraft Leasing Plans
		The Indian government dealt a huge setback to both state-owned and private carriers in the country as it imposed huge taxes on the aviation sector.
		It also affects Indian Airlines and Air India's plans to acquire aircraft on lease as a stopgap measure until their fleet acquisition plans are approved by the Government.
		Every government until now, despite their accounts of their success, has been a massive failure as a provider of basic economic and social services by any international yardstick.
	www.airliners.net /discussions/general_aviation/read.main/1643569 (5136 words)

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