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	OJPCR 3.1 - The Indian National Project: Failures and Successes
		India today is paradigmatic of many West African states where tribal kinship loyalties and local communal identities are completely disinterested and disassociated with their national state government and its pro-Western political agenda.
		In retrospect, British colonial rule in India and nonwestern Indian nationalism each failed to establish "good government." Britain and Indian nationalists, each fueled by their own nationalism, tried reproducing the Western model of secular democratic governance in India.
		A primary reason for India's partition was that the first post-colonial Indian leaders had attempted to imitate in their own governance Western-styled secularized and, supposedly, "neutral" democratic governance in which all citizens are presumed equal, at least in political principle if not actual objective political practice.
	www.trinstitute.org /ojpcr/3_1starr.htm

	IRC- Globalization
		The Government of India to review and amend tourism policy, to ensure that, in the interests of transparency, good governance and corporate accountability, multi-stakeholder forums are established to guarantee that tourism is conducted in a responsible and environmentally sustainable manner.
		EIA also calls upon the Government of India to review and amend tourism policy, to ensure that, in the interests of transparency, good governance and corporate accountability, multistakeholder forums are established to guarantee that tourism is conducted in a responsible and environmentally sustainable manner.
		Sahara India Pariwar is proposing an 'ecotourism' project in the ecologically fragile mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans in East India.
	www.indiaresource.org /issues/globalization/2004/saharasunderbans.html (1826 words)

	Good Governance
		Public Administration in India- 21st Century Challenges for Good Governance
		Integrity, Good Governance and Transparency for Non-Profit Organizations
		Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative- The Open Society Institute Experts Database
	www.angelfire.com /wizard/trainingnet/goodgovernance.htm (200 words)

	Goa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Goa is India's richest state with a GDP per capita one and a half times that of the country as a whole, and one of its fastest growth rates: 8.23% (yearly average 1990-2000).
		With the imposition of the Inquisition (1560–1812), many of the local residents were forcibly converted to Christianity by missionaries, threatened by punishment or confiscation of land, titles or property.
		After having stable governance for nearly thirty years upto 1990, Goa is now notorious for its political instability having seen fourteen governments in the span of the fifteen years between 1990 and 2005
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goa,_India (4520 words)

	India Uncut
		The most important forces fighting poverty in India today, in my view, are those NGOs fighting for better local governance, using the Internet and other modern tools of the flat world to put a spotlight on corruption, mismanagement and tax avoidance.
		India's loss is China's gain, writes Gurcharan Das, describing with anguish how the attempts of a prestigious American university to set up a branch campus in India were scuttled by mindless red tape.
		Indiaâs restrictive labor laws, a remnant of the socialist infrastructure that Indiaâs first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, put in place in the 1950s and 1960s, were politically impossible to reform.
	indiauncut.blogspot.com (4520 words)

	Terrorism in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If terrorism can be defined as "peacetime equivalent of war crime", then these sites of low intensity conflicts are prime spots for terrorism in India.
		Terrorism in India can be attributed to India's many low intensity conflicts within its borders.
		In the past, the Punjab insurgency led to terrorist activities in the Indian state of Punjab as well as the national capital Delhi (Delhi serial blasts, Anti-Sikh riots).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terrorism_in_India (2605 words)

	Global Knowledge Development List: New Open-Source Tool for e-Governance (India)
		Government of Pondicherry, in South India, linking 18 Departments
		including local governments, for granting time-bound single window
		the extent of implementation of e-Administration by the Government of
	www.edc.org /GLG/gkd/2004/Sep/0717.html (636 words)

	People's War Group - Left Wing Extremism, India, South Asia Terrorism Portal
		August 29: PWG Naxalites kill the Anantagiri mandal (local unit of governance) unit president of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), at his house in Anantagiri, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh.
		In Bihar, the PWG established its presence with the merger with the Communist Party of India, Marxist-Leninist, CPI-ML (Party Unity) in 1998.
		On July 1, 2001, nine left wing extremist outfits active in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh formed an umbrella organisation, the Coordination Committes of Maoist Parties and Orgainsations (CCOMPOSA) with a purpose to unify and coordinate the activities of the Maoist parties and organisations in South Asia.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/terroristoutfits/PWG.htm (636 words)

	:: BELANI GROUP OF COMPANIES :: FAQ for NRIs
		However since India has a federal structure of governance so local laws governing acquisition of property are also applicable.
		However a “Person of Indian origin” may acquire any immovable property including agricultural /plantation/farm house from a person resident in India or a person resident outside India through inheritance, who had acquired such property in accordance with the provisions of the foreign exchange law in force at the time of acquisition by him.
		A person resident outside India who is a “citizen of India” or a “Person of Indian origin” can only acquire immovable property in India i.e.
	www.belanis.com /faq.htm (680 words)

	:: BELANI GROUP OF COMPANIES :: FAQ for NRIs
		However since India has a federal structure of governance so local laws governing acquisition of property are also applicable.
		However a “Person of Indian origin” may acquire any immovable property including agricultural /plantation/farm house from a person resident in India or a person resident outside India through inheritance, who had acquired such property in accordance with the provisions of the foreign exchange law in force at the time of acquisition by him.
		The local laws generally does not make any distinction between resident and non resident but they put restriction in several states regarding the quantum of immovable property that can be purchased and also deal with laws regulating registration of immovable property and stamp duty required to be paid on registration.
	www.belanis.com /faq.htm (680 words)

	The British Raj
		Indeed, British Rule in India, known immortally as the British Raj, was a result of the Victorian eraís infusion of British liberal philosophy in colonial policy and social governance with that of the diverse, regional, religious and princely regimes that defined the Indian mosaic.
		As a result of this distinctly "British" means of governance, one in which the rule of the indigenous populace was managed in much the same manner as it had been prior to Imperial occupation, the Company streamlined the means of Indiaís ruling class, while retaining the basic structure.
		In the eyes of many of the British in India, however, the brown skin of the indigenous man and woman was perceived to be an even greater burden, serving as a badge of inferiority and a bar to progress towards European political rights and freedoms.
	www.drake.edu /artsci/PolSci/ssjrnl/2001/nunn.html (5025 words)

	Centre for Urban Systems and Infrastructure
		In the urban sector, CUSI's focus is on policy, legislative, and regulatory analyses; enabling public–private interface for sustainable development; developing institutional restructuring strategies; issues related to urban governance and management; and undertaking capacity-building and outreach activities.
		CUSI has carried out several assignments with central and state governments in India, utilities, including public transport operators, private sector, bilateral, and multilateral organizations.
		In its efforts to initiate transformations and transitions to a sustainable future, CUSI works with various stakeholders (local, state, and central governments, communities, and the private sector) to improve upon existing institutional mechanisms and frameworks while promoting transition to a regime with greater community participation and responsible utilization of resources.
	www.teriin.org /division/regdiv/ugi/ugi.htm (5025 words)

	prstkabir2003.doc
		Reservation at the Local Level: The Case of India, Bangladesh and Nepal India In April 1993, the Indian government introduced the Panchayat Raj Act (the term panchayat means local, and raj means governance) to amend the constitution to introduce 33 per cent reservation for women in local-level self-government.
		Reservations at the National Level Elections by Nomination: Case of Pakistan and Bangladesh In Pakistan, reservation for women’s representation in the National Assembly goes back to 1956, and 3 per cent seats were allocated for women through elections.
		Among them were the abolition of indirect election of women representatives and filling the reserved seats by direct election from territorial constituencies, and establishing quotas for women nominated by the party to run for general seats.
	www.dawn.org.fj /publications/docs/prstkabir2003.doc (5025 words)

	ICT Volunteer contributions to UNDP ICT4D strategy (by Service Line)
		Volunteers in the UNITeS Orissa project (India) provided computer training to local government officials and community representatives; communities express their concerns and needs to higher authorities and are listened to; more reliable early-warning systems for impending cyclones and for post-disaster damage assessment and information coordination.
		An online volunteer community with practical expertise on e-governance projects to share best/worst practices on effective delivery mechanisms for specific e-government services at the local level, in conjunction with a given national initiative.
		Integration of national and local ICT Volunteer initiatives as a fundamental component of national ICT strategies, particularly in relation to training and capacity building.
	www.unites.org /html/resource/ict4hd/ict4hd4.htm (5025 words)

	FAO: SD : People : Working with local institutions to support sustainable livelihoods. Gram Panchayats in Malawada and Malan, Gujarat: Democracy and Local Governance. Annex 5.
		The reorganisation of panchayats, after the 73rd constitutional amendment came into force in 1995, has completely changed the nature of local governance in India.
		The amendment created the basis for establishment of formally democratic institutions for local governance.
		The panchayat in Malan has undertaken several tasks related to building infrastructure in the village: 5000 ft. of concrete road, four rooms in the village school, four creches, a primary health centre, public bathrooms and toilets, and a tubewell.
	www.fao.org /sd/2002/PE0702a195_en.htm (5025 words)

	UN Foundation: Programs–Environment
		The aim of this UN Environment Programme -led effort is to accelerate the market for financing solar home systems in southern India by helping two of India’s largest commercial banks, Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank, develop lending portfolios specifically targeted at financing solar home systems (SHS).
		This UN Environment Programme / World Bank program seeks to achieve major increases in energy efficiency investments by domestic financial sectors in Brazil, China and India by fostering the development of energy efficiency investment project packaging capacity, both in existing financial institutions and through the development of new entities.
		The REED initiative—with projects in Africa, Brazil, and China —is based on an enterprise development model pioneered by EandCo, a non-profit clean energy investor and is being advanced at the country level in partnership with a diverse group of local NGO’s.
	www.unfoundation.org /programs/environment/climate_grants.asp (5025 words)

	UMontreal
		The objective of this Action-Research Initiative is to reduce exclusion to health care and other basic minimum services, while concomitantly strengthening local governance, in one Panchayat (territorial decentralised unit) in the Indian state of Kerala.
		Client : Poor communities in Kerala, women Self Help Groups, civil society, and local governments in Kerala.
		Access to Health Care and Basic Minimum Services in Kerala, India
	www.medsp.umontreal.ca /usi/projets.asp?idprj=50 (5025 words)

	InfoChange India News & Features development news on Water Resources in India
		In the emerging situation of water scarcity, the central issue is that of redefining water governance.
		A major feature of the Indian climate, which has a direct bearing on water dynamics, is the alternation of wind direction twice a year, resulting in four distinct seasons.
		Further, there is a need to identify and strengthen local institutions that ensure equitable and sustainable use of water within ecological confines.
	www.infochangeindia.org /WaterResourceIbp.jsp (3408 words)

	GN Online: Bandra-Worli Sea Link project opposed
		Attended by various like-minded NGOs such as Clean Air, Citispace, Action for Good Governance and Networking in India, India Watch Foundation and representatives of the fishing communities of Bandra and Mahim, and local residents, the meeting decided that it was time the government and the people looked for other sustainable solutions.
		The Bandra-Worli Sea Link project is a part of a proposal to upgrade the road transportation network of greater Mumbai and provide an additional corridor for the free flow of traffic from Bandra to Worli in the first phase and Worli to Nariman Point in the second phase.
		Initially slated to cost Rs 3.50 billion in 1999, it was raised to Rs5 billion in 2000 and is now estimated at Rs7.15 billion.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=26205 (455 words)

	"Workshop: Governance and Economic Transformation of Uttaranchal/Uttarakhand" - Mountain Forum Calendar
		The Government of India, after many years of struggle by the local population, has finally put in motion a process for the creation of a new hill state.
		Uttarakhand, a compact of ten hill districts of Uttar Pradesh, inhabited by over five million people remains one of the underdeveloped parts of India.
	www.mtnforum.org /calendar/events/9810geta.htm (455 words)

	The Hindu News Update Service
		Biosphere reserves are places recognised by MAB where local communities are actively involved in governance and management, research, education, training and monitoring at the service of both socio-economic development and biodiversity conservation.
		"Local communities in the Lata-Tolma-Malari and Pindari areas are benefitting from the development of alternative sources of income such as eco tourism, and from the improvement of a rich variety of agricultural activities," it said as the reason for conferring such a coveted status to the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve.
		(UNI): Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in the Himalayan mountains in India has been included in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/holnus/002200411011496.htm (230 words)

	bhumi.net - The Harvard International Development Group
		Professor Mark Rosenzweig Impact of local democratization on the distribution of public services in India; the effects of maternal schooling on children’s human capital; and the consequences of low birthweight
		) The political economy of sustainable development; innovation in/strategies for (democratic and democratizing) governance, comparative research on Brazil, India, South Africa, U.S. Assistant Professor Asim Ijaz Khwaja (Littauer 311, 385-7790, asim_ijaz_khwaja@harvard.edu) Economic development, contract theory, industrial organization, mechanism design, and computational economics; examining contracts between firms in low-income country industrial networks.
		David Simon (Adjunct Lecturer) (Eliot — 503, 496-5014, dsimon@ksg.harvard.edu) The political economy of development and democratization in Africa; poverty and political participation in Zambia.
	www.cid.harvard.edu /bhumi/professors.html (230 words)

	Asia Times
		Das has attempted to link the articles by theme - a bit of a difficult task - given that he has covered a wide range of subjects, including the Panchayati Raj system (local self-governance), India's information-technology success, the power sector's problems, religious fundamentalism and women's rights.
		Gurcharan Das is a novelist, playwright, venture capitalist, Harvard graduate and former chief executive of Procter and Gamble India.
		Das is a decent writer but his ponderous philosophizing always gets in the way.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/EC08Df04.html (767 words)

	SASNET: Research
		• Monica Erwér from the Dept of Peace and Development Research (PADRIGU) at Göteborg University defended her dissertation on ” Transforming Politics; Gender, Power and Agency in Kerala, South India ”, on Thursday 30 October 2003.
		The 2003 report examines for the first time new questions such as: How do distorted markets for goods and services result in the loss of income for the poor?, and how do local structures of power (landlords, local officials, etc…) deprive the poor of their income and assets?
		Jan Lundqvist, Dept. of Water and Environmental Studies, Linköping University, has for several years been closely involved with the Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI, and its symposia taking place every year in August in connection with the Stockholm Water Week.
	www.sasnet.lu.se /research.html (767 words)

	ASIA, SOUTHERN/India-Politics and Government
		Lewis, John P. India's Political Economy: Governance and Reform.
		Mitra, Subrata K. Power, Protest and Participation: Local Elites and the Politics of Development in India.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/souasia/indpol.htm (282 words)

	LWN: What's Driving Global Linux Adoption? (LinuxWorld.au)
		In the same way, Linux can enable e-medicine, e-governance and e-business throughout India.
		The impact this has on the production and distribution of textbooks for schoolchildren or the ability for local governments to collaborate on larger initiatives is gigantic.
		India sees opportunity in utilizing Linux and other open-source technologies to educate its population.
	lwn.net /Articles/146449 (126 words)

	Infochange India News Books & Reports Global solutions for global crises
		At a global level, governments and institutions in the West are continuously re-inventing themselves to exercise greater control over matters of Third World governance.
		While it undermines local wisdom and local solutions, it conveniently puts on the table global solutions tagged with development aid.
		From looming threats of a warmer earth to epidemic proportions of communicable diseases; from emerging global water crises to the dreadful spectre of a food-insecure world, it is now evident that both rich and poor countries alike will have to face crises on many fronts.
	www.infochangeindia.org /bookandreportsst87.jsp (126 words)

	Goa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Goa is India's richest state with a GDP per capita one and a half times that of the country as a whole, and one of its fastest growth rates: 8.23% (yearly average 1990-2000).
		With the imposition of the Inquisition (1560–1812), many of the local residents were forcibly converted to Christianity by missionaries, threatened by punishment or confiscation of land, titles or property.
		After having stable governance for nearly thirty years upto 1990, Goa is now notorious for its political instability having seen fourteen governments in the span of the fifteen years between 1990 and 2005
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goa_(state) (126 words)

	Goa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Goa is India's richest state with a GDP per capita one and a half times that of the country as a whole, and one of its fastest growth rates: 8.23% (yearly average 1990-2000).
		With the imposition of the Inquisition (1560–1812), many of the local residents were forcibly converted to Christianity by missionaries, threatened by punishment or confiscation of land, titles or property.
		After having stable governance for nearly thirty years upto 1990, Goa is now notorious for its political instability having seen fourteen governments in the span of the fifteen years between 1990 and 2005
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goa (4367 words)

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