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Based on the report and recommendations of the Education commission the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announed the First National Policy on education in 1968, which called for a "radical restucuturing" and equalise educational opportunities in order to achieve national integration and greater cultural and economic development.
Contents: Corazon Aquino. Michelle Bachelet. Joyce Banda. Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Benazir Bhutto. Gro Harlem Brundtland. Kim Campbell. violeta chamorro. Laura Chinchilla. Tansu Ciller. Helen Clark. Luisa Diogo. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Indira Gandhi. Julia Gillard. Sheikh Hasina. Mari Kiviniemi. Jadranka Kosor. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Margaret Thatcher. Bibliography. Jadranka Kosor. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Margaret Thatcher. Bibliography. Index.
The socioeconomic, health, and public-policy aspects of aging in India are presented in this book that draws on empirical research to assess the country's preparedness. This analysis argues that many of the fundamental issues that need to be addressed by a country with a large aging population are not fully understood by public agencies. A number of policy options for the welfare of the growing number of elderly, particularly women, are proposed.
The scholarly study deals with the bureaucratic structure and functioning in India and its link with politics. It takes up the Indian civil services, throwing light on its evolution that culminated in the emergence of the All Indian Services. The role of bureaucracy in policy formulation, functioning of bureaucracy in constitutional democracy, the power elites in a bureaucracy and the nature of bureaucratic policies are scrutinised. Combining an understanding of ...
