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Finance Minister's delicate balancing act
02 March 2010
To Pranab Mukherjee's credit goes the earmarking of 25 per cent of the Plan outlay for rural infrastructure

 
Analysis
 
Responding to the Maoist challenge
Mahendra Kumawat 8 March 2010
In its forty three years of existence, the Naxal movement has shown tre-mendous grit and resilience. What began as a small agrarian rebellion against the local landlords at Naxalbari in West Bengal is now a full-blown insurgency,
 
For an Indian military-industrial complex
N Sathiya Moorthy 19 February 2010
The defence ministry did take an interest in promoting the private sector to increase self-reliance in defence production
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Reports
 
Mega Project Development: Issues in Land Acquisition
25 January 2010
Experts stress upon amending the Land Acquisition Act, Ask for making rehabilitation a duty of the State
 
2010 year of paradigm shift in higher education: Kapil Sibal
Manali Kumar12 January 2010
The HRD Minister said there was an urgent need to create stakes for the faculty and researchers in the system so that the research community feels motivated to create knowledge
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Occasional Papers
 
Who Participates in Higher Education in India?
Rakesh Basant and Gitanjali Sen11 February 2010
This paper explores how an individual's participation in higher education (HE) is dependent on his religious affiliations, socio-economic status and demographic characteristics.
 
The Indian Diaspora’s Political Efforts in the United States
Amit Gupta18 September 2004
On January 9, 2003, the then Indian Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, made a long awaited statement: India would grant dual citizenship to certain groups of Persons of Indian Origin.
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Issue Briefs & Monographs
 
Legally Empowering the Sentinels of the Nation
Manish Tewari21 August 2009
It is imperative in a democracy that every organization of the government must draw its powers, privileges and authority from clearly defined legal statutes.
 
The Bhagidari Programme of Delhi Government
Sheila Dikshit 04 June 2008
In January 2000, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi initiated a ’Bhagidari Programme’ as an attempt to resolve the various problems being faced by the city’s residents. Smt. Sheila Dikshit, the Honorable Chief Minister of Delhi, visited the Observer Research Foundation campus on April 10, 2008 to make a presentation on the programme.
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Events
 

Roundtable Discussion on

"Non Traditional Security Threats: Energy & Natural Resources"
Thursday, 11 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 2:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference hall

 


Conference on

India Abroad, India Within: A Day with India's Public Intellectuals
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)

Roundtable Discussion on

"Transnational Threats And India's Security in 2020"
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
(11:00 AM To 2:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Conference on

"India-Bangladesh Dialogue on Security"
Friday, 19 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM) &
Saturday, 20 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi

 


Talk on

"India-Bangladesh Relations: An Overview"
Saturday, 20 March 2010
(11:00 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: Conference Hall, Fifth Floor, Kothari Buildings, 115 Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai

 


Roundtable Discussion on

"Water for Indian Cities"
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
(9:30 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Roundtable Discussion on

"Low Carbon Future and Sustainability in India in the Post-Copenhagen Era"
Monday, 19 April 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM) &
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi

 


Conference on

ORF - Heritage Dialogue 2010 on "Terrorism in South Asia: Perspectives from US and India"
Thursday, 22 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall


Seminar

ORF-China Seminar
Friday, 30 April 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM) &
Saturday, 1 May 2010
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)

Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Workshop

DU-ORF Summer Workshop
17 May 2010 - 2 June 2010
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 



  
 
National
For an Indian military-industrial complex
19 February 2010
Manish Tewari
The defence ministry did take an interest in promoting the private sector to increase self-reliance in defence production
 
Can India be the next industrial hub of the World?
17 February 2010
Jayshree Sengupta
India's agriculture has not grown fast enough to support the growing rural population
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International
To talk now is wrong
22 February 2010
Kanwal Sibal
Pakistan has shown inadequate political will to act against the Mumbai conspirators and
 
Yemen: The Real Story
19 February 2010
Saeed Naqvi
Just as Zia ul Haq and the ISI chose to keep the Mujahideen as an asset,
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China
China's missile defence test: Yet another milestone?
02 February 2010
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
China's missile defence test has come against the backdrop of the US sale of weapons to Taiwan
 
Does China have feet of clay?
01 February 2010
Ishaan Saxena
China may be growing at an astonishing pace and registering record earnings
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South Asia
South Asia Weekly Report
3 March 2010
Sri Lanka is on election mode, the second time in as many months. With parliamentary polls slated for 8 April
 
Islamic Extremsim A Challenge for Maldives Govt. also: Vice President
20 February 2010
Vice President of the Republic of Maldives Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan today said that there is a rising confusion in Islam over the extremism
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