Questions tagged [india]
Questions relating to the government or politics of the Republic of India.
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Why does India have a more pro-Israel stance on the Gaza-Israel war than other BRICS countries and countries in the Global South?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India did not address the gathering,
and it was unclear whether this reflected a shift in the country’s
position on the war in Gaza.
Shortly after the Oct. 7 attacks, ...
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Why were some important countries such as Japan, Britain, and India absent from the recent UNGA?
This question may not be answerable but I am curious to know
Question: Why were some important countries such as Japan, Britain, and India absent from the recent UNGA?
Was their absence deliberate and ...
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What positions exactly did the recently expelled Canadian staff expelled from India hold?
There have been a lot of rather vague claims about this, e.g. that India revoked "diplomatic immunity" of 41 Canadians, starting from a certain date, resulting in Canada withdrawing said ...
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Which Vienna Convention agreement was India expected to break?
[Credits for the articles (a law.se post): What is the legal way to expel diplomats from a country under the Vienna convention? ]
A diplomatic spat is ongoing between India and Canada.
India sought ...
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Political purpose of Canada's prime minister publicly accusing India's government of being involved with killing a Canadian Sikh leader
On September 18, 2023, Trudeau accuses India's government of involvement in killing of Canadian Sikh leader states
"Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of ...
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Why doesn't India claim this portion of Kashmir?
India claims the entirety of the territory of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir on the basis of the princely state's Instrument of Accession, signed by Maharaja Hari Singh in 1947.
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Success ratio of petition
I self-drafted a Public Interest Litigation petition (Criminal) against the appointment of the Director (HR) of a Central Public Sector Enterprise in India against whom multiple complaints of ...
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Why is it politically controversial that the President of India referred to herself as the "President of Bharat"?
India is hosting the G20 Summit, New Delhi meeting this year (2023).
In a reception invitation issued yesterday for Saturday Sept 9th to the leaders of the G-20 countries Indian President Droupadi ...
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How dependent is India on China in terms of trade?
For instance, is it possible for India to start a trade war (just like the USA did during Trump's presidency) with China and maintain its usual GDP growth? If yes, how? If not, why not?
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Why should Modi (or India for that matter) be concerned about minority rights?
A few weeks ago, Barack Obama said that:
the issue of the “protection of the Muslim minority in a majority-Hindu India” would be worth raising in Modi’s meeting with the US president, Joe Biden. ...
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Why can the US ally India maintain an independent foreign policy but Australia cannot?
India refused to stop importing oil from Russia. Next, they refused to engage in any military activity against China. As a result, the USA made Japan the new representative of the rules-based ...
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Is there any way for a country to get separated peacefully? [duplicate]
India has separatist movements in twenty two states. Most of them are militants. However, two of them stand out in the sense that their effort is nonviolent. One of them is Khalistan Movement, and the ...
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Why did India vote in favor, on the July 12th UNHRC resolution condemning religious hatred and bigotry?
UN motion after Sweden Quran burning: How did your country vote?
The motion called for countries to review their laws and plug gaps
that may “impede the prevention and prosecution of acts and ...
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Is Chabahar intended to challenge the Gwadar port or is it undertaken merely out of necessity?
China started developing Gwadar Port in Pakistan in 2002. In 2013, China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC), a subsidiary of China's state-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), ...
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Eligibility criteria to become the prime minister of India and what is "office of profit"?
Eligibility
According to Article 84 of the Constitution of India, which sets the principle qualification for member of Parliament, and Article 75 of the Constitution of India, which sets the ...
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What will happen in case Bill is passed by the Parliament but not sent to President for approval?
Case specific to : India
What is the law/rule/protocol/convention in case when a bill is passed from both Houses of Parliament and is about to be sent to the President for his approval but is held ...
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Why does nobody seem to care about the municipal elections in Maharashtra?
Maharashtra is a major Indian state, home to the richest city Mumbai.
Almost all of the municipal corporations in Maharashtra have elections overdue for over a year now (i.e. should have taken place ...
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To what extent (if any) does Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi answer reporters' questions, or at least appear to?
CNN's June 22, 2023 Biden makes trade-offs and Modi steps out of his comfort zone during elaborate state visit at White House includes the following:
But Modi, for one of the only times since he ...
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Indian Constitution - What is the Genesis of this statement? " 'Union of India' should be distinguished from the expression 'territory of India' "
While reading article 1 from Official Constitution Of India, I have not found any such sentence as 'Union of India' thought 'territory of India' word is there, but still in most of the books(like ...
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Who are the so called officers in article 53 of the Indian constitution?
The executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President and shall be exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him in accordance with this Constitution.
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Does the executive power of the union not extend to the laws made in the concurrent list (India)?
Article 73 of the Indian constitution states
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive power of the Union shall extend -
to the matters with respect to which Parliament has power ...
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What is the effect of removing certain denomination of a currency?
About yesterday the Indian government withdrew 2000 rupee notes in circulation ref. Typically, when stuff like this happens, the explanation is that the attempt is to combat black money. This answer ...
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Is there a right to petition in the Indian constitution?
Right to petition as in sending grievances and complaints to the government or a government body.
The only thing I found was article 350
Every person shall be entitled to submit a representation for ...
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Are there any statutory bodies or laws regarding the study and reccomendation to the government on prisons and penal laws ? (India)
I'm doing research on prisoners, parole laws and prison conditions as well as the criminal justice system in India. And the laws I found on this topic weren't many.
There is the Law Commission of ...
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How is India's technology transfer policy different from China's?
The Indian government has played a vital role in the Quiet Revolution
by establishing favourable policies, investing in R&D, and negotiating
technology transfer agreements with foreign nations and ...
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What factors result in the West being more accepting of India's neutrality over the Ukraine war than China's?
Both India and China remain Russian allies, both countries account for similar amounts of Russia's crude exports, both have refused to condemn the Ukraine war, both countries joined Russia's Vostok ...
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What does the Honorable Chairman mean?
I simply want to know what does the Honorable Chairman Nominated mean?
Javed Akthar is a nominated Rajya Sabha member hence nominated, but what is that Honorable Chairman, how is that title earned.
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Has the Taiwan / Republic of China (ROC) government ever made any territorial claim on areas in Arunachal Pradesh, India, like the Chinese PRC Govt.?
The BBC's April 4, 2023 Arunachal Pradesh: India rejects China's attempt to rename disputed places led me to read Wikipedia's Arunachal Pradesh. The introduction of that article, until a few days ago, ...
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Constitutional amendments of India
Despite Article 4 stating that a constitutional amendment is not necessary for Articles 2 and 3, why was the 7th constitutional amendment passed for state reorganization?
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What led to the broadening of the scope of Article 21 of the Indian constitution to mean "due process" instead of "procedure established by law"?
The drafting history of article 21 is as follows:
Draft Article 15 was debated in the Constituent Assembly on 6 and 13 December 1948. It provided for the right to life and personal liberty, subject ...
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Is capital punishment more likely to be applied in India for terrorist acts?
So far there have only been 8 executions of the death penalty since 2000 in India
and most of the cases are related to terrorism.
According to this article recently a terrorist ran out of appeals both ...
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Why do Indian-Americans earn more than other ethnic groups in the US?
I have a very poor understanding of India. I know the caste system has held their society back (as class mobility is deliberately limited to lower castes by treating them as second-class human beings) ...
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Why didn’t the USA government ask USA companies to take action against India’s neutral stance on the Russo-Ukrainian War? [closed]
The Russo-Ukrainian War is an ongoing conflict that began in 2014. India appears to have changed its stance on the war. According to Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar’s statement in the Upper House of ...
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Can Rahul Gandhi ask other democratic nations to intervene in their democracy?
Rahul Gandhi a sitting Member of Parliament of India who went to London and asked Europe and USA to intervene in what he sees as the collapse of democracy in India, which is a sovereign nation.
Isn't ...
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What is the scope of judicial review by the Supreme Court of India?
The various articles of the constitution (Part V, Chapter IV - The Union Judiciary) regarding the supreme court seem to give the impression that their conduct is heavily regulated by presidential ...
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Why is the punishment for dowry crimes so severe in comparison to other forms of extortion?
Dowry (where the parents of the bride pay the parents of the groom), in India has a minimum sentence of 5 years even for non aggressive and non-coerced dowry. This is in comparison to other violent ...
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Indian PLI Manufacturing scheme
Indian govt has announced Production Linked Incentive schemes (PLI) to boost manufacturing sector growth in India. As it can be seen it is biased towards capital-intensive industries. What could be ...
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Why not Make-in-India for aircraft manufacturing?
On February 13, Air India announced that it was planning to purchase 470 passenger aircraft from the two global giants, French Airbus and American Boeing.
While all three companies involved in the ...
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Why is the Indian government incentivising Coal Gasification?
Recently, the Ministry of Coal in the Indian government has formulated a policy to promote coal gasification:
A provision has been made for 50% rebate in revenue share for all future commercial coal ...
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Which facts support/reject the accusations that PM Modi did not try hard enough to stop the 2002 Gujarat Riots?
Indian PM Modi is considered by some to be a divisive figure, promoting Hindutva rather aggressively.
A familiar accusation, often repeated by foreigners, is that, as Chief Minister of the state at ...
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Why would the government invest in creating skilled labor, and then send them to work overseas?
Brain drain is a big problem for India. For example, a NITI Aayog (a government think tank) member recently said that the country is looking for a reverse brain-drain to develop at a faster pace.
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Which stations will be redeveloped by the Indian Railways in Amrit Bharat Scheme?
The Indian Railway ministry has announced the Amrit Bharat Scheme for redevelopment of railway stations across India.
Which stations will be redeveloped exactly? Is there a list that I can check?
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Why are India's sedition laws still on the books?
Why India has not done away with archiac and abusive sedition laws once imposed by Colonial British rule?
It is not a political issue as all the major parties that have governed India since 1947 have ...
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What laws can be used by the Indian government to ban a film or documentary?
The Indian government has banned a controversial BBC documentary about Narendra Modi, claiming it is propaganda. This Guardian article claims that they invoked their emergency laws to ban it.
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What is Pakistan's position on Eastern Ladakh/Aksai Chin?
Eastern Ladakh/Aksai Chin is a Himalayan Region.
It is administered by China since they won the 1962 Sino-Indian war.
However, it is claimed by India as a part of the Union Territory of Ladakh (within ...
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What do modern British people think about the decolonization of India in 1947? [closed]
Do British people think that PM Clement Attlee's decision to give independence to India was correct?
If so, why? If not, why not?
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What is the current state of US's dilemma on waiving CAATSA for India?
India's purchase of Russian S-400 was eligible for CAATSA sactions.
No sanctions have been applied yet using CAATSA.
There were talks that India would get a waiver, and
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How does India access its air base in Tajikistan?
Farkhor Air Base is a military air base located near the town of Farkhor in Tajikistan, and is operated by the Indian Air Force in collaboration with the Tajik Air Force.
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Why does India import power from neighbouring countries like Bhutan & Nepal when the Indian government has declared India as a power surplus nation?
India has installed power capacity of over 400GW and has declared itself a nation of surplus power. Yet, the official website indicates that the country also imports hydro power from Bhutan and Nepal. ...
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What are the signs (news reports etc.) which suggest that another clash between China and India is a real possibility in the coming years?
See the following Article on a widely read Indian Newspaper website (It can be translated in English using google):
China is targeting India, not Taiwan - Dainik Bhaskar
Also, this (behind paywall): ...
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