Questions tagged [india]
Questions relating to the government or politics of the Republic of India.
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Is the punishment for offences by non-public servants higher in the Prevention of Corruption Act 2018? Why is that? [closed]
Section 7A and Section 12 of the act have just as high punishments as public servant offenders. However, the major difference is that public servants require previous sanction for charges, while the ...
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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.
The ...
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What is Pakistan's position on Aksai Chin?
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 the erstwhile ...
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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
there was a house of ...
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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.
As we can see in the map, ...
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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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How does India's BJP maintain party discipline over 180 million party members?
Being the world's largest political party, with such an enormous membership roll, the methods and techniques used by the BJP to maintain discipline must necessarily be very effective for any coherent ...
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Who selects the General Secretary of Indian National Congress or Bhartiya Janata Party?
What is the process to select the general secretary of the party?
Does one have to be a publicly elected official to hold this post?
Are there any regulations in Indian Constitution?
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What are Indian missiles named after? [closed]
Wikipedia says that Indian missiles are named after the five elements in nature -
The Agni missile (अग्नि IAST: Agni "Fire") is a family of medium to intercontinental-range ballistic ...
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Can Indian state or central governments refuse to comply with court decisions, and if so, what are the consequences?
Usually, the Government (states or Central) comply with the orders of the High Courts or the Supreme Court.
I'm having trouble finding answers for a very simple question - What are the consequences of ...
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Why is the embassy in Bern or Vienna rather than Rome accredited to the Holy See?
India has usually accredited its embassy at Bern, Switzerland to the Holy See.
But recently, India's ambassador to Austria was given charge of being the ambassador to the Holy See.
However, doesn't ...
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What can the Indian government do to help Indian students in Ukraine amid the war situation? [closed]
Indian students in Ukraine (mostly studying medicine) have been recently advised to return to India shortly after many of them went back to their Ukrainian universities. Many students had been ...
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How are the members of the Indian upper house elected?
How are members of the upper house of the Indian parliament, the Rajya Sabha, elected or selected?
Are they elected by the direct vote of people? Or are they elected by the vote of lower house members?...
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Is there any treaty between India and Pakistan that says the Kashmir issue is "bilateral"?
USA, Russia, China, Turkey, and UN secretaries-general have all offered mediation on the Kashmir issue over the last 20 years.
India repeatedly refuses third-party mediation and insists that the ...
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What kind of advantage are ethnic Indians and the Republic of India expecting from Rishi Sunak? [closed]
Indians are celebrating Rishi Sunak's appointment as the PM.
Why are they celebrating?
Being an ethnic Indian and a Hindu, what kind of advantage do ethnic Indians in the UK and the Republic of India ...
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Does the British PM have the power to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond to India?
Recently, Rishi Sunak, a person of Indian origin, became British PM. Indians have begun
making online posts about how the return of the Koh-i-Noor diamond will be possible now.
Does the British PM ...
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When did India-Pakistan border fencing start?
1500 KM. FENCING COMPLETED IN PUNJAB AND RAJASTHAN SECTOR
This link says that India was building a fence along the Pakistan border. The news is dated June 2003.
When did they start fencing the Indo-...
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What would be the reasons for the exclusion of the UK and others from the Indian e-Visa?
This is a follow-up to this Travel question
The UK, Canada, China and others have been excluded from the Indian e-Visa program when reintroduced in October 2021.
I'd assume this has been done to force ...
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How are party presidents elected in India?
Who is eligible to vote for a party president in India? Take, for example, the Indian National Congress. The Indian Express says:
Outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited party chief-elect ...
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Does any country explicitly favour India or Pakistan in the Kashmir conflict?
As far as I have read, the position of most countries on the Kashmir conflict is either "peaceful resolution through the UN" or "peaceful resolution through bilateral talks".
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What is pushing India to purchase Dassault Rafales?
India has approximately 300 Su-30MKI air superiority jets. They are custom built for India using Israeli electronics and avionics.
Pakistan doesn't even have air superiority jets.
Therefore, what is ...
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Has cooperation between India and Pakistan improved as result of them both joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
India and Pakistan have both joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2017. Has cooperation between them improved as a result of that (either in the aftermath or maybe during the accession ...
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Is the Kashmir issue at the root of the India-Pakistan rivalry?
Is the Kashmir issue at the root of the India-Pakistan rivalry, or is there anything else?
For instance, if either Pakistan or India agrees to cede the whole of Kashmir, will the India-Pakistan ...
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Why does Hindu nationalism actually work in India? [duplicate]
The ruling and seemingly most popular party in India right now is BJP. The premise of BJP is that of Hindu nationalism but I don't understand how such a thing as Hindu nationalism can ever replace the ...
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Why is Hindu nationalism such a powerful political force in India?
I'm not very knowledgeable about Indian politics, save for the occasional news item on international media.
From what I can gather, the word "Hindu nationalism" has really been the defining ...
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Why is US refurbishing Pakistan's F-16s? What impact will it have on US-India relations?
As per this news article and many others, the US has recently (September 2022) approved sustaining Pakistan's F-16 fighter jets.
During the Presidency of Donald Trump, the US-Pakistan cooperation in ...
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What does India gain nowadays by continuing to give asylum to the Dalai Lama?
Can anyone tell me why India is still giving asylum to the Dalai Lama?
I mean, haven't the circumstances changed already after 70 years of the annexation of Tibet by the PRC? Isn't the Dalai Lama a ...
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Is there any part in India which was not part of British Raj? [closed]
If we consider the princely states as part of the British Raj, Is there any province, territory, area, or landmass in the Republic of India that was not part of the British Raj?
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Is the military balance of South Asia dependent only on US-made weapons? [closed]
According to the following article -
US Approves To Sustain Pakistan’s F-16 Fighter Jet Fleet; To Reverse Trump-Era Suspension Of Security Assistance
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)...
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Do Muslim countries other than Pakistan officially protest when there are anti-Muslim riots in India? More so than "the West"?
As a companion to this question are there examples of official protests (or calls for investigations etc.) by Muslim countries other than Pakistan when anti-Muslim riots happen in India?
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Did the USA or EU ever give out any statement about the communal riots and pogroms that take place in India on an almost yearly basis? [closed]
As far as I understand, the international community has a great deal of respect for the Republic of India, its history, its culture, and its people given the frequency at which Indian PM/presidents ...
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What symbols from British Raj Era still exist in India
Recently the prime minister of India unveiled the new Ensign for the Indian Navy, in his recent address from Red fort on Independence day, prime minister Modi declared that India should be free of all ...
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What is the political justification by China and India for not participating in the sanctions against Russia?
China and India are not participating in the sanctions imposed by the Western world on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. This has effectively made the sanctions much less effective, compared to what ...
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Is there any incident where the BJP government influenced the judiciary?
There are two incidents that come to my mind:
The Babri Mosque trial
The Rafale corruption trial
Is there any evidence that suggests that the BJP government influenced the judiciary to take the ...
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Does Hindutva have a concept roughly equivalent to Sharia and do they push for it to be included in the constitution?
In many countries with a Muslim majority the constitution mentions at least Islam or both that and Sharia. And inclusion of the latter is often a plank of some Islamist parties e.g.
Contrary to Egypt,...
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The status of Urdu in Pakistan versus the status of Hindi in India
How can we compare the status of Urdu in Pakistan, with the status of Hindi in India before and after 1971 (the split of Pakistan)?
The Internet says that Urdu is the national language of Pakistan, ...