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Current Affairs: April 2012
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: SEBI allows bourses, PEs, VCs to list. RBI cuts rate.
RTE Act applies to all schools, rules SC. Anand Marriage Act gets Cabinet nod. Illiteracy costs India $53 billion every year. Visit of President Zardari of Pakistan. Visit of President Pratibha Patil to Seychelles.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Historic polls in Myanmar. ASEAN Summit.

PLUS: Business GK/News

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State of India's Economy
The Indian economy slowed down in 2011-12, compared not just to the previous two years but 2003 to 2011 (except 2008-09). However, India remains among the front-runners. With agriculture and services continuing to perform well, India’s slowdown can be attributed almost entirely to the weakening industrial growth. Inflation, as measured by the wholesale price index (WPI), was high during most of the fiscal year, though by the year’s end there was a clear slowdown.
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Democratisation for Human Development
It has been seen that a lasting solution for eradicating poverty and shaping human progress can be found as much through politics as through economics. Politics matters in a large way, because it is through this mechanism that the rights of the citizenry in any country are determined.
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Union Budget 2012
On March 16, 2012, battling a tough economic situation and severe political compulsions, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee did a balancing act to present a pragmatic and realistic Union Budget for 2012-13. For Indian economy, recovery was interrupted in 2011-12 due to intensification of debt crises in Euro zone, political turmoil in Middle East, rise in crude oil price and earthquake in Japan.
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The Significance of Cooperatives for Social Justice
Throughout the world today, societies are being torn apart due to the fact that various social groups and classes are not getting their due respect from other forces in society. Many societies are lacking social justice which could be seen as equal opportunity treatment of all persons in society. Various institutions have the responsibility to ensure this happens. Yet social justice is absent in many instances.
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Career Planning - What after Rejection
YOU had, you think, prepared very well for the crucial interview. Yet, the outcome was disappointing. You start cursing your “luck” or you may, in a fit of bad temper, debunk those who decided against your selection. However, it is better to be rational, objective, look for soft spots and convert them into plus points. That’s the only way from rejection to selection.
Personality Development
Tact Wins Many Friends
Tact is difficult to define and hard to cultivate, but it is indispensable to one who wishes to get on in the world soon and smoothly. Talent is no match for tact. We see its failure everywhere. In the race of life, commonsense has the right of way.  It is believed that Indians are easy mannered and quick to make friends. That, they are the most tolerant of all nations. We do not take offence easily. We are ready to compromise. But we are not noted for our tact.
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The Presidential Dilemma
The road to Rashtrapati Bhavan is a long one. The process of choosing the candidate is marked with intensive calculation and backroom politics. The political correctness of the decision draws much debate, for there are many who argue that the decision is often made keeping the goal of having their “own man” in the office.







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