India

In 2011, the Manmohan Singh-led government has often been criticised for delayed policy decisions in attracting foreign capital into the country at a time when the rupee is falling. It is at this time that the Centre decided to allow FDI up to 51 per cent in multi-brand retail. Secondly, the government also raised FDI limit from 51 per cent to 100 per cent in single-brand retail. 

Wikileaks, a whistleblower website, began releasing sensitive US documents on November 29, 2010. In what is seen as the largest cumulative leak of classified information in history, the site claimed to have more than 250,000 secret US State Department documents, which it intends to release over the next couple of months.

 Independence day of India is celebrated throughout the country but in 1947, when we celebrated our glorious moment of freedom at midnight, we had been a bleeding, divided nation. 

Education is every citizen’s legal right. In India, a majority of girls are not given education by their families. In South India, this problem is particularly high in the state of Karnataka. To solve this, the Government of India will launch the Saakshar Bharat scheme in Karnataka to curb female illiteracy.  To start with, this scheme will cover Karnataka’s 17 districts, that have low female literacy rates.