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NAXALISM
The reasons for the ripening of naxal
ideologies?
Successive failure of governments both in the
states and the centre.
Disconnect from developmental currents
Deficit of basic services and governance
Disjunction between policies, programmes
and delivery
A political vacuum also provided a stimulus
The strategy followed by Maoist?
Seizure of power by armed force
Settlement of issues by war
causing damage to state infrastructure
Push forward their agenda by armed struggle,
killing, extortion, ransom, sabotage, attacks
on police forces and posts.
To capture power by overthrowing democratic
government
Counter offensive strategy should contain
following strategies to control Maoist?
A spirit of conflict resolution than
management
Swift developmental twists.
Psychological operations to obliterate negative
and warped perceptions about the
establishment and the security forces.
Zero tolerance to the violation of human
eights and excesses.
Confidence- building measures
Healing touches
A need for attractive rehabilitation packages
for those who surrender
A service- oriental civic action programmes
by security forces.
A pro-poor centric credo
Inclusive growth
A trinity of security interventions
Socio-economic infrastructure dispensation in
left out rain shadow areas
Capturing the hearts and minds of the
alienated and disempowered segments
A well-crafted integrated and multi-
dimensional strategies.
A need for active political process
A positive mindset, sagacity and clarity of
vision and perception
An operational co-ordination among the
affected states.
A vibrant micro-level governing modules such
as gram Panchayats and local bodies
A need for community involvement in the
combat against extremism.
SUPPORTING THE RUPEE
What are the administrative and policy
measures taken to arrest the decline of rupee against
dollars?
There are some new measures taken by RBI.
(1) The rules governing overseas investments
have been relaxed in certain crises so as
to increase the supply of dollars in
domestic market.
(2) The ceiling on debt instruments by finish
institutional investors and the interest
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cap on external commercial borrowings
have been raised.
(3) The lock-in-period for overseas investors
in infrastructure bonds has been
reduced.
(4) RBI damped down on forward trading in
finish exchange is to curb the rampant
speculation.
(5) New incentives provided to NRIs to
invest more with banks in India
CORRUPTION
What are the steps taken by GOI to curb black
money?
Roughly 62 bilateral and 20 further one to
one treaties have been signed in the last two
years on black money.
The whistleblowers bill will come before
parliament very shortly.
The citizen charter bill will possibly be
introduced with Lokpal bill.
What are the recommendations of Ashok
Chawla Committee?
Abolition of discretionally powers at the
central government level in each department.
A new legislation and law for mining
Need for land acquisition bill in real estate
sector business.
The provisions of United Kingdom bribery act
covers.
Public and private sectors
U.K. firms acting abroad
Non-U.K. citizens acting in the U.K.
INDIA IS STANDS ON NORTH KOREA
Adoption of wait and watch attitude closely
panning the reactions of north Koreas near
neighbours.
India wants a nuclear weapon free Korean
peninsula.
Assistance to all developmental activities and
food programmes.
12TH INDO-RUSSIAN SUMMIT (MOSCOW)
The areas of co-operation between two
countries?
Energy ? defense ? Space ? trade and
investment, working together on the
international scene.
The forward move for unit 3, 4 at Kudan-
Kulam nuclear power project started.
India to expand its prospect for Russian Oil
and natural gas through joint ventures with
gazprom and novatek.
New thrust areas of co-operations are steel,
diamonds, pharmaceuticals and hydro-
carbons.
Establishment of science and technology
centre with offices in Moscow and New Delhi
to commercialize hundreds of successful
research projects.
India is looking forward to signing a CECA
with Belarus- Kazakhstan- Russia customs
union.
Agreement on the military uses of the Russian
GLONASS Navigation system.
On going fifth generation fighter Aircraft
project.
The upcoming lease of a nuclear submarine.
The refitted Gorshkov Aircraft carrier with
high- end technologies for India.
Co-operation on international issues like
Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Tourism and security
in the Asia-Pacific region.
Russia supports for Indians ambition to
become permanent member in to united
nations security council.
Supports for Indians membership in SCO.
NORTH KOREA
The challenges in front of new North Korean
leader.
Famine and shortage of food grains for
starving on population.
Nuclear policy that followed to protect itself
from international community.
Outstanding territorial issues with South
Korea.
Military backing and support to young leader.
The influence faced by young leader from
family side.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL
What are the provisions of the bill?
The military will be able to detain even USA
citizens.
The lawful residents will be detained
indefinitely without charge or trial.
Suspicion of involvement of terrorism will be
enough.
Who prepared this bill?
The bill was prepared by a committee of
armed forces.
What veto power Mr. Obama will get?
The bill gives the president power to exempt
individuals from military detention.
What are the problems of the bill?
This piece of legislation can be used against
U.S. Citizens on U.S. territory.
The bills vague wording will cause
jurisdictional problems.
This could make it harder to gain co-operation
from suspects held by the military.
LOKPAL
What are the institutions brought under
lokpal?
The office of the Prime Minister
Lower bureaucracy within the ambit of lokpal.
What needs to be done?
The CBI should be liberated from political
control.
The Anti-corruption wings of the state police
force should be of independent nature to
function.
RBI
What are the implications of CRR hike by
RBI?
A rapidly slowing down the economy,
especially, industrial sector.
It faces a conflicting goal of both inflation and
encouraging growth.
AADHAAR
What are the recommendations of the
parliament standing committee on finance/(SCOF)?
To convert UIDAI into a statutory authority.
To bring fresh legislation before parliament
It raises serious questions about the idea of
Aadhaar itself.
Recommended for a relook at the
foundational principles on the project.
The five important arguments of SCOF?
UIDAI enjoys only executive authority and
no statutory authority.
Compromises the security and confidentiality
of information of Aadhaar number holders.
Enactment of a national dates protection law.
A need for comprehensive study on financial
implications of UIDAI.
The faith placed on biometrics to prove the
unique identity of individuals.
Higher error rates in fingerprint collection.
Inabilities of proof of concept.
The necessity of collection of IRIS image.
The reasons for the failure of UK ID Scheme?
Cost over runs.
Fallacies of technology
Risk to the safety of citizens.
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QUALITY EDUCATION
What is our present education system?
Memorization
Rush through a pre determined syllabus.
Prepare children for examinations.
A deficit of social sensitivity among the
sizable sections of the students.
Fostering greater awareness among the public.
Need for holistic education.
Making Education an inclusive and quality-
centric epistemic process.
MULLAI PERIYAR DAM
What the supreme courts advice on the dam
issue?
To determine the merits threw legal
sanctioned means.
To douse the flames in the border areas.
What are the problems on the borders of two
states?
Issues of life and livelihood.
What are the solutions to the issues?
A need to be resolved to the reasonable
satisfaction of both sides.
A rational principle for finding an endowing
solution.
There can be no argument against science.
RUPEES TUMBLE
What are the repercussions of rupees
depreciation?
High cost of import.
widening current Account deficit.
Declining foreign exchange reserve.
Distorting the Indian economy and
particularly industrial sector.
MYANMAR
How Indian can improve its relation with
Myanmar?
A strategic relationship with Myanmar.
Visit of commerce industry, defense and
home ministries.
Business-to-Business engagement and
dialogue between the strategic communities.
Giving more importance by India threw look
East policy.
CIVIL WAR-CONGO
What are the lacunas in the election process?
Very poor transport infrastructure.
Improper distribution of ballot papers by UN
air craft due to bad weather.
Staff shortages.
EU ands international observers have also
expressed doubts about the credibility of the
poll process.
RUSSIAS ELECTION
What are the problems in Russian
governance?
Corruption grew to staggering proportions.
Bureaucratic hurdles strangled small
businesses.
Court served the rich and powerful.
People could not change the system threw
election.
The promise made by Putin during course of
election?
Political and economic modernization.
A vibrant multiparty system.
An independent judiciary.
An Anti-corruption derine.
The reasons for protest in Moscow?
The mass rigging of polls in parliament
election.
The monopolized political system.
The game play between Putin and mead vedev.
Growing opposition parties and their united
struggle for re-election.
DURBAN-CLIMATE CHANGE?
What are the main outcome of sthe
conference?
A second road map to mitigate global
warming that would involve all parties.
Establishment of Ad-hoc, working group
charged with (by 2015), a suitably ambitious
protocol, legal instrument or an agreed
outcome with legal force to enter into force
by 2020.
What are the achievements of EU?
Put together a substantial coalition including
the small Islands States, least developed and
emerging economies like Brazil and South
Africa, etc.
FDI IN RETAIL
What are the benefits?
Increasing FDI investment in India.
Modern technologies will be incorporated in
post-harvest management.
New management practices will be
introduced.
Farmer will get good price for their products.
Fruits and vegetable damages can be reduced.
Easy availability of commodities all places at
minimum prize.
What are the problems/challenges?
Affects millions of small and middle mans
job.
May create monopoly of market.
Prices for commodities are subject to be
negotiations.
May exploit poor, illiterate farmers or
manipulate them.
What is the solution?
Govt. should help farmers to create an
organization to help farmers to get fair price.
Investment in front and back end infrastructure
has to be determined.
Minimum quantity produced should be
borrowed from middle man to give more
attention post harvest technologies and
techniques.
EUROPE FISCAL COMPACT
What are the outcomes of Brussels Summit?
A significant stronger co-ordination among
the EU members.
Quick organization of European stability
mechanism treaty (about 500 billion-Euro) by
mid-2012.
Private investors holding bonds of the
countries in distress should not be made to
share the bailout costs.
The stand of European central bank (ECB) on
market intervention though remains unclear.
AFGHAN ISSUE
What are the outcomes of the Bonn
declaration?
The reaffirmation of a sovereign, stable and
united Afghanistan.
The renunciation of violence.
The breaking of ties to international terrorism.
Respect of the Afghan constitution, Human
rights provisions and rights of women.
LIBYA
What are the problems faced by NTC?
Challenge from militias.
Political problems with severely divided
society.
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Non-participation of major ethic groups in
Libya.
No attempt from NATO to intervene.
What are the problems with respect to trials
in Libya?
Libyas judicial system is not currently fit for
such trials.
Would reveal the western involvement during
Gaddati regime.
NRHM
What are the advantage of Indian medical
practices?
Matches the standard of international
practice.
Sophistication of available technology
Quality service and five star hospitality
compete with the best in the world.
Knowledge skills and confidence of its doctors
and nurses.
What are the problems of Indian public
medical practices?
The lack of professional development.
Low professional standard of practice.
Poor supervision of processes.
Lack of accountability in public sector
hospital result in sub-standard care.
Failure to adhere to recommended treatment
protocols.
A need for regulatory authorities.
To change their culture and enforce basic
minimum standards.
Mandatory protocol-driven management
guidelines for professional societies.
Change their culture and enforce basic
minimum standards.
Continuing professional development and re-
certification are necessary.
Empowerment of general population and their
participation in decision-making are crucial.
Effective grievance redress mechanisms should
also be in place.
Strengthening governance at institutional
level.
OVER FISHING
Why fisheries are important?
A substantial contribution to nutritional
needs.
Employment generation.
Foreign exchange earnings in India.
What are the challenges in fishering sector?
Use of modern technology resulted in
depleting resources.
Intrusion of foreign trawlers into Indias EEZ.
Poaching.
Absence of regulations regarding the size of
the craft gear and engine.
Over exploitation.
Global warming and climate change.
Pervasive, illegal, unreported and unregulated
fishing.
Oil spill and oil wastes.
Discharge of effluents into inland waters.
What are the solutions to protect marine
resource?
Adopting polluter pays principle.
Zero catches to allow for regeneration.
A revolutionary change in the management of
fishing resources.
COMPUTER SECURITY
Why internet security is of more important?
On line financial transaction.
None information about self.
Political motivation.
What can be done to protect from scandals?
Effective management system in computer.
Being aware while providing information.
PAKISTAN ARMY
What are the issues regarding the attack on
Pak army by NATO?
Claims the life of 24 soldiers.
A breach of sovereignty.
What are the aims of US in central Asia?
To contain China and Iran.
Exploit the gas and mineral wealth in the
region.
Keep an eye on Pakistans nuclear weapons.
To establish a military base and a permanent
presence.
EGYPT
What are the issues regarding election?
Voting is compulsory.
The continued campaign of FSP.
Severely divided political system.
US-MYANMAR
What are the aims of US in Myanmar?
To contain China.
To secure maritime passes.
To have better co-operation with Asian
Countries.
What are the changes had taken place?
Restrictions on international financial
assistance to Myanmar have been eased.
Looking for a good, friends relations with
China.
What USA wants from Myanmar?
To make progress towards democratic
reforms.
An unconditional release of all prisoners.
To cut malicious ties with North Korea.
To reduce Chinese influence in Myanmar.
INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY
What are the issues of IB?
No effort at structural reform.
IB is desperately understaffed.
Can train only 1200 personnel per year.
Need for political understanding.
A private members bill seeking oversight of
our intelligence services.
NUCLEAR LIABILITY BILL
What is the issue of this bill?
The bill makes supplier-liable to the right of
recourse, if any accident occurs.
What the controversial provisions?
Sect 17(b) and Rules 24 of the bill.
What is Sect. 17(b) and Sect. 46 of the bill?
This provisions makes the supplier liable to
damage.
What are the issues of Rules 24?
It limits the amount of the right of recourse.
It limits the time during which the right of
recourse is available to operators.
What should be the solution?
The issue should be resolved within four
corners of the law.
It should be in accordance with the law of
the land.
HIV/AIDS
What are the achievements in HIV
transmission?
HIV incidence declined by 50 percent
between 2000 and 2009.
ART reduces the likelihood of transmission
of HIV by a remarkable 96 percent.
Massive awareness campaign started all over
India.
What is required now?
A commitment from all parties including
government of attracted countries, donor
governments, civil society, faith-based
organizations, and the private sector.
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PROTECTING THE HIMALAYAS
What are the issues in Himalayan Eco-system?
Accelerated forest loss,
Soil erosion
Resource degradation
Loss of habitat and biodiversity
Climate change.
Problems to local communities.
What should be the goals to protect them?
Access to reliable and affordable energy
Food and water security.
Demarcation of connected conservation
spaces.
Sustainable use of biodiversity for poverty
alleviation.
What needs to be done to protect them?
Convene a meeting of climate summit for a
living Himalayas in Bhutan.
Evolved a consensus- based mitigation effort
primarily for the eastern part.
To build institutions for climate research and
study and share knowledge.
To harness traditional knowledge.
Get local communities to participate in
conservation programmes.
Join initiative with Pakistan, China and
Afghanistan.
UNFCCC must provide substantial funding
for research, capacity- building and
preservation.
MARS MISSION
What are the objectives of Mars Mission?
To find out the evidence of water.
How the Martian climate might have changed
over time.
To find out the possibilities for life on mars.
TURKEY-KURDISH
What are the initiatives to provide concession
to Kurdish in turkey?
A broad cast on Kurdish language in state
television.
A commitment for political talks to resolve
the issues.
THE CHALLENGES IN BANKING
What are the challenges before banking sector?
To maintain capital adequacy.
To put in place risk management systems that
would meet global standards.
NPA- related concerns.
What are the strength of our banks?
Sporting adequate reserves of capital and
liquidity.
Improvement in profitability and asset quality.
EGYPT
What are the issues after Mubarak departure?
SCAF refuses to postpone parliamentary
elections.
SCAF lost it public trust threw omission and
commission.
SCAF started trying civilians in military
courts.
Military regime not made any attempt to
reform the judiciary, the civil services and the
police.
PAKISTAN MILITARY
What are the issues in the context of strained
relations between Pak and Military?
The controversial issue of Memo gate .
Zardarils help attempt from us military after
attabad attack.
Misunderstanding bsetween military and Mr.
Haqqani.
A talk of an Army backed caretaker
government under Mr. Imran Khan.
CAG
What are the questions raised before CAG?
Has the CAG been summoned and
questioned as a witness by parliamentary
committees?
CAG offered voluntarily for a power point
presentation followed by question and
answers session.
Can the CAGs numbers and inferences be
questioned?
Yes, but with care, respect and
circumspection.
Was it right on the part of the CAG to
calculate a presumptive loss?
It is not possible to calculate precisely, but
can do an assumptions threw indirect method.
Were there internal differences within the
CAGs organization?
The CAG is the final authorities to take
decisions.
Did the chairman of the PAC telephone or
write to the CAGs office inquiring about the 2G
report?
There is hardly anything strange about
telephonic or other communication between
the two.
PAKISTAN-IMRAN KHAN
How Imran Khan get popularity.
Political vacuum and massive corruption.
Sympathy he got from pro-military websites.
Extreme liberal attitude.s
Why Pak could not able to consolidate?
The concept of two-nation theory.
Its strong association with Islam
DIVISION GAMES
What are the benefits of dividing UP?
More equitable development of a region.
Relieve pressure on Lucknow.
More effective decentralization from
administrative point of view.
brought about a more federal polity.
A more equitable sharing of power.
A LOW SCORE
What is the Indias position in HDR 2011?
India ranked 134/137 countries.
What are the destructive aspect of growth?
Razing of forests.
Indiscriminate mining
Drying of rivers.
The Massacre of Fauna.
A large public investment is needed in
education and health, sanitation.
Political will and decisive action can raise
capacity and incomes and make communities
more resilient.
IRANLS NUCLEAR PERIL
What are the points made by Iran to go ahead
with nuclear programme?
Peaceful use of nuclear energy
A signatory of NPT
Development in research and development.
What are the issues in nuclear policy?
USA, Israel sees it as a threat to their territorial
integrity.
Iran does not want the repeat of Iran and
Afghanistan.
Iran wants to control Iraq
Iran want to be the player in gulsf countries
by controlling strait of hormuz.
PLANNING FOR THE BILLIONS
What are the issues in front of 7 in
population?
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Migration to urban areas.
Settlement issues and infrastructure inadequacies.
Loss of Agricultural land in urban areas.
Growing land prices in urban areas and
development of slums.
Recycling urban properties to enhance population
densities.
Planning a balanced regional development.
Slum-free and equitable sharing of benefits.
Proving land for marginalized should be of top
priority.
CHANGES IN MYANMAR
What is the political movement going on?
Regimes decision to release 600 political prisoners.
Aung san 500 attempt to reconcile with
opposition parties.
The UP coming election in December.
SMALL SAVINGS
What are the objectives of Shyamala Gopi
Nath Committee?
To review the parameters of National small savings
Fund (NSSF) and the various small savings
schemes.
MNREG
What are the issues of this scheme?
Shortage of supply of farm workers because of
MNREG.
An upward pressure on wage rates in rural India.
Increased demand for protein based food items
leading to high inflation rates of food items.
What are the suggestion made by various
committees?
Suspending MNREGS during Agri-cultural seasons.
Creating productive assets
Reducing the expenditure on the scheme.
Problems concerning work wages and the funds
needed to expand and strengthen the scheme.
JAPANS NUCLEAR DILEMMA
What is the Japans strategic energy plan?
To slash fossil fuel imports.
Increase the efficiency of energy use in all sectors.
Boost the contribution from renewable energy and
nuclear power.
What are the change taken place after the
Fukushima incident?
Nuclear construction in consultation with local
communities.
Polices towards more incentives for renewable
energy technologies.
PAKISTAN-PEACE
What are the initiatives taken by Pakistan to
curb terrorism?
Closing terrorist camps in the federally
administered tribal areas.
Dismantling terrorist bases of operations in other
parts of the country.
Taking action when provided with intelligence
about high-level terrorist targets.
What is the present status of USA in Afghan?
Started talking with moderate Taliban.
Policy to pull back by end of 2014.
Pressurizing PAK and ISI to stop encouraging
terrorist groups.
AFTER NFN, THE NEXT STEPS
What are the developments happened
between India and Pak?
Pak decision to give NFN states to India.
Pak wanted to join Indias economic growth.
Pak would replace positive list for trade with
negative list.
What are the challenges before India?
India has to compete with Chinese products in Pak.
Operationalization of SAFTA .
Resolving the issue related to non-craft burnouses
against its exports.
Solutions for the contentious land crossing at
wagah.
What are the positive aspect on both the sides?
India backed Pak in UNSC.
Pak supported Kamlesh Sharma as the
Commonwealth sanitary- general for second
term.
Aversion of Indian helicopter crossing the Pak
border.
LEGAL AID
What are the reasons in providing legal aid
to poor?
Illiteracy.
Lack of financial resources and social
backwardness.
Lack of courage to exercise legal rights.
The proclivity to suffer silently the denial of rights.
Geographical and spatial barriers.
The Philosophy of legal aid should consist of?
Emphasis on the concept of equality of all human
beings.
Adopting universal principles of human rights.
Free legal aid to the poor and marginalized
members of the society.
What are the initiative taken to provide free
legal aid?
Enactment of Art 39-A of the constitution.
Establishment of National legal services Authority
(NALSA).
WOMEN & WAR
What are the problems faced by women
during war?
Vulnerable to sexual violence and exploitation.
Most susceptible to sexual transmitted diseases.
What should be done?
Make women effective in peace building and
mediatory roles.
Involve women in decision- making.
Empowerment of women.
Reduce the gender gab.
MYANMAR
What is the interest of India in Myanmar?
To reduce the influence of China.
To develop north east India.
To combat militants and insurgencies in the boarder
areas.
To protect Indias NRI.
What is the economic condition of Myanmar.
Impoverished millions of population.
Depends on foreign aid.
Poor political and infrastructure set UP.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE COMMON
WEALTH
Why India opposed Human right
commissioner?
It contradicts national sovereignty.
Gives opportunities for super powers to involve in
state issues.
To stop economic sanctions.
The moist and .. can be tackle only
with the local efforts.
F1 IN INDIA
What is the benefit of this sports?
F1 is a sport and a business.
To promote automotive sector in India and
globally.
What are the other issues?
Waste of money or this might be spent on
other sports.
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Inadequate compensation for the farmers who
gave land.
Only penetrated to rich and new Indian elite.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING
What are the issues in front of G20?
The growing economic uncertainty.
Market volatility.
Mounting inequality.
What is the stump ling point here?
A clear lack of trust among the countries to
unite and bring a global strategy.
What will be the agenda in Ri0+20?
A future of integrated solutions to interrelated
problems.
New initiatives on food and water security.
Innovative means of financing.
Need to focus on boosting smart long-term
investment.
INDIAS NUCLEAR DIPLOMACY?
What is mean by reciprocal commitments and
how was it met?
Separation of military and civilian nuclear
programmes.
Placing civilian facilities under IAIA.
Signing of an additional protocol.
Support to a number of non-proliferation and
disarmament initiatives at the global level.
What are the reasons that India was given
nuclear waiver?
Indias status as a responsible country with
advanced nuclear capabilities.
NSG and India are acting on the basis of
reciprocity.
What are the Indian expectations?
Special states in NSG should be reciprocal
commitments on both the sides.
Granted a special states knowing fulls well
that it is not signatory to NPT.
Why we are pursuing for nuclear co-
operation?
Access to the best international components
and equipments for the new reprocessing plant
it has committed to build.
KASHMIR AFSPA
Why Army RESISTS AFSPA repeal?
The situation along the LOC needs a robust
military presence.
To state counter terrorism operations in an
emergency.
AFSPA- free enclaves will be magnets for
terrorists.
The risks arising from Asia is water stress:
What are the reason for water crisis?
The fastest developing continent with largest
and most-populous one.
Consumption growth, as a consequence of
rising prosperity.
The role of irrigation in accentuating the Asian
water stress.
The fastest increasing demand from
Agriculture, industrial sector and urban
households.
Large scale-impoundment of water resources
through dams, bridges, reservoirs etc.
What is the way forward?
Invest more in institutionalized co-operation
on trans-boundary basin resources in order to
underpin strategic stability.
Protect continued economic growth.
Promote environmental sustainability.
Building political and technological
partnership to help stabilize inter-riparian
relations.
Encourage greater water efficiency.
Take on practicable conservation strategies.
Invest in clean-water technologies.
Strategic planning and management of water
resources.
IBSA
What are the common issues among the group
countries?
Institutional and financial reform
Global peace and stability.
Initiative to curb black money, terrorism.
What are the difference between them?
The commitment towards climate change.
Reform in UNSC
Still the group has to establish
A debate on adding more countries in the
group.
The commitment to abide to the basic
principles.
JUDICIARY
What are the things approved in vision
document?
A national mission to reduce pendency and
delays.
Enhance accountability through structural
changes.
Higher performance standards and capacity-
building.
What are the reason for judicial delay in the
past?
Lack of institutional capacities.
Inadequate funding
Want of a political will.
What are the initiatives taken as of now?
Finance commission granted Rs. 5000 crore
to improve judicial outcomes.
Gram Nyayalayas.
National litigation policy for PIL
To reduce arrears from 15 years to 3 years.
What is need of time?
A time-bound implementation in mission
mode by the functionaries.
Popular support to sustain momentum.
MANIPUR BLOCKADE
What are the demand made by SHDDC?
A separate district of sadar hill out of the
current senapati district.
Sadar hills is dominated demographically by
the Kukis.
Why Nagaris protesting this demand?
Naga wants to establish a greater territory.
Nagas dont want any bifurcation of the
territory.
WORLD BANK AND UNODC
What are the recommendation of WB and
UNODC reports?
To devote more resources to training
investigators in fighting financial crime, large
scale corruption, money laundering and
terrorist financing.
What is the solution for corporate corruption?
To bring corporate transparency both national
and international level.
AN OPENING WITH NEPAL
What are the Indias stand on Nepal?
India does not want the moist to take over
power structure.
India provides all kind of support for its peace
process.
Committed for review of friendship treaty.
ELIMINATING ENCEPHALITIS
What is the casual agent?
Culex mosquitoes.
What are the massive prevention campaigns?
Distributing insecticide- treated bed nets
Creating awareness on the need to keep pigs
away from habitations.
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Persuading people to avoid outdoor
movement when mosquito are more active.
What are the solutions available?
Need for massive investments in hygienic
housing, sanitation, supply of bed nets, vector
control, and behavior modification.
Need to inspire confidence in the community.
War footing action is needed to control its
spread.
SOUTH ASIAN REGIONALISM
What are the motivations behind the
regionalism?
Avoidance of horrors of war.
Recovering common legacy of culture and
languages.
Capitalism and economic benefit.
What are the special feature of south Asia?
Sheer size in terms of population.
Bordering of India with all neighbours.
Economic liberalization & deregulation.
Globalization and trade, investments and
remittances.
What are the issues of SAFTA?
Customs and standards harmonization.
Lowering of tariff and non-tariff barriers.
Reduction osf negative lists.
Lowering of tariff for LDCs.
Trade in service agreement.
What are the challenges in front of SAARC?
Inadequate empowerment of regional
institutions.
Absence of political understanding on
development related projects.
Population and size make for a vast market.
What are the problems affecting South Asian
Societies? Key issues of SAARCs Agenda:
Problems poverty alleviation.
Economic development
Employment generation
Education
Public health
Empowerment and protection of women and
children.
Energy.
What are the projects under SAARC
development fund?
Womens empowerment
Material and child health
E-governance
Zero energy storage for Agriculture
Improving the quality of education
Focusing on teachers training
What are the SAARC process?
To rectify the technical flaws of SAFTA
To establish a region wide trade facilitation
regime.
What are the barriers to trade?
Phyto-sanitary Measures.
Quality control measures.
Physical transit and transport infrastructure
Border controls, banking and investment
What are the issues under the consideration
of SAARC?
A draft regional mutual recognition agreement
on product certification.
A draft of multilateral agreement on
conformity Assessment activities.
To establish the South Asian Regional
standards organization.
What are the other issues of SAARC?
Trade in services
Infrastructure constraints
SAARC Food bank
Climate change
Development of culture of co-operative
thinking.
What are the benefits of market integration?
Improved market access to land locked
countries.
Geographical situations of sub-regions
Scope for vertical integration.
What are the drawbacks of market
integration?
Rapid growth may not take place in all
regions.
Lack of infrastructure.
The stark of poverty in the sub-regions
Regional vulnerabilities to climate change
and disaster.
GLOBALIZATION AND EURASIA
What are the issues that separates South Asia
from Eurasia?
Situation in Pakistan-Afghanistan
Lack of proper connectivity
What are the developments taken place in the
21
st
century?
The power of technology
Distance and geographical barrier no longer
keep the world divided into separate
geopolitical and culture spaces.
What needs to be done to connect both?
India-Pak should solve the issues in
Afghanistan.
Establishment of pipeline, transport and
power generation projects.
Acceptance of our land line by both Pakistan
and Afghanistan.
Dealing possible threats from South Asian
from terrorism.
Creation of local employment and promotion
of regional economic development
Maintaining a strategic equilibrium between
Pak-China-India.
INDIAS LOOK EAST POLICY
What are the objectives of LEP?
To pursue strategic and economic relations
with Indias neighbours and near neighbours
in Asia.
What are the platform to pursue LEP?
BINSTEC
MGC (Mekong-Ganga-Co-Operation)
What are the milestone as of now?
A full dialogue partnership with ASEAN
India-ASEAN summit mechanism
Founder membership in the EAS
FTA in goods.
What are the challenges ahead of Indian
diplomacy?
Lack of transit and transport facility
Reopening of Stilwell road.
Indian entry point in Bangladesh and
Myanmar.
Developing North East India.
The acute need for co-ordination and
syndronization between domestic efforts and
external initiatives.
Terms of connectivity and infrastructure
LOOK EAST POLICY (LEP)
What is the fundamental goal of LEP?
To qualitatively enhance synergies and
civilization in East and South East Asian
region.
What comprises East?
Part of South Asia, South East Asia and East
Asia.
Indias New for east comprising island
nation-states in the pacific, with Fiji being
their hub and dominant power.
How Look east policy emerged?
The end of cold war and demise of USSR
Emergence of unipolar world.
Rapid integration of Indian economy with
global economy.
Expansion of potential Indias trade and
investment with the dynamic Asian region.
Slow progress in regional integration of South
Asia through SAARC.
The need to balance Chinas rapid rise.
What are the common issues between India
and Asian?
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UN reforms
Global economic crisis
Small and medium enterprise
Science and technology.
Climate change
Maritime security
Future of community-building in Asia
Issues of national concern such as terrorism
What are the issues regarding revamping look
east policy?
Increase the involvement of businesses in
eastern India.
Measure to connect NE with rest of India and
South Asia.
Giving more importance to Myanmar and
Bangladesh.
Identifying the shortcomings and bottlenecks
in sub-Asian level institutions.
Focused Attention at administrative as well
as entrepreneurial levels.
Not just look east, but need to engage east
Asia.
CONFLICT AND CO-OPERATION IN SOUTH
ASIA
What are the rapid changing situations in
South Asia?
Shifting power balance
The impact of globalization
The transformation brought by ICT
The rise of international terrorism
Challenge of climate change.
What are the issues of Pakistan?
Islamic fundamentalism
A complex tribal ethnic strife in is border with
Afghanistan.
Adverse impact of unresolved problems in
Afghanistan.
State sponsorship through ISI of terrorist
organizations.
What are the objectives of SAARC?
To improve the qualities of life through
accelerated growth.
To promote the weltered of the people of
south Asia.
To promote and strengthen collective self-
reliance.
To enhance co-operation among member
states in international forums of common
interest.
What are the agreement in SAARC?
SAARC Agreement on trade in Services
SAARC food bank
SAARC convention on Environment
What is the remedy to the present situation
in South Asia?
To give more attention in solving Pak issues
High lend political contact among the
member states.
Close touch of senior officials in UNSC and
G20 meeting
Greater attention to expand business linkages
and investment flows.
Need for Academic to study and analyze the
changes and challenges in the region.
LOOK EAST POLICY
What are the advantage to India?
Geographical connectivity and abundant
resource in North East.
A more opportunities for investment and trade
in Eastern India.
Encourages cultural co-operation
Reduces the influence of extra-regional power
such as US and China.
Builds a security architecture and promotes
military and strategic co-operation.
CONCERNS & CHALLENGES IN INDIAS
NEIGHBORHOOD
How Chinas activities affect India?
Maritime presence in Indian ocean
Support to Pak Nuclear establishment
Helping Srilanka by civilian and military
support.
Water issues of Brahma Putra river.
Assertion of Aksai Chin and Arunachal
Pradesh.
Over engaging in the Indian neighbor
countries.
Opposition to Indias participation in EAS,
ASEM.
What are the common issues between India
and China?
Global warming
Doha round of the WTO
What are the common interest of China?
Declaring entire South China season area of
come interest.
Reorganization of Western pacific and the
Indian ocean as Chinas sphere of influence.
No US military exercise in the yellow sea
region.
What India needs to do to tackle Chinese
aggression?
Rapid modernization of its armed forces
Improvement of communications along its
borders with China.
Development of Indias nuclear and missile
capabilities.
Building security architecture with Japan,
South Korea, etc.
What are the areas covered in composite
dialogue process?
Peace and security
Confidence building measures
Economic and commercial co-operation
Terrorism and drug smuggling
Cultural ties.
People to people contacts.
To address the issues of Jammu and Kashmir,
Siachen, Sir creek and construction of wullar
barrage in Jammu and Kashmir
The cease fine along the LOC and
International border with J&K.
Establishment of more secure communication
links between the Directors General of
Military operations.
A direct hot line between foreign Secretaries
of India.
What President Musharrat proposed for the
issue of J&K?
J&K should be divided into 7 regions.
A process of demilitarization in identified
regions.
There should be self-governance in J&K
India and Pakistan should agree for Joint
Management of the State.
What are the points made by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh?
Borders can be made in-relevant
People both side able to more freely and trade
with each other.
Workout co-operative and consultative
mechanisms in solving problems of social and
economic development of the region.
What are the issues faced by PAK?
Internal radicalization
Straining relationship with USA
The incident of memo gate
The radical groups in Afghanistan.
INDIA AND NUCLEAR ORDER
Why India and ahead with nuclear test?
Chinese aggression
Clandestine nuclear programme of Pakistan.
To show Indias nuclear weapon state.
What India gets from 2008 nuclear waiver?
Stock pile of uranium for reactors
Advanced technologies & equipment
To meet the energy requirement of emerging
India.
To gain the status of world power.
To reduce the pressure from China
What are the implications for other countries?
The nuclear co-operation seen by China as a
diplomatic defeat.
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Pakistan did not like the closeness of Indo-us
relations.
CHALLENGERS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
What are the Indias national interest in
Foreign Policy?
Economic, Political, commercial and security.
Projects the priorities, power, influces in a
globalization world.
What is globalization?
Countries, companies, people, ideas and
innovation intersect with other countries,
companies, ideas and people.
What is global governance?
The network of rules, guidelines, treaties and
conventions in areas as diverse as labour
standards, non-prolitiration on of nuclear,
weapons, international humanitarian law,
human rights, international trade and finance.
What are the changes taken place in the last
decades?
India, Brazil and China started to grow and
to grow rapidly and strongly.
This countries strength was based on their
economic performance.
This 601
st
military strength and political
influence and the size of their markets.
What are the agenda of G-20?
Reform of Financial institutions.
Climate change
Food security
Issue of terrorism
International trade
The issue of nuclear proliferation
What are the challenges to India?
India still remains a developing country.
Socio-economic problems.
Constraints of democratic decision making
Joint co-ordination in policy, implementation
and negations.
PROSPECTS OF INDIA BECOMING A GLOBAL
POWER
What are the strengths of India?
Worlds seventh largest landmass
Second largest population
Fourth largest economy in PPP terms,
Third largest Army.
Unity in diversity of language, race, religion,
etc.
Universal recognition of India largest
democracy with 15
th
general election.
What are the challenges?
Massive poverty and illiteracy
17% of wounds population
Serious adverse land-man ration
27% population under BPL
46% of our children suffer from malnutrition.
Lack of basic sanitation facility and high IMR.
Poor educational system.
What are the potential of India?
More youthful population than China
Become third largest economy by 2025
Massive investment on infrastructure
What kind of super power India will have by
2025?
Lifting millions of people out of poverty
Embracing pluralism, a free press and a
vibrant, multi-party democracy.
Inclusive economic growth
Rapid decline of wide-spread corruption
Worlds most-connected and IT saving
societies.
Worlds most entrepreneurial societies.
What are the Indias projection?
Third world leader at international
conferences.
A potential economic super power.
A political counter weight to China
A probable permanent member of the UN
security council.
Growing strength of Indias knowledge based
industry.
Extraordinary role played by Indian Industrial
houses threw foreign acquisitions.
What are the key areas of strategic concern?
Civilian nuclear technology
Dual-use high technology
Space research
Ballistic missile defense.
A robust military capability for defending the
countrys extensive land and maritime
boundaries.
INDIA-US-CHINA
What needs to be done to strengthen the
relations?
All of them should build trust
Transparent agreements need to be put in
All must see as a co-operative architecture.
Countries should not align and confront one
against other.
THE RISE OF CHINA
What are the implications?
Increasing military might
Trade surplus with most of the countries.
Increasing Chinese investment
Covering essential raw materials specialty oil
and natural gas.
How USA is going to tackle rising China?
Maintaining a balance of power
Some speak about G-2.
How India should deal China?
Indias military power must be superior
Build capabilities to tackle cyber warfare,
space warfare and submarines & missiles.
Close water on string of pearls
To intensify its link with the USA
Peace, tranquility and CBM should be
strengthened.
More engagement in RIC, BRIC, etc.
What will influence the Chinas external
behavior?
Its economic growth
Behaviour of other states
Outcome of the internal debate
INDIA-UNSC PERMANENT SEAT?
Why there is stumbling block is on reform?
Will undermine the efficiency, integrity and
credibility
Coffee club and uniting for consensus
opposed any expansion
Non co-operation among the second tier
nations.
US sees it a dilution to its decision making.
Why there is a need for change/reform?
To represent the world political structure after
66 years.
To reduce the influence of super power.
To make it more democratic institution.
Why India claims permanent seat in the
council?
1/6
th
humanity is in Indian land
4
th
largest economy in PPP
Biggest contribution peace keeping
operations.
Responsible nuclear power.
A leader of third world countries
Leader in South Asia
An emerging global power.
Non-violence, peaceful, unity in diversity
concept adoption.
INDIA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS
What are the two important milestones?
40
th
anniversary of freedom and independence
by Bangaldesh
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150
th
anniversary of Nobal Laureate
Rabindranath Tagore.
What are the positive aspect in bilateral
relations?
Regional inter-linkage and connectivity
Framework agreement for co-operation on
development
Resolving all outstanding land boundary
issues.
Power transmission
Management of common rivers road, rail and
water transportation.
Free access to the textiles from Bangladesh
Become a more investment friendly
destination
Emerged as an alternative manufacturing hub
in the Asian region.
New integrated check post established.
Establishment of 1320 MW power plant in
Khulna completed.
Bangladesh authorities tackled insurgency and
terrorism.
60 YEARS OF INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS?
What are the similarities between two
countries?
Most populous countries
30
th
are developing countries
Two fastest growing economies
Significance in tackling serious financial and
economic crisis.
What are the irritations between the two
countries?
Chinas all weather relationships with
Pakistan.
The issue of stapled visas
Undertaking of projects in Pak
The issue of Dalailama
Problems created for the visit of the Northern
Army command delegations to China.
Constant restatement of Chinas border
claims.
Unwillingness to support Indias quest for
permanent membership.
Contesting Indias right to undertake
commercial projects in the South China sea.
How India-China relation can be improved?
A partnership based on mutual respect and
sensitivity for each others concerns.
Equality based relationship.
Solving boundary disputes in a fair, reasonable
and mutually acceptable manner
Broadens deepen defense exchanges
Expansion of India-China economic co-
operation.
The solving the issue of water resources.
INDO-PAK RELATIONS
What are the issues between India and
Pakistan?
The issue of Jammu & Kashmir
The concept of nation building
The role of super power
The Islamic Fundamentality and the spread of
terrorism.
How Pak is in troubled water?
The military establishment is fragile
The democratic government did not have the
support of people.
Continued support to terrorist agencies.
How India sees Pakistan?
India want a friendly, stable and peaceful
neighbourhood.
Looking for greater economic co-operation
Terrorism, boundary issues must be solved
bilaterally.
Hot line between both Ministries.
ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN INDIAS FOREIGN
RELATIONS
How technology helped in the Past?
Discovers of Agriculture
Use of composite bow by Mongols on horse
back
Cannons used by Babur in the battle of
Panipat.
Use of atomic bomb for the immediate
surrender of Japan.
What requires in the pursuit of technology?
Innovation and improvisation
The ability to question conventional
assumptions and beliefs.
Moving ahead of uncharted areas.
What are the principles of Indias foreign
relation?
Peaceful co-existence
Constrictive collaboration with all countries.
Removal of poverty by indigenous economic,
scientific, technological development.
What all are the arms control negotiations?
NPT
Nuclear Test Bun treaties
Chemical and biological weapons.
What should be the main thrust of our policy
in nuclear arena?
To continue to develop our nuclear
programme
Reject the NPT as an unequal and unbalanced
treaty.
To call for total abolition of nuclear weapons.
Support CBM such as ban on first use of
nuclear weapons.
Measures to reduce false alerts and alarms, etc.
The areas covered by civil nuclear co-
operations are?
Facilitating civil nuclear commerce
Import uranium fuel for its civilian enactors.
Nuclear sector remain with government
What is MTCR?
To curb the spread of unmarried delivery
systems for nuclear weapons.
What is wassenaar Arrangement?
A multilateral technology export control
regime with 40 participating states.
What is chemical weapons convention?
Outlaws the production, stockpiling and use
of chemical weapons.
The prohibition of use and production of
chemical weapons.
The destruction of all chemical weapons.
Systematic evaluation of chemical and
mellitus plants.
What is convention on Biological diversity?
Agreement covers all ecosystems, species, and
genetic resources.
Fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising
from the use of genetic resources especially
for commercial use.
Highlights the precaution us principle that
where there is a threat of significant reduction
or loss of biodiversity.
INDO-PAK RELATIONS
What is track 2 diplomacy?
Civil Society activists, academics, politicians,
corporate business representatives and persons
well versed in the conduct of international
relations play a increasingly important role in
influencing and molding the foreign and
security policies of nations.
What pugwash report recommended for J&K?
Give a human dimension to Kashmir
problems.
Political dialogue at all levels.
Genuine social and economic reforms
Stressed the need for intra-kashmir dialogue.
A process of reconciliation within both sides
of Jammu & Kashmir and across the line of
control.
What are the possible solution for
normalizing relations across Loc?
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Bus services to link different part of the state.
Developing and opening multiple and routes.
Border markets and meeting points across Loc
Trade in goods & services across Loc.
A solution to Kashmir water problems.
The dialogue process welcomes the following?
Reduction of security forces in J&K
Continuation of the process of normalization
Necessary basic political freedoms
Maintaining a cease fire within a state.
What are the conclusion arrived between
Musharraf & Manmohan Singh?
Self-governance to J&K
Demilitarization
Joint management of the state
Irrevocable end to terrorism
Ultimate solution to make Loc irrelevant
What is the stand of Pak military?
Forcing civil an government to adopt a hard
line
A recalcitrant posture towards India
Keeping options open for terrorist strikes on
Indian soil.
Curbing the Indian interest in Afghanistan
What is the situation in Baltistan?
Suffers from extreme poverty and neglect
Enormous deficiency in basic literacy
Acess to healthcare are inadequate
Lack of democratic structure
Major deficiencies in the rule of law and
justice.
INDO-AFRICAN RELATIONS
What shift Africa encountered in the recent
years?
Violence conflicts are coming to an end
Establishment of peace and stability
Military coups and counter-coups are thing of
the past
Multi-party democracy has started
Regular elections become a common feature
Governance and transparency issues are being
addressed in a serious manner.
What are the similar agenda on both the
sides?
Reforming united nations
Expansion of the security council
Takes on climate change
Doha round of multilateral trade negotiations.
What are the success steps?
Africa forum summit, 2008
Joint action plan at continental lend
Pan-African e-network project
Defense, corporate sector plays a vital role.
What is the way forward to improve the
relations?
Indias participation in manufacturing hub of
Africa
Increased FDI from India
Role of Academics and universities
Medials role in general awareness
Speedy implementation of the identified
projects
Promising area of Agriculture needs a new
focus and sustained action.
INDO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
What are the defense co-operation?
So 30 MKI, MIG 21 BIS upgrade programme
Collaboration projects on frigates
Equiping submarines with modern missiles
Acquisition of T-90 tanks
Brahmos supersonic cruise missile
1000 MW Nuclear power reactors at Kudan
Kulam
What are the challenging issues?
Complex VISA problems for business
community
Lower economic trade
Tariff and non-tariff issues
Delay in delivery and equipments transfer.
What are the area of co-operation?
Multi-power world emergence
UNSC reform
Increasing economic co-operation
High and technological co-operation
Cultural relation and its improvement
INDIA-WEST ASIA
What is the situation/Condition of West Asia?
A quest for democracy in all over the place
End of us war on terror
The increasing role of media and fight for
governance
Proliferation of nuclear materials in the region
Continued fight between shias and sunnis
India and chinds hungry for energy security
from this region.
What India can achieve in this region?
Promotion of democracy
Aid and training for the institutions building
Focused attention on development
Security energy co-operation
Promotion of peace and stability
What are the constraint issues?
The continued rule of USA in the region
Nuclear enrichment programme of Iran
Quest for separate state by Palestine
Crack down of people by military in Syria &
Yeman.
Conduct of election in Egypt, Tunisia, and
Arbya
Escalating tension between USA and Iran.
What looks ahead for India?
Indias Economic performance at tracts
markets of West Asia
India always support for secular, democratic
and plural societies.
Goal is to secure the Gulf with good relations
with Saudi Arabia, Iran & Israel.
Holding high esteem for minorities in the
region.
INDIA AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE
What are the Indias stand on GHG reduction?
Differential responsibilities with respect to
different capacities.
A commitment to reduce 20-25 years of GHG
by 2020.
Promotion of renewable energy
Abiding the principle of percept reduction.
Continued struggle for historical perspective.
What are the reasons for GHG emission?
Industrial revolution
Unmindful consumption
Defenestration
Faulty Agricultural practices
What are the mans attempt to stop GHG
reduction?
UNFCCC (17 confederacy of parties)
Kyoto protocol Agreement
Bali Action Plan.
Copenhagen summit
Cancun conference
Durban platform for climate action &
negotiation.
How GHG emission will be reduced?
Technology transfer to LDC and developing
countries
Use of renewable source of energy
Support for A forestation
Capture of CO2 and stared in ocean, forest,
etc.
INDO-JAPAN
What are the challenges before Japan?
Post-Fukushima issues of nuclear energy
Political instability and economic integration
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Increasing Chineses economic growth
military power & political assertiveness
Safety of sea lines of communications
Piracy of the Horn of Africa.
What are the bilateral co-operation between
India and Japan?
Indo-Japan Dislodge on maritime security co-
operation.
G-to-G, B-to-B exchanges.
Comprehensive economic co-operation
Why India is interested in Japan?
Rising China
Economic co-operation, trade and investment
Nuclear technology
Aid and technology transfer.
MEDIA
What are the controversial issues?
The paid news issue
Poor progressive and social responsible role.
90% concentration on environment
Delivery poor information into the public
What are the solutions to make media
accountable?
Bringing up of electronic media under press
council of India
Code of ethics for Journalist
Giving more power to regulatory authorities.
INDIAN OCEAN REALM
What are the challenges in this region?s
Sustainable fisheries management
Science co-operation on climate change, Food
security and ocean science
Disaster management
Maritime safety and security
Trade facilitation
Resources and energy security
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