This report follows up on the World Bank Group

This is the first Human Development Report of Andhra Pradesh.
The state has several unique features-development of participatory institutions, innovative poverty alleviation
programs, spectacular demographic transition, pursuit of

The model of the social and ecological market economy can provide a perspective from which to approach the many unresolved questions in the region, and, after many discussions with the partners in government agencies and the private sector, have come to believe that Asian perceptions of the state, the economy, and social values potentially match the concepts of the social and ecological market eco

Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Ravishankar Prasad on Tuesday said that a massive scandal appears to be brewing in the reckless approval of special economic zones (SEZs). Mr Prasad said SEZs were giving realtors a chance to grab prime land. The SEZs are degenerating into land grab, he said.

Facing widespread criticism from the Opposition as well as the supporting Left parties on the SEZ issue, the government today clarified that it was open to reviewing the Special Economic Zone Act once the number of SEZs in the country crossed the figure of 100. The government also ruled out FDI in retail sector, an area that has come under flak from traders and political parties. It added that it would not subscribe to any agreement on WTO unless "India got what it wanted on special products' and farmers and interest of economically vulnerable countries were safeguarded.

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Government must firefight growing threat of inflation Few will dispute Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that inflation ought not to be politicised. The figures released on Friday

New Delhi: A high-powered committee set up by the Planning Commission has said that people's discontent and failure of the system has led to the growth of Naxalism.

Mahishadal: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today asked the gathering at a rally here if they wanted a shipyard in the region. The answer, from the largely CPM audience, was "yes'. "If the factory comes up, thousands from the region will get jobs. You tell me, do you not want the factory?' the chief minister asked. A Trinamul-led committee has been formed here to resist the acquisition of around 500 acres for the shipyard, to be built by an Apeejay Group-Bharti Shipyard joint venture. None of the CPM's Left Front partners attended the meeting.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's lot is to prove his mettle and make a case for a balance between wise economics and sensitive governance. Last week, Parliament got down to debating inflation, particularly the back-breaking rise in the prices of food commodities. It was a serious occasion. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar spoke for the government; both put in competent performances and pretty much answered

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