Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Tribals (IV) | Focus – Mains

Immediately after independence, the Government of India followed a policy of integrating the Naga areas with the state of Assam and India as a whole.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Tribals (III) | Focus – Mains

Nehru’s policies were implemented best of all in the North-East Frontier Agency or NEFA, which was created in 1948 out of the border areas of Assam. NEFA was established as a Union Territory outside the jurisdiction of Assam and placed under a special administration.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Tribals (II) | Focus – Mains

In spite of the constitutional safeguards and the efforts of the central and state governments, the tribals’ progress and welfare has been very slow, and even dismal.

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Editorial Simplified: How Not to Choose Among Allies | GS – III

If the U.S. presses on with sanctions, it would be a marked failure of Indian diplomacy. And if the waiver does come through, as is indicated, it will be no victory, but signify an abject submission to the sanctions themselves.

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Editorial Simplified: Not So Easy Business | GS – III

This is the second year that India has seen a massive jump in "doing business" ranking. This year the jump in the ranking has been from 100 to 77. In two years, therefore, India’s position has improved from 130 to 77.

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