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TATA Statistical Outline of India 2012-2013 (with Internet
Access for Update). By Tata
Services Ltd., 37th edition, December 2012. This unique and handy
pocket-book on Indian statistics delivers a range of statistical tables on
various sectors of Indian economy, industry, business, trade, sociology,
and other paramenters. This bestselling publication derives data from
various official sources, including the Census of India. Rs.550
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Mid-Year Economic Analysis 2012-13. By Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India, 2013.
Outcome of the review of the trends in receipts and expenditure in relation
to the budget at the end of the second quarter of the financial year
2012-13 and statement explaining deviations in meeting the obligations of
the Government under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act,
2003. Rs.350
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National Accounts Statistics 2012. By Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Govt.
of India, 2012. This annual publication presents the estimates of national
domestic product, consolidated accounts of the nation, private final
consumption expenditure, savings, capital formation, and public sector
transactions. Rs.900
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GUJARAT - Governance for Growth and Development. By Bibek Debroy, 2012. This book isn't about
Gujarat's growth alone. It is about development too. It isn't just about
vibrant industry. It is also about the perceptible improvement in social
sectors, especially noticeable after 2007. It is a story of education and
health, water, electricity and roads. It is a story of how these benefits
have trickled down and how deprived segments have been main-streamed. That
Gujarat model, so to speak, has implications for other States too, since it
is about governance, efficient public expenditure, decentralization and
participatory planning. The focus of this book, deliberately not written in
an academic style, is to draw attention to that development template. While
there can be disagreement about what the Gujarat model represents, and what
it does not, and about what made the Gujarat model work, before any debate,
there ought to be a statement of the facts. That's what this book sets out
to do. Rs.795
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The Global Social Crisis - Report on the World Social
Situation. By The United
Nations, 2012. This Report points to the rapid rise in unemployment and
vulnerability, especially in developing countries without comprehensive
social protection in the wake of the global economic crisis. Tens of
millions more people fell into, or were trapped in, extreme poverty because
of the global crisis, while the number of people living in hunger in the
world rose to over a billion in 2009, the highest on record. The global
economic downturn has had wide-ranging negative social outcomes and set
back progress towards achieving the internationally agreed development
goals, including the Millennium Development Goals. Given the fragility of
the economic recovery and uneven progress in major economies, social
conditions are only expected to recover slowly. The increased levels of poverty,
hunger and unemployment will continue to affect billions for years to come.
The Report strongly underscores important lessons from national responses
to the global crisis, the importance of inclusive social policies and the
need for universal social protection. A key conclusion is that countries
need to be able to pursue countercyclical policies in a consistent manner. Rs.595
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Perspectives on WATER - Constructing Alternative Narratives. By Lydis Powell & Sonali Mittra (Eds.),
2012. We human beings like to make sense of the worls by constructing
narrative to explain and interpret events to ourselves and to others. In
the last decade, we have constructed many narratives on the growth
imbalance between freshwater supply, consumption and population. Yet the
ecological, social and economic benefits that freshwater systems provide
and the trade-off between consumptive and on-stream benefits remain
contested. The collection of narratives in this volume, which go deeper
into the issue from both a developed and developing country perspective,
call for a global perspective on sustainable use of water with an exclusive
emphasis on better management of shared river basins and individual
watersheds. Rs.795
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New Oxford Style Manual - The World's Most Trusted
Reference Books. By Oxford
University Press (OUP), 2012. This Manual is the essential handbook for all
writers and editors. It brings together two essential reference works in a
single volume - "New Hart's Rules", Oxford's definite guide to
style, consists of 20 chapters and gives authoritative and expert advice on
how to prepare copy for publication. The other book, "New Oxford
Dictionary for Writers and Editors" which features 25,000 A-Z entries
giving authoritative advice on those words and names which raise questions
time and time again because of spelling, capitalization, hyphenation, or
cultural and historical context. The dictionary also includes superb
appendices for quick reference including proofreading marks, countries and
currencies, and alphabets. Rs.1100
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Don't Break After Break-Up: Let Life Begin Again!!!. By Swarana Kanta Sharma (Addl. District Judge),
2nd edition, 2012. This is a book to help women who have decided to remain
single or have been forced to undergo a break-up of a marriage or relation.
It discusses in simple manner - * Law for you * Divorce * Singlehood *
Separation * Violent Marriage * Litigation * Compromise. Rs.250
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The Other Senses - An Inspiring True Story of A Visually
Impaired Woman and Her Road to Success. By Preeti Monga, 2012. Preeti was barely six
years old when doctors diagnosed her deteriorating vision as a condition
due to optic atrophy. Those were difficult days but with the support and
encouragement of her parents she learnt to get the best out of her
disability. She looked for possibilities, focused on every positive she
could dream of, always playing her best shot at facing challenges and
failures with dignity and without shame. Sprinkled liberally with failures
and obstacles, her story is a journey through a fairly difficult life with
lots of courage and neversaydie attitude. In her memoirs she shares all the
fun she had living life queen size and on her own terms. For she firmly
believes, When life gets cloudy, the trick is to look at the silver lining.
Today she is a successful entrepreneur and runs "Silver Lining HR
Solutions Pvt. Ltd." besides one-to-one counselling. Rs.250
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