A passion for imports

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The demand for foreign goods among members of the large Indian middle class is rising. Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's economic liberalization program is expected to open India to foreign goods. Foreign goods have been banned from entering the country after India's independence in 1946. Supporters of economic liberalization say that the banning of imported goods contributed to the substandard quality of Indian-made products. The rightwing group Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh is the most active campaigner against economic liberalization.

International trade, Imports

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Sitting pretty: sociologist's unique toilet museum helps flush away poor sanitation

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Sociologist and activist Bindeshwar Pathak's International Museum of Toilets promotes his goal of toilet facilities for all 900 million of India's people. Currently 70% of those in urban areas and 97% in rural ones lack any sanitary facilities, despite his Sulabh Movement's work. Since 1970 its 35,000 volunteers have installed 700,000 private pour-flush toilets and 3,000 public ones, which charge men 1 rupee. It also has established 61 plants to convert night-soil gathered from public streets into biogas cooking fuel.

Research, Museums, Art museums, Toilets, Public restrooms, Pathak, Bindeshwar

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End of the line: Calcutta's trams are headed for extinction

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The trams plying the streets of Calcutta, India, are soon to become relics ofthe past when the marxist-led local government decided to stop the operations of the Calcutta Tramways Co. Although other urban areas around the world are investing in tramways as a non-polluting mass transit system, the Calcutta government opted to scrap its tram operations which was lost 120 million rupeesin 1991. Calcutta's trams have provided transportation for the city for over a century.

Management, Transportation, Light rail transit, Calcutta, India, Calcutta Tramways Co.

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