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INDIA-POLITICS-INDEPENDENCE DAY
Indian Muslim residents fly kites from their rooftops to celebrate the country's Independence Day in the old quarters of New Delhi on August 15, 2014. India's new right-wing premier Narendra Modi announced August 15, 2014 an end to Soviet-style economic planning in an Independence Day speech as he pressed ahead with overhauling cumbersome government policymaking. Modi said he was scrapping the Planning Commission -- a relic of socialist policies put in place by India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who was impressed by the former Soviet Union's centralised planning and five-year economic blueprints. The commission, set up in 1950 to set economic growth and social development targets, was relevant for India in its immediate post-independence days, said Modi, who took office in May after a landslide election win by his Bharatiya Janata Party. India celebrates its independence from Britain on August 15 anually with great pomp, with parades and local celebrations taking place across the country. AFP PHOTO/Chandan Khanna
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New Delhi, INDIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Chandan Khanna |
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15 August 2014 |
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