عنوان درس: اعتراض ها به قیمت سوخت در هند

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The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is calling it a moral duty. He's advised his government ministries to cut costs with the savings going to help the poor. The plan is to cut spending by as much as 1.4 billion dollars. The austerity measures include trimming back on overseas trips by bureaucrats, and a ban on meetings and conferences at five star hotels.

The belt tightening comes as India's government was criticised by voters and opposition parties for raising the price of fuel more than was expected earlier in the week. Angry consumers have taken to the streets in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. Indian TV channels are reporting that protests have also broken out in Tamil Nadu and Indore.

Acknowledging that the fuel price rise was a deeply unpopular move, Indian officials are hoping the austerity measures will signal to voters that the government is doing its part too. The country's governing coalition party faces a number of elections this year and a national one before May next year. Whether India's voters are convinced that the government is sincere will likely be reflected in the polling booth.

Karishma Vaswani, BBC, Mumbai

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a moral duty
یک وظیفه اخلاقی

The austerity measures
صرفه جویی ها، تدابیر ریاضتی

trimming back on overseas trips
کمتر سفرهای خارجی کنند یا در سفرهای خارجی پول کمتری خرج کنند

The belt tightening
در اینجا: صرفه جویی کردن، پس انداز کردن

taken to the streets
به خیابان ها ریختند، به خیابان ها آمدند

broken out in
در.....در گرفت، در... اتفاق افتاد

a deeply unpopular move
اقدامی که مردم شدیدا با آن مخالفند

doing its part
سعی خودش را می کند، به سهم خود کمکش را می کند

in the polling booth
در اتاقک رأی گیری