Illogical formula
Lopsided drug trial compensation plan marginalises the unemployed and homemakers
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‘Forests can’t survive without communities’
Nepal’s Forest Act of 1993, which allows communities to manage their forests, is admired and emulated by governments and movements …
Grains of doubt
Rural affairs ministry rejects wage payment in kind under rural job scheme
The great divide
New poverty estimate soon
But will it reflect true level of poverty in the country?
Budget through the years post liberalisation
Run up to Budget 2012-13
Difficult to digest
After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian?
‘Rethink economics of poverty’
Want poor families in north India to immunise their children? Offer the parents a small bag of lentils as an incentive and vaccination rates …
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Lobbying begins
Just before mining bill is tabled in Parliament, industry calls profit-sharing a burden. Government is unsure