Dalits and nutrition: Where is the catch up?
The performance of nutrition indicators amongst Dalits is improving, it is nowhere near the catch-up pace
Zero hour
Caste discrimination at work place, says ILO report
Miles to go
We need our slaves
India tops the list of countries with huge numbers of modern slaves. But there is little outrage or concern here over what is an everyday reality
Naxalism works
Injustice gets nastier
Long road to justice
The new land acquisition bill promises much but has little to ensure delivery
Grants unutilised
From the blurbs
Life beyond the pale
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Local politics
Book>>Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Self Governance edited by B S Baviskar and George Mathew Sage Publications, Delhi 2009 Rs 750
The right to develop
A UNDP report links democracy with a better human development scenario
BPL: a difficult line to draw
In short
The Dalit experts
Multimedia Publication >> Affirming Life and Diversity Rural Images and Voices on Food Sovereignty in South India 60 pages (book/report) + …
Debating delivery
How effective have been the interventions by government and donor agencies in water management?
New index for measuring backwardness of states soon
Composite development index to include criteria such as health and literacy, which are not included in the present backwardness indicators
Andhra in a fix over quota
Cancels local body polls as court says reservation can’t exceed 50%
Plans for Andhra's scheduled castes, tribes remain on paper
No vision, no planning, no adequate allocation and utilisation of funds, says Cabinet panel report still under wraps
Forest rights and wrongs in Sonbhadra
Forcible eviction of tribals in Sonbhadra exposes forest rights faultlines
Who are the poor?
Identifying the poor and measuring the poverty is a contentious issue. Poverty line is not a sacred line. At best, it indicates how far the …
GDP ignores cost to the environment
Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed?
Poverty level will increase if health expenditure included
Planning Commission factors in less than one rupee a day as health expenditure in its affidavit to the apex court
Planning Commission's poverty estimates do not reflect ground reality