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Displacement in the time of development
At a time when hundreds of proposed Special Economic Zones are likely to displace millions more, the ministry of rural development has come up with a toothless draft National Rehabilitation Policy 2006 which only carries forward the weaknesses of earlier drafts More... Towards a dollar democracy?Nandan Nilekani recently said that a city like Bangalore that contributes 60% of a state's GDP should have more than 7% of the state assembly seats. Nilekani and others are in effect arguing for a dollar democracy, where one rupee will count for one vote, rather than one person More... The Nobel for an ideaThe Nobel Peace Prize for Mohammed Yunus of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh affirms the transformative potential of people's entrepreneurship and voluntary initiatives -- beyond the State and market - to alleviate poverty and advance human rights and social development More... A bottom-up approach to sanitationSouth Asia has 900 million people without sanitation. The problem, as the success of recent total-sanitation community projects have demonstrated, is not a lack of funds but a lack of conviction amongst people that they need sanitation, and that they can meet those needs themselves More... The new environment clearance shopping mallThe new notification for environment impact assessments displays the environment ministry's enthusiasm to compromise with industry, not regulate it More... What's illegal about sex work?Legalisation and decriminalisation are the two standard approaches to sex work in India. The third approach - of sex work as a human right - has been advocated by sex workers themselves over the last decade, as they negotiate with the state to recognise and guarantee their right to full and equal citizenshi More... Sweden's green agendaNinety-five per cent of all Swedes believe it is important to do something about climate change; two out of every three think it is very important. Sixty Stockholm families have embarked on a novel experiment related to 'smart consumption' More... A bargain-basement knowledge 'mandi'The new US-India Knowledge Initiative on Agriculture will re-examine and overhaul existing curricula in agricultural education institutions in India. It will also leave Indian agriculture open to the interests of the world's largest food and agri-business corporations, says Rahul Goswami More... Are micro-finance institutions exploiting the poor?The high interest rates and forced loan recovery practices of micro-finance institutions have been held responsible for the suicide of several farmers in Andhra Pradesh. It is evident that poverty makes good business sense to MFIs, writes Sudhirendar Sharma More... National Environment Policy 2006: Economics over environmentThe final version of the National Environment Policy 2006 continues to put the interests of the economy before those of the environment. What then has the process of 'public participation', in the course of which grassroots organisations pointed out the contradictions and weaknesses of the policy, achieved? More... |
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