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Budget as the art of delusion The rhetoric of poverty alleviation, healthcare and education for the poor in the Union budget is exposed by the allocations actually made. The plan capital allocation for education has declined from 30 paise per head in 2002-03 to 18 paise in 2003-04. And surely the government doesn't expect the millions who can barely afford a roti a day to pay health insurance premiums? More... The great terrain robberyThe root cause of urban slumming lies not in urban poverty but in urban greed, says the author of 'Slumming India', Gita Dewan Verma More... Cooked midday meals in only 12% of Maharashtra's surveyed villagesEven where cooked meals are provided, they do not meet the nutritional requirements stipulated by the Supreme Court, according to a survey of food security schemes in Maharashtra conducted by the Anna Adhikar Abhiyan Maharashtra More... Dowry murder as a legacy of British policiesHistorian Veena Talwar Oldenburg's new book maintains that the British revenue system, which put land exclusively in the hands of males, weakened the social and economic position of Indian women and encouraged practices such as dowry and female infanticide. An interview More... How globalisation affects India's childrenPressure from the World Bank is diluting the State's responsibility for compulsory primary education and public health. A new report examines the state of India's 370 million children More... Muslim Women's SurveyA summary of the ORG-Marg Muslim Women's Survey carried out in 2000-2001 More... Six bulbs in Domkhedi provide a glimpse of the alternativesDomkhedi, just a short distance downstream of the mammoth Sardar Sarovar Project in Gujarat, had never seen electricity until a couple of young engineers fashioned a pico-hydel project of dam and turbine for the village at a cost of just Rs 15,000. When you consider that a single micro-hydel project in Kerala can supply as much as 4,000 watts (4 kW), and that the total micro-hydel capacity in Kerala is 2,000 MW, compared to the 1,450 MW the Sardar Sarovar dam will generate, you begin to understand the potential of these minuscule turbines More... Win-win: Why companies should invest in developmentFive years on, a company that shows no respect for the environment and social justice may have no access to international markets. A new report from SustainAbility cites evidence from developing countries, including India, to prove that sustainability IS profitable, even in emerging markets. The greatest benefits to a company are from cost-saving and productivity, revenue growth and market access More... Radio, neglected and tightly controlled in South AsiaTelevision and satellite TV have seen rapid changes and fast spread in South Asia in recent years. But only 'limited and grudging concessions' have been made in the field of radio, says a new book on the subject More... Where there are no doctorsSandhya Srinivasan reviews a manual on primary health care written for primary health workers More... Human Development Report 2002: A summaryDeepening democracy in a fragmented world The UNAIDS Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, released in July 2002, tracks the spread of the disease, points out why HIV constitutes a severe development crisis, and chronicles the hits and misses in the battle to control the epidemic. A summary More... Vishvakarma's children struggle to break into the new economyA review of two books that examine the lives, craft and challenges of India's craftspeople today More... Bypassing community rights: The National Water PolicyIndia's new National Water Policy emphasises continued government control over water, ignoring pleas by environmental groups to involve local communities in order to overcome looming shortages. Scroll down for a critique of the policy, for the draft policy of 2001, and for the modifications made this year More... |
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