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AnalysisLetting doctors get away with negligence The medical profession has consistently resisted the jurisdiction of the courts. A recent Supreme Court judgment puts medical professionals in India above the criminal law of the land. But surely it is hazardous to start carving out exceptions to the uniform applicability of criminal law, asks Supreme Court advocate Rakesh Shukla More... Power to the peopleThe Indian government's National Electricity Policy 2005 appears to be governed by the liberalisation themes of competition and privatisation. What does the policy imply for domestic consumers and farmers? More... Citizens who seek redressA citizen in India tends to go to the public authorities 13 times to get a single complaint redressed! But increasingly, citizens are putting the State and its governance under the scanner. At a recent workshop 'Developing Mechanisms for Public Accountability in Urban Services', experts emphasised the ways in which citizens are being empowered to seek redress More... What is good governance?It's definitely not just the effective management of economic resources, as the World Bank believes. It's about freedom, human rights, public accountability and people's participation More... Economics vs ecology: Progress within limitsA recent meeting in Tuscany, Italy, explored the stormy relationship between economics and ecology and questioned the concept of growth without limits More... Banning the majority from votingA recent petition in the Bombay High Court seeks to ban slumdwellers from voting. The argument would be that squatters don't occupy land legally and don't pay taxes and therefore deserve to be disenfranchised. The argument doesn't wash, says Darryl D’Monte. Surely citizenship and voting rights are not defined by the dwellings and structures one occupies? More... Opening the Planning Commission to the people: Sayeeda HameedSayeeda Hameed, member of the Planning Commission, talks about a system to invite people's participation in the planning process More... Two-child norm puts panchayats under pressureThe mandatory two-child norm for panchayat members, that exists in many Indian states, is proving to be more divisive than productive, with many women being forced to step down from their posts despite having little say in the number of children they have More... Putting a premium on diversityThis year's Human Development Report comes as a breath of fresh air. It emphasises that enjoying cultural freedoms in the 21st century is a basic human right. And that instead of viewing diversity as a drag on development, we should consider cultural liberty an integral component of social and economic progress More... |
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