03-07-2009 After many failed attempts to get skilled medical personnel for insurgency-affected and remote areas, the Indian government has announced plans to give doctors high financial incentives. The proposed move is expected to help the poor receive immediate and quality healthcare.
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03-07-2009 According to a government panel set up under the chairmanship of N.C. Saxena, 50% of Indians are living below the poverty line. The committee in its draft report has recommended that all such people should be extended the benefits of government’s social sector schemes, including the public distribution system.
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02-07-2009 After four years of drought, 5000 farmers in Indian state of Jharkhand have signed a suicide pact. They are complaining that government is not taking any steps to improve their conditions and has in fact turned a blind eye to their plight.
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02-07-2009 Indian government is planning to introduce a bill in the current session of Parliament that seeks to provide reservation to women in government jobs. The country’s home minister is also confident of consensus emerging on long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill.
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30-06-2009 The proposed Food Security Act in India is flawed, says Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)). She argues the public distribution system should be made universal, as it existed prior to the targeted system introduced in the 1990s as part of the neo-liberal agenda.
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29-06-2009 Volatile situation on the Line of Control between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir between 1999 and 2003 shattered the lives of people living on the border. Women have particularly been affected by the Kargil intrusion and the resultant displacement, writes Prakriiti Gupta.
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26-06-2009 Asian Centre for Human Right’s new report has revealed that more than a thousand people have died in police custody in India over the past eight years. The findings illustrate the government’s failure in ensuring compliance with Supreme Court guidelines about torture and extra-judicial killings.
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25-06-2009 The perspective and choice of the ruling class encroach upon the human rights of the marginalised. Analysing allocations and plans for critical sectors in Bangladesh’s current budget, A.K.M. Masud Ali, Executive Director, INCIDIN, notes that ensuring access to resources still remains a major challenge.
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24-06-2009 Nearly 20 years after they were forced to flee by the Tamil Tigers from areas dominated by them, Lankan Muslims in Sri Lanka are planning to return home. The country’s relief and rehabilitation minister has assured that after the clearance of land mines, displaced Tamils and Muslims will be resettled.
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22-06-2009 Power shortage in Bangladesh is posing serious problems for entrepreneurs in the country. The government has introduced daylight saving time during summers, which aims to help save energy and ensure smooth functioning of businesses.
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