Global gender gap report 2023
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival,
Politics
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The board and the bank: Changing policies towards slums in Chennai
Arguing that the initial years of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board were dominated by the priorities of the then ruling party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, whose government created it in 1971, this
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Branded and renewed? Policies, politics and processes of urban development in the reform era
Hidden behind city branding exercises through large projects are acts of land capture and slum demolitions by a predatory local state and crony capitalism. In the policy arena, meanwhile, the urban, and
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Public policies and the tobacco industry
<p>India has played a key role in drawing up the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control that was initiated by the World<br /> Health Organisation and the country has ratified it. Ironically,<br /> the government’s Indian Tobacco Board is expected to promote<br /> Indian varieties of tobacco and the development of the tobacco
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Acquisition made easy
<p> </p> <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Tribals continue to be at the highest risk of eviction as their regions have the largest number of pending development programmes. And tbey suffer the most even when it comes to land-to-land compensation package. But the new land acquisition bill won’t bring relief to tribals says Richard Mohapatra. </div>
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Paan or POSCO?
With a growing betel vine sector as well as thriving paddy cultivation and fishing, it is no wonder that villagers in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district have resisted the state government’s forceful acquisition
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Thus Spake Hammurabi
Sparring Points Besides Lokpal Bill, politicians have sparred with civil society on four key pieces of legislation RTI Act: Various arms of government first block it, now place conditions designed
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Citizen Cane Vs King Canute
On May 30, as the joint drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill met for the fifth time in the conference room of the ministry of finance in North Block, trouble was already brewing. In the last four meetings,
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Simmering discontent over tea
<p>Darjeeling tea makes its mark world over, but back home it brews suspicion between planters and workers finds Down To Earth.</p>
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Hazare effect
At Jantar Mantar on April 8, Anna Hazare addressing people gathered in support of his movement. A FUTURE historian who browses the archives of Indian newspapers and news websites from April 5 to 10
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Lokpal alone cannot stop corruption'
PUBLIC interest lawyer Prashant Bhushan was nominated by Anna Hazare as one of the five civil society members to the 10-member committee constituted by the Central government to draft the new Lokpal Bill