Positive rights
RBI frames HIV/AIDS workplace policy, experts want national law
RBI frames HIV/AIDS workplace policy, experts want national law
30/08/2005
sonia's take: While the Centre plans to move the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill in the current session of Parliament, Congress president Sonia Gandhi recently suggested four amendments to
A recent survey finds the food for work progamme mired in corruption
Unions greet labour ministry s plans sceptically
14/07/2005
The proposed National Rural Employment Guarantee Act threatens to become just that
The story of early US industrialisation
A citizen s report evaluates state policy and performance
27/02/2005
How effective has Maharashtra
The Employment Guarantee Act is a diluted version of the original proposal. Will it be effective? Amartya Sen calls it cause for jubilation. Giving some of the poorest people in the country a reliable source of income through 100 days of guaranteed employment can be an enormously important instrument for improving their well-being, says the Nobel laureate.
Rural employment bill draws flak for diluting draft
30/01/2005
Now what s that?
14/12/2004
The government is obsessed with economic growth. Employment is bound to follow, it claims. That’s a delusion. The swelling numbers of unemployed continue to clamour for
Not the path of economic growth, but the trail leading back to the village is the answer
Sal leaf trade has enormous potential but suffers abject neglect
Whether bamboo is a grass or a tree is a question of survival for many
Falling profits discourage silk farmers
Return to the basics: create jobs in the hinterland
Draft of employment guarantee act forwarded to Centre
14/09/2004
The Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance lets go of the opportunity to present a bold new vision to conserve the environment through sustainable development.
Public Telecentres
14/07/2004