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Governance And Institutions

  • NGOs slam govt's anti-green policy

    Four leading non-governmental organisations(NGO) today slammed the Union government for taking a soft stand on the issue of elimination of toxic chemicals from the environment and using ambiguous

  • Magasayay winner denied information

    One can imagine the fate of Right to Information Act in Rajasthan which the Chief Minister, Mr. Ashok Gahlot, claims as his biggest achievement in his two-year old regime.In a clear violation of the

  • NGO's win public opinion battle

    Non-governmental organisations such as Amnesty International and Greenpeace command far greater trust among the public in industrialised countries than do governments, companies and the media,

  • 'Restore 2-tier panchayat system'

    Tamil Nadu has addressed the Centre seeking a constitutional amendment to restore the original two-tier panchayat raj system in the

  • Panchayat Raj Bill okayed

    The Legislative Assembly today passed the Karnataka Panchayat Raj (3rd Amendment) Bill 2000, which makes it mandatory for all the village panchayats to report cases of bonded labour to he authorities

  • Lok Pal Bill to be tabled

    The Union Cabinet today approved an ambitious integrated programme for universal elementary education with community participation and cleared a proposal to reduce the government equility limit in

    • 17/11/2000

  • An alliance to fight hunger

    An alliance of Government and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) may empower Panchayati Raj as an institution of local self-Government and enhance women's role in mobilising resources and removing

  • Oasis that changed 2500 people

    The Amargarh watershed programme - covering nine villages in the Sailana block of Ratlam district - has turned into a oasis, a shining example of sustainable development using the community. The

  • Riches among the poor

    In the village of Gadha in northwestern India, a nonprofit organization called the Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Innovations, or Sristi, grassroots creativity

    • 26/10/2000

  • NGOs without accountability

    In an order affecting thousands of non-government organisations (NGOs) across the country, the Delhi high court on Tuesday directed the Union government not to release any more grants to them until

    • 25/10/2000

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