The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people and a major increase in international remittances. The report highlights that international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth, highlighted …
The stark inequalities based on religion, caste and gender and social differences in Rajasthan take a heavy toll of children in poverty, often leading to child labour and migration. These children are invariably denied their right to survival, protection and development. The process influencing the deprivation of children in chronic …
For the first time, following the announcement of an ambitious Action Plan for Elimination of Child Labour in Tamil Nadu, the Labour department has acknowledged that there are more than 70,000 child labourers in the state.
The Standing Committee on Labour and Welfare has expressed displeasure over the efforts made by the Government for the uplift of the Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) and said that the progress made in relation to development of these groups "is negligible''. In its 28th report submitted to Parliament recently, the …
Satisfied with progress made in the empowerment of rural women in Haryana, particularly in the districts of Jind, Bhiwani and Sonepat, the World Bank may extend the term of the Swa-Shakti project for another two years.
The ministry of tourism intends to set up a Rs 500-crore tourism development fund (TDF). Other ministry proposals pertain to a liberal civil aviation policy and putting tourism in the concurrent list of Constitution for better coordination between the Centre and states. The tourism development fund proposal has been sent …
After the Centre for Science and Environment's report about pesticides in soft drinks, consumption has gone down. An informal survey done by the reporters of The Statesman suggested that fewer people are buying soft drinks. At Miranda House, at least 10 crates of 24 bottles were consumed before the CSE's …
Drought is a thing of the past, at least in Donepal village of Mortad mandal in the Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh where the collective effort of people has helped the village store water to meet its requirements. Contour trenches spanning for a distance of 10km, five big percolation tanks …
The main opposition party of Jharkhand met president A P J Abdul Kalam with 14 demands, that include safeguarding the tribal land act. JMM chief Shibu Soren told the The Pioneer over telephone from New Delhi: "we met the president with the 14-point demands. The President gave us a patient …
Already the Himachal Pradesh state boasts of a 98% enrolment, the balance two per cent are children of nomadic Gujjar and Gaddi tribes and the state's migrant workforce. The solution: embed teachers with these tribes. And set up a school even if the population isn't enough, wait for the settlers …
The tribal population in Dhemaji district in Assam who claim to have been living in forest areas for over three decades, have alleged that they are often served eviction notices by the government instead of taking steps to provide them with land pattas as per the existing policy of Government …
There are innumerable tribals all over the country and the world who are languishing and are being unconscionably exploited for their wealth of knowledge about herbal medicines and a variety of other subjects.
Political compulsions seem to have forced Jharkhand's tribal leaders to speak on diametrically opposite things. On one hand is former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi of the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and on other hand are leaders of main opposition party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Marandi, till he was in …
Core values of democracy are often best learnt during childhood. This is a key observation of the State of the World's Children Report, 2003, the annual flagship publication of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, released recently in New Delhi. The report highlights the significance of promoting meaningful and …
The Karnataka government must wake up to the problems in evicting the tribals from Kudremukh National Park before agitations go out of control. The decade-long struggle by various organisations against the eviction of tribals from the Kudremukh National Park has failed to provide any logical solution so far. But now, …
There are as many as 11 child labour schools. As most children here are compelled to work to support their families, these schools allow them to access non-formal elementary education. They dangle an incentive though: A monthly stipend of Rs 100 and a mid-day meal to each student. Besides, a …
This year the UNICEF's 'The state of the world's children 2003' report focuses on what many in India would consider a complete non-issue -children's participation. In a country where 30% of the population lives below the poverty line and parents routinely send children to work to support their families at …
The ad on TV, about painting dream homes may make you want to grab that favourite Yellow off the shelf for your Cyber City home. But do it and you have high chances of causing yourself harm than living in happiness. Yellow can cause lead-related disorders, particularly among children. Ninety …
Even as the State of the World's Children Report 2003 from UNICEF, released in the country the other day emphasised on children's participation, Rajasthan could boast of as many as three models in which children's front, "Bal Manch" or children's front, "Bal Panchayats" and "Kishori Balika" or girls forum's are …
An organisation that is actually a composite of several movements for women's uplift shows there's mroe to development than aid. The Self Employed Women's Association(SEWA) is both an organisation and a movement. In fact it is a confluence of three movements: the labour movement, and the women's movement and the …
Tribals of the North-east urged both the Centre and the respective state governments to recognize their political rights by granting them autonomy. Adopting a tribal agenda at the North-east tribal convention on
