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Worsening Industrial relations: Who is to be blamed for it ? – M.Ajith Kumar
- January 15, 2013
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2012 witnessed one of the most violent labour unrest in India in recent years. Maruti workers at the Manesar plant rioted against the management. A senior general manager in the plant was killed and several others were injured in the violent confrontation. Trade unions cutting across party-lines observed 24-hour nation-wide strike against the government’s “anti-labour” policies. The last one year [...]
The Yeddyurappa and Karnataka Janata Party : What does it mean for state politics ?
- January 13, 2013
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B S Yeddyurappa, former chief minister of Karnataka and the man behind the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) rise to power south of the Vindhyas, has formed his own Karnataka Janata Party (KJP). On 9 December, at a huge convention held in the north Karnataka town of Haveri, which is dominated by the Lingayat caste (to which Yeddyurappa belongs), he declared that his new party would [...]
whither A National Policy and Central Law on Begging
- January 13, 2013
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The Twelfth Five-Year Plan has called for a holistic national policy on beggars. When 286 inmates of the Beggars’ Rehabilitation Centre in Karnataka died over a period of eight months in 2010, for a brief moment the issue of beggars – who are visible and yet invisible in our cities – came into focus. Now the Twelfth Five-Year Plan has [...]
Walmart and the business of lobbying – AJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTA
- January 13, 2013
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The world’s largest multi-brand retailer Walmart’s disclosure to the United States Senate that it had spent $25 million (Rs.135 crore) since 2008 on its various lobbying activities, which include enhancing access to the Indian market, has divided opinion in India sharply. While chambers of commerce and industry and Congress leaders such as Manish Tewari and Salman Khurshid have sought legalisation [...]
When an Offence Qualifies to be Rarest of Rare to invite the Death Sentence – V. VENKATESAN
- January 13, 2013
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Just when an offence qualifies to be among the rarest of rare so as to invite the death sentence is a question that cannot be answered easily by the judiciary. Much of contemporary legal discourse on the death sentence is traced to the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment inBachan Singh vs State of Punjab (1980), which laid down the “rarest of rare” [...]
Woman in India : A Reality check.
- January 13, 2013
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Tracing the rise of patriarchy to class-based civilisations and the diminishing role of women in such societies, Chiris Harman, in his book A People’s History of the World, says in hunter-gatherer societies, there was no male supremacy over women as there was almost always a division of labour between the sexes, with the men doing most of the hunting and [...]
Doha 2012: A Climate Conference of Low Ambitions – Martin Khor
- January 13, 2013
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The Doha meetings of the 18th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – dubbed CoP-18 – can thus be described as a climate summit of “low ambition”. The conference adopted many decisions. The main ones were on the Kyoto Protocol’s second period in which some developed countries committed to cut their emissions of greenhouse gases for the period [...]
The Triple Whammy of Direct Cash Transfers – Kiran Moghe
- January 13, 2013
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18 states, 51 districts, 37 schemes …the numbers sound impressive and so does the program. One that is supposed to ensure that the “needy and deserving” will not be deprived by some scheming middlemen of their rightful share of government support services, “empower” the poor by increasing their “choices”, thereby allowing them to live a life of dignity. Plus the [...]
Educating Children in Naxal Affected Areas – Sarita Brara
- January 12, 2013
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One piece of good news on the educational front from left wing extremist affected (LWE) districts in the country is that many areas have witnessed a declining trend in the dropout rates since the inception of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan as was stated by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Shri Shashi Tharoor while replying to a question in Parliament during the just concluded winter session A number of steps have been taken over the [...]
Palm Oil – A Healthy Edible Oil – Dr. K. Parameswaran
- January 12, 2013
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Palm Oil is a balanced vegetable oil and source of energy. More significantly, it is free of cholesterol and trans- fatty acids. Additionally, it is packed with carotenoids (a rich source of vitamin A) and Vitamin E. Palm oil has good acceptance as a cooking medium because of its price advantage. It is also the raw material for manufacturing oleo [...]
An argument against Andhra’s claim over Hyderabad – Prof.Madabhushi Sridhar
- January 11, 2013
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The history and geography of three capital cities – Bombay, Madras and Chandigarh deny the claim of Andhras over Hyderabad. The mortgagee cannot claim ownership of land because he built permanent structures on the land. Similarly the investors of different region cannot claim that city to be their own because of their structures. Once a tenant, always a tenant. This [...]
Fighting the illicit trade in tobacco products
- January 11, 2013
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The Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, adopted by the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in November, was opened for signature by the Parties in a ceremony at WHO Headquarters. The new international treaty is aimed at combating illegal trade in tobacco products through control of the supply chain and international cooperation. [...]
New Science, Technology & Innovation Policy – D. Raghunandan
- January 10, 2013
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Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh last week unveiled a new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (henceforth STI for short) at the centenary-year Indian Science Congress in Kolkata. The STI Policy is conceived as the next important step up the ladder of S&T-based development, suited to the demands and requirements of the early decades of the 21st century. STI seeks to build upon [...]
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