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Vol – XLVIII No. 41, October 12, 2013 | Chitrangada Choudhury, EPW Much work remains to be done if the new Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act has to mark a meaningful shift for India’s adivasi communities. Chitrangada Choudhury ([email protected]) Chitrangada Choudhury… Continue Reading →
Vol – XLVIII No. 40, October 05, 2013 | Anagha Sarpotdar The private sector in India has by and large not been very receptive to women’s complaints about sexual harassment at the workplace. This article highlights the importance of company policies on… Continue Reading →
By Chandrahas Choudhury Sep 27, 2013 4:32 AM GMT+0530 What Indian economic phenomenon is at once marginal, even illegal, and enormously independent and entrepreneurial? That would be the street vendor, the small capitalist of the poor, and reservoir of off-the-books… Continue Reading →
Critical Analysis of The Prohibition of Employment As Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 The Prohibition of Employment As Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 received assent of the President on 18th September 2013 and published in the Gazette… Continue Reading →
what we got and what we need to struggle for on the food security Bill. What we got · 1. Acknowledgement of hunger and malnutrition and the question of food becomes a legal entitlement · 2. Doubling of the coverage,… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, Lok Sabha passed the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012, which aims to eliminate the inhuman practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitation of liberated manual scavenging. The Bill would be taken up in the… Continue Reading →
The Mental Healthcare Bill, 2013 tabled in Rajya Sabha Mahendra Singh TNN New Delhi: A legislation to protect rights of persons with mental illness and ensure people with such disabilities are treated humanely by banning practices like tonsuring or chaining… Continue Reading →
I-Day promise, August 15, 2013 Knocking the door:Liberated women scavengers with Lok Sabha MP, Mohammad Asrarul Haque. We are considering a new and effective law to put an end to the repulsive practice of manual scavenging,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh… Continue Reading →
TNN | Aug 11, 2013, 0 BHUBANESWAR: The death of Kendrapada rape-burn victim has once again exposed the deteriorating law and order situation in the state even as the state government boasts of women’s empowerment and launches schemes to woo women voters.A series of… Continue Reading →
Implementation of the Forest Rights Act Vol – XLVIII No. 31, August 03, 2013 | Madhusudan Bandi, EPW This article looks into the implementation of the Forest Rights Act based on a critical review of literature. Besides examining the process of… Continue Reading →