At a time when there is growing concern about the causes of increasing discontent and alienation among tribals, it is important to recall a very important law for improving the governance of the Scheduled Areas in such a way as to protect the interests of tribals. The reference here is to the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 (briefly called the PESA law). If this Act had been properly...

बच्चे जलवायु-परिवर्तन के जिम्मेदार तो नहीं हैं लेकिन जलवायु परिवर्तन की सबसे गहरी चोट उन्हीं को लगेगी। जलवायु-परिवर्तन से बच्चों की जिन्दगी को सबसे ज्यादा खतरा है।बाल अधिकारों की वैश्विक संस्था सेव द चिल्ड्रेन द्वारा जारी फीलिंग द हीट-चाइल्ड सरवाईवल इन चेजिंग क्लाइमेट नामक नई रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि वैश्विक स्तर पर बच्चों की सेहत को सबसे बड़ा खतरा जलवायु परिवर्तन से है।(देखें नीचे दी गई लिंक)   रिपोर्ट...

Drug companies in India will be prohibited from handing out cash or gifts or stand-alone entertainment to doctors under a code of ethics proposed by industry associations to govern the marketing of medicines. But the code has run into rough weather even before it has been adopted, with at least two industry associations disassociating themselves from the document, tabled at a meeting called today by the government’s department of pharmaceuticals. The two...

Despite a booming economy, nutrition deprivation among India’s children remains widespread.  “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” So begins the Universal Declaration of Human Rights established 60 years ago and celebrated today around the globe. This year’s theme is non-discrimination. When it comes to nutrition, all of India’s children are not equal. According to India’s third National Family health Survey (NFHS-3) of 2005-06, 20...

The increase in the number of civil cases in a country is its social mascot, as it symbolises the abundance of law abiding civilised citizens accepting the authority of the judiciary to get their grievances redressed. Otherwise, they would have turned to self-retaliation or employed roughnecks, a usual practice in America and Britain enkindled by their criminal heritage, to enforce justice in their own way; hence all civil litigants may...