-The Indian Express In 2001-05, 50 sexual assault cases were reported at the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital - the nodal government hospital that conducts medical examination of such victims from East and North East Delhi. In June 2010-December 2013, the number of cases jumped to 221 - an over fourfold increase. The number of victims who were assaulted more than once also showed a significant increase - from 14 per cent...
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Nearly 52% agricultural households indebted, shows NSSO survey -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The levels of debt are as high as 93% in Andhra Pradesh and 89% in Telangana New Delhi: Nearly 52% of agricultural households in India are indebted and levels of debt are as high as 93% in Andhra Pradesh and 89% in Telangana, shows key indicators from an NSSO (National Sample Survey Organisation) report released on Friday. The report, Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households in India, is based on a countrywide...
More »Farmer suicides PIL: Supreme Court asks centre, state government to file responses -Prabhati Nayak Mishra
-DNA Concerned about the increasing numbers of farmer suicides in Maharashtra's drought-hit areas, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought a response from the centre and state on a PIL seeking compensation of Rs 25,000 per hectare to the farmers whose crops have failed. The bench headed by chief justice of India H L Dattu sought their response on the PIL filed by Rakesh Uttamchandra Upadhyay, a lawyer, highlighting the plight of the...
More »Learning from the Ernakulam experiment -S Krishna Kumar
-The Hindu Other States in India can study how the family planning programme has worked in Kerala and incorporate those features in their own programmes The recent tragedy of several women losing their lives in the state-sponsored tubectomy camp in Takhatpur, Chhattisgarh, has caused severe damage to the national family planning programme. This, however, is not an invalidation of the importance of sterilisation as an integral part of the programme, but only...
More »Rape, rhetoric and reality -Rukmini S
-The Hindu A statistically faulty focus on rape has led to a misdiagnosis and a worsening of India's real problem: women's autonomy The recently reported rape of a young woman in a taxi in Delhi has brought back attention to India's sexual violence problem. The spotlight has been on the country since the horrific rape of a young woman aboard a bus in December 2012, an attack that killed her. The beginning...
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