-PTI As part of its efforts to improve lives of the weaker sections of society, Tripura has given Land rights to more than one lakh tribal families under the Landmark Schedule Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. Claiming this as 'unique' in the country, an official of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomus District Council said the government was making special efforts to improve lives of...
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Getting India’s health care system out of the ICU -Gita Sen
-The Hindu Brazil, Mexico and ThaiLand have done it. Many countries with a sound understanding of development look at Universal Health Coverage as a vital requirement to achieve it. India is at a crossroads. Introducing UHC in the 12th Plan can transform the lives of Indians, create new jobs and galvanise the economy. Most people would agree that one’s income or caste or gender should not bar one’s ability to get decent...
More »Pvt schools battle RTE Act’s social challenges -Charu Sudan Kasturi
-The Hindustan Times Lawyer and education activist Ashok Aggarwal has spent over a decade challenging private schools that violate laws, cheat parents and deny students – especially the poor -- an opportunity to study. But two years after the Right to Education Act came into effect requiring private schools to set aside 25% free seats for students from economically weaker sections (EWS), Aggarwal isn’t worrying about the law’s implementation. “Most top schools...
More »‘No oustee will be deprived of rights’ -Mahim Pratap Singh
-The Hindu The Madhya Pradesh government has said the filling of the Omkareshwar dam poses no threat to human life even as the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) directed the government to ensure the safety of the protesters. The government’s statement comes in the wake of the ongoing jal satyagraha protest of the project affected people of the Omkareshwar dam in the East Nimaar region (Khandwa district), where oustees have been...
More »Mamata pleads for anganwadi Land -Arnab Ganguly
-The Telegraph Buniadpur, Aug. 31: Mamata Banerjee, who has chosen to keep the state’s hands off Land acquisition, today appealed to villagers in South Dinajpur for plots to set up anganwadi centres and hinted that the government was finding it difficult to get Land. The chief minister, while speaking about acquiring Land for an AIIMS-like hospital, has told a rally in Itahar yesterday that she would not “put a gun to a...
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