-Live Mint About 30% of 5,350 farmer households surveyed said they would vote for the BJP New Delhi: A third of farming households, a key electoral constituency, are likely to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming general election, says a survey conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for Bharat Krishak Samaj, a farmers' association. About 30% of 5,350 farmer households surveyed across 18...
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Parmesh Shah, the World Bank’s lead rural development specialist for South Asia speaks to Parakram Rautela
-The Times of India blog Between 2011 and 2017, the World Bank will spend $4 billion on rural development in India. Parmesh Shah, the bank's lead rural development specialist for South Asia, talks to Parakram Rautela about how that money is going to be spent and how they're working towards their ultimate aim - a world free of poverty Q. It's one thing to say that you want to eradicate world poverty...
More »Mining Bill lapses, sector avoids 'meltdown'
-The Business Standard The future of the Bill will be decided by the next government The United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) attempt to overhaul the 50-year legislation governing the corruption-ridden mining sector has fallen through with the new mining Bill lapsing. The Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Bill had proposed sharing of miners' profits with the project-affected, among others, but with the Lok Sabha being dissolved, the Bill has lapsed. Many from the sector...
More »56% women faced corruption in public services in a year: Study -Vanita Srivastava
-The Hindustan Times Over half of the women respondents (56%) shared that they or any member of the household experienced corruption at least once during the last 12 months, a study on access of women to certain basic and essential public services released on Friday said. The CMS-India Corruption Study (CMS-ICS 2013) focuses on access of women to certain basic and essential public services. CMS has been conducting regular studies on corruption...
More »A faulty food security plan-Jean-Pierre Lehmann and Suddha Chakravartti
-The Financial Express The Indian success story increasingly looks like a tale of naivety and optimistic complacency. The Indian success story increasingly looks like a tale of naivety and optimistic complacency, with the fantasy of ‘India Shining' obfuscating the reality of widespread deprivation. Despite rapid economic growth during the past decade, millions continue to live in poverty and hunger. The Indian government aims to address abject hunger and malnutrition with the National Food...
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