-The Business Standard Said his govt had introduced a lot of reforms and had worked on the ground for eight years before enforcing a legislation New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government would need another 10 years to implement the National Food Security Ordinance. Singh, who was the chief guest at a symposium on food security here, said his government had introduced a lot...

-The Hindu     Deep-rooted caste biases and the brazen disregard by civic authorities of court judgments are the main reason for the frequent deaths of sewerage workers across the country Earlier this month, a group of men set forth to unblock a drain sewer in the basement of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in Delhi. Two of the men, Ashok and Chhotu, entered the sewer but did not return....

-Frontline The National Advisory Council recommendations seem to be making a strong case for a major role for the private sector in the delivery of health care. THE recommendations for universal health coverage drawn up by the National Advisory Council (NAC), headed by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, push for public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health delivery system but not for any inbuilt mechanisms for accountability. The NAC also...

-Economic and Political Weekly The Chhapra tragedy must ask us how we can improve public services, not scrap them altogether. In the aftermath of the ghastly tragedy in Chhapra, Bihar, where 22 children lost their lives after they consumed a government-provided school meal containing organophosphate pesticides, we must demand of the State a far greater commitment to administering large-scale welfare programmes that are meant to improve, not destroy the life of citizens....

-The Times of India LUCKNOW: Within a day of the UPA government raising financial assistance to Uttar Pradesh by 20%, the Samajwadi Party did a volte face on the food security Bill saying it won't oppose it in the monsoon session of Parliament. Until now, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was fiercely combative against the Bill saying it was against the interest of farmers. "Why would we oppose the Bill? We are...