-The Business Standard The IEO which has been modeled on the lines of Mexico's CONEVAL India's first independent evaluation office (IEO) was formally launched on Wednesday. The office is mandated to suggest radical changes in the government's social sector initiatives, as well as in its interface with the private sector through public-private partnership projects. The IEO, modelled on the lines of Mexico's National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy, will give...
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Small-scale fish farmers not benefitting from big-scale fish profits, UN reports
-The United Nations The international fish trade is breaking records, the United Nations today reported, but benefits from the trade are not trickling down to the small-scale fishing communities which make up the majority of the sector's global workforce. "The proportion of fish production being traded internationally is significant, at around 37 per cent in 2013," said Audun Lem, Chief of UN Food and Agricultural Organization's (FAO) Products, Trade and Marketing Branch....
More »India 4th most dangerous country for journalists in 2013
-Reuters One hundred and thirty-four journalists and media support staff were killed while on reporting assignments last year, with India fourth on the list of countries with the most number of deaths, the London-based International News Safety Institute (INSI) said on Tuesday. Most of those killed were targeted deliberately. Of these, 65 died covering armed conflicts - primarily in Syria, where 20 were killed, and Iraq, where the death total was 16 -...
More »India's urban work boom is leaving women behind-Akshat Rathi
-The Hindu Under India's labour laws, women engaged in "informal" work - such as domestic work - have few workplace rights. This makes it harder for women to have sustainable jobs, let alone a career. Nearly 400 million people live in cities in India and during the next 40 years that number will more than double. Not only is the proportion of India's total female population that is economically active is among...
More »Delhi's water supply-Going, going, gone? -Asit K Biswas & Cecilia Tortajada
-The Business Standard Providing clean water to Delhi is no rocket science. What is missing is some political will and competent leadership In the early 1950s, the quality of urban water services in Delhi was similar to the best of other major urban centres of Asia. In fact, in 1950, shortly after the second World War, water provisioning in Delhi was better than Tokyo or Osaka. At that time, Tokyo was...
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