-The Hindustan Times Rubina appears much older than the 40 years she admits to. She does not look you in the eye; she is hardly audible, and often trembles. Her hut, on the outskirts of Guhana village in Haryana's Mewat district, is surrounded by garbage heaps and excreta. There is no water or electricity and the hut is filled with acrid smoke from the cooking fire. "This is how our stories...
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Include right to health in party manifestos, demand activists -Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth Jan Swasthya Abhiyan sends charter of demands to political parties As Elections approach and parties announce candidates' lists, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), the Indian circle of People's Health Movement, is trying to convince all political parties to include health as a prominent issue in their manifestos. After discussing the matter with other civil society members and groups, JSA has sent a charter of demands to political parties. While finalising the demands,...
More »Only 120 winning candidates in 2009 got over 50% votes
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Is our democracy truly representative? Election Commission (EC) data on percentage of votes secured by winning candidates in various constituencies show it may not be so. In the 2009 general Elections, only 120 winning candidates out of the 543 could secure 50 per cent or more votes polled in their respective constituencies. This meant that on remaining 423 seats (nearly 78 per cent of seats), the...
More »Is corruption really a big issue? Stats say otherwise -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Is corruption really an issue in Elections? Some surveys claim that people worry more about the economy than corruption. Poll data for 2004 and 2009 general Elections show that not only do political parties continue to repeatedly field candidates facing corruption charges, people even vote for them. Analysis of affidavits filed by Lok Sabha candidates shows that in 2004 general Elections, a total of 12 candidates...
More »Women power in Elections increasing -Rohith BR
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Women power in general Elections is on the rise over the decades. General Election- 2009 sent the highest number of women in Lok Sabha, 59, while in previous House the number was 45. The lowest number of women elected to the Lok Sabha was in 1977 when only 19 women reached the Lower House, which was only 3.50% of the total Lok Sabha seats (542...
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