-The United Nations The implementation of social protection measures can play a key role in rescuing minors from occupational bondage, a new report by the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) has found. According to the World Report on Child Labour, varying types of social protection measures such as cash transfer schemes, social health protection and providing income security in old age, can help reduce the number of children around the world...
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Supreme Court and the aam aadmi -G Mohan Gopal
-Frontline It is the goal of social revolution that connects the aam aadmi to the judiciary and to its highest institution, the Supreme Court of India. By Prof. G. MOHAN GOPAL WHAT should be the appropriate mea-sure of the relationship between the apex court of a country and its common people? Should an apex court be evaluated by who invokes its jurisdiction, from which area and for what purpose? Is an apex...
More »JPC draft report turns heat on NDA govt
-The Business Standard Says licence terms extended to 15 years on advice of erstwhile Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, a lender to many telcos Giving a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the 2G spectrum allocation case in 2008, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that looked into telecom spectrum allocations has turned the heat on the numerous decisions taken in the sector between 1998 and 2004, during...
More »Rail Budget 2013: Measures that will cheer middle class
-The Times of India Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday announced many initiatives in his Rail Budget 2013 speech that will bring cheer to middle-income passengers. From better e-ticketing facilities to free wi-fi on select trains, the Railway Budget will lead to implementation of many passenger friendly measures. Here is a look at some of them: 1) e-ticketing through mobile phones. Project of SMS alerts to passengers providing updates on reservation status. In...
More »JP Mishra, chief of the State Health Resource Centre, Chhattisgrah interviewed by Suvojit Bagchi
-The Hindu Chhattisgarh is all set to allow private diagnostic centres at public health facilities within three months. Critics are appalled by the idea of business space for private players in public health facilities while supporters feel it will improve the pallid health care infrastructure in the State. The architect of the new model, J.P. Mishra, chief of the State Health Resource Centre — the State Health Department’s technical assistance body...
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