In reply to a question about his views of “western civilisation”, Gandhi is said to have remarked: “It is a good idea!” The resurgence of “civil society” in the past two decades has led to similar Ironic comments: “Are the rest then uncivil?” and the like. But there is a serious question that needs articulation and addressal to make the current debate meaningful. Just what is civil society, and how...
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Contract labour pains by Shyamal Majumdar
In August last year, Maruti was one of the two case studies presented at a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) seminar on contract labour for the way the automobile company had “engaged with its contract labour”. It is Ironic that less than a year later, the company is in the middle of an indefinite strike by 800 of its workers who are demanding a permanent absorption of contract workers at the...
More »BJP to oppose captive port and Iron ore swapping for Posco
-IBN Asking the Orissa government to consult opposition political parties before signing fresh MoU with Posco-India, BJP today said it would oppose any move to allow a captive port and Iron ore swapping for the proposed steel project."In order to safeguard the interest of the state, the government must hold consultations with opposition parties and take their views on Posco project before signing the fresh MoU," senior BJP leader and...
More »Posco: Orissa defers decision on new MoU by Debabrata Mohanty
The Orissa government would wait for the views of its department secretaries in the next two weeks before taking a call on the renewal of the MoU with Posco. A high-level meeting of chaired by Chief Secretary B K Patnaik on Tuesday deferred a decision on recommending the revised Posco MoU to the Chief Minister as several department secretaries indicated that they needed time to study the new points. The government...
More »CBI must probe Raja's role in Posco clearance, say activists by Priscilla Jebaraj
While A. Raja's alleged shenanigans in the Telecom Ministry have been grabbing all the headlines, some activists are now urging the CBI to focus its spotlight on the tainted DMK leader's earlier role as EnvIronment Minister. For example, Mr. Raja granted Korean steel giant Posco its first major statutory clearance in 2007 by approving the captive port component of its controversial Rs. 52,000 crore steel plant project in Orissa. Interestingly,...
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