-The Economic Times Development and land rights are the new weapons in the government's war against Naxals. To forge an effective response, the rural development ministry is consulting the collectors of the 60 Left-wing extremism (LWE)-affected districts at a day-long meeting in the Capital on Tuesday. In the past, development programmes have failed to take into account the ground realities in these districts. This has contributed to ineffective programme implementation in these...
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Government set to make 4 per cent of its yearly buy from dalit firms, boost MSME sector by Sidhartha & Subodh Ghildiyal
The Centre is set to make it compulsory for 4% of its annual purchases to be made from units run by dalits and tribals in what will be its strongest bait for classes that hold the key to political battles at the Centre and states. A rough estimate of the proposed spending comes to Rs 25,000 crore. Preferential procurement has been an early poll promise of UPA and its delivery...
More »Cabinet likely to clear Land Acquisition Bill next week
-The Economic Times The Union cabinet is likely to clear the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 next week and it is likely to be tabled in Parliament in the ongoing monsoon session itself. Minister of rural development Jairam Ramesh met with nine cabinet ministers on Thursday to finalise the contents of the draft bill. These include finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, home minister P Chidambaram, minister for tribal affairs Kishore Chand...
More »Govt may mandate procurement from Dalit-run firms by Sidhartha & Subodh Ghildiyal
The Centre is set to make it compulsory that 4% of its annual purchases be made from the units run by dalits and tribals, in what will be its strongest bait for classes which hold the key to political battles at the Centre and states. The 4% purchase quota proposal from ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) is part of the policy that 20% of government procurement be...
More »Minister glare on land given to forest minders by Basant Kumar Mohanty
State governments have awarded illegal title deeds for 1.3 lakh acres of forestland, misusing the very provisions of a 2006 law enacted to safeguard tribals’ and other forest dwellers’ rights over their land. The charge comes from the new Union minister for tribal affairs, K.C. Deo, who says the states “misinterpreted” the law and ended up giving title deeds not only to forest dwellers but also to forest officials. “We are going...
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