-The Telegraph New Delhi: The government plans to come out with a policy on intellectual property Rights (IPR) within a few months, with developed nations such as the US and the EU raising concerns over the country's patent rules. "India does not have an IPR policy. This is the first time we are coming out with a policy. IPR policy issues have been hanging fire for quite a long time," commerce and...
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Farmer Suicides: NHRC Raps State Over Report Delay
-The New Indian Express BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government's stoic silence over reasons that have driven farmers across the State to end their lives has drawn the wrath of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). With the Government not even bothering to submit a report in this connection as desired by the Rights panel since last two years, the latter has served a six-week ultimatum to the Chief Secretary to comply with the...
More »A lame duck Schedule of the Constitution -Bhupinder Singh
-Down to Earth The true potential of the Fifth Schedule was diluted right at its conception Incontrovertibly, the object of creating the Fifth Schedule was to make a special instrument for the welfare and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes. It was formulated for the implementation of the Directive Principle that the State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of ...... the Schedules Tribes, and shall protect them from...
More »SC directs Gujarat, Rajasthan to decentralise food procurement under ICDS -Jitendra
-Down to Earth Tells states to keep big contractors out of nutrition programme for children, and pregnant and lactating women The Supreme Court on Monday directed two BJP-ruled states, Gujarat and Rajasthan, to start decentralised procurement of rations for the child nutrition programme, Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). ICDS, which was started in 1975 and is now a part of the National Food Security Act, provides for supplementary nutrition for all children from...
More »ICDS Fails to Reach Children in Similipal -Hemant Kumar Rout
-The New Indian Express BALASORE: At Gudugudia anganwadi centre, eggs are hardly given in the lunch to children flouting new guidelines of the Government that egg curry must be served to the students in the age group of three to six years thrice a week. In case of pregnant and lactating women, eggs are served once in two months. There is no permanent anganwadi worker in the centre since October, 2013....
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