-The Indian Express New Delhi: It's exactly a year since the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) came into force on Children's Day. But child rights activists and lawyers say what was envisaged as a stringent law to bring down cases of child abuse still has teething problems. Doctors say there are no guidelines listing out the necessary steps that doctors need to take while examining child-victims. A doctor at the...
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No policy paralysis: govt plans report card on economy to silence critics -Gaurav Choudhury
-The Hindustan Times New Delhi: With general elections due next year, the UPA has drawn up plans to project itself as a business-friendly regime, as investors are side-stepping India following criticism that the government has been unable to push through enough reforms to revive a stalling economy. A white paper on economic reforms, under preparation, lists out moves such as allowing FDI in multi-brand retail. Last week, global ratings agency Standard & Poor's...
More »Food Bill, NREGA prone to corruption: CBI director Ranjit Sinha -Aman Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: CBI director Ranjit Sinha has said infrastructure building through the public-private partnership model could lead to a spike in corruption cases as the potentially lucrative contracts may encourage collusion between big firms and state officials. "This route is full of pitfalls and it has opportunities for corrupt activities with big scope for collusion among promoters of consortiums to whom such projects are awarded and corrupt public servants...
More »Not at home in their homeland -KumKum Dasgupta
-The Hindustan Times I remember her face but not her name. She was one of the 30 people I met one winter afternoon in 2009 at Basaguda village in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Bijapur district. A thin, tall woman, she stood at the edge of the group, listening attentively to her neighbour who was narrating an incident of an armed attack on the village that had left them homeless for months. When my...
More »Chidambaram Criticises Activists for Stalling Projects
-Outlook Panaji: Activists who stop power plants, coal mining and projects like dams do not help in removing poverty from the country, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said. "There is nothing more important than removing poverty from the country. I want to ask people who protest whether their action results in removing poverty?" Chidambaram said during an interview at 'ThinkFest' event in Goa. "Poverty is the greatest polluter and a curse. There...
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