-The Hindu Nine amendments have been adopted. The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill, 2015, popularly known as the land bill, was adopted by the Lok Sabha after debating it for two days. Congress and Biju Janata Dal walked out ahead of the voting, to protest the removal of a clause that makes it mandatory to get farmers' consent prior to the acquisition of land...
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Chhattisgarh PDS rice scam: probe widens as police find a list with names, alleged bribes -Ashutosh Bhardwaj
-The Indian Express Raipur: The Chhattisgarh anti-corruption bureau (ACB), which is probing irregularities in supply of rice for the public distribution system (PDS) in the state, is scrutinising an alleged balance sheet which lists, among others, senior IAS officers and personal assistants to the food minister and chief secretary as beneficiaries of illegal commissions. The five-page balance sheet, recovered by the ACB from the office of Girish Sharma, personal assistant to...
More »Driven to distress -R Krishnakumar
-Frontline Kerala is facing a situation where health care costs are leading more and more people, not just low-income families, to financial distress. KERALA is once again drawing attention to itself, this time for a persistent trend of a large number of households being pushed into financial ruin because of the expenses incurred for medical care. Several studies have now found evidence for the many facets of this worrying development in a...
More »The elusive quest for freedom -Rukmini S
-The Hindu While the rates of sexual violence in India - both reported in official statistics and unreported on the basis of household surveys - are towards the lower end of the global spectrum, data on women's autonomy in India indicate that there is a hidden emergency Having opened up a fresh conversation about the situation of women since the December 16, 2012 gang rape, has India done enough to address the...
More »Indian women blame patriarchy, submissiveness for their fate: Survey
-IANS In a survey of 1,892 women from various Indian cities, over 60% of the respondents said that it is a combination of patriarchy, men and the submissiveness of women, that had LED to their fate and "lack of voice" in the country. The results of the survey, 'Is it an unequal world?', conducted by two active online communities -- WE (Women Endangered) and I Am Who I Am, were released a...
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