Seven meetings and a stalemate. What now for the Lokpal Bill? It’s War Out There Seven meetings on, government and civil society reps drafting the Lokpal bill are split on four key issues Ambit * Civil society: PM and Supreme and High Court judges should be brought under Lokpal’s purview * Government: This is constitutionally untenable; PM should get immunity or should be investigated with adequate safeguards Scope * Civil society: MPs can...
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In The Deep End by Chander Suta Dogra
Eco-activism has Punjab’s polluters in a tizzy Operation Clean-Up * Industrial and organic pollution from the Sutlej and the Beas is affecting southern districts of Punjab and parts of Rajasthan * A popular movement straddling both states and helmed by eco-activist Baba Balbir Singh * Seechewal has the election-bound state government worried * Seechewal organised a massive exercise to prevent the Kala Sanghian, a highly polluted Sutlej tributary, from draining...
More »People turn a blind eye to NREGA work by Anindo Dey
Out of 228 panchayats chosen at random from one block out of the 249 blocks in the state, for comparison of NREGA wages, a maximum of 35% have got wages between Rs 21 to Rs 30 in 2010. The figures also show that in most of these panchayats, it is only a handful of families that have completed 100 days of work. In fact, it is hardly alarming that the...
More »Correction course in MP stirs debate by Maitreyee Handique
Madhya Pradesh is betting cash incentives will curb population growth and improve the ‘life cycle’ of the girl child, but experts question the efficacy of such policies in addressing deep-rooted social prejudices Visitors trudging down the dusty village road are greeted by a giant billboard featuring a smiling Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, hugging two young girls. The tagline in Hindi reads: Gaon ki beti, kisse chhoti...
More »Delhi delusions by Ramachandra Guha
A Tamil economist, the late S. Guhan, used to say that Delhi was a capital in search of a country. I was reminded of that remark during the fortnight of May 29 to June 11, 2011. In that fortnight, if one watched the ‘national’ channels or read the ‘national’ newspapers, one would think all of India was involved in one way or the other with the ideas and practices of...
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