-Down to Earth The fracas over India's refusal to meet the deadline on trade facilitation exposes rich nations' double standards NOTHING HAS exposed the double standards at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) than the current uproar over the implementation of two agreements at the global trade policing organisation. One, termed Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes, protects the food security concerns of millions of the poor and the livelihood of millions of...
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In a class of their own -Bageshree S
-The Hindu More and more parents in big cities are choosing schools that offer an alternative system of education over conventional institutions in the hope that children will grow into well-rounded personalities away from the rat race and uninhibited by the pressure to be in the top percentile For parents of today, finding a "good school" for their children is a quest that requires a lot of thought and effort. But in...
More »The need to measure poverty -C Rangarajan
-The Hindu Policymakers must continue to follow the twofold strategy of letting the economy grow fast and attacking poverty directly through poverty alleviation programmes In June 2012, the government of India appointed a committee to take a new look at the methodology for measuring poverty. The committee submitted its report towards the end of June 2014. The purpose of this article is to briefly explain the approach taken by this committee. Growth is...
More »Will these sustainable development goals do the job? -Carla Kweifio-Okai
-The Guardian A UN working group has devised a final draft of targets to succeed the millennium development goals. What do you think of the 17 proposals? The UN working group responsible for crafting the sustainable development goals (SDGs) has handed down its final proposal, adding a goal to address domestic and global inequality. The recommendations include 17 goals and 169 targets to be achieved by 2030. The list includes a reworking of...
More »Report: Women form half of agriculture workforce in state -Anisha Anand
-The Times of India PATNA: Bihar's agriculture sector is highly feminized, with 50.1% of the total workforce engaged in farming activities being women, says a report on women in the informal economy of Bihar, which was released on Friday at Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) here. The report has been compiled by SEWA Bharat's Special Task Force. The high rate of migration of men from Bihar over the past few decades has...
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