-PTI Washington: Tiny northeastern state of Sikkim has the best working conditions for women, while national capital Delhi fared the lowest, according to a report. The report released by the Centre for StRATegic and International Studies (CSIS), a top American think-tank, and Nathan Associates, gave Sikkim the highest possible 40 points while Delhi received just 8.5. The states were ranked according to four primary factors -- legal restrictions on women’s working hours in...
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'Farmers having land holdings below 10 acres under threat of poverty' -Shishir Arya
-The Times of India NAGPUR: "Farmers need to increase their land holdings to at least 10-12 acres in order to earn a decent income from agriculture. Unfortunately, not many farmers in the state own land up to this level," said Sukhdeo ThoRAT, the chairman of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). ThoRAT, who was speaking at a seminar on farm crisis organized by Dr Ambedkar Agricos Association of India, said the...
More »9 states stall push for full rural connectivity by 2019 -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Nine states seem to be holding back India's race to achieve full rural connectivity by 2019 with Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and Jharkhand topping the list, according to a central government assessment. The fear is that the ambitious scheme may have to be pushed beyond 2019, a politically significant date as the Modi government will be up for re-election then, despite recent improvements having taken daily...
More »A blow for the right to knowledge -Lawrence Liang
-The Hindu The Delhi High Court has restored to copyright jurisprudence a clear mandate for the future — one which recognises that the end goal of technology is the improvement of our lives In its much awaited judgment in the Delhi University photocopying case (The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services), the Delhi High Court has dismissed the copyright infringement petition initiated in August 2012...
More »Singur Case and the Idea of Justice -V Krishna Ananth
-Economic and Political Weekly While the recent Supreme Court judgment in the Singur land acquisition case has provided relief to the people who lost their lands to Tata Motors Limited, the ruling looked at procedural lapses in the land acquisition law RATher than question the concept of "public purpose" that is being distorted to include private interests. Please click here to read more. ...
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