-The Telegraph Faraspal, Chhattisgarh: The Salwa Judum was a failure, both to its opponents and the man who was its face. "I shall repent the Salwa Judum's failure my entire life," Mahendra Karma had told a Dantewada journalist last year, months before being assassinated by the rebels last week. The 62-year-old tribal Congress leader wasn't referring to the extortion, murder and rape charges against the anti-Maoist militia - he considered them "collateral damage"...
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Advani props up Shivraj Singh Chouhan, runs down Narendra Modi -Suchandana Gupta
-The Times of India GWALIOR: Barely two weeks after he embarrassed BJP by saying the party lost Karnataka due to "opportunistic" politics, L K Advani sought to run down Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi suggesting his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan deserves more credit. Advani reiterated his argument that Chouhan's achievements rank higher as he is the CM of a "bimaru" (laggard) state, while Modi only improved economically well-off Gujarat. "He...
More »Fast-track BPL status for 4 million families in Maoist zone -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Four million households in Maoist-affected districts are likely to get BPL status without having to wait for another two years when the Socio-Economic Caste Census is expected to be completed. The list of BPL will be revised based on the findings of the census. The shortcut inclusion in the 82 Maoist-affected districts is aimed at making the poor, who fell between the cracks of the poverty...
More »Aruna Roy, social activist and NCPRI member interviewed by Pallavi Polanki
-Firstpost.com After the UPA-II released its self-congratulatory 79-page ‘Report card to the People', National Advisory Council (NAC) member and leading social activist Aruna Roy has come down heavily on the government for its poor performance in the social sector. Roy, an instrumental force behind the Right to Information Act, criticised the government for stalling on essential legislations such as the Food Security Bill, the Land Acquisition Bill and the Lokpal Bill. Roy spoke...
More »Panel bats for BPL cards to households in Maoist-hit districts -Elizabeth Roche
-Live Mint Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said the committee's recommendations will be accepted New Delhi: A government committee has recommended issuing below-poverty-line (BPL) cards to all 4 million households in 22 backward districts that are affected by the Maoist insurgency. The committee, set up by the rural development ministry, also recommended the inclusion in another 34 such districts of households that are headed by a scheduled caste or scheduled tribe member,...
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