-IndiaResists.com The ongoing debate between two stalwart econoMISts, Amartya Sen and Jagdish Bhagwati, must be joined by those who understand contemporary realities and challenges in terms altogether different from those of mainstream econoMISts. In a recent (July 27) article in Times of India, Bhagwati's co-author Arvind Panagariya characterizes the differences between the two in the following terms. Sen favours education and health measures as being the first steps to tackle poverty...
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Sulabh helps families hit by Uttarakhand floods -Kavita Upadhyay
-The Hindu Dehradun: "I am the only one left in the family now," says Vasundhara Devi, 32, whose husband and two sons are among those who have gone MISsing in the Kedarnath floods in June and are now ‘presumed dead'. Poonam Tewari, whose husband Suresh owned a restaurant in Kedarnath, says, "I only have a three-year-old daughter for a family now. I need money to educate her." Sarita Bagwadi's father and two...
More »Govt. moves to keep parties outside RTI-B Muralidhar Reddy
-The Hindu Consensus among most parties that CIC has exceeded its jurisdiction The Union Cabinet has approved draft amendments to the Right To Information Act (RTI) that would nullify an order of the Central Information ComMISsion (CIC) bringing the six national political parties under the orbit of the Act. The draft amendments to the RTI are expected to be moved in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning on August 5 and voted upon...
More »A MISnomer called food security -Charan Singh and Arvind Virmani
-The Indian Express The proposed bill makes false proMISes. The need is to directly address problems of drinking water availability, sanitation, maternal health and childcare The Food Security Bill (2013, FSB) promulgated recently by an ordinance is expected to be debated in Parliament soon. The intention behind the FSB is noble, to eradicate hunger from the country, but the means adopted need serious reconsideration. FSB, under the targeted public distribution system (TPDS),...
More »PG docs to Get Rs. 1 lakh salary for posting in remote areas -M Poornima
-The Hindustan Times Bhopal: In order to attract talented doctors for service at smaller places particularly in tribal- dominated areas, National Rural Health MISsion (NRHM) has decided to offer a post graduate doctor on a consolidated salary of Rs. 1 lakh if he/she agrees for posting at primary health centres and sub-health centres in the districts of Jhabua, Alirajpur, Badwani, Mandla, Dindori, Sidhi, Singrauli and Anuppur. In case, they are appointed at...
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