A balance sheet of the Fourth U.N. Conference on Least Developed Countries held in Istanbul. Since the international community recognised the special category of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in 1971 and started extending special benefits to them, their number has increased from 25 in 1971 to 48 in 2011. In 40 years, only Botswana, Cape Verde and Maldives have moved up. Meanwhile, 26 countries were added. Clearly, the development strategy for...
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India's Stingy Poverty Definition Irks Critics by Muneeza Naqvi
Every day, through scorching summers and chilly winters, Himmat pedals his bicycle rickshaw through New Delhi's crowded streets, earning barely enough to feed his family. But to India's government he is not poor – not even close. The 5,000 rupees ($110) he earns a month pays for a tiny room with a single light bulb and no running water for his family of four. After buying just enough food to keep...
More »NHRC issues notice to Rajasthan officials over rape by policemen by J Balaji
The National Human Rights Commission has taken a serious view of reports that two constables – Pawan Kumar and Tej Singh – of Chhoti Sadri police station in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan raped a woman on May 15 in their police quarters. It has sought a report in this regard from the State Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police within four weeks. The Commission, which took suo motu cognisance...
More »“Honour at least some of the promises on disability Rights”
Unhappy with the government's “failure” to honour the promises made for persons with disability under the 11th Five Year Plan, the Disabled Rights Group has demanded that it implement at least those decisions that can be achieved in the remaining period of the Plan. The group will register its protest in front of the Planning Commission office on Friday, when the first meeting of the steering committee on ‘empowerment of persons...
More »Scheduled Castes commission to summon district magistrate, police chief over Bhatta-Parsaul violence by Smita Gupta
The commission plans to file several cases under the SC & ST Act The battle of Bhatta-Parsaul in Uttar Pradesh's Greater NOIDA area, where violence raged recently over the contentious issue of land acquisition, promises to get bigger. On Thursday, the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes decided to summon the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police of Gautam Budh Nagar district, where the twin villages are located, to seek a...
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