• Key Facts

• Farmers' suicides

• Rural distress

• Debt Trap

• Unemployment

• Migration

• GENDER

• Displacement

• Right to Food  

• Right to Work (MG-NREGA)

• Social Audit

• Right to Information

• Right to Education

• Forest and Tribal Rights

• Policy/ Action so far

• Poverty and inequality

• Hunger Overview

• Malnutrition

• HDI Overview

• Education  

• Public Health

• Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS)

• PDS/ Ration/ Food Security  

• MDGs

• Water and Sanitation

• Impact on Agriculture

• Time Bomb Ticking

• Social Justice

• Access to Justice

• Human Rights

• Corruption

• General Insecurity

• Disaster & Relief

Four walls and the cry for help -Vani S Kulkarni, Manoj K Pandey and Raghav Gaiha

old endowments including educational achievements, employment and earnings, and cultural characteristics (whether affiliated to SCs/ STs, OBCs and others) unravel a few key correlates but are not neceSSArily causal inferences. At the State level, in all four types of violence, there are strong negative correlations between State GDP per capita and the incidence of such violence. The higher the State GDP per capita, for example, the lower was the

Advantages and disadvantages of RTE Act-Mohamed Imranullah S

der the RTE in each of the four schools administered by her. Lack of awareness "Lack of awareness about the Act, inability to meet the distance criteria and difficulty in obtaining neceSSAry certificates from government authorities could be some of the reasons for the poor response. Only when the number of RTE applications exceeds the number of seats reserved in a school, do we go for random selection by picking lots. But this year, the

Serious flaw in MGNREGA implementation in MP: Audit report

beneficiaries among others have come to notice in an official report on the implementation of MGNREGA scheme in Madhya Pradesh. It was also found that the state government was not following neceSSAry budgetary procedures while seeking grant from the Centre under the flagship programme. It was noticed during the inspection in eight districts that the ratio of expenditures for labour and materials have not been followed and more than 40 per c

Prof. Abhijit Sen, member-Planning Commission interviewed by Yogima Seth & Madhvi Sally

by a little bit and reduce prices somewhat. Very large number of people in this country live in states where prices have already been reduced to below what the bill is proposing. States like OriSSA, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pardesh have done it and most of these states have more coverage than the Bill provides for. So the Bill really would not have much effect on people living in those states though there will be some effect on pe

ED may probe Saradha scam’s hawala connection -Sanjib Kr Baruah

se investigations and is trying to stall the proceedings because of which now we are seeking the court's intervention. We have also registered a money laundering case on the basis of an FIR filed by ASSAm Police," the ED sources said. The ASSAm Police FIR names Sudipta Sen, Debajani Mukherjee among a host of others. Saradha Realty allegedly collected crores of rupees from small investors in W

Laws for citizens, and by them too -Ruchi Gupta and Nikhil Dey

The NAC has placed its draft recommendations on its website for 15 days, and invited public comment, which it will consider before finalising the draft to send to government for consideration and neceSSAry action. The recommendations should be read, critiqued and strengthened. The NAC is itself a kind of limited (and controversial) pre-legislative consultative body. The basic idea should, nevertheless, be supported even by critics of the NAC, for if t

6 tribals rescued from Karnataka -Satyanarayan Pattnaik

-The Times of India KORAPUT: Underpaid and tortured at workplace, six tribals were rescued by Malkangiri police in association with their HaSSAn counterparts in Karnataka on Saturday. According to sources, an agent identified as Rama Khillo of Sileru in Andhra Pradesh had lured these people, aged between 20 and 25 years, from Malkangiri district's RAC 1 village underKorkunda block with promises of better livelihood at Ha More...