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The Real Potential of MGNREGA is Yet to be Realized
NREGA now known as MGNREGa is demand driven program that integrates rural employment with sustainable development of rural India. Its full potential is yet to be realized. NREGA has changed the fabric of rural India by empowering women and poor rural folks cutting across the divides of cast and community. Continue reading
Posted in Panchayat Raj, Poverty
Tagged Anti poverty NREGA, MGNREGA, NREGA, NREGA program, Right to work
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Does Right to Education mean Right to Schooling Only?
Looking at the manner in which the government has gone about implementing the Right to Education Act 2009, it appears that RTE is nothing but right to schooling. Abolition of exams up to eight standard means teachers don’t teach and students don’t learn. Private schools have no interest in poor kids; they are just education shops to make money. Continue reading
Will Waters of Peaceful Tibet become cause for Future Conflicts in Asia?
China recently announced construction of three dams in the middle reach of the Brahmaputra (yarlung Tsangpo) river in Tibet. Another similar size dam is under construction since 2010. It raises anxiety in India as well as in Bangladesh because China has no water sharing treaty with any of its neighbors nor is it signatory to any International water convention. Continue reading
Risk Factors for Solar Power Producers
Solar power developers in India face 3 types of risks: poor financial health of the discoms because they might not be able to pay in time, uncertainty and errors in solar irradiation data, and due to poor quality of plant installation. Continue reading
Posted in Renewable Energy
Tagged bankability, CUF of solar plants, discoms in India, poor health of discoms, power purchase agreement, reliable irradiation data, risk factors for solar power developers, risks for solar power plants, solar irradiation data, solar power developer, solar power plant, Solar power producers
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Right to Education Act: Status of Implementation after 3 years
The ASER report of 2012 published by Pratham has extensively analyzed the status of RTE implementation across India. A majority of schools have failed to set up the basic infrastructure by March 31, 2013 as stipulated by the RTE Act 2009. The RTE act appears to ensure right to schooling but not right to real education. The poor quality of education in government run schools is forcing parents to send children to private schools which should be worrisome. Continue reading
CSR in the Companies Bill 2011: Fly in the Milk!
Why should businesses take social responsibility as a burden? It is in their own long-term interest to think in terms of sustainable development, which necessarily imply being more responsible towards social and environmental problems. Future conflicts among nations would largely revolve around control of natural resources which are surely depleting. Continue reading
Should Businesses have any Responsibility towards Society?
Responsibility is something people don’t like; it’s a burden better someone else takes. Corporate world is no exception. You talk about corporate responsibility towards society and they start chanting their self-created sacred mantra “companies exist solely for profits”. The damage their activities cause to society and nature is no one’s baby. The net end result is climate change and global warming, but who cares? Shareholders’ short term monetary interests have totally eclipsed the long-term interests of the planet and its people – used to be known as human beings in the past ! Continue reading
History and Politics of Population Phobia
Development is the most effective form of “contraceptive” for all developing nations. This has been the guiding principle for all population planners after the ICPD (Cairo, 1994). It forcefully connected population with development and transformed the “population problem” into a “development problem” inclusive of human rights and gender equality. For policy makers it meant that they have to learn to think in terms of “population development” rather than “population control.” The Malthus population theory does not apply in today’s world since it is based on faulty assumptions. Continue reading
Birth and Spirit of the Sixth Schedule
Framing of the Sixth Schedule law involved insightful discussions and reflects how concerned the Constitution makers were about the feelings and sentiments of the tribal population of the North East living in the colonial “Excluded” and “Partially Excluded” areas. The Sixth Schedule effectively eliminated their fear of exploitation by non-tribal outsiders and allowed Constitutional protection to their traditional lifestyle and traditions. Continue reading
