Category : Development

Here is the full text of the letter written by Anna Hazare to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India New Delhi Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh ji, We were invited for talks by Shri Kapil Sibal yesterday (7th April,

To identify and count the homeless in the Delhi, census enumerators had joined hands with NGOs to carry out a massive mapping exercise.   The enumerators, nearly 30,000 of them (half of them women), and NGOs were involved in the process of counting

Social outfits and members from the minority community shared their experiences of the 2002 Gujarat riots at a public hearing jointly organized by various NGOs on February 22. ‘The public hearing was organized in response to Maulana Vastanvi’s statement where he meant that

‘We are aware that it has been the government’s endeavour to engage this sector (NGOs) in policymaking, to improve the delivery of public goods and services to the people and help in strengthening accountability of public agencies and public officials,’ said Finance Minister

‘We are lucky to have supportive families to have broken the glass ceiling, but the reality out there points out that we have a long way to go. I would say rural India is kinder to the girl child than the economically empowered

Industry leaders participating at the India Economic Sunmmit agreed that sustainable development cannot happen without adequate management of natural resources. At a three-day summit, organized by the World Economic Forum in New Delhi, that ends today, Malini Mehra, founder and chief executive of

‘The theme of the Seoul summit is “Shared Growth beyond the Crisis”. Given the vast development challenges we face, it is in India’s interest to have an open, stable and rule-based international economic environment, whether in the field of trade, investment flows, technology

If women had adequate representation in forestry institutions, would it make a difference to them, their communities and forests as a national resource? Bina Agarwal, director and professor of economics, Institute of Economic Growth, answers this question in her recently released book Gender

The international covenant Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) was signed by India at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) office in Vienna. India’s ambassador to Austria Dinkar Khullar completed the formalities. CSC provides a framework for channelling liability and providing

Releasing the compendium titled ‘Studies on Pollution Mitigation’, Former ISRO chairman Dr G Madhavan Nair appealed to scientists and engineers to translate good research in practical purpose and solve problems of pollution, climate change and health not only at national level, but also