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| Views of senior development practitioners and activists on wide range of issues. |
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Caught between two Acts
By Shawahiq Siddiqui | 20 Oct 2011
In view of contradictions between the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and Forest Rights Act, 2006, there is a need to create institutional synergies between these two laws for the benefit of traditional conservators of India's rich biological diversity. |
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Poor ideas to remove poverty
By Gopal Krishna | 28 Sep 2011
While the Planning Commission has repeatedly failed to provide any worthwhile solution to eradicate poverty, its insincere attempts to deliberately hide the actual number of poor in the country makes one question its relevance in present times. |
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Save nature, the tribal way
By Rina Mukherji | 18 Sep 2011
Nilanjan Bhattacharya's film Johar-Welcome to our world highlights the sustainable practices of our indigenous peoples which they nurtured on the strength of their bonds with the forests |
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Dark clouds over coal based power
By Shankar Sharma | 26 Aug 2011
As supply of coal is becoming uncertain, the future of many coal-based power plants has come under clouds. However, this crisis could become an opportunity if focus is shifted to renewable energy options. |
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Bungling government creates an icon
By S. G. Vombatkere | 18 Aug 2011
Unprecedented public support for Anna Hazare's demand for Jan Lokpal Bill has rattled the political class. People power has won the first round of the decisive bout but greater challenges lie ahead. |
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Tightrope walking on LARR Bill
By Archana Vaidya | 18 Aug 2011
Proposed Draft Land Acquisition Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill (LARR) aims to provide better safety mechanism to land owners and dependents but some of its conditions could turn out to be too stringent and difficult to implement. |
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Crisis before capitalism
By Ashok B Sharma | 10 Aug 2011
As lingering financial crisis in the developed world is casting its shadow on the developing countries, it is time to look beyond capitalism for sustainable and equitable development. |
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Towards conflict free land acquisition
By Archana Vaidya | 05 Aug 2011
Before acquiring lands for development, the governments must ensure that the original land-owners are made stakeholders in the progress, instead of being left behind homeless and jobless. |
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Odisha's little Gandhians
By S. G. Vombatkere | 01 Aug 2011
After inspection of the villages peacefully resisting the POSCO project in Odisha, the NCPCR has justified the children's participation in the ongoing agitation terming it 'voluntary'. |
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Making the State master of citizens
By S. G. Vombatkere | 28 Jul 2011
The Aadhar project's primary aim is to bring every citizen under the watchful eyes of the state. UID will enable and support surveillance and tracking, irrespective of its declared primary aim of enabling services for the poor. |
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Stop CDM for coal power plants
By Shankar Sharma | 19 Jul 2011
It would be criminal wastage of public funding if CDM encourages more coal based power projects on the premise that the super critical technology is to be deployed in the plants. Instead, CDM in developing countries should first focus on efficiency improvements measures in generation, transmission, distribution and utilization of electricity and locally available renewable energy sources. |
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Deceptive intervention for millets
By Biju Negi | 12 Jul 2011
Since time immemorial farmers of Uttarakhand have been growing several nutritious varieties of millets without using any external or chemical inputs. But now the government, under influence of agri-business, is making them dependent on harmful chemicals and costly commercial seeds. |
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Let clean Ganga flow unhindered
By Shankar Sharma | 27 Jun 2011
The recently announced loan by the World Bank will not make much of difference to River Ganga unless long term policies are put in place to protect its natural flow in the Himalayas. |
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In search of sustainable growth
By Shankar Sharma | 24 Jun 2011
The policymakers say that to eradicate poverty, India needs to grow at the rate of 9 percent for the next 20 years. But why ignore the long term social, economic and environmental impacts on the vulnerable sections of our society of environmentally unsustainable ways to growth? |
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Lying down for Justice
By S. G. Vombatkere | 14 Jun 2011
Hundreds of children are opposing the government plan to acquire lands and forests for the Posco plant. This unique action by children is a warning to the policy makers to reconsider their development strategy before it is too late to make a course correction. |
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India ideal for renewable energy
By Shankar Sharma | 27 May 2011
India's tropical location and low energy demand for majority of people, make the country most suitable to widen its renewable energy base and thereby reduce over-dependence on conventional sources of energy. |
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The mission unholy
By Rina Mukherji | 18 May 2011
India has been under attack for more than a millennium. The wicked attempts to destroy its civilization and denigrate the beliefs of the natives continue unabated despite the nation achieving political independence from the Europeans after the painful partition. |
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Energy or illusion?
By Shankar Sharma | 10 May 2011
The overall cost of establishing and running a nuclear power plant, and long term burden to safe-keep the spent nuclear fuels for centuries, are enormous and can not be ignored by our society and government. |
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Cities too need 'nirmal' push
By Rina Mukherji | 23 Apr 2011
India's success in rural sanitation has to be replicated at the urban level, as the rising migration to cities is leading to serious sanitation and health problems. |
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Public perpetuates corruption
By Samir Nazareth | 13 Apr 2011
Any movement against corruption will not yield results if the citizens refuse to accept their responsibility to oppose it in their daily life. People must realise that if they don't want to sacrifice their personal interests to fight corruption, no law will be effective in curbing it. |
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