News 360-Brief

CAG finds irregularities in Odisha port projects

Audit reveals loss of Rs 160 crore for minor ports in PPP mode

Planning Commission push to health care privatisation

Draft 12th Five Year Plan proposes contracting-in and PPP in public health services

Left demands right to food for every Indian

Begins five-day sit in protest at Jantar Mantar

Poverty, beyond calories

New method finds India is 9 per cent poorer

Heading towards a cliff

As India elects new government, the 12th Five Year Plan may no longer be pro-poor

Are our budgets participatory?

Legislative scrutiny of budget in India compares with that of Afghanistan and Rwanda

Jharkhand proposes MGNREGA worker unions

Work demand under the rural employment programme is decreasing in the state

Is India ready?

Effective social schemes need more than cash transfer

News 360 - Brief

Dalit-adivasi agenda for inclusion of SC, ST rights in election manifestos

Kerala launches an on-line campaign on dalit and adivasi concerns

Socio Economic and Caste Census could leave rightful claimants out of BPL list

Activists point out several drawbacks in the inclusion and deprivation criteria

Alcohol brands now targeting women and youth, says report

Expresses concern over alcohol brands being advertised in violation of rules

Hunger games – it’s the real India show

GDP ignores cost to the environment

Can this flawed measure of growth be reversed?

Inheritance of loss

Whatever the poverty line, 50 per cent people in India will remain poor

Who are the poor?

Planning Commission's poverty estimates do not reflect ground reality

An exercise in flippancy

Planning Commission report for a low-carbon future disappoints

Diesel price hike: no scope for roll back

'Not raising diesel prices would harm economy much more'

ASHAs not enough to deliver healthcare to urban poor: study

'Women in urban slums need a basket of healthcare services to meet their needs'

Direct Cash Transfer scheme begins on low key

Government scales down UID-linked scheme to 248,000 people in 20 districts

A lame duck Schedule of the Constitution

The true potential of the Fifth Schedule was diluted right at its conception

Fresh development plan for naxal-affected districts

Rural schemes to be more flexible; get more funds

Gamble for guar, soy

Despite demand and production, farmers lose to futures trading