In one of the worst cases of attack on an NREGA activist, Lalit Kumar was murdered this week in Palamu
Right from the word go combating corruption in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has been a major agenda of activists of the Right to Food Campaign. Needless to say, it brings activists into conflict […]
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Murder of Lalit Kumar, NREGA activist in Palamu, Jharkhand
Published May 23rd, 2008 in India, Human rights, Governance, Right to food campaign and Current Affaires. 2 CommentsIndia: Union & State budgets search engine
Published February 21st, 2008 in Social Policy, India, Governance, Economics & Economy and Current Affaires. 0 CommentsA search engine to search India’s Union budgets and State budgets (available) in one click
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Published February 21st, 2008 in Social Policy, India, General Interest, Governance, Useful Links (by topics) and Current Affaires. 0 CommentsSearch websites of Indian Parliament and most legislative assemblies in one go
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America’s New Deal & India’s Employment Guarantee Act
Published June 25th, 2007 in Right to food, Social Policy, India, Governance, Right to food campaign and USA. 0 CommentsComparisons are often drawn between the New Deal in USA and the Employment Guarantee Act in India (NREGA). One programme of new deal comes close to NREGA - Civilian Conservation Corps
The Government of India passed the all-important National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2005 (for an intro click here). Whenever I mention it to […]
Fighting corruption using right to information: Arvind Kejriwal’s talk
Published May 19th, 2007 in Right to food, Social Movements, Right to information, India, Governance and Video & Audio online. 0 CommentsGood introductory video on using right to information to combat corruption by Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal has been at the heart of an inspiring campaign to combat corruption by using the right to information. He spearheaded a campaign in Delhi along with many other groups that popularised the use of right to information. Arvind […]
Right to information call centre in Bihar: Video clip
Published May 19th, 2007 in Right to food, Right to information, India, Governance and Video & Audio online. 0 CommentsIt looks like Government of Bihar has launched a Right to information call centre. Personally, I think this is a great idea, though I dont know how it works at this point. If found a video about it in You Tube that has been widely televised. This is a eight minute clip […]
Useful links on Corruption
Published April 13th, 2007 in Right to information, Social Policy, Governance, Economics & Economy and Useful Links (by topics). 0 CommentsOnline resources on corruption inclusing reading lists, links to organisations, etc.
For a more extensive list please see my links on right to information
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