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Monthly Archives: June 2011
FCRA Bill 2010 (as passed by the Parliament)
As you may be aware, Parliament has passed Foreign Contribution Regulation Bill 2010 on 19th August 2010 replacing the earlier 1976 FCRA Act. The new Act has added, amended a number of provisions. SRRF Dialogue brings out some the important … Continue reading
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Govt. to provide sanitary napkins
Sanitary napkins will now be provided to young girls in rural areas at Re.1 per pack to promote menstrual hygiene in the country, GoI’s Health ministry has approved a Rs 150 crore scheme under NRHM. A pack of six high … Continue reading
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Poverty Politics
National Advisory Council, with Sonia Gandhi back in the saddle, has been revitalized. It is to play a pivotal role in Govt.’s decision on legislation for Right to Food. Empowered Group of Ministers led by Pranab Mukherjee has asked Planning … Continue reading
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Medieval Mindset
In yet another incident showing medieval mind-set, a caste panchayat in Khurai town in Sagar disitrict of MP, a woman was forced to undergo `agni pariksha’ to prove that she was not a thief. A woman was alleged by her … Continue reading
Posted in Social Issues
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National Advisory Council deliberates on Food Security Bill
NAC, in its third meeting on Wednesday, has broadly agreed on the need to universalise food subsidy, though it is yet to finalise its recommendations. One of the agreement reached is to provide distribution network to cover at least a … Continue reading
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Lack of Ownership in Decision making leads to Tragedy like Khajuri Khas
Remember the stampede in a girl’s school in Khajuri Khas last year, which resulted in death of 5 girls and at least 35 with serious injuries. Well the enquiry report is out which mainly points to lack of planning and … Continue reading
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Insensitivity of Police personnel
Probably most of us would have heard about the incident in which a woman who was hit and chased by a policeman ended up delivering a baby in open. We all must have come across such stories of total insensitivity … Continue reading
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Child Marriage
As per District Level Household & facility Survey (DLHS) conducted for 2007-08, child marriage continues to be a widely prevalent practice in India. As per the survey of women aged between 20-24, women who had married before 18 years of … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights
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Missing Children
Delhi seems to be becoming a hub for human trafficking. In first twenty odd days of January itself as many as 117 children have gone missing from Delhi (almost 5 per day). These are the figures as reported to police … Continue reading
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Time govt stopped foreign funding of Civil Society groups
DNA / R Vaidyanathan / Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:45 IST Among the largest members of the Indian economy is the NGO sector or what is known as the Third Sector or Civil Society (other than government and private) in … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Funding
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