This Haryana based non-profit organization is working towards building a disabled friendly society through integration and rehabilitation, says Indra Chopra
Human Rights Watch finds hundreds
of thousands of
children working as virtual slaves in India's
silk industry. and calls on the government to enforce
the laws.
Unequal distribution of resources has resulted in a shortage of land
available for grazing. Anthra develops sustainable
alternatives in consultation with affected groups.
A social audit of the Corporation of Delhi
finds public money is routinely redirected away
from the purposes it is intended for. But citizens can
monitor its uses, as Parivartan shows.
The tragic reversal of roles is the result of
national policies that have neglected agriculture and
farming in the wake of globalisation, says Devinder
Sharma.
The Malenadu home garden and seed exchange network in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka has made an impressive beginning in saving seed diversity says Sunita Rao.
The Government of Karnataka's Working Group on Decentralization discusses institutions for upward accountability in Panchayati Raj. The second in a series of articles adapted from the Working Group's 2002 report.
Policies on development have been ignored with impunity.
Little wonder, then, that the language of people's demands now centers on
"rights", says Videh Upadhyay.
Administrative lapses and the fears of young parents
keep a small percentage of infants outside the vaccine's reach,
and this may be enough to keep the virus alive.
