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Cabinet Protects Foreign Nuclear Suppliers

Mon, 2010-08-23 14:07 | A. Gopalakrishnan
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True to his credentials as an obsessively US-friendly Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh presided over his Cabinet on August 20 and approved the final draft of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010, with substantial modifications and additions to allow the US nuclear reactor suppliers a liability-free regime for their Indian sales and operations. In doing this, the Cabinet ignored the saner recommendations of national experts, given through their depositions before the Parliamentary Committee on Science & Technology, to help formulate an India-centric liability legislation. 

Minority Development in West Bengal: A Left Perspective

Tue, 2010-08-31 20:10 | Moinul Hassan

In recent times there has been series of discussions regarding the socio economic conditions of the Indian minorities and their development and it is a welcome shift

 

The Sacred Cow

Sat, 2010-08-28 20:50 | Prabhat Patnaik

The concept of ''infrastructure'' itself, has a class dimension.

Illegal Mining and The Politics of Corporate Neo-liberalism

Fri, 2010-08-27 07:38 | Archana Prasad
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As the Government of India cancels the environmental clearances to the Vedanta project in the Niyamgiri hills, the role of corporate politics in the country is becoming the focus of the debate.

 

A note on the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster - Part 2

Mon, 2010-08-23 20:43 | N. D. Jayaprakash

[ Editor's note:  This is the second article in an in-depth 3 part series (Part 1, Part 3) on the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster by the noted activist N.D. Jayaprakash. The author is the Joint Secretary of the Delhi Science Forum and Co-Convenor of the Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahyog Samiti. ]

A note on the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster - Part 1

Mon, 2010-08-23 20:35 | N. D. Jayaprakash





[ Editor's note:  Pragoti is pleased to publish an in-depth 3 part series (Part 2, Part 3) on the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster by the noted activist N.D. Jayaprakash. The author is the Joint Secretary of the Delhi Science Forum and Co-Convenor of the Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahyog Samiti, a survivor's organization. ]



Complaint filed by C.Umashankar IAS., against the State of Tamil Nadu

Thu, 2010-08-19 00:36 | C.Umashankar

Before the National Commission for SC/ST, New Delhi
From
C.Umashankar IAS., (1990 batch)

Umashankar I.A.S, a victim of Crony Capitalism.

Thu, 2010-08-19 00:24 | Karthik.S
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 C.Umashankar,a well known Dalit IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre was suspended from the service recently by the Tamil Nadu Government,alleging him of producing a fake caste certificate.Umashankar earned reputation by taking an unflinching position against corruption and nepotism which has irked the prominent Dravidian parties of the state. Pragoti presents a translation of an article written in Theekathir about this in detail highlighting the brazen caste discrimination that exist behind the rationalist facade of DMK and the deepening of the crony capitalism in the state. Translation courtesy, Karthik.
A complaint filed by Shri.Umashankar against the Tamil Nadu Government in front of the National Commission for SC/ST is also uploaded here.

Thinking Clearly About the Public Distribution System

Wed, 2010-08-18 15:07 — subhanil
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 A blogpost on the erroneous assumptions and conclusions about the Public Distribution System or how I continue to one-sidedly debate the Economic Times and its writers on inflation. Cartoon, courtesy The Hindu newspaper.

Fooling People in the Name of Economics

Tue, 2010-08-17 16:14 — subhanil
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 A blog post on an erroneous interpretation of inflation in India in the Economic Times newspaper.