Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Citizens' report on governance and development 2007/ Social Watch Organization

Contributor(s): Social Watch OrganizationMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Los Angeles: SAGE, 2007Description: 182 p. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN: 9780761936411Subject(s): Politics and government | Economic development -- IndiaDDC classification: 321.8

Contents:

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- The Indian Parliament and the Grammar of Anarchy -- Deepening Disparities and Divides: Whose Growth is it Anyway? -- Access to Justice: State of Indian Judiciary -- Local Governance: Hopes, Promises and Performance -- Looking Ahead -- 1. THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT AND THE 8216;GRAMMAR OF ANARCHY -- Introduction -- Institutional Dimension -- Inside the Parliament -- The Scheduled Tribes and Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 20068212; Recognising Historical Injustice -- Whose Questions, Whose Answers -- Parliamentary Protocol -- Office of Profit -- Cash for Questions -- Operation Chakravyuh -- Criminalisation of Politics -- Conclusion -- 2. DEEPENING DISPARITIES AND DIVIDES: WHOSE GROWTH IS IT ANYWAY? -- Uneven Impact of Growth -- Policy or Absence of Strategic Goal -- Employment8212;How Inclusive is the Growth? -- Trends in Employment -- Agricultural Marketing Reform and Commodity Futures Market: The Growth Strategy of Indian Agriculture -- Performance of Indian Agriculture -- Health Inequities in India8212;Are We Closing the Gap -- Health Status -- Right to Information Act8212;Has It Worked? -- Reforms and Regional Development: The Changing Nature of Centre8211;State Fiscal Relations -- The SEZ Policy: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward -- Civil Society, Private Business and Government8212;The New 8216;Mantra -- 3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: STATE OF INDIAN JUDICIARY -- I. Mapping Judicial Response through Court Verdicts -- Civil Rights, Political Accountability and the Courts -- Rights of Children of Women Prisoners: SC Urges8212;8216;Revamp Jail Manuals, Pass Necessary Legislations -- Custodial Torture of a Tribal: Indictment of Police Authorities and Award of Compensation -- Preventive Arrest: Balancing National Security with Individual Freedom -- Direct Prosecution of Public Servants, Including Ministers -- Education and Establishing Educational Institutions: Scope of Fundamental Rights -- Gram Panchayats and Functionaries Appointed by Government -- Labour Rights -- Social-Economic Rights and the Courts -- No Constitutional Guarantee of Employment -- 8216;Foundational Value of All Fundamental Rights Asserted -- Socialism a 8216;Basic Feature, Privatisation in Policy Domain!: Supreme Court -- No Preferential Public Employment for the Displaced -- Legality of SHGs Involvement in ICDS Upheld -- The Mumbai High Court Judgement on Farmers Suicides: Some Open Questions -- Environment, Development and the Courts -- Aravalli Hills Case: Court-appointed Committees at the 8216;Business-end -- Reconciling Competing Claims of Protecting Tanks and Housing -- The Supreme Court Explains the 8216;Public Trust Doctrine Further -- A Decision in Compromising Context: The DDA Case from Delhi -- Womens Right to Forest Produce: Madras High Court -- Enforcing Water Supply in a City: Kerala High Court -- II. The State of the Judical System -- Specific Issues on Judicial Accountability -- National Judicial Council on the Anvil -- Judicial Corruption and Whistleblower Policy -- Dealing with Abuse of PILs -- Arrears, Delay and Dealing with Them -- Alternatives to Court Adjudication -- Status of Fast Track Courts -- Justice for All and the Need for 8216;Demand Orientation -- Gram Nyayalayas.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 1 )
Comments ( 0 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	321.8 SOC/C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P06335

Total holds: 0

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes --
Preface --
INTRODUCTION --
The Indian Parliament and the Grammar of Anarchy --
Deepening Disparities and Divides: Whose Growth is it Anyway? --
Access to Justice: State of Indian Judiciary --
Local Governance: Hopes, Promises and Performance --
Looking Ahead --
1. THE INDIAN PARLIAMENT AND THE 8216;GRAMMAR OF ANARCHY --
Introduction --
Institutional Dimension --
Inside the Parliament --
The Scheduled Tribes and Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 20068212; Recognising Historical Injustice --
Whose Questions, Whose Answers --
Parliamentary Protocol --
Office of Profit --
Cash for Questions --
Operation Chakravyuh --
Criminalisation of Politics --
Conclusion --
2. DEEPENING DISPARITIES AND DIVIDES: WHOSE GROWTH IS IT ANYWAY? --
Uneven Impact of Growth --
Policy or Absence of Strategic Goal --
Employment8212;How Inclusive is the Growth? --
Trends in Employment --
Agricultural Marketing Reform and Commodity Futures Market: The Growth Strategy of Indian Agriculture --
Performance of Indian Agriculture --
Health Inequities in India8212;Are We Closing the Gap --
Health Status --
Right to Information Act8212;Has It Worked? --
Reforms and Regional Development: The Changing Nature of Centre8211;State Fiscal Relations --
The SEZ Policy: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward --
Civil Society, Private Business and Government8212;The New 8216;Mantra --
3. ACCESS TO JUSTICE: STATE OF INDIAN JUDICIARY --
I. Mapping Judicial Response through Court Verdicts --
Civil Rights, Political Accountability and the Courts --
Rights of Children of Women Prisoners: SC Urges8212;8216;Revamp Jail Manuals, Pass Necessary Legislations --
Custodial Torture of a Tribal: Indictment of Police Authorities and Award of Compensation --
Preventive Arrest: Balancing National Security with Individual Freedom --
Direct Prosecution of Public Servants, Including Ministers --
Education and Establishing Educational Institutions: Scope of Fundamental Rights --
Gram Panchayats and Functionaries Appointed by Government --
Labour Rights --
Social-Economic Rights and the Courts --
No Constitutional Guarantee of Employment --
8216;Foundational Value of All Fundamental Rights Asserted --
Socialism a 8216;Basic Feature, Privatisation in Policy Domain!: Supreme Court --
No Preferential Public Employment for the Displaced --
Legality of SHGs Involvement in ICDS Upheld --
The Mumbai High Court Judgement on Farmers Suicides: Some Open Questions --
Environment, Development and the Courts --
Aravalli Hills Case: Court-appointed Committees at the 8216;Business-end --
Reconciling Competing Claims of Protecting Tanks and Housing --
The Supreme Court Explains the 8216;Public Trust Doctrine Further --
A Decision in Compromising Context: The DDA Case from Delhi --
Womens Right to Forest Produce: Madras High Court --
Enforcing Water Supply in a City: Kerala High Court --
II. The State of the Judical System --
Specific Issues on Judicial Accountability --
National Judicial Council on the Anvil --
Judicial Corruption and Whistleblower Policy --
Dealing with Abuse of PILs --
Arrears, Delay and Dealing with Them --
Alternatives to Court Adjudication --
Status of Fast Track Courts --
Justice for All and the Need for 8216;Demand Orientation --
Gram Nyayalayas.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.