India's political parties
A study of democracy is incomplete without a study of one of its most fundamental components—political parties. In India, works on the country’s political parties so far have explored, among other things,
Political Parties
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The UPA & NDA have poor track record on water issues- But there is no way to hold them accountable during the elections
On water issues, the performance of the United Progressive Alliance over the last five years and that of the NDA earlier have been quite poor. And yet, there was little possibility of holding them accountable for that track record in the just concluded elections.
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Three cheers for democracy
Important bills are better dropped than approved without parliamentary debate THE government failed to push through Rajya Sabha three critical bills that had been cleared by the lower house of Parliament recently. The upper house rejected government bills on land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation, and compensatory afforestation. These bills address natural resources
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Kill bills
Left and right unite to stall twin bills in Parliament THE land acquisition bill and the resettlement and rehabilitation bill, criticized for harming land rights of people living in rural areas, were turned down in the Rajya Sabha on February 26. This was a day after the twin bills were rushed through the Lok Sabha. The bills, that complement each other were the government
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A tree for a vote, even if I lose: Kulkarni
Pune Whether he wins or loses, Pune can hope to be a lot more green if Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the Lok Sabha constituency, D S Kulkarni, keeps his word. He has promised a tree for each vote he gets.
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Land erosion and political neglect key election issues in the Sundarbans islands
Raktima Bose Kolkata The residents of Mousuni Island live in perpetual fear of losing their homes and plots to the hungry tides of the Muri Ganga river.
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Development policy and the nature of society: Understanding the Kerala model
The quality of life is usually measured by three interrelated dimensions such as the human development index, the human freedom index, and the human distress profile. In Kerala, in spite of high HDI, the rates of suicide, crime, drug addiction, unemployment, etc, are high compared to other states.
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BJP promises housing policy for Chandigarh
CHANDIGARH: The BJP candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat from Chandigarh, Satya Pal Jain, on Thursday promised that on coming to power at the Centre his party would allow construction of one additional floor in all residential and commercial structures including bay-shops and booths.
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Rice staple for BJP too
Main opposition party, that till recently maintained that economic populism is anti-welfare, is going all out on populist announcements in its manifesto SAFFRON PARTY GOES AN EXTRA STEP TO DENT CONGRESS
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Rice at Rs 3, major focus on security Congress manifesto
The Congress manifesto, which was jointly released by party president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Tuesday, has asked people to vote for the party promising stability, security and prosperity for all.
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Political parties admit need to strengthen RTI and NREG Acts
But choose to remain non-committal and refrain from going into specifics Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: They spoke from the same platform, assured of action by their respective party, and yet when it came to listing the exact plan of action, they chose to remain non-committal.