Governance And Institutions

Improving the public expenditure outcomes of the NREGS through social accountability interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) is a social safety net program that provides employment to over 35 million households and has an annual budget of Rs 39,000 crores/

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
Darshana Patel, Parmesh Shah, Poulomi Chakrabarti
CUTS
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), India, Rajasthan, Sirohi (D), Jaipur, Sustainable Development, CUTS, Darshana Patel, Parmesh Shah, Poulomi Chakrabarti, Governance And Institutions
Biodiversity

Intellectual property rights, biodiversity and traditional knowledge

This report starts with a brief account of different types of IPRs, including a brief overview of the WTO TRIPs agreement. It focuses on biodiversity and relationship with the IPR regime.

Publication Date: 
18/09/2007
Ritu Lodha
CUTS
Tags:
Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), India