But no right to information

A month in prison drives man to suicide

Karnataka gets jitters as Goa clamps down

Rampant pollution and state inaction forces farmers to attack and kill a miner in Goa

The mokasodari system has its origin in pre-liberation Goa when mokasodars used to collect revenue from the villagers. Says Amrut Kasar, land rights expert, a mokasodar was not just a revenue collectors, he enjoyed a high social and political status in the village. The Portuguese colonial rulers allowed the mokasodar's permanent land rights.

But there is no legal clarity over these rights because the original residents of the villages, the goankars, also claim ownership over the land they have been tilling and living on for centuries now.

Goa trawler owners protest against fishing ban during monsoon proves to be a damp squib

The Delhi Right to Information Bill 2001 is not without loopholes