This article looks at the emerging policy context on irrigation and drinking water supply in Jharkhand, the position of water rights in state legislation, the importance of water user groups, the critical issues of access to water for both the rural and the urban poor and the legal implications.
 

A recent survey finds the food for work progamme mired in corruption

Conflict kindles among states of India s iron ore belt

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This is the question angry and beleaguered tribals in Orissa and Jharkhand are asking, as mining companies set up shop in the midst of their land and forests, rooting to uproot them.

It is a question the companies answer firmly in the affirm

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The right-to-food campaign gets a fillip with the Common Minimum Programme of the new government incorporating far-reaching commitments on food security and the evolving constitutional doctrine tha

Then why are their voices being muffled?

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Supreme Court order on Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) dated 20/04/2004 in the matter of People's Union for Civil Liberties Vs Union of India & Ors.

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