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More on the Maintenance of Parents Bill 2007

On July 16, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

In May 2007, we looked at a short critique of the Maintenance of Parents and Welfare of Senior Citizens Bill which was introduced in Parliament in March 2007. The Bill is interesting because it seeks …

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Defining Minorities in India

On July 14, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s edition of the Hindu features an article by Professor Zoya Hasan, who teaches at JNU, and is a member of the National Commission of Minorities (click here for her profile as well as those …

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Assessing the implementation of The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act:

On July 13, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Today’s Hindu carries a piece by Jean Dreze and Siddhartha Lal where they narrate their field experiences in Rajasthan on a trip that was undertaken to assess the implementation of the NREGA. While there was …

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The Naxalite/Maoist Movement in India: Facts, Current State and Analysis

On July 12, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Revisiting the online edition of The Nation (which describes itself as “the flagship of the left” in America) after a long time, I was pleasantly surprised to find in its current issue an article on …

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Does India need an Executive President?

On July 11, 2007 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

In a provocative article, cartoonist Rajinder Puri (he writes on Constitutional issues also) argues that our Constitution makers in fact envisaged an Executive Presidency. He challenges the first Attorney General of India, M.C.Setalvad’s opinion to …

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Supreme Court Ruling on Taxation of Captive BPOs

On July 10, 2007 By Umakanth Varottil In Uncategorized

India has become the preferred destination for multinational companies (MNCs) to outsource significant parts of their operations to be performed on Indian shores. For this purpose, the MNCs establish captive operations in India. The captive …

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Caste, Class and Quotas

On July 9, 2007 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

The current issue of EPW has an interesting article on conceptual differences between caste and class and their role in the reservation policy. Some of the author K.D. Saksena’s points struck me as being very …

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The debate over St. Stephens’ new policy

On July 9, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Reading Dilip’s stimulating post on the judgment recently delivered by Justice Dhanapalan of the Madras High Court, and his discussion of the Pai and Inamdar rulings, reminded me that some of the same issues come …

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Madras High Court Ruling on Quotas II: A follow-up

On July 7, 2007 By Dilip Rao In Uncategorized

The Madras High Court judgment delivered by Justice V. Dhanapalan that Mr. Arun Thiruvengadam discussed in his post (see below) is elaborated in a few key respects in some detail below. Brought against the government …

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A detailed examination of issues relating to Retail in India

On July 7, 2007 By Arun Thiruvengadam In Uncategorized

Continuing the trend set by Umakanth of updating issues previously explored on the blog, those who followed the brief discussion about the debate over whether and how foreign retailers should be allowed within India, would …

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