Urban poor lack a roof over their head
Looking into what’s happening in the State of Karnataka, Kathyayini Chamaraj discusses the
housing needs and rights of the urban poor.
THE NEWS IN PROPORTION
12 DECEMBER 2018
Poverty
RIGHT TO HOUSING
Urban poor lack a roof over their head
Urban poor lack a roof over their head
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Kanchi Kohli raises questions on the Voluntary National Review report which shows India’s efforts to achieve seven of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals.
ENTERPRISING WOMEN
Women of a small village in Uttar Pradesh are weaving not just colorful yarn but also communal harmony in their region. Swapna Majumdar reports.
FILM REVIEW
In a terrible, but not-so-rare tragedy in rural West Bengal, 170 people lost their lives after consuming illicit liquor. But what actually happens after an incident such as this? Cholai, a well-researched black comedy, reveals the moral and social degradation that cuts across spheres, writes Shoma Chatterji.
DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER
In September 2015, the central government announced a pilot programme of providing direct cash transfers in place of food grains in an attempt to reform the Public Distribution System. Centre for Equity Studies (CES) recently conducted a survey of this pilot programme in Chandigarh. Shikha Nehra of CES reports the key findings from the survey.
EYE CAMP FIASCO
In Barwani, Madhya Pradesh, people lost their sight after botched up cataract surgeries. Was it because the organizers, the medical and paramedical staff of the district hospital did not take necessary steps? Or was the quality of medication used questionable? Or, because the victims are too marginalised and too poor to protest? Asks Shoma Chatterji.
UN DEVELOPMENT MANDATE
Can we look at ending poverty without looking at the structural reasons and dimensions of poverty and inequality? Pradeep Baisakh looks at this and at other objectives within the UN SDG framework and analyses how realistic their achievement would be.
RURAL INDIA
In what appears to be a damning indictment of the Five Year Plans, launched in 1951, as well as the economic reforms process that began in 1991, the first ever socio-economic survey has painted a dismal picture of rural India, says Devinder Sharma.
TRIBAL WELFARE
An apparently well-intended plan to help very poor tribes in Madhya Pradesh find sustainable livelihoods bears no relation to the reality of how it is actually implemented. Money is simply distributed and disappears, but things remain unchanged. Susmita Guru reports.
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
With the expiry of the MDGs which guided global development till 2015, the international community is now negotiating Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the period 2016-2030. Prahlad Shekhawat summarises the ensuing debates and explores a way forward.
POVERTY
A recent report from IFPRI indicates concrete progress by India in reducing hunger and malnutrition, while many experts continue to stress the unsatisfactory outcomes under GDP-driven growth. Prahlad Shekhawat calls for a new approach to address the real problems that lie somewhere in between.
DEVELOPMENT & DISPLACEMENT
Three million forest dwellers in Odisha are estimated to have been displaced since independence by various industrial and hydro-projects, among which the Upper Indiravati Hydro Project is one. Abhijit Mohanty brings us the story of three tribal settlements uprooted by it.
TALES FROM THE STREET
Homeless, vulnerable in equal measure to the vagaries of nature and human whims, and deprived of any form of social security, street dwellers often provide critical services, helping to sustain themselves and also the city. Pushpa Achanta meets some of them in Bengaluru and finds out more about their existence.
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- Retired Scientist
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
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FOOD SECURITY 
- The national nutrition strategy explained
- Upholding the rights of a child
- Malnutrition - A national disgrace
- Wadi: A model for sustainable tribal livelihood
- Justice eludes Mumbai's homeless
- A permanent address at the river's edge
- Can I build my own house?
- Street-side story
- Decoding the code on wages
- Rescued child labourers - institutionalised or forgotten
- Ineffective implementation of child labour laws
- The rise of migrant child labour
- Registration of informal land sales
- On the waterfront in Mumbai
- The catch regarding Mumbai’s fishing villages
- When women unite
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