HUMANS AND ANIMALS
Incentives for wildlife-friendly land use?

Many landowners around forests would set aside some lands in exchange for payments. Some see this as a promising conservation strategy, but others believe more nuance is needed.

#Biodiversity #Wildlife #Environment
INFORMAL WORKERS
Procedures, rules hinder access to social security

There are several government schemes to assist those who've lost their livelihoods from informal jobs, but many eligible workers find it difficult to register for benefits, despite court interventions.

#Labour Issues #Livelihoods #Human Rights #Poverty
REAL DEMOCRACY
Citizens demand real participation

In cities across Karnataka, civil society groups are pushing the government to set up ward committees and area sabhas through which they can direct the governance of their localities.

#Cities #Government #Laws
LEARNING ONLINE
Dual lesson plans can bridge the digital divide

A pilot program shows how learning can continue despite the lockdown, and also how the gap in technology-assisted learning available to children in government schools can be closed.

#Curricula #Education #ODISHA
COASTAL LAWS
CRZ: Why coastal communities are troubled by these three letters

Lack of clarity over legal requirements, shoddy implementation and selective approvals have made it extremely difficult for poorer communities to build or maintain their houses in coastal zones. Vinod Patgar describes the situation based on his experience in Karnataka.

#Fisheries #Environment
MAKE-BELIEVE DEVELOPMENT
The promises of Tadri: Mirage or reality?
MAKE-BELIEVE DEVELOPMENT : The promises of Tadri: Mirage or reality?

As environmental clearance on the proposed Tadri port in Karnataka is awaited, Dina Rasquinha and Aarthi Sridhar discuss how assumed future benefits of the port have been projected in complete disregard of the natural, environmental gifts that the region enjoys.

#Environment #Government #Laws
COMPOSTING SCAM IN BENGALURU
What's in that compost you are using: burnt waste?

A citizen’s probe unearths a racket in which toxic burnt waste is sold to farmers in the garb of vermicompost; what’s more, the packaging indicates involvement of a composting firm under the government. Shree D N and Akshatha M report from Bengaluru.

#Urban Environment #Waste #Environment
SEX WORKER REALITIES
Workers, not beggars
SEX WORKER REALITIES : Workers, not beggars

Recent incidents, where sex workers were detained by the police and subsequently forced into a state shelter for beggars, are symptomatic of the continuous harassment faced by them and a basic lack of understanding of their realities. Pushpa Achanta elaborates.

#Gender Law and Policy #Human Rights #Women
OPINION
A rocky road for Gram Swaraj

The Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act Amendment Committee suggested reforms in the 1993 legislation to realise the ideal of decentralisation in letter and spirit. Nandana Reddy, a core member of the committee, holds the state accountable for the manner in which it has dealt with the report and proposed amendments.

#Panchayats #Laws #OP-ED
WHITHER ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?
How Karnataka's mega port project is bending the rules

Legal and procedural lapses as well as disregard of critical public submissions are tarnishing the EIA of the proposed Tadadi Port in Karnataka. Kanchi Kohli reports.

#Environmental Regulation #Environment
GRASSROOTS GOVERNANCE
GPOD: Bringing management principles to gram panchayats

As Gram Panchayats in Karnataka go to the polls this year, Madhavi Rajadhyaksha explores the untapped potential of these grassroots institutions and suggests ways in which their capabilities may be leveraged and capacity strengthened.

#Panchayats #Government
NAXALISM IN KARNATAKA
Where the fight against extremism is far from over

The Karnataka government’s attempts to reintegrate Naxals into the mainstream through the provision of a surrender and rehabilitation package have met with limited success. Akshatha M reports on the ground realities.

#Law and Order #Government #Human Rights
INCLUSION IN EDUCATION
A school for me too
INCLUSION IN EDUCATION : A school for me too

The Nanagu Shaale programme shows why the provision of home-based education for children with special needs may in practice defeat the ideological objective of inclusion. 

#Disability #Education Law and Policy #Education
CHILD ABUSE
When legal redress isn't enough to protect children
Hospital-based Collaborative Child Response Units can go a long way in providing immediate medical attention, minimising secondary trauma, and ensuring that children abused sexually get adequate social support. Vinita A Shetty looks at why these CCRUs are so critical for minor victims.
#Justice System #Children #Human Rights
CHILD VISION
Tackling preventable blindness through screening in schools

Various independent studies and research reveal close to 20 per cent of students across India suffering from some degree of visual impairment. A new initiative from the Nayonika Eye Care Charitable Trust seeks to correct this through the combined efforts of a wider network.

#Child Health #Health
  • Population : 67.5 m (2019 est)
  • Area : 191,791 sq.km.
  • Density : 352/sq. km.
  • Sex Ratio : 973 (2011)
  • Child Sex Ratio : 948 (2011)
  • Literacy : 77.20% (2020)
  • Forest Cover : 20.11% (2019)
  • Lok Sabha MPs : 28
  • Rajya Sabha MPs : 12
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