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Category Archives: Accountability
eBook | The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights & Human Rights Day (10 December): “India must ratify the International Convention against Torture”
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. […] Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Adverse inclusion, Colonial policies, Constitution and Supreme Court, Democracy, eBook & eJournal, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Gandhian social movement, Government of India, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Resources, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Tagore and rural culture, Tribal culture worldwide
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Ambitious e-governance scheme for tribal welfare ashram schools and hostels – Andhra Pradesh
An ambitious plan is on the anvil to bring the administration of as many as 74 tribal welfare ashram schools and 45 tribal welfare hostels in the Bhadrachalam Agency under e-governance from the coming academic year. With a view to … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Childhood and children, Community facilities, Education and literacy, Government of India, Modernity, Organizations, Press snippets, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council
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eBook | What is the Biodiversity Act? And how will it protect intellectual property rights over traditional knowledge?
This publication contains the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and the Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 that was promulgated by the Government of India. This document may therefore be reproduced for educational and non-profit purposes without special permission from the National Biodiversity … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, eBook & eJournal, Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, Elephant, Ethnobotany, Government of India, Misconceptions, Modernity, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Resources, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Success story, Tiger, Trees
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Jawaharlal Nehru’s “five principles” for the policy to be pursued vis-a-vis the tribals
Jawaharlal Nehru [1889–1964, first Prime Minister of India] formulated the following five principles for the policy to be pursued vis-a-vis the tribals: (1) People should develop along the lines of their own genius, and the imposition of alien values should … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Anthropology, Assimilation, Community facilities, Constitution and Supreme Court, Democracy, Economy and development, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Gandhian social movement, Government of India, History, Literature and bibliographies, Modernity, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Tribal identity
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A constitution which guarantees: “The State shall not discriminate against any citizen” – The Sovereign Republic of India
Ambedkar had been the champion of freedom, free thinking and liberty whose words are important to be remembered. […] ‘The caste system has recognised slavery in inverse order of status and maintained inequality in every sphere of human activity social, … Continue reading →