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Basic Capability Index- Interview of Roberto Bissio, Coordinator Social Watch International |
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India cannot eradicate poverty by 2015: that is the assessment of the Social Watch, an NGO which monitors governance across globe. Its Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) was released in February. Social Watch coordinator Roberto Bissio told Governance Now that India’s progress has been fast in the recent years, but the poor are becoming poorer since the launch of economic liberalisation. Excerpts from an interview with Bissio: |
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End of Poverty Still a Dream |
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Report says the objective would not be reached by 2015
Trithesh Nandan | new delhi | February 23 2010 |
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India can’t end poverty by 2015, as per new index |
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India can’t end poverty by 2015, as per new index |
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Social Watch India Perspective Paper Series on Parliamentary Committees |
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Social Watch India Perspective Paper Series on Parliamentary Committees |
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Robust social investment programs should be enacted in order to effectively stimulate the global economy and mitigate the impacts of the financial crisis on workers |
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Robust social investment programs should be enacted in order to effectively stimulate the global economy and mitigate the impacts of the financial crisis on workers, women and the poor, concludes the international civil society network Social Watch in its 2009 Report. This will not only satisfy criteria of social justice but also is sound economic policy, states the Report, titled People First. The report was launched on September 23 . People First includes dozens of in-depth reports from grassroots civil society organizations, which prove that the poorest countries played no part in causing the crisis, yet they are experiencing its worst effects. The exclusion of these countries from forums such as the G-20 creates a further obstacle to implementing socially just policies. |
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Parliament panels can be very easily manipulated |
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19 November 2009
Times of India
In a scathing indictment of the parliamentary committee system, an independent report has said that leave alone acting as watchdogs, committees were vulnerable to manipulation. |
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Reduce number of parliamentary panels |
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The Hindu
Recommending a reduction in the number of parliamentary committees, a research paper has called for induction of experts from academia and civil society into these forums in an advisory capacity. |
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Let MPs speak their mind: V-P |
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Hindustan Times
A day before the winter session of Parliament starts, Vice-President Hamid Ansari said members should be allowed to express their views without fear of violating party discipline. |
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Curtail whips, give MPs freedom: V-P |
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Indian Express
Vice-President Hamid Ansari, who is Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, on Tuesday advocated that political parties should restrict whips to only those Bills and Motions which could threaten the survival of a government to enable freedom to MPs to air their views over critical issues. |
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Vice President inaugurates seminar on “Evaluating Committees.. |
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Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India
The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that the Indian Parliament has performed its essential legislative, deliberative and accountability functions with a fair degree of success. |
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