14-01-2012In an e-mail interview with OneWorld, police officer Veerendra Mishra talks about his latest book, Community Policing- Misnomer or Fact? which analyses the conceptual variances and factors that impede smooth collaboration between the police and the public. more...
13-01-2012Health officials hail the milestone in a country once home to half of the world's polio cases. more...
Image: Polio eradication: A baby receiving two drops of polio vaccine during the immunisation campaign to eradicate polio at Madhapur in Hyderabad/ Photo credit: The Hindu
13-01-2012Rising food insecurity triggered by climate change will deal a serious blow to the nutrition status of Indian women unless the adaptation techniques focus on them, writes Aditi Kapoor. more...
11-01-2012While addressing an international science conference, Justice Markandey Katju emphasised on how scientific knowledge can reinforce and promote democracy for India's holistic development. Here are excerpts from his speech. more...
Image: The Chairman, Press Council of India, Justice Markandey Katju at the International Conference on ‘Science Communication for Scientific Temper’, in New Delhi on January 10, 2012/ Photo credit: PIB
09-01-2012Sixty-days camps for tribal children in India's western state of Rajasthan offer education, food and sanitation to impoverished kids. more...
Image: Young tribal girls discover the joys of learning at the Kaya Centre. Many of them show signs of malnutrition like bloated bellies, dry, reddish hair, and stunted growth/ Photo credit: WFS
05-01-2012The e-housing scheme in the Indian state of Kerala ensures hassle free and transparent disbursement of pro-poor funds for the scheduled caste population. more...
National seminar on wastewater management 03-01-2012Centre for Science and Environment is organising a national seminar on ‘Decentralised Wastewater Management Practices: Options and Challenges’ in February 2012 in New Delhi, India.
Politics and prosperity 10-01-2012Arun Sinha's book Nitish Kumar and the Rise of Bihar traces the journey of the Indian state of Bihar through changing ideologies and governance to become one of the fastest developing states.
11-01-2012The HUNGaMA (Hunger and Malnutrition) Survey conducted by the Naandi Foundation presents India's malnutrition data at the district level in a pioneering attempt to make the voices of over 74,000 mothers heard. more...
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Civil Society Leaders & Union Budget
Union Budget 2012 is round the corner and
The Finance Ministry has initiated pre-Budget
consultations with different stake-holders including the civil society. We at
OneWorld South Asia are keenly following the developments.
Watch for this space on what the Indian civil society has to say about Budget 2012.
