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February 2007

Rehabilitation before displacement

November 2006

Cabinet clears bill on foreign funding

Two-thirds of India lacks sanitation facilities: UN report

Rehabilitation and resettlement to be regulated by law

Amended trafficking bill needs more clarity

Poverty rate decline slower than GDP growth

October 2006

Draft national policy for NGO sector

Banker to the world’s poor wins Nobel Peace Prize

Nationwide stir for RTI the only solution: Hazare

962 farmer suicides in Vidarbha

Govt issues new PDS guidelines to curb corruption

Maharashtra to conduct new BPL survey

Working group suggests far-reaching reforms in land laws

Child malnutrition in India among the highest in the world: UN report

Alternative Nobel for dalit activist and the man behind WSF

NREGA review council identifies implementation problems

September 2006

SC orders major reforms in police force

Bharat Nirman meets 4 out of 6 targets

NGOs may be involved in NREGS social audit

S Asia poverty can be ended in a generation: World Bank

Polio cases in India on the rise

CSOs oppose move to water down environment impact assessment

Survey shows wide disparities in child, women development

Freeze on recruitment in Maharashtra till disabled quota is filled

88 lakh people get work under NREGS

88 lakh people get work under NREGS

August 2006

‘Tribal-friendly’ wildlife bill

India Social Forum in November 2006

Farmer suicides continue despite aid packages

Banks’ relief package for flood-affected in Maharashtra

Draft policy on farmers seeks livelihood security

Planning Commission orders NGO headcount

Private participation in rural housing recommended

Amendment to RTI Act put on hold

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan audit reveals anomalies

Floods in Maharashtra claim 330 lives

ARC supports access to file notings

New rural housing finance scheme

SC issues notices on farmer suicides

Strong growth in Indian industry, poor forecast for agriculture

NABARD rural innovation fund

Backward regions fund for 250 districts

Nationwide protests against amendments to RTI Act

Abolition of village development bodies recommended

Thousands evacuated, villages cut off in Maharashtra floods

Small food units face stiff penalties

NREGS: Govt. claims 90% success

Govt. seeks early hearing of Jharkhand panchayat polls case

Ban on employing children as domestic servants, in restaurants

31 ‘farmer-suicide-prone’ districts identified

RTI activist wins Magsaysay award

July 2006

Draft national tribal policy released

Schools with no building, 1 teacher for 100 students

File ‘notings’ amendment to RTI Act

2 lakh people affected by Bihar floods

Old age pension hiked to Rs 200 per month

Only BPL families to get kerosene in PDS

Changes proposed in law for children

Coarse grains instead of wheat in PDS; less food in food-for-work

Enterprise growth faster than job growth: Census

Proposal to fix NREGA wage rate put on hold

Maharashtra committee to combat trafficking in women, children

India becoming net importer of food: UNDP report

Rs 3,750 crore relief package for Vidarbha

June 2006

Inequalities hindering growth: WB report

Bihar panchayat polls end

Approach paper for 11th Five-Year Plan released

Global target for elimination of child labour

Health insurance for BPL families proposed

47% of India’s under-5s are malnourished

May 2006

Centre committed to rural habitat policy

Door-to-door survey to identify distressed cotton farmers

Mothers to play bigger role in mid-day meal scheme

JPC suggests changes in forest rights bill

12 killed in first phase of Bihar panchayat polls

Social security scheme for unorganised sector proposed

Changes in human trafficking law

NREGS hit by rumours in Lalitpur

HC asks Bihar govt. to account for unspent education money

Proposed wage cut will harm NREGA: activists

April 2006

Survey to identify problems of nomadic tribes

Dwindling natural forest cover cause for concern

Lower interest rate for farmers in Maharashtra

One in four primary school teachers absent: study

PHCs to provide round-the-clock maternal and infant care by 2010

Leprosy affected people to get disabled status in Maharashtra

March 2006

UP ‘shiksa mitras’ protest

New BPL parameters

Maharashtra SHGs rally for right to run ration shops

Railways disappoint disabled

February 2006

PDS scam in Bihar

Bihar extends NREGS to all districts

260 million Indians still below the poverty line

India’s MDG 2005 report released

36 per cent leakage in PDS

National employment guarantee scheme launched

January 2006

1 crore ‘missing’ girl-children

National employment guarantee scheme to be launched in February 2006

Rural indebtedness rises

December 2005

Centre wants panchayats to implement more schemes

Environmentalists oppose changes in Forest Rights Bill

Disaster management bill passed

PM restricts disclosure of ‘file notings’ in RTI Act

November 2005

Controversy over recognition of forest rights continues

Farmers spend over 50% of household budget on food

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