Reports

FOSTERING FARMER’S ORGANISATIONS WITH BUSINESS RIGOUR :: Advancing local development through meso-credit, Farmer Private Ltds and economic chain devlp

GRI Cover Reports, Indian States, Reports, Research Articles 0

Visitors: 262 by L.P. Semwal (SJS) and Edwin Willemsen (FFT) Why a new approach for the development of India’s farmers is needed Although India is rapidly transforming itself into an open, more efficient and rapidly developing market-driven economy, in rural areas such transition has been lacking or progressing painfully slow for most farmers. Marginalized and […]

KUWAIT: Journalist and blogger Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem imprisoned

GRI Freedom-of-Expression, International, Reports 0

Visitors: 277 PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee is deeply concerned about the one-year prison sentence handed down to Kuwaiti writer, journalist and blogger Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem on 22 November 2010 for an article he wrote on his blog, Al-Mizan, criticising the country’s Prime Minister. PEN International considers that he is targeted solely for the […]

MAULANA AZAD WAS THE SYMBOL OF ENLIGHTENED THOUGHTS: SPEAJERS ADDRESS THE SEMINAR HELD ON THE BIRTHDAY OF MAULANA AZAD

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 231 New Delhi, The Deputu Chairman of Rajya Sabha K. Rehman Kahn emphasising upon the importance of education and its advantages said that after sixty years of India independence the Muslims are in a regrettable position but we are ourselves responsible for it because we did not take account honestly on the educational front. […]

INDIA’S REPUTATION IS NOW AT STAKE

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 211 It is often said that it takes years to build reputation but it can be wiped out in one stroke by a bad behaviour. This appears to be true both for the individuals as well as the nations. In the last one year, so many scams have taken place in India that now […]

Babus failing the citizens of India

GRI Cover Reports, Freedom-of-Expression, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 199 Today, Fri 03rd Dec 2010 leading newspapers have a report on the ‘so called action’ proposed to be taken against some dozen Babus (IAS, IPS, IFS) of Maha-rashtra. It seems a ‘notice’ is to be issued and the concerned officers are to respond on ‘source of funds’, ‘failure to inform on controversial actions’ […]

WHOs new initiative

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 299 I am concerned at the thinking of the WHO which is reported in The Eco Times, Mumbai, Mon. 22nd Nov 2010 under the heading: LEVY ON FOREX TRADE COULD FUND HEALTH SCHEMES IN INDIA … from Geneva. (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/Levy-on-forex-trade-could-fund-health-schemes-in-India-WHO/articleshow/6971225.cms) A similar report also appears in The ToI, Mumbai. Basically the report brings out the […]

WiPC Chair’s Notebook 20 December, 2010 Freedom of expression…is the mother of all truth: 50th Anniversary Year ends with Nobel Peace Prize for Liu Xiaobo

GRI Freedom-of-Expression, International, Reports 0

Visitors: 265 Whenever I think of this year, the image that comes to mind is that banner of 50 emblematic cases on the pages of Because Writers Speak Their Minds. We had no way of knowing, when we started to build that list a year ago, that it was not only a rich collection of […]

Myanmar – Aung San Suu Kyi Released

GRI Freedom-of-Expression, Human Rights, International, Reports 0

Visitors: 295 LONDON, 15 November 2010 – The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International is delighted at news that Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy, has been released from house arrest. “The global community of writers within PEN International joyfully welcomes Aung San Suu Kyi as she appears […]

PEN International Commemorates 50 Years of its Writers in Prison Committee on the Day of the Imprisoned Writer

GRI Freedom-of-Expression, International, International Organizations, Reports 0

Visitors: 268 LONDON, 15 November 2010-The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International commemorates its fiftieth year in 2010, on the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer, and pays tribute to 41 writers around the world who have been killed in the last year. “The Writers in Prison Committee has played a leading role in […]

IRAN: Leading journalist returned to prison; serious health concerns.

GRI Human Rights, International, Reports 0

Visitors: 293 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is seriously concerned about reports that leading journalist and human rights activist Emadeddin Baghi has been returned to prison despite severe health problems. Baghi was sentenced to six years in prison in September 2010 on charges relating to an interview he gave to the […]

Salute to Ms. Irom Chanu Sharmila

GRI Cover Reports, Freedom-of-Expression, Human Rights, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 225 Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) salutes Ms. Irom Chanu Sharmila’s untiring courage for demanding repeal of the Armed Forced Special Powers Act of 1958 (AFSPA). Her 10-year fasting is an example of struggle for genuine peace and freedom from violence at north- eastern part of the country. Ms. Irom Sharmila started her fasting […]

Talk on Local Governance in a Village seminar on Cow and Village Economy organised by Gokul University

GRI Indian States, Reports, Video Reports 0

Visitors: 317 Vivek Umrao Glendenning is talking on Local Governance with villagers in a local seminar on Cow & Village Economy organized by Gokul University in Repura village of Aurangabad district, Bihar, India. Report by:Ground Report India

3 days national seminar on "Social Economy, Self Sustained Green Society, Climate Change, Economic Justice, Local Governance and Alternative Media"

GRI Cover Reports, Environment, Freedom-of-Expression, Human Rights, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 323 A three days seminar on 27th to 29th of the November 2010 is being co-organized by Local Governance & Decentralized Economy Social Group and Gokul University and co-sponsored by the Ground Report India. on “Social Economy, Self Sustained Green Society, Climate Change, Economic Justice, Local Governance and Alternative Media”. More than 70 persons […]

Dead Ceremony of Bore-Well & Birth day celebration of the pond in Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh

GRI Cover Reports, Environment, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 259 Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh, India Hundreds of farmers participated in the Dead Ceremony of the Bore-Well and Birth Day celebration of the Rewasagar (the holy name of the Pond in the region). Umakant Umrao, IAS, former district collector Dewas motivated farmers of Dewas district to construct ponds in 10% to 15% of their […]

Basudha Festival :: Regenerating local festivals strengthening community bonds

GRI Cover Reports, Environment, Indian States, Reports, Writers in Solidarity 0

Visitors: 262 Photo Album: For more photos of Basudha Festival please visit: more photos of Basudha festival Photos by: Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ

HOW CERTAIN SHOULD WE BE, THE PROBLEM OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM : Full text of Sir Mark Tully's 9th Rev. Dr. Stanley Samartha Memorial lecture

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 275 The ninth Rev. Dr. Stanley Samartha Memorial Lecture delivered by Sir Mark Tully, on 7th October, 2010 at the Rotary House of Friendship, Bangalore, organised by the Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue (BIRD) Thank you very much for that very kind introduction. It’s a great honour to be here, but I’d say that […]

ALL INDIA ESSAY COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS ON MAHATMA GANDHI MAHATMA GANDHI HAS GONE INTO HISTORY, SAY THE STUDENTS

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 204 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE STUDENTS Holiday on Gandhi Jayanthi day Quite a number of students shockingly pointed out that Mahatma Gandhi would have largely gone out of public memory due to the present happenings in the country, but for the holiday given on his birthday on 2nd October. Humiliating Mahatma […]

India preaches to Biodiversity Conference while presiding over destruction at home

GRI Cover Reports, Environment, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 252 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, and this week, signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are meeting in Nagoya, Japan. It is hoped that this 10th Conference of Parties (COP10) will see the development of a plan to address drastic worldwide decline in biodiversity. The Indian Minister of Environment and […]

MAJORITY REPORT OF MOEF COMMITTEE A VINDICATION OF PEOPLES JUST STRUGGLE AGAINST POSCO PROJECT

GRI Environment, Human Rights, Reports 0

Visitors: 254 The Majority Report of the 4 member Committee appointed by Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr. Jairam Ramesh to go into all issues relating to the environmental and forest clearances granted to the POSCO project in Orissa, has unequivocally recommended the revocation of the environmental, coastal regulation and forest clearances […]

A VIEW POINT ON GMO FOODS AND PLANTS

GRI Environment, Human Rights, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 240 One has heard so much about Genetically Modified Organisms, Seeds and Plants. Much money has been spent on research and validation processes and a few nations have given a green signal for the growing of some GM plants and their sale for consumption to citizens. Maise or Corn is one GM item. Here […]

human rights defender under arrest, illegal detention in a fabricated charge

GRI Human Rights, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 288 Name of the victim: Mr. Ajit Mahato, son of Mukunda Mahato, aged about-30 years, by faith-Hindu, by caste-Schedule caste(Kurmi), residing at village-Golbandi, Police Station-Jhargram, District-West Medinipur, West Bengal, India. Name of the perpetrators: The police personnel of Manikpara Police Camp under Jhargram Police Station and the members of the Joint Force who were […]

THE JAMMU & KASHMIR PROBLEM: PARAMETERS OF A FINAL RESOLUTION

GRI Human Rights, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 222 Recent unrest in the Kashmir Valley, once again has drawn attention to the Jammu & Kashmir problem. Statements of Indian, Pakistani and Kashmiri leaders reflect the same old rhetoric. To anyone who has closely studied developments there, that the successive governments as well as political leaders of India, Pakistan, and Jammu & Kashmir […]

India Can Never Honor its Heroes

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 318 India since its independence have been marred by controversies in each and every event or thing it did however that very event eventually lead to the rise of national fame and prestige. With the ongoing controversies of Commonwealth games corruption and also of the debacle we had with the IPL I am being […]

My dear Buffalos and cows pl. coperate as men and women can not……..: by Alok Tholiya

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 222 Confidential mail to all milk producing animals. Pl. fwd to them if it reaches you by mistake: Pl.note that Diwali has come. The demand for sweets and other milk products will be 100 times more then the normal time. So u will have to work over time and produce 100 times more milk […]

Open letter to CM, Dy. CM and Leader of the Opposition….: by RTI activists, Maharashtra

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 257 To, The Chief Minister – Shri Ashok Chavan, The Deputy Chief Minister – Shri Chhagan Bhujbal, and Leader of the Opposition – Shri Eknath Khadse. Sub. :– Credentials of the Information Commissioners and the Chief Information Commissioner of Maharashtra selected by you as members of the “Selection Committee”. Respected Sirs, We are concerned […]