Upmanyu Trivedi
New Delhi, 14 December 2010: Government today assured Supreme Court of India of making ad hoc appointment of member to make the Green Tribunal functional. The bench observed that Government must take steps to make Green Tribunal functional in 7 days. The Court will hear the case next on Thursday when the government has to inform the court of the status. Read the rest of this entry »
The Indian government has signed, is set to sign or is negotiating close to 30 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), including a few with developed countries like the European Union, the European Free Trade Association and Japan. The EU-India FTA, proposed to be signed by the end of this year, binds India into irreversible commitments in multiple areas like trade in agriculture, industrial goods and services, foreign investment regulations, intellectual property rights, and government purchases. Read the rest of this entry »
Economic Liberalisation and Gender Dynamics in Traditional Small-Scale Fisheries: Reflections on the proposed EU-India Free Trade Agreement
August 2010
News report from Focus on the Global South in collaboration with Intercultural Resources
Based on field work in the southern Indian state of Kerala, this paper explores the dynamics within traditional small scale fisheries in the context of the controversial negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and India. The initial sections underscore that the bias in fisheries policies towards an export led model has been at the cost of the environment and fishing communities, especially women. Read the rest of this entry »
The book “The World Bank in India: Undermining Sovereignty, Distorting Development” Edited by: Michele Kelley and Deepika D’Souza brings together academic discussions on public policy and the experiences of the common people of India, this collection of essays by a range of eminent scholars across disciplines tackles the problems of contemporary development policy and contributes to the ongoing debate. Read the rest of this entry »
The three day Seminar-Workshop on 16-18 August 2010 at YUVA, Mumbai which was attended by about 60 people with representations from a wide variety of social movement groups, academics, activists, NGOs and members from communities who were displaced by World Bank projects in India. Intercultural Resources was represented by PT George and Susana Barria. Read the rest of this entry »
