| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: An approach to rights -- The rights discourse -- Right to Information Act, 2005 -- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 -- Forest Rights Act, 2006 -- Right to Education Act, 2009 -- Conclusion: What needs to be done? |
| Summary |
In the past few years, India has given its citizens four important socio-economic rights: the right to information, the right to employment, forest rights, and the right to education. This book thoroughly analyses these rights and their implementation to assess whether these pro-poor initiatives have really benefitted the poor. Pointing out that these have not really worked for them, the book suggests a rights-based framework with proper laws, adequate resources, and institutional infrastructure to bridge the gap between the rights and their rightful beneficiaries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Poor -- Civil rights -- India
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Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- India
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Poor -- Civil rights
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Public welfare -- Law and legislation
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India
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0199082421 |
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9780199082421 |
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