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Regulation in Health Care in Tamil Nadu (India): A study of the Implementation of Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA) 1994, and Consumer Protection Act (CPA) 1986
Muraleedharan, Vangal R; Prasad, S Ram - eSocialSciences - 2010
The functioning of healthcare sector could be substantially influenced by the design and implementation of regulatory policies that govern the behaviour of various stakeholders. The empirical challenge is to assess whether and how far have regulations brought about “desirable and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008643727
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Women and Indian Nationalism
Mazumdar, Vina; Kasturi, Leela - eSocialSciences - 2010
The political role of women as a subject for research is of recent origin in India. It is significant that there are so …'s participation in the struggles. Analysis in this area so far has received insufficient attention in histories of India both before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008643730
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Working Group on Development of Children for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012): (Volume One)
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2010
Nineteen per cent of world’s children live in India. India is home to more than one billion people, of which 42 per … children, India continues to rank poorly on several key counts. The world’s tenth largest economy unfortunately ranks 127 on … the Human Development Index (HDI). If all child rights indicators were to become a critical measure for HDI, India would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008643735
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The Challenge of Food Inflation
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011
The trends in food inflation over the past 60 years are given. Having thus set the context, the factors driving structural food inflation, which should give us a perspective of the underlying dynamics and the nature of the challenge are also brought out. The policy measures for addressing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370974
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"I did not ask for it". Sexual Harassment: Impressions from Mumbai
Gartenberg, Indira; Priya, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2011
Sexual harassment is a global issue. In a recent case in Mumbai, two young men, Keenan Santos (24) and Reuben Fernandez (29) were stabbed on 20 Oct 2011 while confronting some unknown men eve-teasing their female friends. Santos and Fernandez had to lose their lives in refusing to accept this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370978
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Rejigging the Elephant Dance
Subbarao, Duvvuri - eSocialSciences - 2011
India's development challenges. The India growth story was thrown off track by the global financial crisis which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370979
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Draft of combined Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of India to CEDAW
eSocialSciences; Government of India Ministry of Women … - 2011
This Report covers developments in implementation of the Convention in India from 2006 to 2011. The harmonised …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370980