Nesar Ahmad After amending four central labour laws to make them more business friendly, the Vasundhra Raje government in Rajasthan has now come up with […]
Author: Nesar Ahmad
Whither Policy Direction!!!
Nesar Ahmad First published in today’s Hindustan Times The recently formed Bhartiya Janta Party government in Rajasthan has not very clearly articulated its policy direction […]
Making of a Law: The Right to Fair Compensation, Rehabilitation, Resettlement and Transparency in Land Acquisition Act, 2013
The government has recently (September 2013) passed a new Act in the Parliament which replaces the Land Acquisition Act 1894. The new act unifies […]
Sacrificed twice at the altar of the nation
“If you are to suffer, you should suffer in the interest of the country….” Jawaharlal Nehru, speaking to villagers displaced by the Hirakud dam […]
घटते किसान, बढ़ते कृषि मज़दूर
A part of this article published in Daily News, Jaipur नेसार अहमद भारत की जनगणना 2011 के रोजगार संबंधित आंकड़े जारी हो गये हैं। इन […]
जे एन एन यू आर एम और बद्तर होते शहरी ग़रीब
जावेद अनीस [anisjaved@gmail.com] [जवाहरलाल नेहरू अर्बन रिनुयल मिशन (जे एन एन यू आर एम) भारत सरकार द्वारा चलाया जा रहा शहरी विकास का सबसे बड़ा […]
Land Aquisition Bill diluted further by GoM
Nesar Ahmad Even after pressed by his cabinet colleagues, Mr. Jairam Ramesh, the union minister for Rural Areas and Employment, had gone on record to […]
Government ignores Parliamentary Committee’s Suggestion: Makes Land Acquisition bill further pro-industry
A revised version of the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement bill 2011 is to be put before the cabinet for approval and there after to be […]
Power in the wrong hands
[Originally published on Dianuke] Why the power grids failed last week and what can be done about it Zakaria Siddiqui The New York Times reported last week’s […]
ग्रिड नाकाम हुए या हमारी ऊर्जा नीति
कुमार सुंदरम [जनसत्ता 4 अगस्त, 2012: से साभार] अकाल के समय सूखी धरती का फोटो चस्पां कर देना और इतिहास की सबसे बड़ी ग्रिड-नाकामी […]