If private initiative within the state system, a very diluted form of public private partnership, is not working well for the poor and the better off are cornering the subsidies, what works?
Subir Roy, Elusive healthcare for the poor, Business Standard, September 5, 2007.
A lack of transparency and frequent smuggling of the food grains allotted under the Public Distribution System (PDS) are adversely affecting the scheme’s impact in Tamil Nadu.
Ananth Krishnan, Report finds problems in PDS in Tamil Nadu, The Hindu, September 5, 2007.
Objecting to the government's decision to clear a titanium project in Tuticorin district, a group of farmers has taken the Tamil Nadu government and the Tatas to court.
Historically in India, record keeping in employment generation schemes has been very poor and is not available for public scrutiny. Moreover, most projects would be implemented through contractors who would take a cut, ensuring that wages never reached the labourer.
Debaki Nandan Mandal, Social Audit Of Employment Guarantee Scheme, The Statesman, September 6, 2007.
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Major political parties, including the Congress, however, are clearly rethinking the anti-Iran issue in the nuclear pact, and it would be churlish to dismiss this as minority appeasement.
Sandhya Jain, India doesn't need 123 pact, Pioneer, September 6, 2007.
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