CONFERENCES & conventions, LABOR economics, LABOR union conferences
Abstract
The article discusses the highlights of the 48th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics held in New Delhi, India on January 5 to 7, 2007. Particular focus is given on the keynote address delivered by S. Neelakantan of the Madras Institute of Development Studies and several conference papers with themes on agrarian crisis, wages and the trade union movement. Presidential address was delivered by Professor V. S. Vyas, chairman of the Institute for Development Studies.
JUSTICE administration, RELIGIOUS groups, HINDUISM, SECULARISM, JUDGES
Abstract
This chapter offers a detailed historical analysis of key decisions made by the judicial system in India that established a Hindu majoritarian approach to other religious groups. An important consequence of the Supreme Court's pronouncements on religion has been that the lower echelons of the judiciary have also delivered judgments that try to cast variegated traditions within a master narrative of Hinduism. Generally speaking, there are two types of judges, assimilative secularists and pluralist secularists. Of these, the former outnumber the latter. Though judges of both categories claim to be in favor of secularism, because their conceptions differ vastly, so do their judgments.
SOCIAL development, POVERTY, EDUCATION, HEALTH facilities, ECONOMIC development, INDUSTRIAL productivity
Abstract
The article analyzes India's performance in poverty reduction, level of education and health facilities available to its people. Economic growth has been the main source of poverty reduction in the country. Education is a key social indicator because of its influence on both income and health levels. Greater educational attainment indicates higher labor productivity and higher income levels.
Published
2000
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