'Binayak Sen charged with same law as Gandhi
India will not have manufacturing growth like China because of exports. Infrastructure isn't good enough . Labour laws don't allow for large scale employment in sectors that are labour intensive. The government is convinced that greater flexibility is required in labour laws but is concerned about big labour unions. Labour unions listen to us, what is required is better enforcement of labour rights , health standards. Indian trade unions need to learn from China on labour law flexibility ," Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday.
Ingrid Srinath Narasimhan, secretary general of Civicus , an NGO, pointed out that child malnutrition in India was still at around the same levels as in 1993. "The space in India for civil society is considerably constricted, for instance the government in India charged Binayak Sen with sedition," she said , adding that this was the same law enacted by the British to charge Mahatma Gandhi.
She said more space needed to be given to civil society.
Economist Raghuram Rajan said GDP growth itself would result in limitations in due course . "Our biggest resource is people, how we empower them through health and education is crucial," he said. Narasimhan also said that to a large extent , opportunities were still determined by identities and the deficit that needs to be addressed is democratic deficit. "Improved governance is not showing at the lowest level," she said adding that the space of the civil society was being severely constrained, as was seen in the case of the Binayak Sen episode.
There were also comments on the way compensation for land was being providedin India with Economist Raghuram Rajan saying thatit didn't amount to inclusiveness.
Ingrid Srinath Narasimhan, secretary general of Civicus , an NGO, pointed out that child malnutrition in India was still at around the same levels as in 1993. "The space in India for civil society is considerably constricted, for instance the government in India charged Binayak Sen with sedition," she said , adding that this was the same law enacted by the British to charge Mahatma Gandhi.
She said more space needed to be given to civil society.
Economist Raghuram Rajan said GDP growth itself would result in limitations in due course . "Our biggest resource is people, how we empower them through health and education is crucial," he said. Narasimhan also said that to a large extent , opportunities were still determined by identities and the deficit that needs to be addressed is democratic deficit. "Improved governance is not showing at the lowest level," she said adding that the space of the civil society was being severely constrained, as was seen in the case of the Binayak Sen episode.
There were also comments on the way compensation for land was being providedin India with Economist Raghuram Rajan saying thatit didn't amount to inclusiveness.
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