1. SACRIFICING HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS AT THE ALTAR OF "DEVELOPMENT".
- Author
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BHUSHAN, PRASHANT
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ECONOMIC development , *CIVIL rights , *HUMAN rights , *INFORMATION technology , *FINANCIAL services industry ,INDIAN economy ,LAW of India - Abstract
The article discusses the issue on the human rights and environmental rights in India associated to its remarkable paradoxes. It stresses the paradox of a "Shining India," making it an economic superpower in terms of information technology and financial services. It cites its adoptation of the World Bank-IMF model of "Structural Adjustment" or the LPG program as well as the explanation of Utsa Patnaik, one of the leading economists in the country, on the development at the expense of the poor and marginalized sections of society. It mentions one of the cases that illustrates the increasingly illiberal attitude of the Supreme Court towards civil liberties which is also apparent in its decision to implement the Illegal Migrants Determination by Tribunals Act.
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- 2009