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100 _aKumar Nilendra
245 _aTextbook on law, poverty and development
260 _aDehra Dun
_bUniversal Law Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd.
_c2011
300 _a328p
_cxxvii
365 _b Rs. 295
505 _aContents: CHAPTER 1 POVERTY; Meaning and Concept; Dictionary Meaning; Another Meaning; Terms Related to Poverty; Absolute Poverty; Relative Poverty; Primary Poverty; Secondary Poverty; Poverty Line; Poverty Trap; Cycle of Poverty; Quotes; Indicative Figures; Below Poverty Line; Understanding who are Poor; Who all constitute poor?; Need to Define the Problems of Poverty and its Magnitude; Social Exclusion; Identification; Aggregation; Manifestations of Poverty; Negative Discrimination; Types of Income Poverty; Poverty Groups; Stunted Child; Wasted Child; Underweight; Determinants of Poverty; Millennium Development Goals (MDGS); Eight Goals; Comments; Measures of Human Deprivation Devised by United Nations Development Programme; CPM; Comments; HPI; Indicators; Concepts; Harijan; Dalit; Garibi Hatao; Mandal Commission; Social Engineering; Affirmative Action; Inclusive Growth; The Creamy Layer; Empowerment; CHAPTER 2 APPROACH OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION TOWARDS THE POOR; Issues Related to Poverty in India; Preamble; Socialistic Concept; A Resume of Constitutional Provisions having a Bearing on Poverty and Development; Citizenship; Article 5 - Citizenship at the Commencement of the Constitution Right to Equality; Equality Before Làw; Article 15. Prohibition of Discrimination; Article 16. Equality of Opportunity in Matters of Public Employment; Article 17. Abolition of Untouchability; Article 21. Right to Life; Illustrations; Article 21A; Directive Principles of State Policy and Poverty in India; Social Justice; Fundamental Duties; Article 51(A)(k); Other Provisions; Article 243D; Article 325; Part XVI -Articles 330 to 342; CHAPTER 3 ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMMES; Twin Fold Objectives; Underlying Aim; Payments; The Integrated Rural Development Project (IRDP); Guarantee of Employment: Section 12; Operational since 1980; Target Group; Ceiling for Subsidy; Pattern of Coverage; Actual Beneficiaries; Analysis; National Rural Employment Programme (NREP); Significant Features; Priority; Allocation; Division; Execution; Co-option; Drawbacks; Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) (August 1983); Objective; Details; Jawahar Rojgar Yojna (JRY); Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna (SGSY); Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojna (SGRY); Indira Awas Yojna (IAY); Public Distribution System (PDS); The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 MGNREGA); Aim; Nodal Agency; Implementation; Sharing of Expenses; Provisions under NREGA; Rural Area section 2(0)?; History and Funding; Section 2(f); Criticism; Legal Aspects; Ninth Plan Strategy for IRDP; Objectives; Developmental Activities; Rajiv Awas Yojna; Panchayat Raj Institutions; Criticism; Non-governmental Initiatives; Self Help Groups; CHAPTER 4 BONDED LABOUR; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Begar; Forced Labour; Constitution of India, Article 23: Right Against Exploitation; Slave; Debt bondage; International Labour Organisation and Forced Bonded Labour; PUCL Case; Freedom from Bondage; The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976; Salient Features; Preamble; Bonded Labour, Section 2(e); Bonded Labourer, Section 2(f); Bonded Labour System, Section 2(g); Act to have Overriding Effect, Section 3; Abolition of Bonded Labour System, Section 4(1); Section 4(2); Agreement, Custom, Etc., to be Void, Section 5; Burden of Proof, Section 15; CHAPTER 5 ABOLITION OF UNTOUCHABILITY; Constitution of India Article 17; The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955; Preamble; Definitions; Civil Rights; Provisions of the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955; Offences; Abolition of Untouchability; Presumption by Courts in Certain Cases, Section 12; Legal Aid, Section 15A(2)(i); Special Courts; Committees, Section 15(A)(2)(iv); Constitutional Bodies; CHAPTER 6 DEBT RELIEF; Maharashtra Debt Relief Act, 1975; Preamble; Salient Features; Farmers Debt Waiver Scheme, May 2008; Estimated Beneficiaries; CHAPTER 7 DEVELOPMENT; Right; Development; Background; United Nations Charter; Fundamental Core Element; Right to Development (RTD); Right to Development is a Group Right; The Rio Declaration, 1992; The Principles of the RIO Declaration; Copenhagen Declaration, 1992; Right to Development Includes; Declaration on the Right to Development; Recognition; Certain Advances; Target; Legal Relevance; CHAPTER 8 CRIMINAL LAW AND THE POOR; Constitutional Aim; Case-Law; Victims of Bail Justice; Purpose Behind Bail Provisions; Interim Bail; Bailable; Legal Provisions Criminal Procedure Code Sections 436 to 450; Problems for the Poor; Victims of Prison Injustice Problems of Under-trials; Abuse and Challenges; Criminal Procedure Code, Chapter VIII, Sections 106 to 124; CHAPTER 9 RENDITION OF LEGAL AID; Corrective Steps; Preamble of Constitution; Significance; The Legal Services Authority Act, 1987; Preamble; The Statute Highlighted; Definitions; Supreme Court Legal Services Committee; Functions of the Central Authority; Functions of the State Authority; Entitlement to Legal Services; Free Legal Services; Lok Adalats; Section 19; Status; Connotation of Terms Used; Compromise; Settlement; Refund of Court Fees; Public Utility Service; CHAPTER 10 WOMEN, CHILDREN AND THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS; Fundamental Duties; Situation Before Enactment of Modern Laws; Crimes Against women; Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (As Amended in 2005); Status of Female Hindus; Criticism; Gender Bias or Inadequacies; Anti-dowry Laws; Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961; Preamble; Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act; Stridhan; Offences with Regard to Dowry and Wife; Penalties; IPC Section 406 - Punishment for Criminal Breach of Trust; IPC Section 304B; IPC Section 498A; Nature of Offence; Domestic Violence Act, 2005; Preamble; Domestic Violence - Section 5; Appraisal; Significance; Beneficiaries; Live-in Relationship; Status of Children; Shelter; Maintenance; Criminal Procedure Code; Limitation; Bar to Relief; Advantage; Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 - Section 18; Muslim Marriage; Significant Features; Other Types of Marriage; Status; Prohibitions; Call for Reforms; Suggestions; Nikah Namah; Punishment; The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939; Preamble; Inadequacy of 1939 Law; Challenges for Muslim Women; Comments; Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986; Comments; Imrat-e-Shariah; Child Custody; Relevance; Need; The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956; Family Courts; Family Court Act, 1984; Special Features; Association of Social Welfare Agencies, Etc. - Section 5; Criticism/Inadequacies; Sex Determination; Female Foeticide; The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1972 (in short MTP Act); Abortion Allowed Where; Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994; Maternity Benefits; Maternity Benefit Act, 1961; Preamble; Sexual Harassment at Work Place; What is it?; Other Forms; Reasons; Offences under Indian Penal Code; Vishaka Guidelines; Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010; Preamble; Comments; Immoral Traffic; Legal Status; Comments; Honour Killings; Protection Homes; National Widow Pension Scheme; Rights of the Disabled; Types of Disabilities; Contemporary International Approach; Mental Health Act, 1987; The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992; The Persons with Disability (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995; The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999; Inadequacies; Challenges (1llustrative); Illustrative Case Law; Rights of Mentally Retarded; Challenges; Mentally Ill Deserve a Right to International Year of Disabled Persons 1981; Mental Health Act, 1987; Preamble; Case Law; Child Labour; Actual Difficulties; Sectors Involved; Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986; Twin Objective; Employment Banned; Section 4; Challenges; Right to Education; Article 21A; Definition; Criticism; Street Children; Rights of Elderly; QUESTION BANK; Multiple Choice Questions; Fill in the Gaps; Fill in the Gaps; True or False; Match the Following; Model Answers.
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