- Government re-constitutes National Advisory Council, tribal expert Virginius Xaxa replaces Aruna Roy
Xaxa, the new member of the Council, has written on tribal communities of the country and is a Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sc...
06 Jun, 2013, 04.28 PM IST
- Government reconstitutes National Advisory Council
The government has reconstituted the National Advisory Council (NAC) chaired by Sonia Gandhi by dropping three members and inducting two ne...
29 Jun, 2012, 01.16 PM IST
- Ugly truths of NGO funding: Helping hand vs Foreign hand
The current GoI-civil society row on the who, why and how of overseas donations for NGOs hides some uncomfortable truths on both sides.
04 Mar, 2012, 02.29 AM IST
With UP polls coming up, Sonia Gandhi's favourite left-of-centre experts, activists set to become influential againNAC seemed to have lost some of its sheen. But with a Nehru-Gandhi confidant in the PMO and crucial polls coming up, the government will li...
23 Oct, 2011, 03.16 AM IST
- Food Security Bill set for radical rewrite
The meeting of the NAC, which discussed the draft bill prepared by the government, was of the view that the Centre should move beyond the t...
02 Jul, 2010, 03.21 AM IST
- NAC first meeting in Delhi today
National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi will have its first meeting.
10 Jun, 2010, 01.23 PM IST
- First meeting of NAC this month
The first meeting of the National Advisory Council headed by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is expected to be held in the third week of June,...
01 Jun, 2010, 04.25 PM IST
IRMA placements a big hit, salaries up 20%Institute of Rural Management is high in demand as employers realise importance of India's developmental process.
17 Feb, 2010, 02.22 AM IST
- Magsaysay award for social activist Deep Joshi
Social activist Deep Joshi, who has done pioneering work for 'development of rural communities', was named along with five others for the p...
04 Aug, 2009, 04.38 AM IST