People's Archive of Rural India - Library

People's Archive of Rural India - Library

The CounterMedia Trust

The PARI Library brings reports and information on rural India to a single location for students, researchers and other readers. It includes official as well as independent reports, out-of-print books, rare documents and reviewed research articles.


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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 28 November 2005 English

This article from Social Science & Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal, uses the lens of medicine to understand India’s social history. The author examines how different systems of medicine – biomedicine …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 13 September 2005 English

On September 13, 2005, the government of India passed this Act to provide more effective protection to women who are subjected to violence within the family. This law applies to …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 5 September 2005

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) came about because of the inadequate reach of government schemes (like the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana and the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana), …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 5 September 2005

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) came about because of the inadequate reach of existing government schemes (like the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana and the Jawahar …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 August 2005 English

The eight-member National Commission on Farmers, chaired by Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, was set up in 2004 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to assess the extent of India’s agrarian …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 August 2005 English

The National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (NCMH) was established in March 2004 to strengthen disease control and primary healthcare in India. Its overall objective was to assess how increased …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 15 June 2005 English

The Right to Information Act, 2005, (RTI Act) was enacted on June 15, 2005 and was thereafter amended in 2011. Three sets of rules and regulations have been formulated for …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 23 May 2005 English

The World Health Assembly – the decision-making body of the World Health Organization – adopted the International Health Regulations (IHR) on May 23, 2005, in its 58th meeting in Geneva, …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 15 March 2005 English

This 2015 report, based on a study by the Social Awareness Institution (SAI), Cuttack, was sponsored by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The study was conducted in six …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 9 February 2005 English

The Ministry of Home Affairs appointed the Justice Nanavati Commission of Inquiry on May 8, 2000, with Justice G. T. Nanavati (former Supreme Court judge) as its chairperson. The commission …