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 · 1 December 2004 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 · 16 July 2004 English

On July 18, 2002, President K.R. Narayanan appointed the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission, with Dileep Singh Bhuria as the chairman. (Bhuria, who was from an Adivasi community, was …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 July 2004 English

On July 18, 2002, President K.R. Narayanan appointed the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission, with Dileep Singh Bhuria as the chairman. (Bhuria, who was from an Adivasi community, was …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 10 December 2003 English

The central government enacted The Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules in December 2003 for The Citizenship Act, 1955. The Rules lay down guidelines for …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2003 English

In January 2003, the government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare constituted the Expert Committee on a Comprehensive Examination of Drug Regulatory Issues, Including the Problem of Spurious …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 March 2003 English

The Electricity Act, 2003, was enacted to consolidate laws relating to the generation, transmission, distribution, trading, and use of electricity. Enacted by Parliament in the 54th year of the Republic …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 5 February 2003 English

The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 – which Parliament passed on February 5, 2003 – provides for the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, the fair and …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2003

The Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) is an ongoing project of the Government of India that aims to document and study how languages have changed in the country over the …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 22 February 2002 English

This report covers the inception, development and eventual closure of Enron’s Dabhol gas-fired power plant project in Maharashtra. During most of the project development period, Enron owned 80 per cent …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2002

Fuelwood is defined as ‘wood in rough form obtained from trunks and branches of trees to be used for fuel purposes such as cooking, heating or power generation’. This 2002 …