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 June 1996 English

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, government of India, constituted the Expert Committee on Public Health System on March 8, 1995. Its chair, Professor J. S. Bajaj, was a …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 31 October 1995 English

The Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, adopted this Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries on October 31, 1995. In order to ensure effective “conservation, management, and development of living …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 September 1995

This paper, titled ‘Feminist Pedagogy and Sociology for Emancipation in India’, by Prof. Sharmila Rege was published in the September 2005 issue of the journal Sociological Bulletin (SAGE Publications). Prof. …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 September 1994 English

The PCPNDT (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act of September 20, 1994, aims to prohibit sex selection before or after conception; regulate pre-natal diagnostic techniques for detecting genetic abnormalities, metabolic disorders, …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 17 June 1994 English

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Desertification, a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly, adopted the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on June 17, 1994. It came into …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 29 April 1993 English

The Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, aimed at strengthening India’s ‘urban local bodies’, came into effect on April 20, 1993. It inserted Part IXA into the Constitution, which follows Part IX …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 April 1993 English

The Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, aimed at strengthening India’s Panchayati Raj institutions, came into effect on April 20, 1993. It inserted Part IX into the Constitution, which advanced the Directive …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 3 April 1993 English

This article by Prof. Uma Chakravarti was published in the Economic and Political Weekly on April 3, 1993. Prof. Uma Chakravarti is a well-known veteran feminist historian who taught at …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 8 January 1993 English

The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, was passed by the Parliament of India on January 8, 1994. It provides for the establishment of a National Human Rights Commission, State …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 22 May 1992 English

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Convention on Biological Diversity, a subsidiary body of the United Nations, adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity on May 22, 1992. It came into …