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 · 16 December 1966 English

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on December 16, 1966 – along with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.The …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 December 1965 English

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on December 21, 1965.The Convention – which entered into force on January …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 1965 English

The Advisory Committee on the Revision of the Lists of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was constituted by the Department of Social Security, Government of India in June 1965. B.N. …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 1963 English

The Government of India launched the National Malaria Eradication Programme (NMEP) in the year 1958. It was phased over a period of eight years and was set to operate in …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 March 1962 English

This Act aims to regulate and control the training of apprentices. It came into force on March 1, 1962.The Act contains regulations on the qualifications of apprentices; obligations of employers …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 1962 English

On June 12, 1959, the Ministry of Health, government of India, appointed the Health Survey and Planning Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar – the then vice-chancellor …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 December 1961 English

This Act aims to regulate the employment of women in certain establishments for specific periods before and after childbirth, and to provide them with maternity and other benefits. It extends …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 May 1961 English

The Dowry Prohibition Act – which Parliament passed on July 1, 1961 – aims to prohibit the giving or taking of dowry. It extends to the whole of India except …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 1961 Hindi

Munshi Premchand was the pen name of Hindi and Urdu writer Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava (1880-1936), who was born in Lamhi, a village near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. His written work …


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 1961 Hindi

Munshi Premchand was the pen name of Hindi and Urdu writer Dhanpat Rai Shrivastava (1880-1936), who was born in Lamhi, a village near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Initially, he wrote …