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 April 1959 English
The government of India’s Ministry of Health appointed the Udupa K.N. Committee on Ayurveda Research Evaluation in July 1958. Dr. K. N. Udupa – a surgical specialist and the founder-director …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 11 September 1958 English
This 844-word Act enables members of the armed forces to exercise ‘certain special powers’ in ‘disturbed areas’. It was passed by Parliament on September 11, 1958. Subsequent amendments have added …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 1957 English
“There is an intimate connection between science and freedom, the individual freedom of the scientist being only a small corollary; freedom is the recognition of necessity; science is the cognition …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 December 1956 English
The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, passed by the Parliament of India in 1956, aims to prevent ‘immoral traffic’ in women and girls. The 18-page Act refers to ‘prostitution’ as “…the …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 September 1956 English
The United Nations adopted the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery on September 7, 1956. It builds upon the …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 31 July 1956 English
Dr. Rajendra Prasad – at the time the president of India – appointed the Official Language Commission on June 7, 1955, with B. G. Kher as its chairperson. (Kher was …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 December 1955 English
The Parliament of India enacted The Citizenship Act on December 30, 1955. The Act lays down rules for the ‘acquisition and termination’ of Indian citizenship. While Part II of the …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 December 1955 English
This Act aims to regulate certain conditions of service of ‘working journalists’ and other persons employed in newspaper establishments.A ‘newspaper’ is defined as any ‘printed periodical work’ containing public news, …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 1955 English
This Act aims to regulate the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce in, certain commodities, in the interest of the general public. Parliament passed this Act on …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 31 December 1953 English
The Mines Act, 1952, aims to consolidate the law relating to the regulation of labour and safety in mines. This Act, which Parliament passed on December 31, 1953, extends to …