Council for Social Justice and Peace

Amartya Sen and the Idea of Justice

October 12, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

Amartya Sen’s latest book demands we rethink our approach to questions of justice

What is justice? What does a just society look like? And what principles should guide us there? These questions have occupied an entire tradition – the dominant tradition – of political philosophy, led above all by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacque Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, and among contemporary philosophers by John Rawls and Robert Nozick. But ask Amartya Sen and he will tell you they are precisely the wrong ones to ask. Read more »

GBA rally on Oct 14 to protest delay in finalizing RP

October 12, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) and other groups will launch an agitation on October 14 to protest against the delay in finalizing the Regional Plan 2021 by September, as assured by the Goa government. Read more »

Power At All Cost?

October 12, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

By Partha Dasgupta From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 18, Dated May 08, 2010

Amidst widespread disbelief, Haripur, the site for the Indo-Russian Nuclear Power Plant, is ripe for another civil war. Read more »

SEZ La Guerre?

October 12, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

By Lola Nayar, published on outlook, 2nd August 2010

There seems to be no end to the twists and turns in India’s SEZ story. Over the past four years, these exclusive export enclaves have battled political protests, local opposition, compensation formulas, credit crunches, and even referendums. While many special economic zones are indeed up and running (111 at last count, predominantly in the IT sector), a new trend has come to light in the last six months: over a dozen SEZs have actually got themselves denotified in this period. There is a clear waning of interest with a steady stream of project developers—including biggies like Essar Steel—seeking and getting denotified of the SEZ status. Read more »

Courts battle over polluting Sterlite plant. Meanwhile, people continue to suffer

October 12, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

BY NITHYANAND JAYARAMAN From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 41, Dated October 16, 2010

On 29 September, the Madras High Court ordered the closure of Sterlite Industries’ copper smelter in Thoothukudi for violating environmental laws. The final judgement was delivered 14 years after the NGO National Trust for a Clean Environment claimed that Sterlite, a prominent subsidiary of the $8 billion UK-based Vedanta Resources, was operating illegally. Read more »

Name PWD officer who will handle water-related plaints: HC

October 12, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

The high court of Bombay at Goa on Monday directed the state government to file an affidavit on October 12 specifying the name of the public works department (PWD) officer who would handle complaints related to irregular water supply to Porvorim and Socorro in Bardez. Read more »

Council for Social Justice and Peace – Goa

Amartya Sen and the Idea of Justice

GBA rally on Oct 14 to protest delay in finalizing RP

Power At All Cost?

SEZ La Guerre?

Courts battle over polluting Sterlite plant. Meanwhile, people continue to suffer

Name PWD officer who will handle water-related plaints: HC

1,500 families benefit from Kanyadaan scheme

India has highest prevalence of underweight kids: Study

More hungry in India than in Sudan

Illegal mining threatens Sariska

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