India's rights revolution : has it worked for the poor? / S.K. Das.

In the past few years, India has given its citizens four important socio-economic rights: the right to information, the right to employment, forest rights, and the right to education. This book thoroughly analyses these rights and their implementation to assess whether these pro-poor initiatives hav...

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Main Author: Das, S. K., 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
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