The recent polls in UP have shown that to make caste alone as criteria for backwardness will be a major folly. As Dalits, Brahmins and Muslims have combined to place Mayawati in power because in a set up dominated by caste these people had no place when Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh was ruling the State, education, training and extension services alone can change India and the Government would have achieved a lot if it lays foundation for the same in next two years.
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Can we blame the growing intolerance in our society on social backwardness or on ineffective governance? Mark Lynn Sr. Anchor/ Correspondent DD News says it's the latter.
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New research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, highlights the tensions that face voluntary organizations between working to support refuges arriving in Britain and the rules surrounding government funding for their work. According to Professor Nick Fyfe at Dundee University who led the project voluntary groups feel they are under considerable pressure because what is in the best interests of their c.
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