INDIA'S RIGHTS REVOLUTION-PD

In the past few years India has given its citizens four important socioeconomic rightsthe 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 propoor initiatives have really benefitted the poor. Pointing out that these have not really worked for them the book suggests a rightsbased framework with proper laws adequate resources and institutional infrastructure to bridge the gap between the rights and their rightful beneficiaries.