FOOD SECURITY BILL
Neglecting children is unjust and a blunder
The National Food Security Bill is an important step towards ensuring health, education and nutrition services for all, but can achieve that end only when it addresses children's entitlements more effectively, argues Amartya Sen.
Child health | Food security | Laws
February 2013

PRS LEGISLATIVE BRIEF
Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill
The Central government proposes to shuffle the composition of the IMC and bring in more of its own appointees, reducing elected members to a minority. The government claims this will increase the IMC's accountability, but will it also turn it into an arm of the government? M R Madhavan and Ruchita Manghnani present a legislative brief.
March 2006

PRS LEGISLATIVE BRIEF
Food Safety and Standards Bill, 2005
By consolidating several different laws for the food sector, the proposed bill seeks to establish a single reference point for all matters relating to food safety and standards. The scientific development of the food processing industry is also sought. M R Madhavan and Kaushiki Sanyal present a legislative brief.
Consumer Protection
February 2006

REHABILITATION AND LAW
Mental health care needs help
The Indian experience in institutionalised mental help has not been civilising. The National Human Rights Commission had issued a condemnation of the state of mental hospitals as early as six years ago. Parul Sharma notes that misguided private counselling and the lack of richer case law have compounded victims' problems.
Mental health
June 2005

OPINION : NEW FOOD LAW
Food safety bill may hurt hawkers
'Harmonisation' will drive small businesses out.
Devinder Sharma | Consumers | Health
February 2005

OPINION
Death knell for low cost medicines
WTO obligations will lead to medical apartheid.
Devinder Sharma | Consumers | Health
December 2004