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INDIA’S FTA RUSH: KERALA’S FARMERS AND FISHWORKERS STAND TO LOSE |
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Friday, 21 December 2007 |
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Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India, 20
December 2007
A consultation on ‘India's FTA
negotiations and implications for Kerala' organised in the city
yesterday called for caution from New Delhi in the current rush to
sign Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).
Fishworkers Unions, farmers groups,
researchers and civil society organisations participated in the
meeting, organised by the Thiruvanathapuram based Kerala Swatantra
Matsya Thozhilala Federation
(KSMTF) in collaboration with the
Mumbai based research group Focus on the Global South. Speakers at
the meeting included Farmers Relief Forum leader AC Varkey and KSMTF
President T Peter.
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FOCUS ON INDIA (FOI) , Issue October 2007: Volume IV No 10 |
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
Monthly e-newsletter from Focus on the Global South, India
Burma: Democracy upsurge
On September 24, over 100,000 people led by 20,000 monks peacefully took to the streets of Rangoon demanding the release of all political prisoners and for an end to the 45 year rule of the Burmese military junta. While the democracy movement gained strength and messages of support poured in from all parts of the world, guess what the world largest democracy did? India sent its Petroleum Minister Murli Deora to negotiate, with the junta, a deal for exploration of natural gas off the Rakhine coast. India was of course shamed into doing a u-turn, but it still opposes economic sanctions against the Burmese regime. No surprises there, considering India’s deep economic ties with the junta. To quote an Indian official ‘We’re not the only democracy that works with generals’. As the repression against the activists continues, this FOI carries a call for solidarity from the Burmese movements.
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PRESS RELEASE : TRIBUNAL FINDS UNDUE INFLUENCE OF BANK ON INDIA'S NATIONAL POLICIES |
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 |
PRESS RELEASE 24 September 2007, New Delhi World Bank officials shy away from participation 'TRIBUNAL FINDS UNDUE INFLUENCE OF BANK ON INDIA'S NATIONAL POLICIES' New Delhi: The four day Independent Peoples Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bankin India concluded here today hearing numerous depositions indicting the Bank's policy and project interventions in India.
While the World Bank India office did engage with the IPT and claimed they would make a deposition to respond to some of the evidence against the Bank, they failed to show up despite provision of adequate space and time by the organisers.
In its preliminary findings, the IPT observed the Bank had an undue and disturbingly negative influence in shaping India's national policies disproportionate to its contribution, financial or otherwise.
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