Delhi As the United States confronts the issues of inequity it continues to be sobering in the improving economy of India to see how severe inequity can become and what it takes to try to catch up. A good example of the effort is the new Right to Education (RTE) Act which reserves 25% of …
Category: ACORN International
Walmart Plot Thickens in India
Delhi At the top of my agenda in Delhi as I met with ACORN India Delhi director and India FDI Watch director Dharmendra Kumar was understanding better the misjudgment of Prime Minister Singh and his Congress Party led government when they tried to mandate a change in foreign direct investment in November 2011 in multi-brand …
Editorial Support Lines up for Remittance Cap in Key Ontario Papers
Delhi With the introduction of a member’s bill in the provincial parliament of Ontario by New Democratic Party MPP Jagmeet Singh from Toronto to amend the Consumer Act to put a 5% hard cap ceiling on remittances as requested by ACORN International and ACORN Canada as part of the Remittance Justice Campaign, support is lining …