NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE III Yr.

IX Trimester March June 2010

Law, Poverty & Development Project Topics Sl. No.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

ID. No.
1541 1545 1546 1547 1548 1550 1551 1552 1553 1554 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 1563

Topics
World Poverty and the Right to Health A critical evaluation of the success of poverty alleviation programmes and schemes of the Government. Privatisation and the Right to water Freedom from forced Labour Access to justice as an important right towards development A cookie on the table and a feather in your cap Evaluating the Midday Meal Schemes in fulfilling the Right to Education. A poor mans look at the Laissez-Faire v. Welfare State debate. Does Amartya Sens capabilities approach change traditional ideas of welfare economics? Evaluating the success of the Grameen Bank. Fighting poverty with open source software From poverty to armed militancy - Analysing the results of neglecting the North-East States Globalization's link to Poverty and Inequality Measuring Poverty An attempt at the impossible? NREGS (National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) versus BPL (Below Poverty Line ration cards) - A comparison and evaluation.[ Of the Charkha and the steel furnace A look at Gandhis and Nehrus approaches to development and poverty alleviation. Matters of responsibility A critical analysis of social audits as an answer to corruption in anti-poverty programmes. Rapid economic growth and decline in undernourishment - a direct relationship? Skimming off the creamy layer The recategorization of reservation on the basis of poverty.

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19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39.

ID. No.
1564 1565 1566 1567 1568 1571 1572 1573 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1583 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590

Topics
Slumdog Millionaire - A reality check on slum dwellers in Indian cities. Social Security for the Unorganized Sector. Special Economic Zones Nandigram Support in the twilight years Pension systems in India Sustainable development and the eradication of poverty. The Constitution and poverty The ethics and economics of Commercial Surrogacy The Government on Market Day - Analysing the effect of Government Spending on Public Goods. The impact of John Maynard Keynes on Development. The Indian response to hawkers and street vendors The Kalanjiam Programme - Analysing this Community Banking Programme The Millennium Development Goals - Countdown to 2015 The Right to Information Act as a weapon of the poor The role of the State in development and poverty alleviation. The role of the WTO in trade and development The Rural Infrastructure Development Fund - An analysis. The Supreme Courts role in tackling poverty A Critique. TRIPS and access to affordable medicines. The Role of NABARD in poverty alleviation in the rural areas. An analysis of the 2010 Budget and its impact on poverty reduction and developmental efforts. Assessing Gujarats Chiranjeevi Scheme Lessons to emulate.

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40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

ID. No.
1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1598 1599 1601 1602 1603 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 Beggary and the Law.

Topics

Biotechnology and GM foods A boon to India? Evaluating the Five Year Plans The Role of the Planning Commission in poverty alleviation. Examining a rights-based approach to development. Global Poverty, Inequality and Aid flows The role of the World Bank and IMF. Healthcare costs and staying above the Poverty Line - Facing the inevitable. In search of a better life - Migration and Poverty Poverty and Child Labour The role of Human Rights Commissions in assisting progress. Right to food: an essential development right? The Right to Development: What does it entail? The role of the UNDP in poverty reduction. Equitable access to education in India. Poverty and Gender: Double discrimination? Prostitution A result of poverty and a hindrance to development? An analysis. The feminization of poverty. Sexual and reproductive health and poverty. Population and development. Rural development and agrarian reform. Right to property Fundamental to development? Caste discrimination Impact of legal measures

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61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71.

ID. No.
1616 1618 1494 1526 1490 1481 1500 1463 1471 1420 1385

Topics
The criminal legal system biased against the poor? Public Interest Litigation An effective poor mans tool? The co-existence of urbanization, capitalism and poverty. Terrorism, law and poverty. An analysis of the South African Constitutional Courts decision in the Treatment Action campaign case. The need for rehabilitation of juvenile offenders Human trafficking Corruption and the State as impediments to development. Role of the civil society against that of international organisations Is female foeticide poverty-driven? Small scale and cottage industries contribution to the eradication of poverty

Yashomati Ghosh Course Teacher