2026-04-07T12:23:48Zhttps://cat-oai.milli.linkoai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/archival_objects/199952025-05-31T09:33:00ZArchives at NCBSTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchMS-032-1.MS-032-1-1.MS-032-1-1-1-8https://cat.milli.link/repositories/2/archival_objects/19995Rai, UshaDarbhamulla, SravyaMedia clippings - Development and Public Welfare (1995-1997), 1995 - 19971995 - 19972 Linear Feet; Approximately 4 Hollinger-style archival boxes.Newspaper clippings, scrapbookengLatnhinDevaNewspaper clippings of articles by Rai on issues of development and public welfare, such as starvation in drought-stricken Orissa; loss of land in Majuli and the workings of the NGO AVARD; the launch of an AIDS counselling hotline; health-care and child-care for the poor and working mothers in the unorganised sector, in tribal areas and deprecation of profit-sharing in hospitals; vehicular pollution and indoor pollution due to low-grade fuels; the mid-day meal scheme; UNDP sectoral assistance; tribal rights, justice for Dalit women survivors of sexual violence; the presumption of Naxalism in cases of dissent and the Adivasi Mukti Sanghatan (AMS); population control measures; poverty and food, water and land deficits and the need for planners to look beyond statistics; malarial drugs; and the inefficiencies of commissions. Also incudes an interview with A.T. Ariyaratne, recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award for 1996.Access Level: Open/Online.Usha Rai Papers, MS-032