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PIPFPD strongly criticizes the unlawful and illegal arrest of Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez

We are entirely in favour of constructive use of technology to reform the PDS, provided that the technology is reliable, appropriate and people-friendly. None of this applies to ABBA. In Rajasthan as well as in Ranchi District (the pilot district in Jharkhand), imposition of ABBA has deprived large numbers of people of their PDS entitlements and also, quite likely, led to a revival of corruption.

Since July 2016, Pakistani police and provincial authorities have stepped up pressure against Afghans living in Pakistan in what the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has called “a concerted push” to repatriate a large number of Afghan refugees before the end of 2016.

In an alarming development, the Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (a body of the Government of Himachal Pradesh) fore with the Chief Secretary of the Government of Himachal Pradesh as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors has preferred an Appeal before the Supreme Court against NGT order of 4th May 2016 in the matter of Kashang HEP.

The path of women’s liberation is through the values enshrined in the Indian Constitution. It is unfortunate that rather than leading the community towards absolute human rights, intellectuals are making the situation for the community worse by resorting to the logic of a religious framework.