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• Radical restructuring of judiciary requires people’s movement

Forget that judicial system is not accessible to the vast majority of people in India, even worse is the fact that it is increasingly acquiring an elitist and anti-poor character. A recently held convention in New Delhi talked of reclaiming and reinventing the judiciary for the poor.

• FM for lower home loan rates up to Rs 20 lakh

The government on Thursday acknowledged that there was a public demand for lowering of interest rates on home loans up to Rs 20 lakh, but said it was for the banks and RBI to take a call. 

• HIV Affected in Orissa to Receive Pension

In a significant, albeit token gesture, the impoverished eastern Indian state becomes perhaps the first state to offer monthly benefits of this nature to people living with HIV/AIDS.

• Villagers Script Corbett’s Success Story

When local populace and officials work in tandem, the chances of any conservation efforts succeeding are more. This became clear when villagers in the hilly state of Uttarakhand in northern India and forest department came together to help protect wildlife in the famous Jim Corbett National Park.