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How the Dravidian Model of Development Succeeded in Tamil Nadu https://thewire.in/books/how-the-dravidian-model-of-development-succeeded-in-tamil-nadu

In prioritising the counter hegemonic articulations of the plebes against the exploitative Brahminical social order, Dravidianism evolved a new common sense of equity as the bedrock of popular, electoral democracy.

review of A. Kalaiyarasan and M. Vijayabaskar’s The Dravidian Model: Interpreting Political Economy of Tamil Nadu, 

the sub-national variant in the developmental path produced in Tamil Nadu is the product of Dravidian political ideology. As we have seen, this variant mitigates the trend to rising inequality seen all over the world and ensures effective redistribution through state measures.

If this process is to be translated into the paradigm of capitalist transition that Piketty uses, it is possible to say that the Dravidian movement intervened in the transition of a society dominated by clergy and nobility to that of an ownership society resulting in the hegemony of the propertied class which once again accentuates inequality after a brief hiatus of reduction in inequality with the advent of democracy or social democracy.

In prioritising the counter hegemonic articulations of the plebes against the exploitative Brahminical social order – the disenfranchised sections of the ternary society in Piketty’s terms – for a fair share in economic growth and governance, Dravidianism evolved a new common sense of equity as the bedrock of popular, electoral democracy.

MP plans to hand over 10 trauma centres, 13 path labs to private players https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bhopal-news/madhya-pradesh-government-to-hand-over-trauma-and-pathology-centres-to-private-players-to-improve-health-services-101689670901339.html Shruti Tomar Jul 18, 2023

A second official of the medical education department said the state government will hand over 5,000 to 8,000 square feet of space along with equipment and machines of pathology, microbiology and virology labs of the 13 medical government colleges to private partners.

“The government will bear the expenses of the doctor, lab technician as well as their maintenance. The company will decide the rate of tests accordingly,” the official said 

Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), a non profit working in the field of health, said handing over pathology and trauma centres will not improve public health facilities but lead to deterioration.

“This whole structure and arrangement will directly benefit the private company and this type of contract will only harm the public. According to the information, it is possible the test rates will go up by 200% to 700%. Along with this, the government is also talking about increasing the participation of private health service providers in public health institutions in the second and third-tier cities of the state,” said JSA convenor Amulya Nidhi

The problems with the Data Protection Bill  https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-problems-with-the-data-protection-bill/article66531928.ece February 21, 2023 Anjali Bhardwaj,Amrita Johri
The Bill must be put through a process of rigorous pre-legislative consultation and redrafted before it makes its way to Parliament

First, the Bill seeks to dilute the provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, which has empowered citizens to access information and hold governments accountable.801j - "information which cannot be denied to parliament,, shall not be denied to any person.. Based on the incorrect understanding as being applicable only to privacy exemption, this orvision is sought to be deleted. But the Shah Report has said "privacy Act should clarify that  publication of personal data for public interest .. should not be constitute infringement of Privacy...

Third given that government is the biggest data repository, .. the oversight body should be adequately independent to act on violation of the law by government entitites...

finally, the bill stipulates that the Data Protection Board should be digital by design.. this when 33% women have never used the internet..