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Raid on Illegal Brick Kilns: A Story from Jalpaiguri Alipurduar is a picturesque place tucked away in the northern district of Jalpaiguri in the state of West Bengal. At 2500 sq. km, it is almost half the district of Jalpaiguri in term of area and has a population of over 14 lakh people. Peopled by different linguistic communities including a substantial tribal population, the mainstay of the local economy rests on the 66 tea gardens where a good number of local people including the emigrants from neighbouring Bihar and Jharkhand are employed. In fact, the tea gardens, even though a good number of them are sick, still continue to provide employment to a substantive number of people and thereby create demand for other sectors of the local economy. It is surrounded on its north by Bhutan, on its east by Assam, on south by the district of Cochbehar and on its west by Sadar and Mal sub-divisions of Jalpaiguri. Very lush and beautiful place with very good scenic locales and forests, Ali...

Raid on Illegal Brick Kilns: A Story from Jalpaiguri Alipurduar is a picturesque place tucked away in the northern district of Jalpaiguri in the state of West Bengal. At 2500 sq. km, it is almost half the district of Jalpaiguri in term of area and has a population of over 14 lakh people. Peopled by different linguistic communities including a substantial tribal population, the mainstay of the local economy rests on the 66 tea gardens where a good number of local people including the emigrants from neighbouring Bihar and Jharkhand are employed. In fact, the tea gardens, even though a good number of them are sick, still continue to provide employment to a substantive number of people and thereby create demand for other sectors of the local economy. It is surrounded on its north by Bhutan, on its east by Assam, on south by the district of Cochbehar and on its west by Sadar and Mal sub-divisions of Jalpaiguri. Very lush and beautiful place with very good scenic locales and forests, Ali...

Action u/s 97 gone haywire Alipurduar is a picturesque place tucked away in the northern district of Jalpaiguri in the state of West Bengal. At 2500 sq. km, it is almost half the district of Jalpaiguri in term of area and has a population of over 14 lakh people. Peopled by different linguistic communities including a substantial tribal population, the mainstay of the local economy rests on the 66 tea gardens where a good number of local people including the emigrants from neighbouring Bihar and Jharkhand are employed. In fact, the tea gardens, even though a good number of them are sick, still continue to provide employment to a substantive number of people and thereby create demand for other sectors of the local economy. It is surrounded on its north by Bhutan, on its east by Assam, on south by the district of Cochbehar and on its west by Sadar and Mal sub-divisions of Jalpaiguri. Very lush and beautiful place with very good scenic locales and forests, Alipurduar is one of the tour...

The Self-Help System: Need for a New Global Architecture                                                                         By Saumitra Mohan             It’s trying times for the world economy with recession demon refusing to be tamed, notwithstanding a slew of staccato efforts made by different involved players. The domino-like fall of many countries of Europe and Americas including Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece has been a cause of real concern given the insidious implications of the same for the world finance system. The laissez-faire economic model’s avowed ...