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G-20
backs
off
austerity drive, rejects hard debt cut targets
SIGN OF WORRIES OVER A SLUGGISH GLOBAL RECOVERY
Reuters
Washington
legaleagle
State of
statelessness
LACK OF CITIZENSHIPS MAY DEPRIVE
A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
OF THEIR VOTING RIGHTS
Ananta Raj Luitel
Kathmandu
recent
report
by
Forum for Women,
Law and Development
(FWLD) shows six per
cent of the total population
are stateless without
citizenship certificates. In a country
populated by 26.49
million people, 4.3
million stateless
people hints at a
total mockery of
democracy.
The FWLD report shows that
the situation of statelessness is not only confined to
people living in the Terai
region but even those in the
hilly and mountain region
as also suffering the same
fate. Manang has the lowest
number of persons lacking citizenship certificates
(3,220) while its total population is not more than
10,000. Kathmandu district
has the highest number of
persons (215,767) lacking
citizenships, as the population in Kathmandu crosses
1.7 million.
Citizenship certificate is
not only related to ones
identity as a citizen of the
country. It is also linked
with ones right to job,
health, education and state
facilities. A large section of
the populace lacking this
card is an indication of
them being deprived of all
the rights guaranteed by
the state.
As per Article 9 of the Interim Constitution, any
person who was born in the
territory of Nepal and has
been permanently residing
in Nepal shall acquire
citizenship of Nepal by
birth. A person is also able
to acquire Nepali
citizenship
by
showing proof of
Nepali descent.
The issue of
procuring citizenship is, still riddled with challenges. For instance, a woman of
foreign nationality who
marries a citizen of
Nepal acquires naturalised
citizenship. However, serious debates ensure should
a man of foreign nationality marry a Nepali woman.
These matters need to be
dealt with seriousness
and urgency so that the
rights of all Nepalis can
be ensured.
The FWLD report highlights the need to do
something concrete in regard to providing citizenship certificates to genuine
persons so that their
democratic rights are
safeguarded, Neelkantha
Upreti, chief election commissioner
told
THT
Perspectives. We should
bring reforms in our system by keeping this data in
mind, as no citizen should
be deprived of their voting
rights, Upreti added.
WATCHING JAPAN
In a communiqu after a
two-day meeting, the G-20
said it would be mindful
of possible side effects from
extended periods of monetary stimulus, a phrase
added the insistence of
South Korea to take into account the concerns of
emerging markets. Monetary policy should be
directed toward domestic
price stability and continuing to support economic recovery, the statement said.
The economic policies of
Japanese Prime Minister,
Shinzo Abe have weakened
Contentious
development
Siddharth Poddar
Singapore
he pursuit of economic
development can often be
contentious and tricky,
ironically more so in the
developing world. This is
because the number of stakeholders (or those concerned
and willing to make some
noise anyway) is greater in
developing countries.
It is due to a dual effect. On
one hand, minority groups
with no access to resources or
wealth have until now not had
any outlet to voice their
grievances in the public domain or an effective platform
from which to seek their
rights, but that has changed
dramatically. The proliferation of sensationalist 24-hour
news channels has at least
played a hand in ensuring that
issues confronted by minorities and indigenous groups
are now brought into our
living rooms and stare us in
the face. Prior to this reach of
T H E H I M A L AYA N T I M E S
SUNDAY , A P R I L 2 1 , 2 0 1 3
investosansar
Sandip Nepal
Kathamndu
ple, ought to be cautious and scientific enough to grasp the global economic instances and logically identify cause-and-effect
relationship of such economic
stance.
For the time being, the most
likely economic reforms, as
sought, could be supportive or
expansionary monetary and fiscal policies by the Chinese economy, obviously, to improve, expand, and create economic multiplier-effect in the domestic
economy! Time will tell how
these economies accommodate
their monetary policies and reforms, taking into account the
cross-currency valuation and
trading regimes.
(The author is the assistant manager at the research and development
department of Mercantile Exchange
Nepal Limited. He can be contacted
through r&d@mexnepal.com)
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