Abstract
The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on gender equality can be achieved by mainstreaming a gender perspective and promoting women's economic empowerment. Punjab has almost become synonymous with the low status of women, patriarchal society, feudal customs and values, social polarization along caste lines, high illiteracy, and poverty. The secondary status of women in Punjab coupled with an oppressive caste system and grinding poverty has robbed the women of their rights and a life of dignity, which were envisaged by the framers of the Constitution. The issue of gender equality has acquired a global character, and therefore, there is a need for the Civil Society to actively participate and enable the women to fight for their rights. The United Nations has included the issue of gender mainstreaming in the Millennium Declaration and 'promoting gender equality and empowerment of women' is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Improved gender sensitivity could be achieved by adopting a proactive approach towards achieving gender economic justice. Therefore achieving gender equality requires two complementary approaches--mainstreaming a gender perspective and promoting women's economic empowerment.
Highlights
Many think that competition policy and law are tools for the rich and urban society, while some raise eyebrows on the efficacy of competition policy and law in a society which is illiterate and poor
The competition commission held that the agreement entered into by the opposite parties is covered within the mischief of clauses (A) and (b) of section 3(3) of the act and Rs.[1] lakh held imposed on 27 parties each
The central government can refer to the Competition Commission of India for its opinion on the possible effect of a policy under formulation or of an existing law related to competition
Summary
Many think that competition policy and law are tools for the rich and urban society, while some raise eyebrows on the efficacy of competition policy and law in a society which is illiterate and poor. The agricultural marketing order in India itself is so anti-competitive that too small farmers do not get the entire value of their produce, which is usually cornered by middlemen This is aided by archaic laws, which the state governments in India are unenthusiastic to modify, probably to satisfy some vested interests. Through a local consumer activist, she complained to the local district forum under the Consumer Protection Act against the restrictive trade practice and the cartelized action that the two studios were engaged She won the case and got damages from the studio, and the cartel did break. The same situation can do projected onto the more substantial national canvas New laws such as the Competition Act, 2002, alone cannot break cartels; we need commensurate policies to ensure that competition prevails, and the people benefit.[2]. To protect the interests of the consumers and ensure freedom of trade carried on by the participants in the market, given the economic developments of the country
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