India, Dec. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India organised a National Conference on 'Ensuring Everyday Essentials: Public Services and Dignity for All' to commemorate Human Rights Day at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi today. Chairing the inaugural session, NHRC, India Chairperson, Justice V. Ramasubramanian said that the Commission has looked at the theme of this year's Human Rights Day from the perspective of public services in India and the dignity of the citizens. The reason why we chose public services and dignity of the individual as 'everyday essentials' is that our country is a welfare State, as seen from the Directive Principles of State Policy.
He said that while polic...