Governance And Institutions
Cabinet approves Right to Information Bill
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet at a meeting held here the other day has approved Freedom of Right to Information Bill, Madhya Pradesh Trees Protection(urban area) Bill and Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj and Gram Swaraj Amendment Bill.
LPG to be used in cars, notification soon
The decks have finally been cleared for the introduction of LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) as a fuel for automobiles. The ministry of petroleum's notification amending the LPG (regulation of user in motor vehicles) order is expected to be issued within two weeks. Apart from the environmental advantages, the prime attraction …
Resolution for panchayat raj, gram swaraj passed
The successful implementation of panchayat raj and gram swaraj has paved the way for integrated development of people, especially those belonging to downtrodden and exploited sections and women in Madhya Pradesh. This will enable the state to scale new heights of development while strengthening the roots of democracy. A resolution …
The pressure on pressure groups
Undemocratic, unrepresentative, unaccountable, ill-informed and illegetimate. These criticisms are continually levied at international organisations, multinationals and governments by pressure groups. But if anyone deserves such criticism, it is some of these same pressure groups themselves. (Editorial)
MP Project on child education
A campaign has been launched in Madhya Pradesh to enroll girls in the schools in this year of women's empowerment, an official release said on Saturday. The campaign has been launched by the department of women and child welfare with the cooperation of anganwadi workers, schools, college girl students and …
Orissa scheme for children
Orissa on Friday launched an Education Guarantee Scheme and Alternative Innovation Programme in 16 districts of the state to enable children below 14 years from poor families receive primary education. While an EGS centre can be set up in any village which did not have a primary school in the …
Literacy among women up by 15%
Women of Maharashtra have beaten men hollow in the field of literacy. Though the number of literate males still outnumbers their female counterparts, female literacy in the state has taken a 15 per cent jump since 1991, as against the slothful nine per cent growth in male literacy. The total …
Diesel sales fall by 15 pc in Capital
Diesel consumption in Delhi has fallen by 15 per cent over the past one year indicating a corresponding drop in the level of polluting emissions emitted by the fuel. The sales figures that are available for the month of April and May reflect the drop as compared to the figures …
NGOs train Haryana women to foster rural development
A silent revolution is sweeping Mewat, one of the most backward regions in Haryana, situated close to Gurgaon.Thirty-three women from t he region are undergoing a training in community development, leadership, communication skills, health and environment among others. This is being done through a specially designed module in which the …
U.P. focus on child education
The Uttar Pradesh Government has launched a special campaign to ensure admission of the entire eligible child population to primary schools. A similar campaign, named "school chalo abhiyan", had been launched at the beginning of the academic session last year too which paid dividends. According to State Education Department officials, …
Women's literacy rate growing rapidly
The literacy rate among women is increasing faster than among men, Union Minister of State for Small-scale Industries Vasundhara Raje informed a seminar on Credit Flow to Women in the Capital today.The Minister said the growth in women's life expectancy has also grown 20 per cent faster than among men.
Public Hearings: Who's Listening?
During the independence struggle, morchas fuelled mass movements. In the 80s, staging dharna a la patkar was a form of popular option. Now the Indian grassroots movement has moved to Public Hearings as the preferred mode of campaigning. Jan sunvayi, pani panchayat, anna panchayat--call them by any name, these for …
Education Study Finds U.S. Lagging
Teachers in the United States earn less relative to national income than their counterparts in many industrialized countries, yet they spend far more hours in front of the classroom, according to a major new international study. The salary differentials are part of a pattern of relatively low public investment in …
Initiative on Universal primary education
A joint initiative aimed at the universalisation of primary education has been launched by the Karnataka Government and the Azim Premji Foundation. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) giving effect to the initiative was signed at a simple function here today. The Chief Minister, Mr. S.M. Krishna, signed the MoU on …
Joint sector boost to literacy
Every child in Bangalore will be in school by 2003, if an ambitious corporate-government-voluntary movement is successful. The scheme was announced recently by ICICI chairman N. Vaghul, who is also a member of the board of trustees of Akshara Foundation.
Women's literacy rate mere 39 per cent
India as the largest population of non-school going working girls. The Constitution guarantees free primary education for both boys and girls up to the age of 14. This goal has been repeatedly reiterated, but primary education is not universal. Overall, the literacy rate for women is 39 per cent against …
Computer curb on car exhaust
Click for clean air. The new mantra to curb auto emission. On June 5, World Environment Day, transport minister Subhas Chakraborty will inaugurate a state-of-the-art emission-testing machine which will photograph the vehicle as it tests exhaust fumes.
Shimla faces water crisis
In what could be called a rare phenomenon, Shimla is sizzling with the mercury soaring above 32 degree Celsius.The Shimla town is already facing an acute water shortage, with some areas getting municipal water supply only for half an hour and that too once in two days.
CE okays canals, dams construction
Pakistan's chief executive, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has approved, in principle, the construction of Gomal dam, the Katchi canal, Thar-Rainee canal and the Mirani dam to augment water resources.
