Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
India Infrastructure Report 2012 discusses challenges in the education sector – elementary, secondary, higher and vocational – and explores strategies for constructive change and opportunities for the private sector. It suggests that immediate steps are required to reform the sector to reap the benefits from India’s 'demographic dividend' due to …
There is a core concept of good governance, the combination of authority and responsibility to pursue the common good, that has remained stable over millennia. Building on this concept the paper develops several indices of the quality of governance and applies these indices to rank major states in India. The …
Of late, public-private partnership is meant to encourage private capital to take responsibility for matters that were earlier regarded as primary duties of the State. The centre set up by the Pearson Company in partnership with the Central Board of Secondary Education is meant to enable the latter to progress …
Jammu and Kashmir has been able to progress gradually in improving the Panchayat Acts, starting from electing the panchayat members by show of hands to direct elections by the people and empowering elected members by means of defining certain powers. However, their functioning in practice demonstrates the glaring deficiencies in …
randomly search and seize “in-transit” cash in Gujarat ahead of the Assembly elections, making it clear this should apply only to candidates, workers and agents of political parties carrying cash over `50,000, saying “harassment” of ordinary citizens would not be tolerated. A bench of Justices D.K. Jain and M.B. Lokur …
This report titled, “Human Rights in India – Status Report 2012,” provided a general overview of the most critical human rights issues in India. It included: information gathered from the various consultations held across India from August to October 2011; relevant case studies; WGHR’s initial response to the Government of …
Ramesh Wants Toilets in All Schools by Mar 2013 Approaches Sibal for a dedicated fund of . 12,000 for every school per yr URMI A GOSWAMI NEW DELHI After kicking up a row by saying that there are more temples in India than toilets, Union Cabinet minister Jairam Ramesh has …
New Delhi: If you have a domestic help below the age of 14 years, then the authorities may soon visit your house and send her to school. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Centre and states to conduct a countrywide drive to identify children below 14 years engaged as …
A study on the status of the education of the girl child has revealed that 29 per cent of the respondents in the city are unaware about the Right to Education Act, which states that education is a basic right of every child in the country. The study was undertaken …
New Delhi: Even though nearly 33% of households among the lower income groups in the city feel that a girl child is abused in school and nearly 48% say they are abused on way to school, 57% of them are still ignorant of the RTE Act two years after its …
Marking a shift in education policy, the 12th Plan will see the government focus more on strengthening of existing educational institutes instead of setting up new ones. The quality of education will also find focus, and the Human Resource Development Ministry will build in systems for a clear articulation and …
A common criticism of the National Rural Employment Guarantee programme is that it does not lead to the creation of permanent assets and a sustained increase in incomes. This fi eld study of the construction of wells in one block in Ranchi district of Jharkhand shows that asset creation under …
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has scored a dubious record in its second term in office. The party has got just one key Bill enacted since it was re-elected to power in May 2009, despite coming back with a stronger majority and free from its erstwhile Left allies. Though …
This report contains the results of performance audit of the Bureau of Indian Standards and the Dental Council of India as well as the academic activities of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata.
Bhopal: Sakshar Bharat (Literate India) Scheme would be implemented in 42 districts of Madhya Pradesh. The scheme aims at imparting functional literacy to unlettered persons of over 15 years of age. The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed to constitute literacy committees upto Panchayat level after identifying the …
The Panchayati Raj System of Haryana that had been created by the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act (1994) creates an illusion that it is Gram Panchayat centric. The Act had given to it almost all the 29 subjects which had been listed in the 11th Schedule of the Indian constitution.
As his fast entered the second day, Anna Hazare today warned the government that it will have to go if it does not bring a strong Lokpal Bill as a "wave of protest" is building up. After an impressive turnout yesterday, the morning crowd at the fast venue of Jantar …
Visits to seven small towns in north India reveal how paucity of funds, slipshod planning and a dearth of capabilities have contributed to poor civic services and inadequate infrastructure. Citizens in some areas have organised themselves into neighbourhood committees to tackle problems that the urban bodies neglect, but this has …
Shillong, July 9: In the wake of the assault on RTI activist and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi, the National Campaign for Peoples’ Right to Information (NCPRI) today demanded a strong and effective Whistleblowers’ Protection Bill to protect RTI users and anti-corruption crusaders. Akhil was assaulted while he …
