Governance And Institutions
Keriyanagar residents set a worthy example
Keriyanagar, a small village near Amreli in Saurashtra with a population of just around 2,500 people, has shown others what collective efforts can achieve. The residents have constructed check dams and deepened the village pond all by themselves. The entire programme has been aptly named Apne Haath Jagan nath.
Powerlooms empower women
Life for several women changed after an NGO set up powerlooms and gave them loan for self employment.Meherunisa, Basanti, Kunti and hundreds of women are self-employed running powerlooms in the bastis and villages of poverty-ridden Hazaribagh district, thanks to the Ashram. Ashram, set up 31 years ago by Nav Bharat …
Digvijay invited to open world meet on water management
The success story of the community-based watershed management in Madhya Pradesh has earned the state Chief Minister rare honour of being invited to inaugurate a workshop on the subject at the Second World Water Forum to be held in The Hague next month.
IBRD aid for UP education project
India and the World Bank signed an agreement for an international development association (IDA) credit aggregating $182.4 millions to help finance the Uttar Pradesh third district primary education project.
241 vehicles fail pollution test
Two hundred and forty-one out of the 691 vehicles belonging to the government, corporation and diplomatic missions that underwent pollution test since Feb 13 till date have failed the test.
UP govt bans NGOs for funds misuse
After detecting misuse of crores of rupees by NGOs working under it, the UP government's Urban Development Ministry has imposed a ban on about 1000 such organisations in the state. It has also directed that the work being done by them will from today onwards be done by the department …
NGO network to create biovillages launched
A national network of non governmental organisations was launched to work for creating biovillages and improving community banking. The biovillages concept has been implemented by MSSRF ( M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation) at Pondicherry.
MCD survey to identify 'out-of-school' children
Municipal Commissioner S P Aggarwal on Thursday announced that the Corporation will conduct a survey in areas under its jurisdiction, to identify children between 4-11 years who are out of the school system. According to a statement isssued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the survey which begins on …
Haryana approves new education policy
The Haryana Cabinet, which met in Chandigarh, today under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister, Mr. Om Prakash Chautala, has apporved the new education policy-2000 aimed at universalisation of elementary education by 2005.
Fees for getting pollution control nod may be cut
The fee structure proposed under the Prevention and Control of Pollution (Unifrom Consent Procedure) Rules, 1999, for grant of consent to industries to starting the operation is likely to be revised downward.
Education for all by 2015, vows Dakar Forum
The World Education Forum has envisaged Education For All by the year 2015. The decade-old Jomtien declaration did not meet its target of education for all by 2000, so the Dakar Framework of Action extended the time period and stressed that all the countries to achieve this goal have to …
Ministry sets up task force to monitor NGOs
The human resources development ministry has set up a task force to monitor the working of the non-government organisations (NGOs) which receive funds from it. Replying to questions in the Rajya Sabha, minister of state HRD, Sumitra Mahajan, said that the rask force, headed by an additional secretary, would continuously …
4 hydel projects for Rajasthan
In a bid to tide over the power shortage, the Rajasthan Government is planning to establish four hydro-power projects shortly. They will include a Rs. 15-crore plant to be set up at the Bisalpur dam in Tonk district.
Milkmaid? Yes, but this one works with a mouse
The Jaipur Zilla Doodh Utpadak Sangh, which is representing the fruits of the White Revolution at the ongoing Krishi Expo 2000 at Pragati Maidan. Started in 1990-91 at the initiative of the National Dairy Development Board, the Jaipur dairy has taken its milk production from a few thousand litres per …
World's 200 richest people can eliminate illiteracy
report : The assets of the world's 200 richest people are more than the combined income of 41 per cent of the world's population, notes a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report. A yearly contribution of 1 per cent of their wealth or $8 billion could provide universal access to …
It;s now NGOs' turn to be rated
It's the turn of the voluntary sector to be rated for various aspects of their performance. To begin with 2,000 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are to be rated on the basis of their financial performance and the qualitative impact of their work.
SC asks states not to move media in Almatti dam case
A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court hearing arguments on the sharing of Krishna river water and on the height of Almatti dam, restrained the three states involved from airing their grievances through the media during the pending of the case.
44 Asian nations examine report card on education
The most detailed examination ever of education in the Asia Pacific has revealed great progress in some areas, but also warns of persistently high dropout rates and discrimination. Representatives of 44 Asia Pacific nations gathered in Bangkok at the Education for All Conference to Review "report cards" of their provision …
Over 6 lakh city kids do not go to school
A whopping 6.5 lakh children in the National Capital are out of school despite a Supreme Court ruling that children under the age of 14 years have a fundamental right to education.
