Governance And Institutions
- Bill on primary education being looked at afresh
There is a serious rethink by the Human resource development (HRD) ministry to go ahead with the the pending Constitutional Amendmant Bill making free and conpulsory elementary education a fundamental right.
Russia to put Mir out of its misery
Russian space officials are preparing the old, frail and forgetful Mir spacecraft for an assisted suicide. A top official at RKK Energia, the company that built Mir and oversees it, said that cosmonauts on board would begin to maneuver it into a lower orbit in May, the first step in …
- Sanjay is still alive and in Ulfa custody, feels wife
Four days after the reported "discovery" of the abducted social activist, Sanjoy Ghose's mortal remains from Majuli in Assam, his wife Sumita latches on to the belief that he is in custody of the United Liberated Front of the Assam, alive.
Gujarat NGO gets an award
A Gujarat based NGO, Medhavi, was awarded the Vijay Ratna on Thursday by the Indian International Friendship Society in Delhi for enriching the quality of life of the disadvantaged people.
- Skelton dug may be of Sanjoy Ghose
The police are trying to ascertain if a skeleton found in Lakhimpur district of Upper Assam can unravel the mystery behind the killing of social worker Sanjoy Ghose. Though the banned ULFA has said Ghose had died in its custody there are differences of opinion on how he died.
- Rajasthan villages thirst for water
Even 50 years after Independence, drinking water is yet to reach hundreds of villages, particularly those located in the western Rajasthan's desert area. On the other hand, the growth in population, which is over five crore now, is exhausting all the resources, and the water table is going down.
Sanjoy Ghosh killers identified
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has identified the killers of Sanjoy Ghosh and announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh to those who would provide information about the accused. The accused belong to Majuli river island in Upper Assam.
Street theatre movement to spread health care
For the first time in the country, under State Government DANIDA sponsored programme, each and every part of the district will participate in a massive street theatre movement which will talk about the entire spectrum of health-related issues and availability and access to health care.
- The funding dilemma
The role that NGOs can play in the delivery of social services continues to interest leading political parties. In fact, NGOs have been recognised as a distinct sector in both the Eight and the draft Ninth Plan. All the major political parties have also dwelt on this in their manifestos. …
Tribals seek indigenous status
The tribal population in the country, the second largest in the world after the African continent, has called upon the central government to recognise the indigenous status of tribals by immediately ratifying the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention of 169 to 1989.
- A society dedicated to TB treatment
The Social Welfare Society, Fazilka, which had initiated welfare schemes for different sections of society more than a decade back is turning into a movement for the uplift of the poor. The society has the credit of organising first three-day TB control camp in December 1995 in which a team …
NGOs resent being ignored by WB team
Livid at being ignored by the World Bank team currently on its tour of the State to review the work done hiterto under the Rs 800 crore MP forestry project in the state, green groups have threatened to resort to protest measures.
Petitions against amendment to NGO bill dismissed
Sri Lankan Supreme Court yesterday dismissed several petitions filed against the adoption by Parliament of the Bill titled Voluntary Social Service Organisations (Registration and Supervision) (Amendment) "as the petitioners had not duly invoked the jurisdiction of the court under Article 121".
Hazare to launch another agitation
Social activist Anna Hazare has announced he would launch an agitation from April 6 to demand the introduction of a legislation on right to information of documents in corruption-related cases in the Maharashtra.
- CAPART provides over Rs 3.75 cr to NE NGOs
The Council for Advvancement of People's Action and Rural Technology CAPART has extended financial assistance of more than Rs 3.75 crore in the last three years to more than 450 voluntary and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of the north-eastern region since establishment of its North-East Zonal centre here. Out of this …
- Rs 1.72cr Japanese aid for 8 NGO projects
The Japanese government will extent approximately Rs 1.72 crore as grant assistance to eight grassroots projects run by non-government organisations in India. The assistance is being extended under the 'grant assistance for grassroots projects' scheme intorduced by the Japaenese government in 1989 to provide assistance directly to NGOs, a release …
- NGOs protest outside US centre
About 25 non-governmental organisations held a demonstration outside the American Information Centre in the Capital today against the likely US military attack on Iraq.
- Nagaland NGOs hold rally
Leading non-Government organisations (NGOs) of Nagaland held a rally here reiterating their demand to defer elections in the State.
- Makers of diesel truck engines are under pollution inquiry
The Environmental Protection Agency has discovered that hundreds of thousands of modern heavy duty diesel truck engines run cleanly during the agency's mandatory performance tests but give off much more pollution in normal highway use, Federal officials say.
