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 …
The Assam government will launch an exclusive literacy programme for child labourers in the age group of 14 to 17 years in the urban areas tentatively from January. Official sources said the plan has been initiated after a statewide survey in the urban areas four months back by the directorate …
Rajiv Tikoo While government agencies and non-governmental organisations are adversaries by definition, an increasing number of government-appointed non-governmental leaders to key positions are setting the national agenda in areas like women
Aarti Dhar JAIPUR: Rajasthan is racing against time to get rid of the tag of a State with poor human development indicators. At least as far as the school education is concerned, the efforts are dedicated and results expected to be positive. Keen on implementing the Right of Children to …
The future of nearly 12 lakhs out of school children is set to be transformed in Rajasthan. The success story of child tracking system by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) under the State Department of Education, is drawing thousands of children from cattle grazing fields, out of homes and labour sites …
The Government proposes to notify Right to Information Rules in supersession of the existing rules, namely, the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 and the Central Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005. These rules may be called the Right to Information Rules, 2010.
ROING, Dec 6: 50 students belonging to economically weak families, coming from areas affected by the Dibang Multipurpose Project were awarded with scholarships by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) at a function held here recently with an objective to educationally empower the indigenous people. The students who are pursuing …
Mizoram is exerting maximum effort to overtake Kerala in the literacy rate. The only worry for the Government of Mizoram is in the southern Mizoram area which has a sizable number of illiterate persons. The Mizoram School Education Department and Mizoram SSA Mission revealed that the number of illiterates is …
Due to frequent newspaper reports about violence in Bastar region due to conflicts between leftist extremists and state agencies, there was a palpable fear in the air. Some of the older shodhyatris were deterred by the incidents which happened only a few days before the commencement of the yatra. But …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 2005 is a landmark step by the central government aimed at providing employment to those living in state of chronic poverty in rural parts of the country. However, the status of its current implementation and access to it by the most marginalised is …
NREGA is the first ever Act, internationally, that guarantees wage employment at such an unprecedented scale. The potential of NREGA spans a range of possibilities. The primary objective of this Act is augmenting wage employment. The choice of work suggested in the Act address causes of chronic poverty like drought, …
This report identifies ways in which local governments can address climate change, both at the policy level and on the ground. It outlines approaches for national governments, development agencies and specialist climate change institutions to improve the performance of local governments in addressing climate change.
This policy brief aims at: familiarizing you with the main provisions of the NREGA; providing a few glimpses of NREGA implementation from the states; highlighting some of the weak aspects of NREGA; and suggesting how you, as a Member of Parliament, can intervene to improve things.
Unique features of MNREGA, the public wage programme turn it into a magnet for women. More women than men work under the national programme that guarantees employment to rural people. Increasing women’s participation in MGNREGA can be used for local ecological revival, according to Richard Mohapatra Unique features of the …
Guwahati, Nov. 28: Four popular mobile theatre groups are spreading messages of the Assam Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) all across the state. From differently-abled students to dropout children, child workers to students at tea gardens, the SSA covers a host of issues through its various schemes. These schemes constitute the …
This is a special report in Down To Earth on how the 13the Finance Commission puts three times more money in the hands of local governments to spend—at their own will. Panchayats and municipal bodies will now have three times more money to spend—at their own will. The 13th Finance …
Down to Earth reports from Naxalite-affected districts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and expresses concern over an unwelcome change creeping into the programmes and policies of NGOs and other civil society groups working in the region. Finds that squeezed between the naxalites and the police, NGOs are abandoning community mobilisation. Squeezed …
