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 …
This report describes the findings of a rapid survey conducted by Centre for Environment and Food Security (CEFS) to evaluate the performance of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the 50 poorest dalit villages of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. The rapid survey was conducted in …
The Rs 2,31,000 crore price tag of the Right to Education Act has reportedly been cleared by the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) and a 65:35 funding formula between the Centre and the states agreed upon, putting to rest the hugely contentious funding issue. However, with many states demanding a 90:10 …
The Goa Assembly on Thursday passed Goa Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2009 after re-considerations by the members with revision powers given to district courts. The Amendment Bill was stalled twice and was referred to the select committee. The Bill went through this time as appropriate amendments were effected. The Bill …
India first needs to innovate the solution itself, and then focus on the product Arvind Singhal / New Delhi July 29, 2010, 0:03 IST Last week, Kapil Sibal unveiled the prototype of a Rs 1,500 tablet pc aimed at providing an ultra-low-cost solution targeted towards making computer literacy accessible to …
Chief Minister Mayawati said the Union government was in the habit of formulating unrealistic policies and then away from its responsibilities when it came to their implementation, putting the onus on the state government. She was reacting to Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal's statement in which he chided the …
KOLKATA, 25 JULY: Despite implementing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme nine years back, more than 50 per cent of the students who get enrolled in class I in the state drop out before reaching even class IX. This has been revealed by the Assembly Standing Committee on School Education. …
Using a field survey, this paper examines the empowerment effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on rural women in Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. It argues that women workers have gained from the scheme primarily because of the paid employment opportunity, and benefits have been realised through …
KOLKATA, 15 JULY: The initiative taken by the state panchayats and rural development department to form a new board to run the Sishu Siksha Kendras (SSK) and Madhyamik Siksha Kendra (MSK) has run into a rough weather after the Governor, Mr MK Narayanan has raised several questions over the Bill. …
'RTI on Wheels' is a simple concept that offers advice on RTI use where it matters most: outside government offices. Governments should emulate this Ahmedabad NGO.
By digitising 9,000 files of the Information Commission in three months with no extra budget, Shailesh Gandhi proves a point: it's not governments that improve governance.
The CSC scheme in Assam is a poor advertisment for both the centre's e-governance drive and the public-private partnership model. Common service centres have sprung up here with a few government services on offer and appear to exist only to profit private partners availing of the government's subsidy.
The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the School Chale Ham campaign will be extended to July 31 in order to enroll all eligible children in schools. He was reviewing activities of school education department here today. Minister for School Education Smt. Archana Chitnis, Principal Secretary School …
BHUBANESWAR: Though the gender gap in literacy levels has been declining faster over the years, there are wide gaps in literacy levels across social groups and districts in the State. According to the Economic Survey-2009-10, the Scheduled Tribe communities are the least literate with literacy rates for STs and SCs …
Archna Shukla India has possibly the largest number of active non-government, not-for-profit organizations in the world. A recent study commissioned by the government put the number of such entities, accounted for till 2009, at 3.3 million. That is one NGO for less than 400 Indians, and many times the number …
New Delhi: Delhi government is now ready with rules for the implementation of Right To Education Act in city schools. According to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rules, no government school can deny admission to any child between six and 14 years of age. While the …
