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 …
Touching the border of Birbhum in West Bengal , in this abjectly poor district of Sahebgunj in Jharkhand the story of despair is stark. In the black stone mines of Pakur and beyond, run the dark narratives of Kala Azar, silicosis, malaria, tuberculosis and rampant malnourishment. Poverty stares brazenly but …
This paper attempts to illustrate the contribution of NGOs towards sustainable community development. NGOs have many programs, functions and roles which assist community to become empowered, and eventually attain sustainable development. This paper reviews some of these roles, functions and programs of NGOs, such as microfinance, capacity building and self-reliance. …
DIBRUGARH, April 30: Tinsukia District Administration in collaboration with the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has adopted Panbari village, a hamlet near the oil vally of Digboi in Tinsukia district for its all round development. Initially, a survey was conducted to identify the shortage and lacuna so as to prepare …
THE Madras High Court has upheld the power of the TN government to bring in the Uniform System of School Education Act, 2010. Accepting the elaborate argu ments of Additional Advocate General P Wilson, a division bench comprising Justice Prabha Sride van and Justice PPS Janarthana Raja, upheld the powers …
- District plan brings together schools, anganwadis, NGOs to aid tribals of Bagoder block Giridih, April 28: Six-year-old Pinki and her friends Phul Kumari (10), Suraj (13) and Damni (14) are ready for the big day
Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal guarantee of free and compulsory schooling for all in the 6-14 age group. Both the governments …
Shashikant Trivedi / Bhopal April 21, 2010, 0:52 IST Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal guarantee of free and compulsory schooling for …
Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal guarantee of free and compulsory schooling for all in the 6-14 age group. The most contested, …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra has outnumbered Britain and Mexico in receiving queries under the RTI Act, the State Information Commission has said. "In 2009, Maharashtra received 4, 40,728 queries of RTI while Britain received 90,000 and Mexico 1, 25,000 under a similar legislation," the Commission said in a recent report. The state …
This Himalayan hill state with meagre resources, harsh terrain, climate and other constraints, is all set to overtake Kerala and Mizoram to become the country
Asha P Nair | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Gen Next students can be bound to classrooms only through innovative learning techniques and new teaching strategies. Realising this, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has begun thinking out of the box, to bring about a change in the way teaching happens in a classroom. …
With the Right to Education Act coming into force in April last, the onus is on the Executive to enforce it. Sangeetha Neeraja lists a few challenges before the State government We very much want our children to go to school despite poverty. At least the next generation shouldn't suffer …
Community radio is supposed to empower the marginalised and give them a voice. Given the lack of objective outputs by which to measure the outcome, it is necessary to look at the subjective aspects of its impact. A study of short-lived community radio project in West Bengal illustrates how it …
Underlining financial implications as a major hurdle in implementing the Right to Education Act, Delhi Government has initiated the process for implementation of the Act in the schools of the national Capital. Insiders say that Delhi Government needs over Rs 1,150 crore to implement the scheme proposed by the Union …
LUCKNOW: Within the corridors of the primary education department in Uttar Pradesh, a deafening silence echoes each time one mentions the contentious Right To Education Act. With the initial furore over funds and the politicking over, the Act (and its implementation), according to senior government officials, has practically been put …
After winning kudos, the Manmohan Singh government is facing demands from several states to pick up bulk of the multi-billion tab for implementing the landmark Right to Education Act for which teacher shortage and infrastructure are other key challenges. A reality check has shown that that almost all state governments …
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Archana Chitnis has urged people's representatives to cooperate in the successful implementation of the Right to Education act that came into force across the country on Thursday. "With the implementation of the act while it has become the constitutional duty of the government to …
