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 …
Though the Right to Education Act has come into force, the 12-year-old Bashir Ahmad supports his old, frail and blind grandmother by begging for alms at the city market place, as he is unaware of his right to go to school. He is one among over 36,000 children in the …
LUCKNOW: As the nation celebrates the introduction of the historic Right to Education Act, the details of what the Act holds in store for him have still not reached 8-year-old Mohan Tripathi. A resident of Barabanki's Suratganj block, for this bright student, the only joyous piece of news can be …
With a literacy rate of 67.91 per cent and as many as 1.5 lakh children still out of school despite the incentives rolled out by the Haryana government, the implementation of the Right to Education Act is a long way ahead. While the Education Department has its hands full with …
On the day Right to Education became a fundamental right of children, the UP government sought an assistance of Rs 150 crore from the union government to strengthen its primary education structure. In a letter written to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Chief Minister Mayawati said that the UP government …
With the Right to Education Act formally coming into nationwide effect from today, the State Government has embarked on a drive to ensure that every child in the age group of 6 to 14 secures quality education in an enabling environment. Addressing media persons, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said …
In March 2010, large scale corruption in the implementation of NREGA waa exposed in Fatehpura block of Dahod district (Gujarat). The massive scale of the corruption is evident from the fact that NREGA authorities got a complaint of cheating registered with the police against 16 persons. This and some other …
The Decentralisation Community of Solution Exchange, an initiative of the United Nations in India, provides a platform for increasing our understanding of local governance-both rural and urban-through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Right to education will propel India to greater heights of prosperity and productivity The coming into effect of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 marks a historic moment for the children of India. This Act serves as a building block to ensure that every …
THE much-awaited Right to Education Act 2009 will come into force from Wednesday promising compulsory schooling for all children aged between six and 14 years and mandating that all private unaided schools reserve a quarter of their seats for
Bangalore: The Karnataka government has prepared a proposal to seek Rs. 1,500 crore from the Centre under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a flagship programme for extending elementary education to children in the age group of 6 to14. The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has called a meeting of …
BHUBANESWAR: Though Orissa has witnessed a drastic change in the physical features of elementary education, many things are yet to be achieved in terms of access and retention of the students in the State-run schools. Though the Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan (SSA) has created some awareness among the children in the …
Going by the reduced non-plan expenditure for higher education institutions, increased emphasis on interest subsidy on educational loans, a steep cut in the allocation for the National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship scheme, and reliance on public-private partnership modes for setting up of model schools in the Union Budget, it may not be …
After the many rounds of drafting and redrafting that went into the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act of 2009, it was hoped that the Act would be an effective instrument for any child to demand her basic entitlement. Yet, a close look at the provisions reveals …
Education mission is decades away from making a meaningful impact ALMOST A DECADE AFTER THE LAUNCH of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the achievement on universalising elementary education is best described as mixed. Massive spending by the Centre and states on setting up new schools and hiring an army of teachers …
Dalhousie: In a recent news report it was revealed by the Statistics Department that Himachal Pradesh has achieved 84 per cent literacy rate. Literacy rate technically means the proportion of population above the age of 15 that can read or write. How much of this data is statistical jugglery, remains …
Anindita Dey / Mumbai March 20, 2010, 0:52 IST The ministry of corporate affairs has urged all companies to create a separate fund for their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in the interest of greater transparency. The recommendation is part of a set of voluntary guidelines for companies, especially those …
JAIPUR: A group comprising 24 development journalists from 21 countries of Asia, Africa and South America visited the Centre for Community Economics and Development Consultants' Society here over the weekend to get exposure to grassroots work in community mobilisation, poverty alleviation and women's empowerment. The mid-career journalists are attending a …
CGI sheets procured at Rs 1,000 higher than market price ITANAGAR, Mar 14: Another scam running into crore if not crores has emerged out of SSA Rajya Mission
