Most of the world’s nations are not doing enough to protect women and girls from the economic and social fallout being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, according to new data released today by UNDP and UN Women from the COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker. The tracker, which includes over 2,500 …
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today slammed the Government for its failure on all fronts and dared Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to seek a fresh mandate to prove his popularity. Naveen has no moral right to continue after the statement of Union Home Secretary that the officers of the State Government are …
Bhopal, Aug 10:Forest Minister Shri Sartaj Singh has said that our priority is to save forest dwellers from the exploitation by middlemen and providing employment to them. Whatever plantation is undertaken for upgrading bamboo or other forests, it will lead to conservation of soil and water. The forest dwellers require …
ARECENT morning, the breakfasts of many erudite Indians was ruined by newspaper headlines, which announced that eight Indian states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, have more poor people than 26 of the poorest African nations. They now await the publication of the 20th anniversary edition of the UNDP …
KOLKATA, 13 JULY: At least 15 per cent of the Sunderbans ~ the world's largest mangrove forests ~ will be submerged by 2020 and neglecting the area further can have global implications as it is highly vulnerable to climate change, says a UNDP report. The District Human Development Report (DHDR) …
LONDON, 12 JULY: Acute poverty prevails in eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together accounting for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African nations combined, a new 'multidimensional' measure of global poverty has said. The new measure, called the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), was …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: The common biomedical waste facility functioning at Thenmelpakkam in Kancheepuram district is all set for an upgrade, with the Global Environment Fund, an international funding body under the United Nations Development Programme, agreeing to provide $2,58,000 for the project. The upgrade would involve strengthening of the …
The latest report on the progress of millennium development goals (MDG) by the United Nations has said that robust social protection and employment schemes such as India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) reduce poverty and reverse inequality. In its report,
To encourage public transportation and go the green way, the urban development ministry on Wednesday launched the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) which will be first implemented in five Indian cities. "This project has been inspired by the concern at the alarming rate of people switching over to use of …
This study highlights the central role of capacity development for scaling up rural energy service delivery and to catalyze private financing for achieving universal energy access and the MDGs. Although it takes considerable upfront public investment to kick-start capacity development, once these investments have been made they can attract substantial …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A disaster management plan has been prepared for all the 14 districts of Kerala. Revenue Minister K.P.Rajendran said that the Disaster Management Authority, in association with the UNDP, had done great work in this regard. A major workshop, involving all people concerned, was held in Thrissur. A comprehensive state …
Minister of State for Energy and Mineral Resources (independent charge) Rajendra Shukla will inaugurate a workshop on 'project to strengthen Climate Change Cell' on Monday, April 26, 2010. The workshop will be held at RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration at Bhopal from 10 am. It is being organised jointly by …
Mumbai: To ensure that sanitation projects are undertaken by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), its Standing Committee chairperson Rahul Shewale has hinted at forming a special task force that would keep a tab in the implementation of these projects in the city. The projects include erecting toilet blocks, reconstruction of …
Massive Improvement In Edu, Health Has Had Little To Do With Globalization: Report Economic growth seems to have little to do with human development. On the other hand, the empowerment of women may have a lot more to do with an entire country
Job programmes under the scheme, meant for poor, not being blocked by Red rebels Who says the Naxals do not like government-sponsored development programmes? Check this out in red rebel-infested tribal belt in Jharkhand. They love the Central government
India has the maximum number of women dying in the Asia-Pacific region because of discriminatory treatment in access to health and nutrition and sex-selective abortion, according to a report prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that reveals shocking levels of gender disparity in the country. In 2007, the …
