State governments as well as Central agencies have opposed a proposal to use money from the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) for building community centres under the Union government’s flagship rural jobs guarantee programme. Officials said managing accounts for such a diversion would be difficult and could lead to the misuse of funds. A meeting of state government representatives and district collectors, meant to revise MPLADS guidelines to make...

Paddy growing farmers in Bhandara are passing through a crucial phase. But there is a ray of hope in the form of Vainganga sugar factory. Instead of traditional paddy farming, the farmers are switching over to sugar cane cultivation. Paddy cultivators in Asagaon and Lakhandur have sown sugarcane in 400 hectares of land and till February next year, 1,000/1,200 hectares of land is likely to come under sugarcane cultivation. In...

Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on Friday issued noticetothedepartment of education (DoE),Delhi government , over issuing of guidelines for admission in preprimary and class-I saying they violate the provisions of theRighttoF ree andCompulsory education Act, 2009. in Its notice to the principal secretary , education , the commission has asked the department to re-examine the order . The guidelines were issued by DoEon Wednesday . The notice...

Several schools in the capital have said that they would cover the cost of providing education to students from economically weaker sections (EWS) by hiking the fees of other students, making their parents bear the cost of teaching EWS children. According to the Right To education (RTE) provisions, it is necessary for all schools to reserve 25% of seats for providing free education to children from EWS backgrounds. Several Delhi schools...

Indian Centre for Islamic Finance delegation makes presentation at Yojana Bhavan The Indian Centre for Islamic Finance (ICIF) has made out a strong case before Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council member V. S. Vyas for introducing interest-free banking in the country at the earliest to ensure “inclusive growth with innovation” in accordance with the recommendations of the Planning Commission's Raghuram Rajan Committee. An ICIF delegation from New Delhi, led by its general...