-The Hindu It is astonishing that public expenditure data on the education sector are not easily available In the current Budget session, how much money the Central and State governments will allocate to education and for what purpose should be a matter of public concern and debate. Even before the pandemic, public spending on education in most States was below that of other middle-income countries. Most major States spent in the range...
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FIR on minister for assault on Odisha government officials -Subhashish Mohanty
-The Telegraph Both the victims were admitted to the pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital, Baripada A case has been registered against Union minister Bishweswar Tudu for allegedly beating up two Odisha government officials, of whom one suffered a fracture. The incident took place at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district on Friday afternoon and the FIR was lodged late evening. Both the officials were admitted to the pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and...
More »Poor Country With Affluent Elite, India Is Going Nowhere -Jayati Ghosh
- The India Cable/ TheWire.in India is now one of the most unequal countries for both income and wealth inequality — and has shown the most rapid increases in inequality. The Paris-based World Inequality Lab has become a major source of data on global inequality, based on careful aggregation of national data from a multitude of sources, of both income and wealth inequality, at national, regional and global levels. Their latest World...
More »NCEE questions Govt.'s reluctance in opening schools despite the lifting of curfew in Bengaluru
-Press release by National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE) dated January 22, 2022 Schools in Bengaluru remain closed while malls, theatres, pubs and restaurants have been kept open. As of 21 January, the weekend curfew has been lifted as well. The decision to keep schools closed is having catastrophic consequences on children. Schools had only recently started opening after remaining mostly closed since March 2020. Their being closed again spells...
More »Prof Ronki Ram, former Professor of Political Science, panjab University, interviewed by Tripta Narang (Newsclick.in)
-Newsclick.in Caste and religious divisions within 32% SC population of Punjab – 39 castes over 5 religions -- over the years have precluded them from developing their own distinct and viable state-level leadership. The postponement of Punjab Assembly elections on account of Guru Ravidass Jayanti on February 16, is a clear indication of the reinforcement of the SC’s identity in the state, which has the highest percentage of SC population (31.94%) in...
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