-The Economic Times NEW delhi: NITI Aayog, established as the government's think tank, could soon become planning body for the Centre and states, similar to its predecessor — the erstwhile Planning Commission. However, the institution would adopt a bottom to top approach as it moves on from five year plans to longterm perspective planning. This would keep it in sync with the government's focus on cooperative federalism. A senior government official told ET that...
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Over 3.6 Crore Rural People At Risk Due To Unsafe Drinking Water: Government
-PTI New delhi: Over 3.6 crore people living in more than 63,000 rural areas are exposed to health hazards due to drinking water quality problems like excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate. Of this, 1,318 rural habitations are arsenic-affected, Minister of State for Drinking Water Ram Kripal Yadav told the Upper House in a written reply today. "As reported by the state governments under the Online Integrated Management System (IMIS) of the...
More »Put FB's Free Basics service on hold, TRAI tells Reliance Communications -Pankaj Doval
-The Times of India NEW delhi: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked Reliance Communications to stop the Free Basics service of Facebook, at least for some time. "We have asked them (Reliance Communications) to stop it and they have given us a compliance report that it has been stopped," a senior government official told TOI. Reliance Communications is Facebook's sole telecom partner in India to offer a set of basic...
More »56% of young girls, 30% of young boys in India anaemic -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW delhi: One out of two adolescent girls suffers from anaemia in India, which has the world's largest adolescent population. Besides, 30% or one of every three young boy in the country is also anaemic, putting a large chunk of the country's young population at varied health risks, a latest assessment by the health ministry along with Unicef showed. The large prevalence of the disease assumes significance also...
More »Exaggeration of figures in Mid Day Meal scheme: CAG
-PTI NEW delhi: There is an "institutionalised exaggeration" of figures about children benefiting from Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme and irregularities like inflated costs and fudging of data prevail, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found. The enrolment of children in schools providing mid-day meals is showing a "consistent" decline indicating that more and more people are seeking better education and not just food, the auditor said in a report that...
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