-The Business Standard More than half of the households in villages in the country had no drinking water facilities within their homes in 2012 Safe drinking water, which was in the priority list of the manifestos of many political parties, is not within the reach of more than half of the total households in rural areas of India. Besides, the proportion of households not having this facility in urban areas rose slightly...
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Price rise has hit school fees the most since 2004 -Pradeep Thakur
The Times of India NEW DELHI: The fact that inflation has been an area of concern for some years now is well known, but exactly what goods and services have seen prices rise most sharply? School fees, a CSO study shows, have seen the most dramatic spike over the tenure of the UPA, up 433% between March 2004 and March 2013. The chart topper is quite ironic given the much-talked about Right...
More »Unlearning undemocratic values-Sukhadeo Thorat
-The Hindu India's long-standing legacies of caste, gender and class antagonism replicate on campuses as well. As higher education moves forward, it does so on these social cleavages The brutal sexual attack on a young woman in Delhi, in 2012, and a savage attack on a girl student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on its campus this year are just two examples of extreme violence that have shocked the nation. Acts of...
More »Maternal mortality rate sees a decline of 34 percentage points-Afshan Yasmeen
-The Hindu Bangalore (Karnataka): The State's Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR), which has been a cause of concern in the past, has seen a significant fall in the last three years. From 178 per lakh live births in the period between 2007 and 2009, the State's MMR has come down to 144 in 2012, a decline of 34 percentage points. Although the State is still behind Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala,...
More »Missing toilets: Is India’s sanitation drive ‘In Deep Shit’?
A new report from Right to Sanitation Campaign in India entitled: In Deep Shit paints a gloomy picture about the position of India's sanitation, and simultaneously draws our attention to the case of ‘missing' and ‘dead' toilets. The report has questioned the claims made by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) that India is making great strides in availing toilets to its rural population through the Nirmal Bharat...
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