-The Hindu Even safety measures and educational qualification of their teaching staff will have to be disclosed Bengaluru: Schools affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will now have to disclose key details including fees, infrastructure, safety measures and educational qualification of their teaching staff. This information has to be uploaded on both, the school as well as the CBSE board’s websites. In a circular issued by the Deputy Secretary Affiliation,...
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Issues and arguments: How a key Delhi-Noida bridge went toll-free -Aneesha Mathur
-The Indian Express The Allahabad High Court has scrapped the user fee on the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyway, saying the concessionaire has already recovered its ‘reasonable’ dues. Allahabad High Court last week scrapped the toll levied on commuters using the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyway, a major traffic artery connecting southeast Delhi with Noida across the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh. A subsequent bid by the Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd (NTBCL) — the...
More »How corporates and not-for-profits can defeat hunger -Madhu Pandit Dasa
-DNA India is effectively the first country to mandate a minimum CSR spend. How to make use of it. Malnutrition is one of the many problems arising from uneven distribution of resources that plague the country today. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) states that 194.6 million people in the country are undernourished. It is ironic that one of the largest economies in the world is also a home to...
More »Physician, heal thyself: How graft afflicted NRHM in UP -Devesh K Pandey
-The Hindu Chief medical officers of 72 districts colluded with politicians and contractors in swindling funds meant for poor patients; the CBI has filed 82 cases so far Investigations into the Rs. 9,000-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in Uttar Pradesh have led to the arrest of 149 persons, with the Central Bureau of Investigation arraigning 350 people as accused in 82 cases of corruption, cheating, forgery and conspiracy registered so...
More »How Gram Panchayat Development Plan is changing the villages of India -Nidhi Sharma
-The Economic Times For Latak in Assam's Dhemaji district, floods are a living reality. But this remote village of about 300 houses has found a novel cost-effective way to connect flood-affected areas — a bridge made out of neatly stacked bamboo. It may not sound like a big success story but, for the village panchayat, it is a cause for much celebration. The panchayat planned the project after deliberations with villagers...
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