-The Hindustan Times Once the remaining two phases of India's seemingly never-ending elections are done and dusted and the results are declared, for whoever it might be that wins and gets to form the government, the first thing on the agenda should be to get down on their knees and pray to the rain gods and wish that the monsoon doesn't disappoint this year - that it comes on time and...
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Govt panel blames hydro-power plants for deadly Uttarakhand floods-Tommy Wilkes
-Reuters The panel says hydro-power plants has led to the build up of huge volumes of sediment in rivers that is not managed properly New Delhi: Badly managed hydro-power projects in northern India were partly to blame for devastating floods last year that killed thousands of people and caused extensive damage, an environment ministry panel said in a report obtained by Reuters on Tuesday. The panel findings highlight the problem facing India, one...
More »MGNREGS: Rural development ministry may speed up wage payments -Yogima Seth Sharma
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The rural development ministry wants states to raise a cadre of so-called barefoot engineers to boost the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) by helping to speed up wage payments that are getting delayed by as much as three months because there aren't enough employees to monitor the work being done under the jobs programme. The ministry wants to rope in those...
More »Only 4% EWS parents aware of reservation under RTE Act: Study -Shikha Sharma
-The Indian Express The report was released at a Delhi state-wide conference on the Right to Education Act by Indus Action - an NGO. New Delhi: Only four per cent of parents from economically weaker sections (EWS) are aware about the availability of 25 per cent seats under EWS category in the capital's private schools, under the RTE Act, a study has shown. The study also found that only half of these four...
More »WHO to seek Universal Health Coverage in Southeast Asia
-Live Mint Out-of-pocket payments for health are highest among all WHO regions and one-third of new annual poverty is healthcare related New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) will seek to provide access to health services for all in Southeast Asia and put in place robust healthcare systems in the region, the agency's regional director Poonam Khetrapal Singh said in a speech at a conference on Wednesday in Paro, Bhutan. Public health experts,...
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