The acronym LPG has several expansions. It stands for liquefied petroleum gas. It stands for liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation, a term of abuse used by those with Leftwing persuasions. It stands for life plundered by the government, sentiments associated with those who are against state intervention, but increasingly felt by the so-called middle class - however defined - because of price hikes, and proposed price hikes, for petroleum products. Ostensibly, price...
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Govt has to bear Rs 3,800 cr to implement 25% Quota under RTE by Sruthy Susan Ullas
The finance department wanted to know what would be the extra burden to the state to implement the 25% Quota in private schools under the RTE. It got a mind-boggling figure of Rs 3,800 crore. The state unit of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan furnished this exact figure to the government on how much it would cost the government to reimburse private schools ( ICSE/CBSE) if the 25% seats are reserved for...
More »NREGA widens gaps between states by Subhomoy Bhattacharjee
Five years into the implementation of the right to work programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has the potential to create even sharper division between states than what existed before it was launched. This is becoming increasingly clear through reports like the second report of the National Consortium of Civil Society Organisations on NREGA, released last week in Delhi by rural development minister Jairam Ramesh. It is...
More »Maharashtra cabinet clears RTE rule, private schools fume by Surendra Gangan
The state cabinet on Wednesday cleared the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Rule, 2011, that would facilitate the state government in implementing the RTE Act passed by the Centre in 2009. This means the children from slums can opt for any private school run by a central or international board in their vicinity. But, the state cabinet's decision to implement the Right To Education (RTE) Act in its true...
More »Government set to make 4 per cent of its yearly buy from dalit firms, boost MSME sector by Sidhartha & Subodh Ghildiyal
The Centre is set to make it compulsory for 4% of its annual purchases to be made from units run by dalits and tribals in what will be its strongest bait for classes that hold the key to political battles at the Centre and states. A rough estimate of the proposed spending comes to Rs 25,000 crore. Preferential procurement has been an early poll promise of UPA and its delivery...
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