-The Economic Times Finance Minister P Chidambaram has allocated Rs 80,194 crore to Ministry of Rural Development in Budget 2013. Giving the emphasis on education, Chidambaram said Budget 2013 will allocate Rs 65,867 crore to the HRD ministry. My budget's overarching goal is to create opportunities for our youth, he said. More than the fiscal deficit, Chidambaram said his greater worry is the current account deficit. In his Budget speech, he said the 'passion...
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Budget 2013: Chidambaram focuses on women, youth, poor in budget
-IANS To woo "ambitious" women, "impatient" youth and the poor, the Congress-led UPA government Thursday promised them more schemes and programmes as they "represent the vast majority of the people of India". "...before I close this part of my speech, I wish to draw a picture of three faces that represent the vast majority of the people of India," finance minister P Chidambaram said. "The first if the face of the woman. She...
More »Right to Homestead Bill: Task force to finalise draft-Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu Draft Bill to be discussed on Tuesday After legislating the Right to Information and Education — and making a stab at the Right to Work and Food through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Food Security Act respectively — the government’s next step seems to be aimed at legally upholding the right to a home of your own. On Tuesday, a task force set up by the...
More »RTE's continuing woes-Abhishek Tripathi & Mani Gupta
-The Business Standard The recent judgment of the Delhi High Court upholding the right of unaided schools to apply screening procedure for nursery admissions to unreserved category of students has brought cheer to many schools, and disappointment to social activists. The schools and many parents are relieved that the cloud of uncertainty around the admission process has withered away at least for this academic year. However, the battle is far from...
More »The kids aren’t really all right -Puja Marwaha
-The Hindustan Times Children represent not only India’s future, but are also integral to securing India’s present. Yet, development indicators continue to show slow progress towards securing their welfare and delivering their basic rights. The very survival of over a million newborns in the country every year continues to be at risk. Prospects for girls in particular are getting grimmer, with successive Census figures revealing a declining sex ratio. About 44%...
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