-The Telegraph The Right to Education Act, which makes education a fundamental right of every child, is likely to miss the March 2013 deadline for its implementation and the government is planning to amend the law to get an extension of two years. “The amendment is being planned since the compliance to RTE norms may not be possible by the 2013 deadline,” an HRD ministry official said. However, going by the present backlog,...
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Rs 4,000cr aid likely for fight against JE -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times The central government will provide financial assistance to states to fight Japanese Encephalitis, which has already claimed close to 1,000 lives, including 400 in western Uttar Pradesh alone. A cabinet committee on Thursday is expected to approve Rs. 4,000-crore assistance plan, which includes Rs. 2,000 crore for providing safe drinking water and sanitation and Rs. 1,300 crore to other ministries. The plan includes funding for expanding the encephalitis...
More »Plan panel to have discretionary powers on release of funds to States -Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu Giving itself discretionary powers on release funds to States under various Central schemes, the Planning Commission has decided to restructure 16 Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) into Additional Central Assistance (ACA) Schemes. The new funding pattern will be effective from 2013-14. While restructuring the CSSs will give more flexibility to the States to utilise the funds, it will also give the Planning Commission absolute control over the quantity of money to...
More »Report pinpoints roadblocks in girls’ education
-The Hindu Family’s economic condition, their willingness to allow the girl child to continue studying and the literacy status of the mother were found to be among the key determinates among educationally backward families in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand that prevented girls from getting secondary education. According to a study report “The state of the girl child in India-2012’’ released here on Tuesday by non-government organisation Plan India that looked at...
More »MP CM walked five km with Jan Satyagraha landless tribals -Suchandana Gupta
-The Times of India BHOPAL: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan travelled to Agra in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday to join the Ekta Parishad Jan Satyagraha protest march of more than 50,000 landless tribals demanding land reforms from the Union government. Chouhan, accompanied by his wife Sadhna and state minister for women and child Development Ranjana Baghel, walked five km from Rohta village to COD maidan in Agra to boost the morale...
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