-Down to Earth Census data shows Bihar among the three states with lowest proportion of houses which can be categorised ‘good’ What made Bihar vulnerable to the Nepal earthquake and led to the reported deaths of 38 persons in the state? Proximity to Nepal and, therefore, the epicenter is certainly a primary reason. The other major reason is the condition of houses in the state. Almost all the deaths due to an...
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UNESCO’S Report on Education
-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Human Resource Development The Education of All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2015 states that India made marked progress, increasing its net enrolment ratio significantly as Gross National Product (GNP) per capita improved, suggesting a more equitable distribution of economic gains. The report states that there was particular improvement in reducing gender disparity in primary enrolment in South and West Asia, where the regional Gender Parity...
More »Facing uncertain rains, farmers dig in -Amita Bhaduri
-India Water Portal Bankura in West Bengal receives 1000 mm of rainfall a year, yet thousands of adivasi farmers in the area were faced with irrigation issues -- until 'happas' came to the rescue. Amulya Soren couldn’t get stable yields in the kharif (monsoon) paddy in his farm. A member of the Santhal tribe, he was the beneficiary of a surplus land redistribution programme in Hirbandh block of Bankura, West Bengal....
More »Death by Breath: On Delhi’s edge, a township of 25,000 more toxic than Delhi -Aniruddha Ghosal & Pritha Chatterjee
-The Indian Express New Delhi: Nothing encapsulates all that’s wrong with Delhi’s air than Kaushambi, the 600-acre swathe of concrete on the edge of the National Capital Region. A garbage landfill, two inter state bus depots, a state highway, a national highway and two industrial estates: 30 years after work began on this integrated township on the edge of Delhi, Kaushambi is today a cauldron of toxic air housing at least 25,000...
More »One out of every 20 Tamil Nadu families have migrants -Julie Mariappan
-The Times of India CHENNAI: Livelihood issues have been pushing high school and higher-secondary pass-outs of Tamil Nadu to head out to foreign shores. At least one out of every 20 households in the state, predominantly along the coastal belt, have migrant workers in South East Asian and Arab countries, said a sample study by social scientists here. The average cost of migration for a person is estimated at Rs 95,800. This...
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