-The Times of India In the space of a decade, between 2001 and 2011, the student population in India exploded from about 229 million to 315 million. That's a jump of nearly 38%. The overall population growth in the same period was 18%. But Census data released on Friday underscores a much bigger shift within these gross figures. Students in the age group 15 to 19 years increased by a dramatic 73%...
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More children in school, but very few enter college -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Over 400 million people, or over a third of the population in 2011, had never attended any school or educational institution, new numbers from the census show. According to the new data, while enrolment in school is now over 80 per cent for school-age children, higher education enrolment remains low. Enrolment in educational institutions rose between 2001 and 2011 at every level, most of all in the primary and secondary school-going...
More »Caught in the eddies -Nivedita Khandekar
-The Statesman It's the same story every year. Heavy rains, huge volume of water spilling over the water channels and mismanagement of rivers in spate, leading to heavy floods inundating large parts of India. This year too the story is no different. Even as this article goes to print, Assam, West Bengal, Manipur, odisha, Gujarat and Rajasthan almost a third of India is either facing floods or coping with a trail...
More »odisha has over 12 lakh pending court cases
-The Hindu BHUBANESWAR: odisha is sitting on mountains of pending litigations and court cases as its judicial system grapples with large scale vacancies. The State government on Tuesday said it required at least 391 judicial officers in addition to sanctioned judicators’ posts in High Court and lower courts to clear pending cases. As against requirement of further 50 per cent increase in strength, five out of 27 sanctioned judges’ posts in Orissa High...
More »Water levels in reservoirs dip across country -Neha Madaan
-The Times of India PUNE: The water situation is grim as the total storage in 91 main reservoirs across the country has gone below the last 10-year average, says the report of the Central Water Commission (CWC). The reservoirs currently hold 91 billion cubic metre (BCM) water, which is 58% of their total live storage capacity. During the same period last year, these reservoirs had 103.5 BCM water. The current storage is...
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