-The Times of India KOZHIKODE: The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has appointed 42 additional doctors in the rural areas on temporary basis in the wake of rain-related diseases being reported from various parts of the district, according to NRHM district programme manager Dr A Baburaj. The doctors thus appointed on an emergency basis have been posted through the NRHM under the compulsory rural service scheme of the state government. The appointments were...
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Government expedites efforts to fill vacant posts in CVC
-PTI Concerned over the shortage of manpower in Central Vigilance Commission, the government has expedited efforts to fill all such vacancies. Officials said the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has "in-principle" agreed to fill all vacant posts in the anti-corruption watchdog and a meeting in this regard is likely to be scheduled soon. According to the Commission's annual report, as many as 33 posts were lying vacant. "The quantum of work in...
More »Not flush with ideas
-The Hindustan Times People may say all sorts of things about the Planning Commission of India and its five-year plans and the catchy terminologies it comes up with (of course, with a little help from the government in power). But there is no getting away from the fact that the body knows how to plan well, at least when it comes to its own needs. According to a news report, the panel...
More »25% RTE quota: Getting the poor into private schools-Anahita Mukherji
-The Economic Times One of the most heartwarming films of 2011 centred on a child labourer who fitted in exceedingly well with his wealthier classmates at school. While a nasty teacher drives the child out of school in the celluloid imagining, in real life, a nasty education system threatens to drive such kids from the country's elite schools. Among the most jarring arguments against a clause in the Right to Education (RTE)...
More »Plan panel rejects stink on toilets
-PTI The Planning Commission today clarified that Rs 35 lakh wasn’t spent on two of its toilets but an entire block of lavatories under “routine maintenance” and said it was “unfortunate” to call it wasteful expenditure. “While the amount of Rs 35 lakh being mentioned (in an RTI reply) is correct, an impression is being created that this has been spent on two toilets. This is totally false because these toilet blocks...
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