-The Hindu The UNESCO report was published by Institute for Lifelong Learning, based on data submitted by 159 countries, including India. Investments in adult learning and education (ALE) have steadily decreased in the last decade. Nearly a fifth of the UNESCO member countries reported spending less than 5% of education budget on ALE and a further 14% reported spending less than 1%, says a UNESCO report published by Institute for Lifelong Learning,...

-The Hindu Letter to States flags falling collections The Centre has written to all the States voicing concern that due to the lower Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections, the compensation cess MIGht not be enough to pay for losses arising out of the tax system. The communication comes at a time when several States, including Rajasthan, Kerala, Delhi, Punjab and West Bengal, have publicly urged the Centre to transfer pending compensation payments...

-The Indian Express Viable solutions to PDS portability are being ignored in the push for Aadhaar. MIGrants’ woes are often invoked in making a case for portability of benefits in the public distribution system (PDS). Most recently, an article (‘A hundred small steps’, IE, September 26) did just that. However, in many cases of short-term seasonal MIGration (a dominant form in India), only one or two of the household members MIGrate,...

-The Telegraph The Opposition’s feebleness at this moment of crisis for our secular, democratic founding principles is deeply worrying Once the chariot starts rolling, it is difficult to stop it. The Union home minister’s announcement in Parliament last week that the National Register of Citizens will be carried out throughout the country, including Assam in the ‘natural course of events’, rang with the confidence of a rolling chariot that can ignore all...

-ThePrint.in Modi govt is importing more onions under relaxed rules to deal with supply & price issues. But experts fear for India’s agricultural biodiversity. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s decision to relax fuMIGation norms for imported onions MIGht result in the entry of disease-carrying onions and harmful pests in Indian markets, agriculture experts have told ThePrint. On 6 November, the agriculture ministry relaxed fuMIGation norms and waived the penalty for non-compliance until...