-Hindustan Times Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Fifty lakh students across the state may not get their textbooks on time as the Madhya Pradesh Text Book Corporation is yet to start publications for the current academic session. The corporation says the delay is because they have not got the syllabus from the Rajya Shiksha Kendra (RSK). In January, the Rajya Shiksha Kendra collaborated with the National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) to provide...
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Change in Jangalmahal: Suddenly, new jobs and social mobility -Sarah Hafeez
-The Indian Express Jhargram: Even as people return, a steady out-migration, especially of agricultural labour and farmers, continues from the region that has seen poor rain for years now. Taralata Mahato (25) draws awed whispers from women of Jhambeda village in West Midnapore’s Jhargram block as the only one from the village in the police. Taralata lives in a pucca two-storey house with whitewashed walls and a huge cowshed — a palatial home...
More »Cash transfers: Lost in transactions -Aarushi Kalra
-The Tribune The Centre for Equity Studies, Delhi, conducted a survey to gauge the impact of the switch to cash transfers on the consumption patterns of the poor in Chandigarh. The preference for kind vis-a-vis cash transfers was recorded. Importantly, public opinion found no place in the decision- making process. Feroza Begum had to make a choice between food security and her children's education. Allow me to rephrase it: Feroza Begum had...
More »Textbooks on phone: e-Balbharti app to make school bags lighter
-Hindustan Times Mumbai: In a step to reduce the weight of school bags, the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research ( Balbharti), which creates textbooks for schools that follow the state education board curriculum, is coming up with an application. The app will let students read textbooks on their mobiles. But there is no word on semester-wise textbooks and other initiatives promised by the government as part of...
More »What’s the average number of employees at a workplace in India? -Roshan Kishore
-Livemint.com Average workplace employs 2.24 people; more than two-thirds do not have any hired labour With election season in West Bengal and Kerala underway, many would be interested in knowing why the Indian Left is in such dire straits. One could offer a cheeky answer to this question. An overwhelming majority of Indian workers do not come across a capitalist worthy of committing class exploitation, which would have made them gravitate...
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