-The Times of India   LUCKNOW: The Mayawati government approved certain proposals catering to the social sector on Monday. The state gave green signal to regularization of the services of 1.24 lakh para-teachers in the state, besides appointing teachers on contract basis in around 70 boarding schools for children of Scheduled Tribes (STs). The cabinet approval paved way for regularising services of over 1,24,000 shiksha mitras (para-teachers) deployed in primary schools in...

Performance indicators and pink slips are no longer the domain of grueling corporate jobs. Something fundamental is changing in public universities of India that have always provided their teachers job security and the comfort of fixed work hours. The government funded Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) plans to recruit faculty on their Hyderabad campus on a contractual basis. It is only after a regular annual assessment, which includes students' evaluation,...

A PIL questions the very legitimacy of the IB No whereofs to it?     * A PIL filed in and admitted by the Karnataka High Court asks if the IB is “extra-constitutional”     * The IB hasn’t been constituted under an Act of Parliament, does not have a charter of duties     * The British set it up in 1887     * The court has served notices on the home ministry and the IB *** Is...

Farmers are caught between Mayawati’s promises, Rahul Gandhi’s idealism and mounting debts Land acquisition policy in Uttar Pradesh has been changed at least five times in the past five years to benefit the farmers. Amidst the raging controversies over what should be the land compensation rate and debates and protests over the various clauses of the land acquisition policy, most farmers have lost more than they could gain from Mayawati’s new...

-PTI   Pro-farmer, tech-savvy reforms will made for the development of water resources in the 12th Five-Year plan, which begins next year, a member of the Planning Commission said here yesterday. The focus would be on technology to manage water resources, promote the use of recycled water among industries and pay per use, said Planning Commission Member Mihir Shah, who holds the charge of water in the commission. Technology would help both large...