-The Times of India NEW DELHI: There are more violations of the law with with regard to EWS/DG (economically weaker section/disadvantaged group) admissions in private schools. A new study by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and Save the Children has found that 52% of MCD-unaided and 55% of DoE-unaided schools are "following screening procedure in the admission of EWS/DG". Screening of candidates --- essentially selecting candidates on the basis...
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Food Act on state plate by Sept. 1
-The Telegraph Ranchi/Jamshedpur: National Food Security Act 2013, which was to debut in Jharkhand's eight districts tomorrow, will now be launched as a single helping across all 24 districts from September 1, state food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Saryu Roy said today. The food Act will cover 2.65 crore beneficiaries out of 3.3 crore in Jharkhand, minister Roy said at a news meet in Jamshedpur this evening. This includes 40,09,000...
More »How the Government of Madhya Pradesh is Blatantly Violating the Right to Information Act -Atul Dev
-CaravanMagazine.in On 13 February 2014, Ajay Dubey, a Right to Information (RTI) Activist based in Bhopal, filed an RTI regarding the appointment of government advocates in Madhya Pradesh (MP). Well-versed with the condition of RTI applications in the state, Dubey did not expect to get a reply from the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the Law and Legislative Affairs department of MP. “The government’s attitude is lacklustre when it comes to...
More »Govt. targets food security of the poorest, most vulnerable
Is the Government stepping back from its responsibility under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by giving technical reasons? Civil society organizations, which struggled to enact the Right to Food legislation, doubt that this may be the case. It has been alleged recently by several civil society Activists that the Government is rolling back the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), which is meant for food security of the extremely poor households,...
More »Households using PDS double in seven years -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Activists attribute trend to improved functioning of service. New official data show that the proportion of Indian households using the Public Distribution System has nearly doubled over seven years. These households are relying more on the PDS and less on open market sources than before. The National Sample Survey Organisation’s report on the ‘Public Distribution System and Other Sources of Household Consumption’ was released last week and looks at findings from...
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