-Economic and Political Weekly The government’s response to the protests led by the youth against the gang rape incident in New Delhi, in the form of an ordinance has not met the aspirations of the many protestors and the woman rights’ organisations. It can in fact be accused of being vindictive, having ignored the thoroughgoing recommendations of the government appointed justice Verma committee's report. Albeena Shakil (albeenashakil@gmail.com) is a women rights’ activist...
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RTE deadline: Delhi govt to fine unregistered schools Rs 1 lakh from April-Pallavi Polanki
-First Post New Delhi: With the three-year Right to Education (RTE) deadline for unrecognised private schools to register with the government expiring in less than two months, the Delhi government has directed the schools to either apply for recognition by Friday (February 15) or risk penal action. (Read government notice here) As per the RTE Act, a school that does not have a certificate of recognition will not be allowed to function....
More »Scoring higher on education-Philip G. Altbach and Pawan Agarwal
-The Hindu Effective spending, reworking the affiliation system and breaking academic bureaucracy are key to better universities Although Indian higher education suffers from many dysfunctionalities and the system overall is characterised by “pinnacles of excellence in a sea of mediocrity”, it does reasonably well by some international comparisons. Here are a few examples: — India is a global leader in terms of GDP spent by public and private sources on higher education. India...
More »PIL in SC to Bring Intelligence Agencies Under Parliament
-Outlook SC today issued notice to Centre on PIL to make intelligence agencies accountable to Parliament. It also sought response from IB, RAW and NTRO on plea to bring them under oversight of Parliament and CAG. The apex court has granted six weeks time to the Centre and intelligence agencies to file their response. ...
More »Centre has sole right to allocate major minerals: Coal Ministry-Samanwaya Rautray & Meera Mohanty
-The Economic Times The coal ministry, in an affidavit to the Supreme Court, has said that it has the sole legal right to allocate coal blocks even as the state governments own the blocks and eventually grant the mining leases. In response to the query of the apex court, which questioned the ministry's authority in this regard, the coal ministry said that though there was no express statutory provision, a combined reading...
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