For implementing food security Act Constitution of a Sate Food Security Mission and district-level grievance redressal mechanism have been mooted for the effective implementation of the National Food Security Act. The proposed mission will have an advisory role, mainly to advise the government and its agencies, autonomous bodies, and non-governmental agencies involved in the delivery of services for effective implementation of food and nutrition-related schemes and also to enable individuals to...

For implementing food security Act Constitution of a Sate Food Security Mission and district-level grievance redressal mechanism have been mooted for the effective implementation of the National Food Security Act. The proposed mission will have an advisory role, mainly to advise the government and its agencies, autonomous bodies, and non-governmental agencies involved in the delivery of services for effective implementation of food and nutrition-related schemes and also to enable individuals to...

-PTI The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board today strongly criticised the Centre's Right to Education (RTE) Act, alleging that minority institutions including Madrasas will lose their identity on account of it. AIMPLB Secretary, Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani told PTI that on one hand, the Centre was talking of minority education under Article 30 of the Constitution which clearly says that the minorities can choose education of their choice but contrary to it,...

-The Hindu They will go to temples where it is practised including Kukke Subrahmanya Speakers at a seminar on made snana here on Sunday demanded that the Government abolish the practice across the State, failing which protests against the ritual would be “intensified”. The Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (Ambedkarvada), the Democratic Youth Federation of India, and the Sahamatha Vedike, which organised a seminar, resolved to intensify their protest by going to all temples where...

With schools having to reserve 25% of their seats for economically backward students from the next academic year, the poor kids will get an opportunity to study in elite schools. Puja Pednekar weighs the pros and cons. Ten-year-old Rahul Waghmare trudges to a civic school in Andheri every day. He wants to design automobiles when he grows up. But now, he dreams of studying in a posh school. However, he can’t afford...