-The Indian Express Private schools are not satisfactorily implementing the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act in Panchkula district. As per information provided by District Elementary Education Officer (DEEO) to District Courts on Wednesday, only 676 students have been admitted under Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Below Poverty Line (BPL) category by 74 private schools, while many schools did not recruit a single children. Several schools are yet to furnish information regarding implementation...
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States asked to prepare BPL list by March by K Balchand
The Union government on Monday asked the States to prepare a below poverty line (BPL) list by March, census for which is now on, so that the needy are readied to enjoy the benefits to be rolled out under the 12th Five Year Plan. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh hoped the States would prepare the list at the earliest. The Centre would, by December-end, complete its exercise of generating...
More »In their voice by Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
CGNet Swara in Chhattisgarh is a mobile radio platform that has helped bring tribal issues to national attention. MAHADEV SINGH, a Baiga tribal person, hails from a village situated atop a forested hill near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. While most of the neighbouring villages are electrified and welfare schemes from the government reach them to an extent, Mahadev's village has lost out in this regard owing to its inaccessibility. Mahadev and his...
More »The Other Scam You Forgot About by Rohini Mohan
DESPITE WHAT our reel-life heroes have shown us, perhaps it’s only possible to fight one villain at a time. Still, in his last few days on the job, Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde tried to battle two evils, with two reports that presented damning evidence of corruption in the BJP government. The first report, on illegal mining, had enough firepower to systematically dig holes in the state government. The second report,...
More »Million of orphans and counting.… by Bindu Shajan Perappadan
The Central Zone that comprises the three States of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh has about six million orphan children (under 18 years), and this figure will shoot up to 7.6 million by 2021, says a new study, “India -- National Child Vulnerability Situation Analysis Report”, conducted by SOS Children's Villages of India. The Central Zone is followed closely by the East Zone which has about 5.20 million orphans and...
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