-The Times of India PUNE: National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) is the biggest programme for women empowerment in India, stated a statement issued by the government. At present there are 3 crore women, who are members of Self Help Groups (SHG) and in the next 5 to 7 years , seven crore women households will be covered under it. At present bank linkages to NRLM are to the tune of Rs...
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Social media rescues dying Indian languages-Bijoyeta Das
-Al Jazeera The Internet and mobile communication are doing the most unexpected - resurrecting hoary languages given up for lost. In the language of the Bhatu Kolhati, a remote nomadic tribe in India's western Maharashtra state, tatti means tea and gulle is meat. But, Kuldeep Musale, 30, who belongs to this tribe barely remembers his mother tongue. Well educated and having studied in boarding schools since he was six, Musale instead uses...
More »Primary school teachers to get teaching tips on mobiles
-PTI KOLKATA: Primary school teachers from across West Bengal would soon be given teaching tips on mobile phones to improve their English teaching skills. Very short versions of teaching tips in English would be available as video clips on mobile phones, as part of a project to make teacher education materials easily accessible. The project is funded and developed by the British Council in partnership with Pashchim Banga Sarva Shiksha Mission and the...
More »After cycles for girls, Nitish plans tablets, digital classes for women -Anubhuti Vishnoi
-The Indian Express After tasting success with its free bicycle scheme for school-going girls, the Bihar government is planning a freebie in tune with the times - a tablet PC - ahead of the 2014 elections. While other state governments have so far targeted the student community with free laptops and tablets, the Nitish Kumar government is working on an ambitious Rs 8,000 crore scheme to provide tablets to digitally illiterate...
More »Digitization seen reducing food theft in India’s PDS system- Kartikay Mehrotra
-Live Mint In the past year, ration cards are being replaced with smartcards that can track food doled out through the PDS system New Delhi: Mohanlal Kapoor, a street vendor in north India, holds a card entitling him to subsidized food for his wife and four children. To get supplies, the Kapoors must battle an estimated 15 million families in their state toting similar pieces of paper that they're not entitled...
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