Environment and Forests Minister, Shri Jai Ram Ramesh launched his Ministry’s  New Website to create awareness among the people about the environment and  wild life. This is part of a continuous and ongoing process to make it more transparent and citizen-friendly. The Website has been redesigned after a lengthy consultation process involving a number of prominent civil society groups, key user groups and other stakeholders. An effort has been made...

KEY TRENDS   • At the national level, the proportion of government schools having facilities like drinking water was 96.39 percent, boys' toilet was 94.64 percent, girls' toilet was 97.03 percent, boundary wall was 60.12 percent, playground was 56.98 percent, ramp was 71.50 percent, CWSN toilet was 19.59 percent, electricity was 56.45 percent and library was 79.36 percent, according to the Unified District Information System For Education (UDISE) 2017-18 (Provisional) *12   • ASER 2019 ‘Early Years’ data shows a clear...