-The Hindu There is a general view that agriculture is not a remunerative profession. But for those who continue to do farming, there seems to be no choice. Either they leave the fields fallow or sell the lands for quick money. "Reasons for being unremunerative are many like high cost of inputs, inability to break even in profit, marketing etc. But in spite of all these problems there are people like...
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Schools without children, children without schools -Suvojit Bagchi
-The Hindu Funds from Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan are pumped into ‘schools' in Bastar that don't exist On the day the Chhattisgarh government issued a statement emphasising how the Prime Minister's adviser, T.K.A. Nair, praised the efforts to educate children, 32 students of Koynapada primary school in Darbha block in Bastar district did not attend school. In fact, they could not as the school does not exist. An official confirmed that the disappearance...
More »Vigilance complaints pile up as Delhi Police doesn’t know password -Shalini Narayan
-The Indian Express After 8 yrs of portal being set up, lapse found, 2 officers get ‘TRAIning'. New Delhi: Over 600 complaints regarding the Delhi Police forwarded by the Central Vigilance Commission to an online portal have been pending for the past eight years. The reason: the Delhi Police didn't know the password to access the portal or how to operate it, a lapse that went undetected since 2006. In January finally, two...
More »Series of sops for disabled
-The Telegraph The Centre today approved changes in a scheme for the disabled that will help more of them buy aids cheaper and get higher cash assistance for surgeries. A key change in the scheme, last reviewed nine years ago, opens it to those with incomes higher than current limits, effectively widening it. Under the revised guidelines of the Scheme of Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase, Fitting of Aids/Appliances (Adip Scheme), 100...
More »'School-level learning not as dismal as projected'
-The Indian Express A state-wise break up of learning levels, however, indicates that the traditional BIMARU states have much to catch up even now compared to their southern counterparts. Even as independent surveys continue to point fingers at the quality of education being imparted in Indian schools, the National Council Of Educational Research And TRAIning (NCERT) Friday released its National Achievement Survey (NAS) for Class III that indicated quite otherwise. Released...
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