-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Modi administration wants to make all government services available on Mobile Phones in the next five years so that citizens don't have to visit offices, making it much easier for them to get their work done efficiently and conveniently. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), which reports to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), proposed this last week in a report prepared along...
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Coming soon: Model career centres for jobseekers -Mayank Mishra & Sahil Makkar
-Business Standard 100 model career centres all across the country to help job seekers connect with potential employers and skill providers The government is in the process of starting 100 model career centres all across the country, to help jobseekers connect with potential employers and skill providers. It would be different from the likes of naukri.com or monster.com as the government is planning to counsel the applicants through online platforms and mobile...
More »NDA junks the ‘dumb peasant’ argument -Anil Padmanabhan
-Livemint.com Traditionally, public policy has tended to view Indian farmers as what is described in economic history as the “dumb peasant” Last week, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government launched a revamped crop insurance scheme. At first glance, the scheme, christened Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, looks mostly like a reworking of the risk cover already in place; actually, it is much more. Not only does it take a big step in de-risking...
More »World Bank opposes Facebook’s Free Basics -Yashwant Raj
-Hindustan Times Washington: Mark Zuckerberg’s Free Basics, the free but restrictive internet service that has run into trouble with Indian authorities, has picked up yet another opponent, the World Bank. Its World Development Report released Wednesday called Free Basics, which is a part of Facebook’s internet.org initiative, the “antithesis of net neutrality and a distortion of markets”. The bank is not opposing Free Basics specifically, or its Indian rollout. It believes any attempt...
More »Tech tonic for the heart of India -Shubhranshu Choudhary
-The Hindu Gondi is the lingua franca of the Maoist movement today, but All India Radio does not broadcast even a single new bulletin in the language. One winter morning, in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh, I was watching a group of Adivasi kids peering into their Mobile Phones. The early morning sun was mellow, and they were so engrossed that they did not notice me drawing near. “We are doing Bultoo...
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