-The Indian Express New Delhi: Taking note of a report published in Newsline on Wednesday, the Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi government and the three civic agencies to look into the issue of why the midday meals supplied to students in schools run by the three civic agencies of the capital are not up to the prescribed standards. The High Court bench of Acting Chief Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad and...
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Birth of a state: Who prospers, mother or daughter? -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India Almost 57 years after it was carved out by merging Telugu-speaking areas and cutting out Marathi and Kannada speaking areas, Andhra Pradesh is now on the carving board again - the Telangana region will now be partitioned off into a new state, induced by a long-standing agitation, but delivered by the political expediency of the Congress. Whatever be the complex electoral implications of this, the real question is...
More »CBSE tells schools to disclose students’ fees, teachers' salaries -Shikha Sharma
-The Indian Express New Delhi: It's been over two years since the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) asked all its affiliated schools to "develop their own websites containing comprehensive information about the school and its management". But not many have complied so far. In its latest circular, sent on June 17, the CBSE has warned that the defaulting schools "will not be able to register their candidates for board examinations". The...
More »Punjab’s new agro policy will be a drain on hope -Chander Suta Dogra
-The Hindu Groundwater meets three quarters of the State's farming needs The Punjab State Farmers Commission recently published a draft new agriculture policy for the State that envisages substantial crop diversification from paddy and wheat staples that the State has been growing since the sixties. The draft policy, currently being debated in agriculture circles, is the first serious road map to steer Punjab's agriculture towards a new dynamic, necessitated by a sharp...
More »How state lost out on job scheme funds
-The Telegraph Ranchi: Implementation of MGNREGS, the Centre's flagship scheme to provide employment to the rural populace, has not been up to the mark and has failed on several fronts in Jharkhand, the office of the accountant general has said. This meant funds to the tune of Rs 4591.47 crore, which could have been utilised in creating Infrastructure under Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, besides providing more jobs to village people,...
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