-The Times of India JAIPUR: The number of girls in the state's government schools is decreasing since last three years. For the 2013-14 period, in primary section, for every 100 boys, the ratio of girls enrolled is 87, said the District Information System for Education (DISE) survey. This is less than the national average of 93 girls for 100 boys. The state's performance is poorer compared to states like Bihar (98),...
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Rs. 37,880 crore to be pumped into nation’s road network -Sandeep Dikshit
-The Hindu Rs. 3,000 crore for the North-East alone; fillip to PM's rural scheme The Union Budget 2014 has given importance to fast-tracking highways and improving the road infrastructure to augment the nation's arterial network. "The sector had taken shape between 1998 and 2004 under NDA-I. The sector again needs huge amount of investment," said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while tabling the Budget. "I propose investment in National Highways Authority of India and...
More »India’s green cover has increased, but outside demarcated forests -Kumar Sambhav S
-Down to Earth Latest state of forests report shows increase of green cover by 5,871 sq km; most of the increase is owing to plantations India's green cover is increasing, but this increase is taking place mostly outside the traditional boundaries of the forests, says the latest forest survey findings. As per the State of Forests Report (SFR) 2013, released by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on July 8,...
More »18 children go missing in Delhi every day: report -Damini Nath
-The Hindu 6,494 children, 53 per cent of them girls, disappeared from January 1 to December 31, 2013 It has been a year and four months since her 13-year-old daughter Rosie went missing from their home in North-West Delhi and even today when Nasima Khatun recounts the tale her eyes well up. The girl was alone at home while her three siblings were at work and school that day, said Ms. Khatun, who...
More »Human Development to be Taken into Account in Formulating and Implementing Social Sector Programmes: Economic Survey 2013-14
-Press Information Bureau/ Ministry of Finance The Economic Survey 2013-14 presented by the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitely as precursor to the General Budget in the Lok Sabha today shows some interesting results of inter-state comparisons of socio-economic development of select states based on available indicators from various sources and furnish some clear policy pointers. While some states have done very well in terms of growth indicators, they are poor performers...
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