-The Hindustan Times Minority-run schools cannot be forced to implement the Right to Education Act, 2009, that mandates 25% reservation for economically disadvantaged children in all schools, the Supreme Court ruled. A five-judge constitution bench headed by CJI RM Lodha clarified that a 2010 judgement, which held that the RTE Act, 2009 was applicable to aided minority schools was "not correct". "In our view, if the 2009 Act is made applicable to minority...
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SC upholds constitutional validity of RTE Act-J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of Articles 15(5) and 21-A of the Constitution in so far as it relates to unaided educational institutions to provide compulsory education for children in the age group of 6 to 14 years. A five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice R.M. Lodha and Justices A.K. Patnaik, Dipak Misra, S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Ibrahim Kalifulla also upheld the provisions of the Right of...
More »Dr. Manmohan Singh’s parting kick for SCs and STs and gaping gaps in Congress and BJP manifestos 2014 relating to SCs, STs and BCs
-Peoples' Media Advocacy and Resource Centre In this paper Mr. P. S. Krishnan, IAS (Retd) makes Indepth analysis of Congress and BJP Manifestos 2014 relating to SCs, STs and BCs, exposing their fundamental inadequacies and lack of seriousness, and violation of UPA Government's past commitments to the three deprived classes. He explodes Congress' tall claim of fulfilling 90% of its past commitments; brings out absence of specific...
More »Dalit-adivasi agenda demands inclusion of SC, ST rights in election manifestos -M Suchitra
-Down to Earth Kerala launches an on-line campaign on dalit and adivasi concerns On December 2, 2012, when Andhra Pradesh Assembly passed a legislation to give legal protection to the special funds meant for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) communities, it was described as historic. The Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan and Tribal Sub-Plan (Planning, Allocation and Utilisation of Financial Resources) Act of 2012, first of its kind...
More »Revival of Rural PDS: Expansion and Outreach -Andaleeb Rahman
-Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Using the recent rounds of NSS data, this paper evaluates the performance and outreach of India's public distribution system (PDS) in the rural areas. The results suggest a significant improvement in the performance of PDS in terms of its outreach and offtake. States like Bihar and Jharkhand which were lagging behind earlier have shown a marked improvement. We find greater coverage and utilisation of the...
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