-The Times of India Politicians might try hard to push Hindi, but people are voting with their feet, opting to put their children in English-medium schools. While overall enrolment in schools went up by just 7.5% between 2008-09 and 2013-14, and enrolment in Hindi-medium schools went up by about 25%, enrolment in English-medium schools almost doubled in the same period. While the number of English-medium school students is still dwarfed by those in...
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Maha govt to bring 'Housing for All' policy in urban areas
-PTI Contribution by the beneficiary to be lower compared to Centre's policy Mumbai: To cater to the growing need for housing in the state, maharashtra government will soon bring a 'Housing for All' policy aimed for people living in urban areas. An official in the State Housing department said the policy will be an improvised, practical and a better version of the Centre's 'Housing for All by 2022'. maharashtra is nearly 50% urbanised and...
More »‘District courts will take 10 years to clear cases’ -Rukmini S
-The Hindu Of the two crore pending cases, two-thirds are criminal At the rate at which cases were disposed by India’s district courts last month, India could get rid of all pending cases in ten years, an analysis of new official data shows. Six states, however – Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, maharashtra, West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir – disposed fewer cases than were filed during the month, indicating that at this rate,...
More »Pulses could rise 10-15% on festival demand, says Assocham study -Tomojit Basu
-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The prices of pulses can shoot up by 10-15 per cent in the run up to the festival season, according to an Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (Assocham) study released here on Friday. The trade body estimates that India will import over 10 million tonnes (mt) of pulses since domestic production is likely to be limited to around 17 mt on the back of a...
More »A Reminder of the Bitter History of Modern Sugar -Venu Madhav Govindu
-TheWire.in While sugar in some form is essential for our survival, we do need to make a serious attempt to wean ourselves away from its industrial manufacture The recent spate of farmer suicides in Karnataka and maharashtra is yet another episode in the endless crisis that grips agrarian India. But the woes of the sugarcane farmers in the Mandya and Marathwada regions can also be placed under the extremely long shadow cast...
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