-PTI he government today said out of the 60 million tonnes of foodgrains distributed in the country in 2010-11 though the Public Distribution System (PDS), only 0.061 lakh tonnes were reported to be damaged. The total damage reported during 2010-11 was 0.061 lakh tonnes, out of the total 60 million tonnes distributed in the country in 2010-11, Minister of State for Foods and Public Distribution K V Thomas said in Rajya Sabha. He...
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Mukherjee’s budget: giving ‘aam aadmi’ a wide berth-Liz Mathew
The common man, whose concerns were at the heart of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance’s two successful election campaigns, doesn’t seem to be the focus of finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s budget. Experts and political analysts say the aam admi doesn’t appear to be the dominant concern anymore, prompting speculation about Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi’s role. She has thus far been setting the UPA’s social agenda through the National Advisory Council...
More »Budget 2012: Over 21% hike in Right to Education funds
-IANS Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday announced a hike of over 21 per cent in the budget allocation for providing free and compulsory education to children below 14 years. "I proposed an increase in allocation by 21.7 per cent for RTE ( Right to Education) -Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to Rs.25,555 crore," Mukherjee said in parliament. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is implemented in partnership with state governments and covers nearly 192 million children across...
More »State to pay private Schools for BPL admissions by Rageshri Ganguly
The school education department is likely to reimburse Rs 2,607 per child to the private Schools of the state for admitting the BPL (below poverty line) children under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. Orders in this regard are expected to be released soon, school education department sources informed. The RTE Act came into effect in the state on March 26, 2011. In the last session almost 1.5 lakh students were...
More »Several Schools flout RTE Act, conduct screening tests for children below 14 years by Shaswati Das
The dust is yet to settle on the admission procedure and several Schools have already begun to screen children — a violation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009. As per the Act, children between the ages of six to 14 years cannot be subject to any form of screening. Hassled parents, who wanted to change their children’s school, have been forced to rethink their decision...
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