-The Indian Express Private schools are not satisfactorily implementing the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act in Panchkula district. As per information provided by District Elementary Education Officer (DEEO) to District Courts on Wednesday, only 676 students have been admitted under Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Below Poverty Line (BPL) category by 74 private schools, while many schools did not recruit a single children. Several schools are yet to furnish information regarding implementation...
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States asked to prepare BPL list by March by K Balchand
The Union government on Monday asked the States to prepare a below poverty line (BPL) list by March, census for which is now on, so that the needy are readied to enjoy the benefits to be rolled out under the 12th Five Year Plan. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh hoped the States would prepare the list at the earliest. The Centre would, by December-end, complete its exercise of generating...
More »Rural development ministry to generate rank ordering rural households
-ANI Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said his ministry will be generating a rank of rural households and not conduct a Below Poverty Line (BPL) survey. Speaking to mediapersons here on Monday, Ramesh said his ministry is only responsible for the rank ordering. "We will generate a rank ordering of rural households, which will be given to the state governments. Our responsibility stops there. It is the state government that is then going...
More »In their voice by Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
CGNet Swara in Chhattisgarh is a mobile radio platform that has helped bring tribal issues to national attention. MAHADEV SINGH, a Baiga tribal person, hails from a village situated atop a forested hill near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. While most of the neighbouring villages are electrified and welfare schemes from the government reach them to an extent, Mahadev's village has lost out in this regard owing to its inaccessibility. Mahadev and his...
More »BPL salt does a double take
-The Telegraph It’s a move that will unwittingly rub salt on the wounds of around 36 lakh families in Jharkhand living below poverty line. With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently withdrawing 25 paise coins from circulation, the state government has been forced to shed its friendly face and revise its decision to sell salt at 25 paise per kg to BPL families, commonly known as the lal-card holders. The Arjun Munda...
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