-The Hindu The US Trafficking in Persons report for 2015 said official complicity remained a “serious concern” Unveiling a closely-watched annual anti-trafficking report this week the U.S. State Department retained India’s classification as a “Tier II” nation for human trafficking concerns, which implied that the U.S. viewed India as a country that whose government did not fully comply with its Trafficking Victims’ Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards, but was making significant efforts...
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Not enough on the plate: Nutrition plan for poor mothers buried? -Zia Haq
-Hindustan Times A nutrition plan within the National Food Security Act meant for pregnant women and lactating mothers, a vulnerable group that skews India’s hunger indices, looks quietly buried. It still runs as a trial in 52 districts, two years after the landmark legislation was signed into law. The Centre hasn’t yet begun budgeting for it to expand the maternal health scheme to cover the whole country. While a parallel scheme under...
More »49% of children out of school are SC/STs, 25% are Muslims: Survey -Chethan Kumar
-The Times of India BENGALURU: A Union government-backed survey has revealed a disturbing trend: in the six years since the Right to Education Act, around 60 lakh children between ages six and 13 years remain unschooled in the country. While children from Scheduled Castes and Tribes form 49% (29.73 lakh) of the deprived kids, those from Other Backward Classes constitute 36%, which shows RTE has brought little change in the lives of...
More »80 people die in Delhi daily due to air pollution: Study
-PTI New Delhi: Government on Friday said that air pollution is killing around 80 people in Delhi every day, according to an international study released recently. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, environment minister Prakash Javadekar said that polluted air, particularly the respirable particulate matter is one of the several factors responsible for morbidity and premature deaths. "An international study released recently has claimed that foul air is killing up to 80...
More »74% Indians feel economy is doing well: Pew Research -Ishan Bakshi
-Business Standard 32% of respondents expect the economic situation to improve a lot, compared with 17% last year Despite lingering concerns over a growth revival, Indians today are more optimistic on the state of the economy than they were a year ago. According to a study by Pew Research Center, 74 per cent of Indians currently think the economy is doing well, compared with 64 per cent a year ago. Of those...
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