-Livemint.com Skill Development ministry, led by Rajiv Pratap Rudy, has refused to spell out a new number that the government and its ministries will chase New Delhi: The government has abandoned its goal of training 500 million people in new skills by 2022, in a clear shift in strategy. Skill Development ministry officials, at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, also refused to spell out a new number that the Union...
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India has 31% of world's poor kids: report
-The Hindu Of the country’s 217 million children, nearly 50% endure multidimensional poverty, says Oxford survey About 31% of the world’s “multidimensionally poor” children live in India, according to a new report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), a poverty reduction project grounded in economist Amartya Sen’s ‘capability approach’. “In terms of countries, fully 31% of the 689 million poor children live in India, followed by Nigeria (8%), Ethiopia (7%)...
More »One in three BMC school kids malnourished, reveals RTI
-The Times of India MUMBAI: Over two decades after midday meals were introduced in city schools, one out of every three children studying in a municipal school is malnourished, an RTI reply has revealed. The data showed that undernourishment of students in these schools is accelerating with the incidence showing a four-fold jump over the last three years. In the same period, the utilization of midday meal budget fell from 81% to...
More »Moderation row: HRD, CBSE not on same page -Manash Pratim Gohain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The divergence between the government and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) over the controversy over moderation of results has widened with the board's decision to do away with re-evaluation of answer sheets. The ministry of human resource Development and the CBSE were not on the same page over the decision to do away with moderation — thereafter struck down by the Delhi high court...
More »'Gujarat using 72% of its groundwater' -Parth Shastri
-The Times of India AHMEDABAD: As the state is waiting for the onset of monsoon, water management experts are worried about harnessing the maximum amount rainwater to replenish aquifers. During a national-level workshop in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, experts said that out of 25 blocks defined by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), 23 are overexploited in the state. The worst affected are districts in north Gujarat where depletion is more than 100% -...
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