-The Telegraph The Union human resource development ministry will tell the Supreme Court that private coaching institutions do not come under its jurisdiction and it cannot regulate their activities. In response to a notice issued by the apex court on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Students Federation of India, the students' wing of the CPM, the ministry is expected to make a distinction between private coaching and educational programmes...
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Bihar, Gujarat low on spending inequality: study -Chetan Chauhan
-The Hindustan Times As parties gear up for polls, India's two most talked about non-Congress ruled states - Gujarat and Bihar - have been rated as having lesser spending inequality as compared to most other states of the country. A new government study ranks Gujarat as the state having least inequality in urban areas except four north-eastern states of Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram. For rural areas, Bihar earns the top slot...
More »State flunks quality test -Priya Abraham
-The Telegraph Bhubaneswar: Six out of every 100 Class V students in government schools of the state cannot identify alphabets and 17 of each 100 can read only a word. The ASER report 2013 - an annual assessment of the quality of education between Classes I and VII - paints a grim picture of education in the state. The report is based on a survey done in 845 schools of 30 districts. While...
More »Steps to improve Healthcare in Rural India
-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) Healthcare for all, particularly for the rural areas has been a priority for the Government. The health indicators like Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Total Fertility Rate (TFR), and nutritional status of children under 3 years including prevalence of anemia amongst them and pregnant women in rural area are considerably poor as compared to urban areas. The key health indicators are as under: Public...
More »This Lok Sabha cleared 17% of bills in less than five minutes -Akshaya Mukul & Indrani Bagchi
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Don't be surprised if Parliament manages to clear a slew of anti-graft bills, the Telangana Bill or the Communal Violence Prevention Bill despite the din in the next few days of the current session - 17% of bills, 20 to be precise, were passed by the 15th Lok Sabha with less than five minutes' discussion. According to an analysis by PRS Legislative Research, of the...
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