One hardly needs a reminder that the Right to Education is different from the others enshrined in the Constitution, in that the beneficiary cannot demand it nor fight a legal battle when the right is denied or violated. Now that India's children have a right to receive at least eight years of education, the gnawing question is whether it will remain on paper or become a reality. One hardly needs...
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60% of complaints against police found false: NCRB
Around 49,000 complaints were received against policemen across the country in a year, but 60 per cent of them were declared "false or unsubstantiated" by investigators, according to latest government statistics. Madhya Pradesh and Delhi have received the largest number of complaints accounting for 50 per cent of the total 48,939 cases in 2008. According to the report prepared by National Crime Records Bureau, Madhya Pradesh accounted for 35.8 per...
More »Centre draws up provisional list of 65 eminent citizens for MNREGS assessment by K Balchand
Seeks public opinion on list put up on Rural Development Ministry website Ministry invited applications for setting up a panel of 100 eminent citizens Only five women on the list; people from all States not represented The Rural Development Ministry has prepared its first provisional list of 65 eminent citizens for monitoring the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS). It put the names on the website, seeking public...
More »Gathering Storm by Ajit Sahi and Rana Ayyub
UNLESS THE prices of vegetables skyrocket and become a scandal — as they have over several weeks now, or as did the price of sugar last year — little in the out-of-sight world of Indian agriculture excites the imagination of the city folks, who influence, rather disproportionately, everything from government policies to newspaper content. Few of those who enjoy a hearty meal and wax lovingly on their favourite dishes can...
More »Where are the missing children? by Mahim Pratap Singh
The Sample Registration Survey (SRS)-2008 puts the Infant Mortality Rate in Madhya Pradesh at 70/1000 live births. The total number of births in the State for 2008-09 according to the State Department of Public Health and Family Welfare was 17,51,243. According to the IMR of 70/1000 live birth, the absolute figure for total infant deaths for 2008-09 would stand at 122,587. In his written reply to Congress MLA Mahendra Singh...
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