-The Hindu Instead of reinventing or Restructuring the Planning Commission, we need to replace it with a think tank that supports high-quality independent research The Planning Commission is neither a constitutional nor a statutory body, but over the years it has acquired tremendous power of distant planning which is unsuitable to a country as diverse and complex as India. Let us neither reinvent nor Restructure such a body. Let us, instead, make...
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To give women their due -Vani S Kulkarni, Manoj K Pandey and Raghav Gaiha
-The Indian Express Families have a preferred number of sons at any given fertility level as well as a preferred fertility level. In his maiden Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lamented the neglect of daughters, Restrictions on their movements, parental attitudes that favoured sons, shameful rapes of girls and women, the lack of toilet facilities and sanitation. In a populist vein, he urged parents to treat sons and daughters...
More »People With Disabilities to Get Universal ID Cards: Govt
-Outlook Bhubaneshwar: 'Universal Identity Cards' would be issued to people with disabilities for which a survey would begin next month to ascertain the exact number of disabled people in the country, Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said today. "The census figure does not provide a clear and proper picture on the actual number of disabled persons. Our ministry has decided to conduct a country-wide survey to identify people...
More »Bihar is where learning is fun -Ashwaq Masoodi
-Live Mint Govt schools in Bihar test grouping children by level of learning instead of age for improving outcomes Jehanabad (Bihar): It's just after breakfast and barefoot children trickle into the classroom. Brightly coloured posters adorn the white walls-the solar system, a counting and phonetic chart, parts of the body, and a portrait of a radiant B.R. Ambedkar, a builder of modern India. It looks like any other government school classroom. But...
More »Include millets in PDS for food and nutritional security, demand scientists -Kumar Sambhav S
-Down to Earth Area under cultivation of millets is declining in spite of national Food Security Mission While the Union government plans to Restructure the Food Corporation of India (FCI), agriculture scientists and nutrition experts are recommending that effective millet management should be included in the Public Distribution System (PDS) of the country. The step is important to achieve the food and nutrition security for the small and marginal tribal farming communities,...
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