Nikhil Dey, convener of the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, has been in the forefront of the RTI movement. He speaks to Bharat Dogra about the achievements of the RTI and the challenges ahead: How do you assess the overall impact of the RTI? Sceptics say corruption is increasing more than even before. What I can assure them is corruption would have been much higher without the RTI. In schemes...
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Schools told to stay away from corporal punishment by Manash Pratim Gohain
Cracking the whip on private tuitions given by school teachers in the capital, the directorate of education (DoE) has prohibited the same in an order passed on September 30. Asking the schools to follow the provisions under Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 ( RTE Act 2009), the DoE has ordered schools to stay away from corporal punishment and abstain from detention and expulsion of students. In...
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A new United Nations report showing significant progress in improving access to HIV/AIDS services in 37 developing countries offers realistic hope for the achievement of universal access, a UN official responsible for battling the pandemic said today. Towards Universal Access, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and released today, assesses progress in 144 low- and...
More »Plan panel watches 'Peepli Live' to shed 'armchair advisers' tag by Mahendra Kumar Singh
It could not have been a more opportune moment. With Planning Commission under attack for being "arm-chair advisers," the Plan panel on Tuesday organised a special Screening of Bollywood film, " Peepli Live", to learn lessons and sensitise senior officers and experts about ground realities and public perception. Plan panel has been drawing flak from implementing ministries of ignoring ground reality while preparing its plans. Prior to the Screening of...
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Some of the Centre's flagship schemes aimed for rural development will be showcased at a special campaign from Wednesday. The Bharat Nirman public information campaign by Press Information Bureau (PIB) is aimed at reaching these projects to the rural areas and creating awareness about them. The three-day roadshow at Pandavapura in Mandya will have some 40 stalls wherein National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, National Rural Health Mission, Sarva Shikasha Abhiyan...
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