-The Deccan Herald Urges all chief ministers to ensure proper implementation of the Act The Centre on Thursday directed the states to ensure that educational institutions falling under the ambit of the Right to Education (RTE) Act adhere to its recommendations. “Implement and monitor admission of children from disadvantaged groups and weaker sections u/s 12(1)(c) in all unaided non-minority schools,” wrote Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal, in a letter to...
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Debate on poverty does not alter the reality of declining poverty or strategy to combat it-PP Sangal
The Planning Commission drew flak when it calculated that if an urban person spent 28 per head every day and someone in rural areas spent 22, that was enough to consider them to be above the poverty line. These figures are based on consumption expenditure data collected in the 66th round of NSSO for 2009-10. From these new estimates, using the Tendulkar Committee methodology, the number of poor in 2009-10 was...
More »Unwanted daughters: India battles with "gendercide"
-NYDailyNews.com Recent deaths of battered baby girls in different parts of India have jolted the nation's conscience. The United Nations ranks India as the deadliest place for female children. A few days back, 3-month-old Afreen died of cardiac arrest in a southern Indian hospital. She bore signs of beatings and cigarette burns, allegedly abused by her father. The 25-year-old father was apparently upset at having a daughter instead of a son, his wife...
More »Vinod Mehta, Editorial Chairman, Outlook Group interviewed by Hartosh Singh Bal
Q The idea of regulating the media is very much in the news. What are your views on the matter? A Obviously, the ideal way to do this would be self-regulation. I don’t think anyone in the profession has any doubt about that. Everybody agrees that self-regulation is a very good thing, but we don’t seem to move beyond that. And we are consequently opening a window for people who want...
More »Threat to ordinary civic life-Supriya Chaudhuri Speaks
I had walked at the Nandigram rally. I walked again on this issue — twice, yesterday and today (Tuesday and Wednesday). The students approached me for their rally yesterday and today I was approached by members of JUTA, of which I am not a member. But since my own principles are involved, I did not hesitate to take a stand and join the rally. All of us have felt very deeply worried...
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