-The Economic Times For all the controversy around it, the breathtaking scope of India's food security scheme for nearly two-thirds of the population sends a powerful message across developing Asia. The region leads the world in the pace of economic growth, yet public spending on social protection as a share of GDP is lower than that in any other region except sub-Saharan Africa. Economic growth is a proven means to lift millions...
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Government should reward progressing states, not backwardness
-The Economic Times The government, reportedly, is creating a new composite development index to rank states that use new, more comprehensive criteria. Since the 12th Finance Commission recommended special grants for backward regions, in addition to special allocation of Plan funds to so-called Special Category states, there has been some enthusiasm among state leaders for accentuating their respective state's backwardness. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has invested a lot of political...
More »Mid-Day Meal Scheme to Be Reformed: PM
-Outlook Against the backdrop of death of 23 children in the mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar last month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the scheme will be reformed and "concrete measures" will be taken to ensure that meals provide under it are nutritious and cooked hygienically. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of historic Red Fort on the 67th Independence Day, he said the "tragedy" which happened in Bihar should not...
More »Government seeks to woo Nitish with new backward state measure
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: An expert committee under chief economic advisor Raghuram Rajan has identified 10 parameters for a new Composite Development Index, whose adoption by the Centre will change the way thousands of crores are transferred annually and can potentially set the stage for realignment of political forces in Bihar before the 2014 polls. The new index seeks to rate states on the basis of their distance from the...
More »In Pune, 95 per cent schools don't meet all 10 RTE norms -Ardhra Nair
-The Indian Express Pune: Around 95.5 per cent schools in Pune district don't comply with the 10 infrastructural parameters under Right To education (RTE) Act, 2009. This was revealed in the District Information System for education (DISE) report for 2012-13 prepared by the education department. Of the 6,849 schools in Pune district, only 308 schools fulfil all RTE parameters. Even worse is that barely 289 schools comply with less that five norms....
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