-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Dreaded gangster Sriprakash Shukla built his criminal empire on illegal money earned from railway contracts worth crores in places with big railway establishments like Gorakhpur and Banaras. But this could be a thing of the past as the state-run transporter is set to start online tendering of all contracts related to civil works within a month's time. Contracts for civil works worth around Rs 30,000 to...
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How Do We Combat Droughts?
-Economic and Political Weekly Agriculture cannot be revived without a different approach to water, soil, crops and research. For the second year in succession, rainfall in the monsoon season has been less than normal. As many as 302 out of the 640 districts in the country have been declared drought-hit and the impact of the drought is the severest in nine major states of south, central and east India. It is striking...
More »Begin with a rigorous study -Jasmine Shah & Gabriel Kreindler
-The Indian Express Delhi’s odd-even trial was brave, but policy needs good research at design stage. The trial period of the odd-even policy demonstrated a commendable willingness from the Delhi government to experiment with a policy option, and decide its future based on the evidence of impact, and acceptability from the residents of Delhi. Good evidence on the impact of any public policy requires a willingness to experiment, quality data, and a...
More »The unmet health challenge
-The Hindu The first set of data from the National Family Health Survey-4 for 13 States and two Union Territories should be seen as a report card on how effectively India has used its newly created wealth to alter a dismal record of nutritional deprivation, ill-health and lost potential among its citizens, particularly women and children. Given the steady growth in real per capita GDP since the 1980s, and the progress...
More »Fighting poverty: Rupa Devi's journey from a football player to FIFA qualified referee -Pheba Mathew
-TheNewsMinute.com Rupa Devi fell in love with the beautiful game. It was a strange quirk of fate, perhaps, that took Rupa Devi away from her first love: if she couldn’t play the game herself, she could at least be around people who did. Rupa Devi is the first woman referee from Tamil Nadu to be selected by FIFA. Rupa Devi fell in love with the beautiful game after she watched seniors in her...
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