-Hindustan Times Instead of denial, a much bolder step would be to increase investments and strengthen delivery in key areas such as health and education, which have inter-generational impacts, and can also go a long way in removing widespread inequality. Last week, three separate global reports related to development were released: the World Bank’s Human Capital Index; the Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide’s 2018 Global Hunger Index; and Oxfam International’s 2018 Commitment...
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Top-Level Exits at NSDC as Modi's Skill India Agenda Still Struggles to Make Headway -Anuj Srivas
-TheWire.in The exits of COO Jayant Krishna and CPO Vishal Sharma come as 'Skill India' has to reckon with the fact that its targets were over-ambitious and its implementation not solid enough. New Delhi: Two senior executives of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) have left the organisation, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter, in a development that comes even as India struggles with its mission to skill...
More »2 PLAnts in south Delhi to process 400MT dung -Mayank Manohar
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has set the ball rolling for installation of two PLAnts in the Najafgarh zone — one at Nangloi and another at Goyla Dairy Colony — for processing 400MT of cattle dung. The civic body on Monday gave administrative approval to the projects under the Swachh Bharat Mission and set an 18-month deadline for their completion. A senior corporation official put the...
More »The spirit of mahua -Diya Kohli
-Livemint.com The production of ‘mahua’ is finally entering the formal economy as new initiatives seek to upscale this indigenous drink, selling it across the country and even the globe It is a cloudy morning in Nangur village in Bastar district, Chattisgarh. It is a settlement of a little over 400 families, considered fairly large in these parts. We make a bumpy journey down a narrow, unpaved road intermittently shaded by sargi (sal)...
More »21% Indian children are under-weight: Global Hunger Index -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu They have extremely low weight for their height; the only country with a higher prevalence of child wasting is war-torn South Sudan. New Delhi: At least one in five Indian children under the age of five are wasted, which means they have extremely low weight for their height, reflecting acute under-nutrition, according to the Global Hunger Index 2018. The only country with a higher prevalence of child wasting is the...
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