India's landmark Right to Information Legislation is called the biggest single step since independence to build transparency in governance. However, its remarkable success is owed only to just 0.3 per cent of Indians who file RTI applications. It's anybody's guess as to what would be the impact if even one or two per cent of Indians began to ask tough questions to hold their rulers accountable. It is noteworthy that...
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Patna tops cities in unemployment: Survey -Mahendra Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Patna recorded the highest unemployment rate among males in 2009-10 in cities with more than one million population, while Bhopal witnessed the sharpest decline, a government survey showed. The survey by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) also showed the unemployment rate among women rose to 5.6% in 2009-10 from 4.3% in 2004-05 in cities. The unemployment rate among males remained stagnant at 3.4% in...
More »India gets poor 101st rank on global gender gap index
-PTI NEW DELHI/GENEVA: Indicating a poor state of affairs on gender parity front, India was today ranked at a low 101st position on a global Gender Gap Index despite an improvement by four places since last year. The index, compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF), has ranked 136 countries on how well resources and opportunities are divided between men and women in four broad areas of economy, education, politics, education and...
More »UN award for polio crusader -Shuchismita Chakraborty
-The Telegraph Patna: For eight years, Martha Dodarai has been walking 20km every day to reach a child for polio vaccination. Next month, her arduous journey will be recognised by the United Nations Foundation in New York. Dodarai, 43, who grew up in Latehar and works in Darbhanga, will represent frontline polio workers from around the world when she is feted at the Global Leadership Awards Dinner on November 6. A citation on the...
More »None without Aadhaar would be denied benefits -Samanwaya Rautray
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: The government, in a bind over a recent Supreme Court order asking it to desist from linking social welfare schemes with its ambitious unique identity card Aadhaar, on Monday held out an assurance to the top court that no one would be deprived of any social welfare benefits for not holding Aadhaar. The government said while it had initiated the scheme to provide benefit transfers using Aadhaar...
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