The BJP has wrenched power in “yet another state”. The Congress is looking at long-term gains by refusing to back Shibu Soren. But the Jharkhand verdict has also opened the eyes of the two mainline parties to a disturbing realisation: their failure to “nurture” tribal leaders. “Both of us stand exposed as out-and-out upper caste parties who have failed to create, and worse, nurture tribal leadership. The mandate’s message is the...
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If You Pay Them Peanuts...by Gautam Sahni
Matriculate TRAIned Teachers, who make up 87% of school teachers in India, get Rs 775 in UP Rs 892 in Assam and Rs 1,507 per month in Punjab. Even in the most highly rated schools, the average salary is Rs. 7,225 p.m. Nearly 200,000 teachers in Bihar draw a salary less than that of a peon in the government. Teachers with post graduate degrees teaching primary to higher secondary levels, draw...
More »Ministry insists on accreditation for EIA reports by Padmaparna Ghosh
Chakrabarti added that accreditation is required as the number of consultants in the business is increasing rapidly Consultants who carry out studies on the impact of an industrial or infrastructure project on the environment will now need to be registered and accredited with the ministry of environment. The move is aimed at improving the quality and integrity of so-called environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports and the ministry has said that after June,...
More »Indian Medical Association opposes rural MBBS course by Bindu Shajan Perappadan
Programme aims to reduce shortage of doctors in rural areas Students to be encouraged to take up the course and then work in rural areas It is not possible to restrict doctors according to geographic area: IMA The Indian Medical Association, the largest non-government organisation of allopathic doctors in the country, has come out strongly against the Medical Council of India’s proposal to start a rural MBBS course called Bachelor of Rural...
More »Judiciary needs 35,000 judges to clear 2.71cr backlog: CJI
The Centre's fresh move to create 15,000 more courts appears to have fallen short of the estimation of Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan as he thinks the lower judiciary needs at least 35,000 judges as against the existing 16,000 to tackle the huge backlog of 2.71 crore cases. Law minister Veerappa Moily's initiative saw the cabinet clear a decision to create 15,000 more courts, but a Bench comprising...
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