-Down to Earth Tribal affairs minister asked to withdraw objections to Maharashtra's Village Forest Rules that allow forest department take control over forests in violation of FRA The Forest Rights Act (FRA), which protects the rights of tribal people and forest dwellers over their forests, is under fire like never before. Multiple ministries in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government are putting pressure on the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA)...
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Elementary Education of the Urban Poor: Policy Context, Text and Practice in Delhi -Monika Banerjee
-Economic and Political Weekly Through a two-way process comprising text analysis of the policy framework of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme and analysis of empirical data collected through interaction with policy implementers, teachers, students, experts, etc, this article puts forth the argument that urban education system has failed partly because of the inability of the implementers to plan, manage and facilitate the programme. Monika Banerjee (banerjie77@gmail.com) is with the Zakir Husain Centre...
More »Every drop of treated water counts -Manish Agarwal
-The Hindu Business Line To address the water crisis, recycling plants can work as PPPs and industry should switch to using such water Some stark facts: India has 18 per cent of world's population with only 4 per cent of total usable water resources. Annual per capita availability of water has declined by 15 per cent in the past 10 years and is estimated to fall to as low as 1140 m3/year...
More »A hospital by the poor for the poor -A Shrikumar
-The Hindu Suham Hospital, run by a women Self-Help Group is a forerunner in providing quality healthcare to the poor at a subsidised cost Madurai: "Next week, we are installing an ultra-sound scan facility at a cost of Rs. 15,00,000. We are planning to invite the collector to inaugurate it," informs, C.K. Meena who along with few other Self-Help Group members run the Suham Hospital. "It involves the contribution of poor women...
More »Farmers adopting light trap tech to prevent pest attack
-The Pioneer Raipur: A large number of farmers in Chhattisgarh have started adopting the light trap technique for prevention of pest attack on crops. The light trap consists of 100-200 Watt bulb that attracts the pests. The crop damaging pests come near the bulb and fall in the box kept below, and get collected into the bag or container attached to the box. Light Trap works on power supply. Nowadays Solar light...
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