-The Times of India KOLKATA: Literacy rate among Muslims in Bengal has moved past the days of the Sachar Committee review and risen 11.27% in the past decade. It is also marginally ahead of the national rate. According to the 2011 census data released on Wednesday, Muslim literacy rate in the state has risen to 68.74% from 57.47% recorded in the 2001 census. The national Muslim literacy rate stands at 68.53%. The comparable...
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10 years change little in minority education -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph New Delhi: A rough comparison between a government survey of all the country's campuses and a more limited scan earlier by the Rajinder Sachar committee suggests that Muslims' participation in Higher education has seen little improvement over the past decade. Sachar, a retired judge, told The Telegraph the latest findings buttressed his view that the UPA government had failed to adequately implement its educational schemes for the minorities, announced after...
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-The Hindu The National Democratic Alliance government has just introduced a cess of 0.5 per cent on all taxable services for the Swachh Bharat campaign. In February 2016, it will introduce a 2 per cent cess on airfares for all domestic flyers except those flying to remote locations, and international travellers. This cess is meant to fund losses that airlines may incur in connecting to hinterland locations. The Central government loves...
More »Rs. 1.4 lakh crore cess money lies idle -TCA Sharad Raghavan
-The Hindu The funds collected can be used only for the designated purpose and cannot be diverted More than Rs. 1.4 lakh crore of funds collected by the government under various cesses for purposes as varied as Higher education, road development and the welfare of construction workers are lying unutilised, shows an analysis by The Hindu of a Comptroller and Auditor-General report on government finances and answers by Ministers in the Lok...
More »States fail to implement MDMS with vigour, finds CAG report
In its performance audit of the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) carried out in 27 states (except Mizoram) and 7 Union Territories (UTs) during the period 2009-10 to 2013-14, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has observed that the provision of noon meals in public schools could not stop children's enrolment in private schools because quality of education imparted is a major concern among the guardians. (Please check the...
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