-United Nations News With the help of an innovative mobile phone service, UN agencies are Working with the Government of Rajasthan, India, to combat child marriage. The poster shows a tiny girl with braided hair, tied at the end with pink ribbons. Her face droops in despair as she walks next to an older man. The garlands around their necks indicate that they have just been wed. She holds a little blackboard in...
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20,000 street children identified, in process of rehabilitation across India: NCPCR
-PTI/ Livemint.com NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo estimated that around 15-20 lakh children are living on the streets of India presently About 20,000 street children have been identified across the country till now and are in the process of getting rehabilitated, according to NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo. Speaking to PTI on the situation of street children in India, he said a web portal 'Bal Swaraj' has been made for street children where their information...
More »India’s water management programmes haven’t cultivated water security or meaningful livelihoods -Nidhi Batra
-India Spend/ Scroll.in These programmes should look at skilling the Workforce for paid jobs rather than unpaid, part-time volunteers. Central government programmes on water emphasise groundwater management by the community in a decentralised manner but, by and large, these schemes are silent on the availability, training and deployment of a skilled Workforce for this task, especially in rural areas. Water management at the most decentralised, local levels is often a part-time, volunteer or...
More »Cloud on funds for states’ rural job scheme budgets -Basant Kumar Mohanty
-The Telegraph The social audits take note of issues such as the card holders’ grievances and whether projects have been completed correctly The Centre has linked approval for the states’ rural job scheme budgets to their performance on certain transparency measures, hanging a cloud over funds release under the programme from April 1. The Union rural development ministry on Tuesday wrote to all the states seeking information by Wednesday on the social audits...
More »Kolkata second most polluted metro city in India -Jayanta Basu
-The Telegraph The report stated that the Indian subcontinent was the most polluted region of the world during 2021 Kolkata was the second most polluted metro city in India and 60th most polluted city in the world in 2021. The city’s annual PM (particulate matter) 2.5 level, the most toxic ultrafine particulate, was nearly 12 times above the limit set by the World Health Organization, says a recently released international report on air...
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