-Newslaundry.com/ Factly.in India’s declining Child Sex Ratio is setting off alarm bells. But Scheduled Tribes (STs) are far ahead of the rest of the country when it comes the(csr) & Sex Ratio. Factly analyses the numbers and takeaways. Whatever be one’s stance on #SelfieWith Daughter, there is no denying the fact that a Child Sex Ratio (csr) of 918 is abysmal – and it’s time to get our act together. While the...
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Cash demand from LIC baffles activist -Gautam Sarkar
-The Telegraph Bhagalpur: An unusual demand of Rs 2 lakh by an insurance company in lieu of providing information to one Right to Information (RTI) activist from Bhagalpur has left the crusader in the lurch. Ajit Kumar Singh, the RTI activist, had sought information from the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India about the details of implementation of a scheme, mainly aimed at the economically weaker sections and also about the works...
More »Corporates ignore Clean School call -Anita Joshua
-The Hindu PSUs fare better; only 16 corporates, big and small, have shown some interest in the endeavour. The Narendra Modi government has been facing accusations of being “corporate-friendly,” but it seems to be a one-way street when it comes to the corporates loosening their purse strings to contribute to the Swachh Vidyalaya (Clean School) campaign. According to the progress report card of the Swachh Vidyalaya, Swachh Bharat (Clean School, Clean India) campaign,...
More »Despite skewed sex ratio, conviction for female foeticide rare
-PTI Despite India's declining child sex ratio, as many as 30 states and union territories have not convicted even a single person for pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic between 2011 and 2013, raising concerns about the poor implementation of the PCPNDT Act. Despite India's declining child sex ratio, as many as 30 states and union territories have not convicted even a single person for pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic between 2011 and 2013,...
More »Financing Swachh Bharat -Nitya Jacob
-The Hindu Business Line It's a huge exercise in collective cleanliness which needs massive funding and human resources. Cosmetics won't work At first glance, the government has not put its money where its mouth is. Just ₹2,625 crore have been provided for the Swachh Bharat Mission in the Budget. This is against ₹4,620 crore in 2014-15 and ₹3,500 crore the year before. The drop is puzzling till one looks at the Budget...
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