While the number of maternal deaths has recently dropped by one third, United Nations agencies today stressed that more must be done to save the lives of women given that 1,000 of them still die every day due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth. According to a new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Bank, the...
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FCI ties up with banks for direct payment to farmers
Food Corporation of India (FCI) has tied up with a few banks for direct payment to farmers for the grains to be procured in the kharif marketing season 2010-11. "We are firm on our stand and we will try to put direct payment system to farmers into operation from the coming paddy procurement season," a senior official of FCI told media here. FCI has made arrangements with the State Bank...
More »Govt likely to miss target of 250,000 rural kiosks by ’12 by Surabhi Agarwal
An initiative to set up information technology (IT) kiosks to offer government Services in rural India is likely to miss its expanded target of establishing 250,000 centres because of delays in releasing funds. The scheme to set up 100,000 common service centres (CSCs), through which villagers would be able to access a host of Services, was launched in 2006. In June 2009, President Pratibha Patil said in her inaugural address to the...
More »Will smart cards help those living below poverty line? by Binay Singh
`Financial Inclusion' as defined by the committee of financial inclusion is the process of ensuring access to financial Services and timely and adequate credit, where needed by vulnerable groups, such as weaker sections and lower income groups at an affordable cost. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has selected Baikunthpur village in Narayanpur block of Mirzapur district to provide banking Services to the villagers under its financial inclusion programme. The programme...
More »The next frontier is rural net penetration
A seven-state survey on rural internet awareness revealed that close to 84% were ignorant of the medium’s existence. Of the ones who did know about it, 85% used the net only to access emails, 13% to know about the latest farming techniques and 8% to look up fertilisers, among other uses. We can acknowledge that internet penetration so far has been weak; but the past is not a guide to...
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