-The Times of India BENGALURU: The number of untraced children in India has seen a whopping hike of 84 per cent in the last three years according to records of Ministry of Home Affairs. While the total number of untraced children in 2013 was 34,244, in 2015, the figure has jumped up to 62,988. Speaking about the reasons behind so many children remaining untraced, Komal Ganotra, director of policy and advocacy for...
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CIC notice to 5 parties over 2013 RTI order -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission on Wednesday issued show cause notices to five national parties - BJP, CPI, CPM, NCP and BSP - for non-compliance of its 2013 order, even as it gave Congress four weeks to respond. The full bench of the commission has given the six parties time till June 20. In its 2013 order, the CIC had recognised parties as public authorities and directed...
More »Will drought hit crop output? -Rajalakshmi Nirmal
-The Hindu Business Line While kharif crops will be affected, rabi crops have assured irrigation Depleted reservoirs and parched lands await the onset of the south-west monsoon. The water level in key reservoirs across the country is fast receding, going by data from the Central Water Commission (CWC). The storage levels in 91 reservoirs have dropped from 95.693 bcm (billion cubic metres) in September to 72 bcm in December and are now...
More »ICMR to survey country's nutrition in an unprecedented manner in a new survey -Aradhna Wal
-DNA Taking up the gauntlet against alarming malnutrition in India, the Indian Council of Medical Research has announced a new comprehensive national nutrition survey, unlike any done before. This survey aims to unite the efforts and data of all scattered surveys that have happened in the country, the Rapid Action Survey of Children (RSoC), the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for example,and bring on board as equal stakeholders the union ministries of...
More »Conserving the last drop -Narayan Lakshman
-The Hindu The way forward may be to not rely only on dams, interlinked rivers, and borewell drilling — but to supplant these with effective water conservation, storage and groundwater recharge For the past one week, The Hindu has explored the multi-faceted crisis of water scarcity that has gripped India this summer, through a daily series titled ‘Last Drop’. The series sought to give our readers a comprehensive understanding of six critical...
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