Education

Right to education only on paper

Over 4 Months After Parliament Cleared It, Historic Act Yet To Be Notified

New Delhi: The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act was billed to be a giant leap towards universalization of education in India. However, it has acquired the dubious distinction of being the only fundamental right that exists just on paper.

Publication Date:

06/01/2010

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Development, Governance And Institutions, Education, Parliament, India

Governance And Institutions

Child census begins in C ballapur district

Effective implementation of Right to Education Act is possible only with an integrated child survey that could create a data base with comprehensive details, said legislator K P Bache Gowda.

Publication Date:

06/01/2010

Source: Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

Tags:

Children, Governance And Institutions, Education, Karnataka, Chikkaballapur (D)

Poverty

Towards new poverty lines for India

This paper presents the result of an exercise prepared for the Planning Commission

Publication Date:

02/01/2010

Author(s): Himanshu

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

45

Issue:

1

pp:

38

Tags:

Health, Consumption Patterns, Poverty, Education, India, Rural Poverty, Planning Commission

Economy

Alls not well with UPAs fav babies

Flagship Programmes Such As Rajiv Awas Yojna, Right To Education, Railways Projects Face Hurdles
Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI

Publication Date:

02/01/2010

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Economy, Rail Transport, Rural Development, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Education, India

Economy

Emerging paradigm of development: Myths and realities

India is considered a developing country and has been striving hard to come in the category of developed countries.

Publication Date:

01/01/2010

Author(s): D. C. Mishra

Source: RITES Journal

Vol:

12

Issue:

1

pp:

12

Tags:

Development, Economy, Population, Aid, Poverty, Education, Governance, India, Globalisation, Infrastructure Development

Governance And Institutions

Reaching the marginalized: education for all global monitoring report 2010

Education systems in many of the world's poorest countries are now experiencing the aftershock of the global economic downturn. The 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, argues that the crisis could create a lost generation of children whose life chances will have been irreparably damaged by a failure to protect their right to education.

Publication Date:

01/01/2010

Source: UNESCO

Tags:

Economy, Children, Finance, Aid, Education, Environment Education, India, Global

Economy

Mumbai human development report 2009

This is the first-ever city-level human development report that analyses in-depth various issues such as population, education, slums, gender, and health, among others, that will aid the city

Publication Date:

01/01/2010

Source: Oxford University Press

Tags:

Development, Health, Economy, Urbanisation, Slums, Population, Women, Education, India, Mumbai

Poverty

Millennium Development Goals: India country report 2009

This report assesses the progress made by India towards achieving the MDGs until 2009. India

Publication Date:

31/12/2009

Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Tags:

Poverty, Environment, Malnutrition, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Children, Infant mortality, Women, Maternal Health, Diseases, Development, Education, India

Health

MDM in doldrums in Dhenkanal

DHENKANAL: Massive irregularities and rampant corruption dog the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme in the district. Sources said due to lack of monitoring, Rs 1 crore is siphoned off by unscrupulous elements under the scheme every year.

Despite repeated allegations, district administration is yet bring in transparency in the scheme and fix accountability.

Publication Date:

30/12/2009

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Health, Child Health, Mid-Day Meal Programme, Education, Orissa (Odisha), Dhenkanal (D)

Science And Technology