Economy

Govt plans to spend $2 bn on health, education, amenities

In a bid to increase public spending and take counter cyclical measures to beat the downturn, the Government plans to spend around $2 billion towards health, education and urban amenities. Of this, over $700 million will come in the form of grants from European Commission and UK

Publication Date: 
31/12/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health, Economy, Unemployment, Education, Government Of India (GOI), World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), India, Infrastructure Development

 Not a matter of religion

The reasons why Indian Muslims lag in education need to be understood The recent terrorist attacks have again led to fingers of accusations being pointed at Muslims. And when the spotlight is on the community, its educational backwardness inevitably becomes a matter of discussion. Some hold that the root of Muslim educational backwardness is Islam itself. Associated with this is the

Publication Date: 
30/12/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Minorities, Religious Beliefs, Governance And Institutions, Education, India
Economy

Chinas rural reform: Crisis and ongoing debate

Despite China

Publication Date: 
27/12/2008
Dale Jiajun Wen
Economic and Political Weekly
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Land Use, Agriculture, Food Supply, Trade, WTO, Economy, Rural Habitat, Women, Health Care, Pesticide Use, Private Sector, Education, China, Food Security
Governance And Institutions

65% elementary schools without headmasters: Study

Over 65 pe cent of elementary schools in Goa have no headmasters. This dubious distinction is also shared by our neighbouring states, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Others are even worse off. Over two-thirds of elementary schools in Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh function without headmasters, a study has revealed.

Publication Date: 
26/12/2008
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Drinking Water, Sanitation, Governance And Institutions, Education, UNESCO, Goa
Poverty

Poverty's new saviour

Poverty has become big business in India.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2008
Rajiv Rao
Business Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rural Health, Finance, Poverty, Education, India, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
Governance And Institutions

No papers, no blackboards in this school

RAJKOT: Paperless schools where children don't need to lug heavy books on their thin frames, seemed like a thing of the future. But one school in Rajkot has taken the giant leap forward and made blackboards, notebooks, chalks and dusters redundant. The 1,000-odd students of Genius Schools will learn all their lessons digitally next month.

Publication Date: 
11/12/2008
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Governance And Institutions, Web, Education, Gujarat, Rajkot (D)
Governance And Institutions

KU conducts total literacy campaign in Jammu

KT NEWS SERVICE

Publication Date: 
08/12/2008
Kashmir Times (Jammu)
Tags:
Development, Education, Jammu & Kashmir
Economy

Priority for education and health care in MCD budget

NEW DELHI: Delhi Municipal Commissioner K. S. Mehra presented revised budget estimates for the current financial year and budget estimates for the next fiscal in respect of the general wing and slum and jhuggi-jhonpri wing of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Friday.

Publication Date: 
06/12/2008
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Health, Urban Roads, Municipal Corporations, Economic Development, Education, Delhi
Environment

Environmental research and education needs: an agenda for a new administration

This report presents the collective recommendations of more than 5000 scientists, engineers, students, and decisionmakers who have participated from 2000-2008 in the annual National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment convened by the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE).

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
David E. Blockstein, Cassandra Brunette
National Council for Science and the Environment
Tags:
Environment, Climate Change, Health, Energy, Biodiversity, Research, Education, Environment Education, Agriculture
People

Swelling displacement and elusive rehabilitation: Deficits in policy interventions

In the recent past, two major policy interventions have been made to resettle and rehabilitate persons displaced as a result of acquisition of land for development projects. While the government of Orissa brought out its policy in 2006, the Central Government notified a new policy in 2007.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
K. B. Saxena
Social Change
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Common Property Resources, Land Acquisition, Food Supply, Development, Displacement, People, Tribals, Landless, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Unemployment, Education, Orissa (Odisha)

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