An agreement has been signed between Rajasthan Government and the World Bank in Delhi for expansion of the District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) in the State. The agreement for the five-year

The Union Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs has taken steps to establish district and taluk-level legal services authorities or committees throughout the country to ensure that legal aid

Rajasthan will have a Literacy Mission in the State with the Chief Minister as its chairman. The State has taken up education and primary health care as its thrust areas and Rs 1050 crores would be

The Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to revamp its Total Literacy Campaign. The new strategy is based on non-literate people coming together in groups of 20 to 30 as Panda Badna Samitis who can

The protest movement against the Sardar Sarovar Project(SSP) and other dams on the Narmada enters a new phase tomorrow with the announcement that Ms. Medha Patkar of the Narmada Bachao Andolan(NBA)

The Maharashtra Government today decided to provide free education to girl students in the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in the State with effect from the current academic

non-governmental organizations : If you failed to notice new actors on the stage of world politics, consider this : Civilians working for humanitarian organizations such as the Red Cross or in U.N.

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations has accorded special status to the Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped,

The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) has come out with a special programme with emphasis on non-formal education for the abolition of child labour, according to its Chairman, Mr. Justice M.N.

The Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation, Hyderabad, has been accorded a consultative status by a United Nations body. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United