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The watchword of India’s decennial population census for 2011 is “Our Census, Our Future”. By focusing on the future the…
Read MoreCracks In The Silo Wall by Lola Nayar
Flaws In The PDS… Poor verification norms, over two crore bogus BPL cards Over 1.2 crore BPL families don’t have…
Read MorePost-RTE, fate of lakhs of kids in limbo by Rema Nagarajan
Even as the Right to Education came into effect on Thursday, the countdown began for lakhs of unrecognised schools across…
Read MoreArmy of activists a boon or bane? by Shobhan Saxena
The Facebook page on the Right to Information challenges the government with some provocative questions. “We all pay taxes. Even…
Read More“Too much representation, too little democracy” by Narayan Lakshman
Democracy and free market have fused into single predatory organism: Arundhati Roy MoUs with transnational firms resulted in tribals moving…
Read MoreBackward Bihar goes for the smartest cards by SA Aiyar
India has launched its first high-tech census. Citizens will be photographed and will give 10 fingerprints each. The resultant database…
Read MoreCensus will help Govt plan development work: PM
Terming the census data as a "treasure house" of information, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said it will help…
Read MoreMid-day meal scheme a failure in Rajasthan by Perneet Singh
Even as the Right to Education Act comes into force in the country yesterday, the Mid-day meal scheme, an ambitious…
Read MoreCentre releases Rs. 371 cr to Nagaland for NREGA
The Centre has released Rs. 370.91 crore as its share to Nagaland till February during the fiscal 2009—10 and the…
Read MoreHelp implement right to education: Manmohan by Aarti Dhar
Granting elementary education as a fundamental right to the children of the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asked…
Read MoreChild rights panel to monitor RTE implementation by Aarti Dhar
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has been mandated to monitor the implementation of the Right of…
Read MorePower plants will dry up Ganga in Uttarakhand: CAG by Pradeep Thakur
There would be no water in large stretches of the famed Alaknanda and Bhagirathi riverbeds if the Uttarakhand government goes…
Read MoreFood inflation rises to 16.35%
Food inflation rose marginally to 16.35% for the week ended March 20 mainly on account of high prices of pulses…
Read More‘Govt may defer subsidized food price hike’
India may keep on hold plans to raise prices of subsidised food grains for welfare schemes to cut its subsidy…
Read MoreMore than three lakh cases pending in Bombay HC: RTI
Over three lakh cases are pending in the Bombay High Court, according to an information revealed under the Right to…
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