For an idea of India

The watchword of India’s decennial population census for 2011 is “Our Census, Our Future”. By focusing on the future the…

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Cracks 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…

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Post-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…

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Army 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…

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“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…

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Backward 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…

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Census 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…

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Mid-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…

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Centre 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…

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Help 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…

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Child 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…

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Power 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…

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Food 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…

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‘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…

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More 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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