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Education bill in 11th 5-year Plan
The Centre on Friday gave the go-ahead to the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan scheme, aimed at universalisation of access to and improvement of quality of education at secondary stage. The Union Cabinet on Friday allocated Rs 20,120 crores for the scheme in the 11th Five-Year Plan.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
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- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Tribals hold rally against Tata Steel
Tribals on Friday took out separate rallies in Orissa’s Kalinganagar area, both in support of the Tata Steel project and against it, to mark the third anniversary of killing of 14 tribals in police firing.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
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- Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Coal oven keeps chickens warm, helps community
-Tigga’s innovation has given fresh lease of life to poultry farming in Torpa & brought her laurels, too
SANTOSH K. KIRO
Mary Tigga with husband Bipin and children. Picture by Prashant Mitra
- Date:
- 02/01/2009
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- Telegraph (Ranchi)
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The tsunami and a new chapter
The 2004 calamity marked the beginning of a new chapter in the lives of those who lost their homes, fish boats, and much else. Anticipatory action plans for managing the consequences of seawater intrusion in our coastal areas have become an imperative.
- Date:
- 26/12/2008
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- Hindu (New Delhi)
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Manipur NGO says no to projects that displace people
The three-day workshop on ‘Development and Displacement’ organised by the Citizens Concern Dam and Development (CCDD) has resolved to say ‘No’ to development works that were displacing people from their original habitats. They have also demanded the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, AFSPA, 1958.
- Date:
- 22/12/2008
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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The NHRC on Salwa Judum: A most friendly inquiry
The Supreme Court, which is hearing writ petitions on the Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh asked the National Human Rights Commission to constitute a fact finding committee that would prepare a report on allegations “relating to violation of human rights by the Naxalites and Salwa Judum”.
- Date:
- Dec 2008
- Source:
- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 43 Issue: 51 pp: 10-14
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Lack of awareness bane of Ladli scheme
Despite Delhi government’s tall claims of promoting the social status of the girl child through its flagship programme, Ladli, lack of awareness and lengthy registration procedure have limited its benefits.
“We have heard about the scheme, but we don’t know whom we should approach for it and whether we are eligible for it or not,” said Asha, a maid working in the Malviya Nagar area.
- Date:
- 16/12/2008
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Concept of ‘Tribe’ in the Draft National Tribal Policy
In the last four years, two drafts of the National Tribal Policy have been released by two different central governments. This essay, begins with a comparison of the two and then carries out a critical analysis of the second version. Whilst the draft covers almost all aspects of importance that concern tribal societies, what it lacks is the “tribal voice”.
- Date:
- Dec 2008
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 43 Issue: 50 pp: 29-35
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Building self-reliant coastal communities
Nagercoil: The one-day orientation programme organised by International Fund for Asian Development recently evoked a very good response.
- Date:
- 08/12/2008
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- Hindu (Chennai)
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Forests for climate: developing a hybrid approach for REDD
The Greenpeace Forests for Climate (Tropical Deforestation Emission Reduction Mechanism TDERM) proposal for a hybrid market-linked fund would provide the financing needed to help protect the world’s remaining tropical forests by reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD).
- Date:
- Dec 2008
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- Greenpeace International
