The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and School Education Minister Archana Chitnis appealed to the people of the state in their message to help realise the concept of developing an educated and golden Madhya Pradesh through School Chalen Ham Abhiyan by admitting every child of their family and society to …
Under the Mukhyamantri Peyajal Yojna, a sum of Rs. 32 crore 59 lakh was sanctioned for 29 tap-water scheme from B.R.G.F at the district planning committee meeting chaired by Minister of State for Home, Jail and Transport Narayan Singh Kushwah at Shivpuri the other day. At the meeting, progress of …
Minister of State (independent charge) for Woman and Child Development and Minister In-charge of Khandwa district Ranjana Baghel launched School chale hum abhiyan and Shala Praveshutsav at Khandwa. Addressing a programme organised at Anandnagar middle school, Baghel said that the resolution of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to make …
The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a Rs.6,600-crore Annual Plan for Jammu and Kashmir for 2011-12. It is highest ever allocation for the State and Rs.600 crore higher than last year's outlay. This also takes the overall size of Central assistance to Rs.11,192 crore, which includes borrowings by the State …
This review identifies and synthesizes the available evidence to assess the impact of two social protection interventions on the poor; employment guarantee schemes (EGSs) and cash transfers (CTs). This systematic review assesses the evidence on the impact of employment guarantee schemes and cash transfers on the poor. The poor are …
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) during the period July 2009 - June 2010 carried out an all-India household survey on the subject of employment and unemployment in India as a part of 66th round of its survey programme. In this survey, the nation-wide enquiry was conducted to generate estimates …
This dissertation attempts to contextualize the practice of child labour in Bhutan by examining various socio-economic and cultural aspects. By reviewing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this dissertation looks into the policies, Acts and strategies adopted by the Royal Government of Bhutan in reducing child …
The buildings of the Anganwadi Centres selected under Atal Bal Arogya Evam Poshan Mission in Madhya Pradesh will be developed into Model Anganwadis (Anganwadi Nursery Schools) as per Build As Leaning Aid (BALA) scheme. The State Government has allocated Rs. 10 thousand each for 25 Anganwadi Centres in every district …
Maharashtra government has made it compulsory to have a toilet at home for getting admission in junior colleges in the rural areas. The students who don
Cash transfers are now suggested by many as a silver bullet for addressing the problems that plague India’s anti-poverty programmes. This article argues instead for evidence-based policy and informed public debate to clarify the place, prospects and problems of cash transfers in India. By drawing on key empirical findings from …
Oportunidades, Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme, which is linked to the education of children of a certain age and provision of health services, is often described as an outstanding success. In 2011 it will cover 5.8 million families. But Oportunidades warrants a critical analysis for its “conditions” deny any autonomy …
The design of public cash transfers involves a careful balancing of policy priorities and objectives. Variations in the rationale for a conditional cash transfer shape benefit amounts, coverage, duration of programme participation, targeting practices and the definition of conditionality. Drawing on the experience of low- and middle-income countries in Latin …
This paper attempts to review the recent performance of the economy and lists the priorities and challenges for the Twelfth Plan. The Indian economy will enter the Twelfth Plan period in an environment of great promise, but the next five years will also be a period of major challenges. The …
New Delhi: Unhappy over the tardy progress in enforcing the ban on sale of tobacco products near schools and hospitals, Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the city government and Delhi Police to implement its directions. A division bench rejected the affidavit filed by the police claiming it had launched …
Day-to-day data to be posted online to ensure transparency, will provide clearer picture of how scheme is faring in Capital To keep a daily record of the mid-day meals served at its schools, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to maintain a register. It will record the number …
n 9,000 trees in 150 acre forest land near Indrunag temple in Dharamsala to go n In Dehra, the state government is diverting 400 hectare forest land. More than 90,000 trees to be felled on the land n Diverting such a huge chunk of forest land is also against the …
Bhubaneswar: The Planning Commission today approved Odisha's annual plan of Rs15,200 crore for 2011-12, up from Rs11,000 crore for the last fiscal. The state annual Plan was finalised here at a meeting between Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and chief minister Naveen Patnaik, an official statement said. Commenting …
