Monthly Archives: June 2011

Govt plans an RTE redressal system

As expected a large number of complaints are being received by the Ministry of Human Resources at the centre and with the Education Departments at the state level under Right to Education Act, 2009 which ensures free and compulsory education … Continue reading

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Bihar emerging as the fastest growing state in India

More evidence has come out that Bihar under Nitish kumar has been making consistent progress. Some of the facts below indicate the tremendous economic growth that the state has shown progress in last 5 years.   Per Capita Income Rs. … Continue reading

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Poor utilisation of funds results in little progress for Slums

One of the sub-missions under JNNURM is BSUP (Basic Services for the Urban Poor) was launched in December 2005. The focus of this scheme was to improve conditions for Urban Slum dwellers in 63 identified cities across the country. Till … Continue reading

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India moving fast towards growing economy

India moving fast towards growing economy There is some good news on economic front among the prevailing drift and apparent lack of governance in the country. Despite bumbling on several political fronts the government is likely to make the country … Continue reading

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Labour Welfare Board found wanting in implementing Construction Workers Welfare Schemes

As many of us would be aware that Delhi Govt. (like many other state govts.) has constituted a Welfare Board for welfare of workers in the construction industry. The Board is required to register every building worker between the age … Continue reading

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Councillors can use Rs 50 lakh of fund without issuing tenders

Considering a number of scams are in the news, surprisingly still Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to allow their councillors to allot work up to Rs. 50 lakh without taking recourse to tenders. This was stated by Additional … Continue reading

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LABOUR RIGHTS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS

Delegates from various countries adopted a historic resolution by casting their votes aiming to improve working conditions of the domestic workers worldwide. International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted ‘The Convention on Domestic Workers (2011)’ on 17th June 2011 at the 100th … Continue reading

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No service tax on Grants / Donations received by charitable organisations for training, etc.

Revenue Dept. has clarified that no service tax is applicable on grants / donations rec’d by charitable organizations for the purposes of training, as long as it can be established that there is no direct relationship between the recipient of … Continue reading

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Third Gender – A First of its kind

UID Project has given the status of ‘Third Gender’ to the transgender community. Puducherry has become the first state to recognize this community which otherwise gets squeezed into either ‘male’ or ‘female’ category depending upon the whims of the enumerator. … Continue reading

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Why people are secluding themselves from the Society?

Recent incident in Noida, where two middle-aged sisters locked themselves in and cut off from the outside world for six months has raised a number of questions. This is not the first time, last year another middle aged woman kept … Continue reading

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