Monthly Archives: December 2011

New Child Adoption Guidelines

Posted on December 31, 2011 by SRRF

Govt of India has brought out new guidelines for adoption under Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act 2000. The guidelines have centralised the adoption process through Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA). The new guidelines have been prepared to address three … Continue reading →

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TDS Query

Posted on December 30, 2011 by SRRF

Dear all My office has given one contract agreement to an architecture for doing some renovation work costing around Rs 6 lakh. So whether this should be a contract agreement or consultancy agreement as Architecture are treated as professionals. what … Continue reading →

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Only 15% earn regular wages

Posted on December 29, 2011 by SRRF

As per a NSSO survey for the year 2009-10, only around 16% of country’s work-force is engaged in regular wage employment, 33% in casual labour and in fact more than ½ the population (51%) is still self-employed.                                                             National         Rural              … Continue reading →

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UNFPA for strengthening TBA

Posted on December 28, 2011 by SRRF

UNFPA has recognized that Midwifery plays a critical role in improving maternal and newborn survival health. The report indicates that India has 324,624 mid-wives, considering there are around almost 27 million births per year, it works out that there are … Continue reading →

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Using Innovative ways to improve Child Sex Ratio

Posted on December 24, 2011 by SRRF

Kolhapur administration in Maharashtra is using a software called ‘Silent Observer’ to help reduce the Girl Child Foeticide. It has installed this software in all 800 sonography clinics in the district. The software directly provides the information to administration and … Continue reading →

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FCRA funds to Self Help Groups

Posted on December 23, 2011 by SRRF

Dear SRRF Friends, 21st December 2011 May I seek the opinion or correct position regarding prior permission as per the recently amended FCRA. I am closely associated with few organisations working with HelpAge India. These organisations are managing Elderly Self … Continue reading →

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Innovative ways for reforming prisoners

Posted on December 21, 2011 by SRRF

While delivering a judgement a judge has suggested to the Delhi Govt that it should consider the model where first-time convicts with very less risk of absconding and non-dangerous women convicts should be allowed to go out of jail premises … Continue reading →

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Delhi to give preference to Ground level crossing over FOBs

Posted on December 20, 2011 by SRRF

As per a new Guideline developed by Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning & Engineering) Centre, in future pedestrian Foot Over Bridges (FOBs) will be constructed only if crossing a road on ground level is not feasible. The meeting chaired … Continue reading →

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Tobacco-free Village in North East

Posted on December 19, 2011 by SRRF

Sahpuriya, a village at the outskirts of Jorhat in upper Assam is working to become the first tobacco-free village in India. Considering in Assam chewing tobacco with tamul (pan) is part of local culture, this is really heartening and courageous … Continue reading →

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Food Security Bill

Posted on December 15, 2011 by SRRF

In recent debate on Food Security Bill, which will promote Govt. procurement on massive scale, one aspect of implementing this bill has been overlooked – Efficiency of Govt system of procurement, storage & distribution. We all know how inefficient this … Continue reading →

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