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Huge demand for primary teachers

Posted on September 22, 2011 by SRRF

India’s RTE act has brought new challenges. The Act which requires the pupil-teacher ratio to 30:1, the governments across the country need to recruit a large number of teachers. As per the Govt. estimates there is a requirement of 5.1 … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Solid Waste

Posted on September 21, 2011 by SRRF

A new Power Plant, using Private Public Partnership model, is being set up in Okhla in New Delhi which will generate power from solid waste. Once completed, the plant will produce 16 MW of electricity, enough to serve six lakh … Continue reading →

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Railways continue to use Manual Scavengers despite a Ban

Posted on September 19, 2011 by SRRF

Most of us would have seen scavengers manually removing human waste from railway tracks, despite Manual Scavenging being declared illegal way back in 1993 vide Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act 1993. The Railway board either denied … Continue reading →

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Manual Scavenging – Govt. to work in a timebound manner

Posted on September 19, 2011 by SRRF

Despite the practice of manual scavenging and construction of dry latrines being prohibited since 1993*  the practice still continues in several states. As common till date no one has been punished under the Act. As with many laudable legislations implementation … Continue reading →

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Census 2011 – Sex Ratio – 12 worst districts

Posted on September 17, 2011 by SRRF

Continuing with the series of sharing Census data, today’s post highlights some of the worst districts regarding Sex Ratio. For example, while Arunachal Pradesh overall has a sex ratio of 920 but the ratio for Tawang is as bad as … Continue reading →

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Census 2011- Child Sex Ratio

Posted on September 16, 2011 by SRRF

Last few posts indicated the good news of Slow down of population increase and Marginal improvement in sex ratio. However today’s post shows a deeply disturbing set of statistics, i.e., a steep fall in the child sex ratio, which ultimately is … Continue reading →

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Significant boost in the literacy rate – Census 2011

Posted on September 16, 2011 by SRRF

Some good tidings on the literacy front, as it have increased from 64.8 % in the past decade to touch 74 % in 2011. Significantly, the female literacy level saw a noteworthy jump as compared to males. The female literacy … Continue reading →

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Census 2011- Improvement in Sex Ratio

Posted on September 16, 2011 by SRRF

The good news of marginal improvement of 0.75% in the sex ratio from 933 (in 2001) to 940 (in 2011) is marred with the unpleasant news of severe decline in the child sex ratio. However first the good news and … Continue reading →

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Census 2011 -Population growth rate finally drops

Posted on September 13, 2011 by SRRF

India’s population of 1.21 billion is 17.5 % of World Population. During the decade 2001-11 it has grown at 17.64%. This decadal growth rate is almost 4% (3.9% to be exact) less than the decadal growth of 21.54% during 1991-2001. … Continue reading →

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Appointment of Transparency Officers in each Ministry

Posted on September 12, 2011 by SRRF

Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed GoI to appoint Transparency Officers in each ministry who will serve as nodal officer between the CIC and the ministry. Further it will be the task of these officers to ensure implementation of Section … Continue reading →

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