Monthly Archives: August 2012

Corruption-can it be tamed?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by SRRF

Under pressure from various forces, the Central Government has taken a host of changes in vigilance operations within ministries. It has ordered each ministry to define and set up new mechanisms to curb corruption in its respective department. Along with … Continue reading →

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Centre forces state to become more humane with hawkers

Posted on August 30, 2012 by SRRF

Several state governments still have stringent punishment for hawkers hawking in the restricted areas. For instance, In Mumbai, for example, a hawker at present can be imprisoned for hawking in a no-hawking zone. This will no longer be considered as … Continue reading →

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Poverty Head Count Ratio

Posted on August 29, 2012 by SRRF

It is estimated that India has one third of the world’s poor. Recently, Tendulkar Committee Report has been published. This gives state wise change in poverty figure over the period 2004-05 and 1993-94. Given below is the table indicating this … Continue reading →

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82 year old helps save water bodies.

Posted on August 25, 2012 by SRRF

Most of us don’t take initiative on the pretext that a single man cannot make any significant impact to its environment or surroundings. Well, Ram Kishan, an octogenarian and a retired school teacher is an exception, who chose to travel … Continue reading →

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Can an NGO have two TAN Nos?

Posted on August 24, 2012 by SRRF

Dear friends, May I raise some query as under: An NPO (NGO, having its registered office in Delhi has a TAN. Recently a project based in Delhi was started under the same NGO. Is it all right for the project … Continue reading →

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FCRA CANCELLATIONS – Further developments

Posted on August 23, 2012 by SRRF

Friends, I continue with our Dialogue on cancellation of FCRA. There is no doubt that due to large scale cancellations many genuine organisations have also been put in a lot of difficulty and anguish. Several of them, if not all, … Continue reading →

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A young innovative student designs sensor stick for visually challenged

Posted on August 23, 2012 by SRRF

17 year old Shantanu Gangwar was pained to see his blind friends bump into walls, furniture and other objects. This prompted the aspiring engineer from R K Puram to develop something that warns the visually impaired students about obstacles. Shantanu … Continue reading →

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Farm labour shortage and MGNREGA

Posted on August 17, 2012 by SRRF

The agriculture sector in India has been characterized with high supply of labour than demand, low wages, and limited options of earning livelihood. In recent past, due to the increased rural-to-urban migration and the inception of MGNREGS in 2006 and … Continue reading →

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Query – Documents Required for FCRA Registration

Posted on August 14, 2012 by SRRF

Dear Sir ours is a Charitable trust registered at Jaipur Rajasthan and we work in two states Raj and UP and have four offices (Project wise locations) three in Rajasthan and one in UP. We are planing to apply for … Continue reading →

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Amendments in Juvenile Justice Act

Posted on August 12, 2012 by SRRF

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2010, was passed by Rajya Sabha. It will end the segregation of disease-hit children from other occupants of juvenile homes. Replying to a brief debate on the Bill, Women and Child … Continue reading →

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