Job creation in non farming sector for farmers The conversation on raising farmer income needs to embrace non-farm diversification The Telangana government’s recent announcement of the Rythu Bandhu scheme has spotlighted the policy of utilising cash transfer to assist land-owning farmers with a non-agricultural income — instead of the traditional policy measures of price interventions, […]
Read MoreThe Odisha Land Rights Act: Technology for all Drones do not just map households faster, cheaper and accurately, but the maps provide a strong visual template of engagement for communities The Odisha Land Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2017, intended to provide titles to over 200,000 households, is a landmark legislation for many reasons. It […]
Read MoreSkill India is ailing The vision for vocational training is on its last legs. Those in-charge have forgotten to take education into account, indulge in petty turf wars. Remember the fanfare and optimism over the launch of Skill India in July 2015, and the roadmap for skilling 400 million people by 2022 (World Youth Skills day)? […]
Read MoreTackling India’s open defecation problem Truly making India open defecation free requires a sustainable change in societal mindset and behaviour While the ambition behind and success to date of the Swachh Bharat mission are laudable, it is at risk of unravelling unless it can ensure that India remains permanently open defecation free. To do so, […]
Read MoreMumbai ranked best city for teenage girls in India TAG report says 73.3% girls want to get married after the age of 21 and wish to pursue higher studies with a specific career in mind Only 46.3% of rural teenage girls have access to hygienic methods of menstrual protection. This was one of the key […]
Read MoreIndia’s failure to address its urban slum problem India’s failure to address its urban slum problem, Yet another attempt to redevelop Dharavi must take the lessons of past failures on board Dharavi is shorthand for the challenges and complexities of Indian urbanization. Various attempts over the decades to redevelop the slum occupying prime real estate […]
Read MoreAn innovative method for boosting nutrition An innovative method for boosting nutrition.,Distributing biofortified staple foods via government schemes such as Midday Meal can help in the battle against hidden hunger Midday Meal Scheme, with its wide coverage, and existing delivery structures, provide a ready platform to integrate and deliver nutrient-rich biofortified staple foods in the […]
Read More21% Indian children are under-weight: Global Hunger Index They have extremely low weight for their height; the only country with a higher prevalence of child wasting is war-torn South Sudan. At least one in five Indian children under the age of five are wasted, which means they have extremely low weight for their height, reflecting acute under-nutrition, […]
Read MoreModi sees India’s big contribution to ‘4th Industrial Revolution’ Modi sees India’s big contribution to ‘4th Industrial Revolution’,PM addresses event to mark launch of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today attended, and delivered an address at the event to mark the launch of the Centre for the […]
Read MoreWorld Bank’s Human Capital Index released Today the Washington, D.C.-based World Bank released a global ranking it calls the Human Capital Index, which seeks to measure how well governments enable their people to reach their full potential. Singapore ranked first. Singapore has emerged top among 157 countries in the inaugural World Bank Human Capital Index […]
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